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Prints and Drawings
21
Paintings and Sculpture
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Creator
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
12
McArdell, James, ca. 1729–1765
6
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
6
Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784
3
Spooner, Charles, c.1720–1767
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Houston, Richard, ca. 1721–1775
2
Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
1
Hall, John, 1739–1797
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Hamilton, Hugh Douglas, 1739–1808
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Spencer, Gervase, ca. 1715–1763
1
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
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1755
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1964
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1784
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1771
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1788
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1778
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1768
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1782
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1776
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1786
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1827
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1769
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1809
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1965
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1700
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1795
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1812
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1764
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1947
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1783
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1754
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1756
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1757
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1792
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1749
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1966
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1774
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1789
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1825
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1835
22
1730
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1766
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1767
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1781
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1811
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1630
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1738
20
1750
20
1814
20
1675
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1763
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1794
19
1796
19
1978
19
1735
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1742
18
1802
18
1817
18
1799
17
1982
17
1618
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1807
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1813
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1670
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1728
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1893
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1680
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1747
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1761
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1798
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1803
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1815
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1819
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1753
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1855
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1970
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1732
12
1746
12
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
21
Not on view
4
Image Use
Free to Use
25
Image Available
Available
22
Unavailable
3
Classification
Prints
12
Drawings & Watercolors
8
Paintings
4
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
1
Creator Gender
male
25
Collective Title
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
8
Cries of London
6
Period
18th century
24
18th century-19th century
1
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
18
mezzotint
11
brown wash
4
graphite
4
oil paint
4
painting (technique)
4
black chalk
3
canvas
3
gray wash
3
brown ink
2
watercolor
2
copper
1
enamel
1
engraving (printing process)
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pastel
1
pen
1
porcelain
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scraping
1
white chalk
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Work Type
intaglio print
11
drawing
8
watercolor
7
painting
4
miniature
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Genre
portrait
24
genre subject
6
religious and mythological subject
3
military art
1
Subject Terms
portrait
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cries
6
genre subject
6
man
6
woman
6
braids
4
peddler
4
basket
3
flowers
3
ruffle
3
working class
3
costume
2
dress
2
wig
2
Garland
1
Georgian
1
book
1
bottle
1
boy
1
brushes
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Associated Places
England
6
Europe
6
London
6
United Kingdom
6
Associated People
Adam, Mary
1
Boswell, Alexander, Lord Auchinleck (1707–1782), judge
1
Dawson, Lady Anne (1733—1769)
1
Orde, Anne (née Marr, died 1788), daughter of Ralph Marr of Morpeth, widow of the Revd Pye, and second wife of John Orde (c.1704–c.1786)
1
Orde, John (c.1704–c.1786) of East Orde and Morpeth
1
Orde, William
1
Robertson, William (1721–1793), cleric/religious official, academic/intellectual
1
Stubbs, George (1724–1806), painter, engraver, and anatomist
1
Exhibition History
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
4
Allan Ramsay 1713-1784 (National Portrait Gallery, 1992-10-16 - 1993-01-16)
1
Allan Ramsay 1713-1784 (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1992-08-01 - 1992-09-27)
1
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
1
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
1
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
1
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14)
1
George Stubbs (Neue Pinakothek - Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, 2012-01-26 - 2012-05-06)
1
Hogarth and Europe (Tate Britain, 2021-11-01 - 2022-03-20)
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
The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
1
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
22
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
2
Yale Center for British Art, Purchased in memory of Paul Mellon on the occasion of his centennial
1
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Self-Portrait
ca. 1759
Not on view
2
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
John Orde, His Wife, Anne Orde (née Marr), His Eldest Son, William, and an Unnamed Servant
between 1754 and 1756
Not on view
3
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck
between 1754 and 1755
Not on view
4
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Mary Adam
1754
Not on view
5
John Hall, 1739–1797
William Robertson
undated
6
Copy after James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Charlotte Dundas (née Fitzwilliam)
1754
7
James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Charlotte Dundas (née Fitzwilliam)
1754
8
Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
9
James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Anne Dawson at age 21 (1733-1769)
1754
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Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
11
Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
12
Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
13
Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
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Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1739–1808
Portrait of a Gentleman
undated
15
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Margaret Ramsay, the Artist's Second Wife (Died 1782)
1754
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Gervase Spencer, ca. 1715–1763
Portrait of a Lady
1754
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: Small Coal or Brushes
ca. 1759
18
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: Boy with a Donkey
ca. 1759
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: A Girl with a Basket on Her Head ("Lights for the Cats, Liver for the Dogs")
ca. 1759
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: All Fire and No Smoke
ca. 1759
21
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: A Man with a Bottle
ca. 1759
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: A Girl with a Basket of Oranges
ca. 1759
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Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Ann Dawson as "Diana"
1754
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James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
James, Earl of Kildare
1754
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James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Emily, Countess of Kildare, 1754
1754