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Paintings and Sculpture
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Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
9
Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
2
Hudson, Thomas, 1707–1779
2
Nollekens, Joseph Francis, 1702–1748
2
Unknown artist
2
Beare, George, 1724/5–1749
1
Faber, John the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
1
Hussey, Giles, 1710–1788
1
Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784
1
Richardson, Jonathan the Elder, 1667–1745
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Roubiliac, Louis François, 1702–1762
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Seymour, James, 1702–1752
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Slaughter, Stephen, 1697–1765
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On-site Access
Not on view
13
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Image Use
Free to Use
24
Under Certain Circumstances
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Available
25
Classification
Paintings
12
Drawings & Watercolors
10
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
1
Prints
1
Sculptures
1
Creator Gender
male
23
unknown
2
Collective Title
Cries of London
5
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
1
Period
18th century
22
18th century-19th century
2
Materials & Techniques
canvas
12
oil paint
12
painting (technique)
12
laid paper
8
graphite
6
gray wash
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black chalk
3
brown wash
3
pen
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red chalk
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watercolor
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wove paper
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brown ink
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ivory
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mezzotint
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plaster
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vellum
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painting
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drawing
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watercolor
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bust
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intaglio print
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miniature
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sculpture
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portrait
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genre subject
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sporting art
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animal art
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man
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woman
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costume
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cries
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chair
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dog (animal)
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peddler
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basket
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elderly
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figure study
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gown
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hat
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interior
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landscape
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painting (visual work)
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Associated Places
England
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Europe
6
United Kingdom
6
London
5
Devon
1
Associated People
Burgoyne, Roger, sixth baronet (1710–1780), MP for Bedfordshire
1
Gore, Arthur, First Earl of Arran (1703–1773)
1
Grose, Francis (bap. 1731, d. 1791), antiquary
1
Lambert, George (1699/1700–1765), landscape and scene painter
1
Nollekens, John Joseph
1
Nollekens, Joseph (1737–1823), sculptor
1
Pershall, Arabella
1
Princess Amelia Sophia Eleonore of Great Britain (1711–1786), second daughter of King George II of Great Britain and Queen Caroline
1
Quin, Windham (1717–1789), Member of Parliament for Kilmallock between 1769 and 1776
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Sloane, Sir Hans, baronet (1660–1753), physician and collector
1
Stanhope, Philip Dormer, fourth earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773), politician and diplomatist
1
Woffington, Margaret [Peg] (1720?–1760), actress
1
Exhibition History
Manners and Morals - Hogarth and British Painting 1700-1760 (Tate Britain, 1987-10-15 - 1988-01-03)
2
The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
2
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
1
Ireland - Art on a World Stage 1690-1840 (The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015-03-17 - 2015-06-07)
1
Man and the Horse (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984-12-03 - 1985-08-18)
1
Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)
1
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
1
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
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The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
22
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Garrison Norton
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. Greg Hedberg
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Thomas Hudson, 1707–1779
Young Women with a Lamb
ca. 1745
Not on view
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James Seymour, 1702–1752
Sir Roger Burgoyne Riding "Badger"
1740
Not on view
3
Stephen Slaughter, 1697–1765
Windham Quin of Adare, Co. Limerick, Ireland
ca. 1745
Not on view
4
Thomas Hudson, 1707–1779
Princess Amelia Sophia Eleonore of Great Britain
ca. 1745
Not on view
5
Joseph Francis Nollekens, 1702–1748
Portrait of Two Boys, probably Joseph and John Joseph Nollekens
ca. 1745
Not on view
6
George Beare, 1724/5–1749
An Unknown Woman, Called Peg Woffington
between 1740 and 1749
Not on view
7
unknown artist
Portrait of a Woman
1740s
Not on view
8
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
An Unknown Man in a Library
between 1740 and 1741
Not on view
9
Giles Hussey, 1710–1788
Portrait of a landscape painter, possibly George Lambert
between 1740 and 1750
Not on view
10
Joseph Francis Nollekens, 1702–1748
Portrait of a Family
1740
Not on view
11
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Arabella Pershall, Lady Glenorchy
1740
Not on view
12
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
An Unknown Woman in a Drawing Room
between 1740 and 1741
Not on view
13
Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Philip Dormer Stanhope, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)
ca. 1745
Not on view
14
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
The Itinerant Pedlar
undated
15
Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Sir. Hans Sloane
1740
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Francis Grose Asleep in a Chair
undated
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attributed to Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Arthur Gore, first Earl of Arran
undated
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
An Old Market Woman Grinning and Gesturing with her Left Hand
undated
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: A Man with a Bundle, Old Clothes
undated
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: A Man with a Basket (Man Selling Pots and Pans)
undated
21
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: Throws for a Ha'penny Have You a Ha'penny
undated
22
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: A Man Swaggering
undated
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: Flowers
undated
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John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Sir William Wyndham
1740
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unknown artist
Gentleman in Blue Coat
ca. 1745