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Prints and Drawings
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Paintings and Sculpture
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Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764–1811
4
Boydell, John, 1720–1804
3
Cunningham, Edward Francis, ca. 1741–1795
3
Green, Valentine, 1739–1813
3
Barry, James, 1741–1806
2
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
2
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Unknown artist
2
Bell, John, 1745–1831
1
Bowles, John, 1701–1779
1
Dawe, Philip, ca.1750–ca.1790
1
Earlom, Richard, 1743–1822
1
Finlayson, John, 1730–1776
1
Hall, John, 1739–1797
1
Hamilton, Hugh Douglas, 1739–1808
1
Hone, Nathaniel, 1718–1784
1
Howitt, Samuel, 1756–1822
1
Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741–1807
1
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
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Pine, Robert Edge, 1730–1788
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
17
Not on view
5
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
1
Image Use
Free to Use
23
Image Available
Available
23
Classification
Prints
9
Drawings & Watercolors
8
Paintings
6
Creator Gender
male
22
unknown
2
female
1
Collective Title
Bell's British Theatre
1
Period
18th century
15
18th century-19th century
6
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
12
wove paper
7
black ink
6
mezzotint
6
painting (technique)
6
canvas
5
graphite
5
oil paint
5
pen
5
etching (printing process)
4
watercolor
4
brown ink
3
gray wash
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aquatint
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brown wash
2
line engraving
1
pens
1
white gouache
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intaglio print
9
drawing
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watercolor
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painting
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portrait
8
genre subject
5
literary theme
3
religious and mythological subject
3
landscape
1
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woman
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portrait
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man
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costume
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lace
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table
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book
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caricature
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chair
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child
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children
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nobility
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pearls
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baby
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cloak
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earrings
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Associated Places
Egypt
1
Erne, River
1
Fermanagh
1
Ireland
1
Israel
1
Jerusalem
1
Northern Ireland
1
United Kingdom
1
Associated People
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE)
2
Abington, Frances (1737–1815), actress
1
Armida
1
Bridgman, Elizabeth (née Walton) (1752–1843)
1
Clarke, Elizabeth Catherine [Kitty] (d. 1795)
1
Cole, Frances Cole (née Wager) (ca. 1738–1815)
1
Gulston, Elizabeth Bridgetta (1749/50–1780), printmaker, astronomer and poet
1
Kennedy, Polly (fl. 1781), courtesan and mistress of Sir Charles Bunbury
1
Lamb, Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne (ca. 1751–1818), political hostess and agricultural improver
1
Mary
1
Medea
1
Nolcken, Mary (1742–1811), baroness
1
Rinaldo
1
The Virgin Mary
1
Yates [née Graham], Mary Ann (1728–1787), actress and theatre manager
1
characters
1
Exhibition History
Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2002-02-01 - 2002-05-05)
2
Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-12-30)
2
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998-05-01 - 1998-07-05)
2
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of South Australia, 1998-09-16 - 1998-11-15)
2
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Queensland Art Gallery, 1998-07-15 - 1998-09-06)
2
"Brilliant Effects" [ Jewels ] (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-07-10 - 2004-01-10)
1
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
1
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
Caught in the Act - Portraits of Women in the Eighteenth Century (National Portrait Gallery, 2011-10-20 - 2012-01-08)
1
Citizens and Kings, Portraiture in the Age of David and Goya - 1770-1830 (Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2006-10-02 - 2007-01-09)
1
Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25)
1
Crown to Couture (Kensington Palace, 2023-04-05 - 2023-10-29)
1
In a New Light: Paintings from the Yale Center for British Art (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-03-24 - 2023-12-03)
1
Ireland - Art on a World Stage 1690-1840 (The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015-03-17 - 2015-06-07)
1
Irish Silver (Clark Art Institute, 1984-09-25 - 1984-12-11)
1
Joseph Wright of Derby (Musée du Louvre, 1990-05-17 - 1990-07-23)
1
Joseph Wright of Derby (Tate Britain, 1990-02-07 - 1990-04-22)
1
Joseph Wright of Derby (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1990-09-06 - 1990-12-02)
1
Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool (Walker Art Gallery, 2007-11-17 - 2008-02-24)
1
Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-05-22 - 2008-08-30)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
14
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
5
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
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Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
The Blacksmith's Shop
1771
On view at YUAG
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Thomas Roberts, 1748–1778
Knock Ninney and Lough Erne from Bellisle, County Fermanagh, Ireland
1771
Not on view
3
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Frances Abington (née Barton) as Miss Prue in William Congreve’s “Love for Love”
1771
Not on view
4
Henry Walton, 1746–1813
Elizabeth Bridgman (née Walton)
between 1771 and 1775
Not on view
5
Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Rinaldo and Armida
1771
Not on view
6
Nathaniel Hone, 1718–1784
Frances Cole, (née Wager)
ca. 1776
Not on view
7
Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Riders Outside an Inn
undated
8
Print made by John Hall, 1739–1797
Comedies
ca. 1776
9
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Miss Polly Jones
1771
10
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Mrs. Le Maistre
1771
11
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Catherine Hunter
1771
12
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Mrs. Gulston
1771
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Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Courtship for Money
1771
14
John Finlayson, 1730–1776
The Right Honorable Elizabeth Lady Melbourne
1771
15
Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806
Repose in Egypt
ca. 1776
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Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806
Repose in Egypt
ca. 1776
17
unknown artist
Oh an Ill Wind that Blows Nobody Good
undated
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Domestic Interior
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unknown artist
Mrs. Yates in the Character of Medea
after 1771
20
Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Comic Song: The Bold Dragoon
undated
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Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Embarking on the Ferry
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Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Before the Magistrate
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Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Ma'm Vandercrout and Suitors
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