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The Blacksmith's Shop
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 1/2 x 41 inches (128.3 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
On view at YUAG
Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
34 1/4 x 47 inches (87 x 119.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
An Unfinished View of the West Gate, Canterbury
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
between 1780 and 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and oil on paper laid down on panel
Dimensions:
17 7/8 x 25 inches (45.4 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome
Creator:
John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
15 3/8 x 20 1/4 inches (39.1 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Elihu Yale with Members of his Family and an Enslaved Child
Creator:
Attributed to John Verelst, ca. 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1719
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
79 1/4 × 92 3/4 inches (201.3 × 235.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Cavendish, eleventh Duke of Devonshire
On View:
Not on view
Hop Pickers Outside a Cottage
Creator:
George Smith, 1714–1776
Date:
mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 × 24 7/8 inches (43.2 × 63.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. II, Chap. III: The Return of Olivia
Creator:
Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 x 13 3/4 inches (27.9 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. I, Chap. VIII: Dining in the Hayfields' (Surprised by Mr. Thornhill's Chaplain)
Creator:
Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 x 13 3/4 inches (27.9 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Saint Vincents, near West Malling, Kent
Creator:
Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:
ca. 1779
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 1/2 x 18 inches (31.8 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

10. The Mall

The Mall
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
between 1740 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 1/2 x 47 1/4 inches (74.9 x 120 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
View of Horse Guards and Whitehall
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 3/4 × 36 1/2 inches (65.4 × 92.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 5/8 x 23 1/2 inches (44.8 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Prince George and Prince Edward Augustus, Sons of Frederick, Prince of Wales, with Their Tutor Dr. Francis Ayscough
Creator:
Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:
between 1748 and 1749
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 x 30 1/8 inches (63.5 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Classical Landscape: Morning
Creator:
John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:
between 1740 and 1745
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
43 x 43 inches (109.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
David Garrick and Mary Bradshaw in David Garrick's "The Farmer's Return"
Creator:
Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:
ca. 1762
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Bridge Over the River Wye
Creator:
John Taylor of Bath, 1735–1806
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on copper
Dimensions:
9 7/8 x 13 inches (25.1 x 33 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Round Course at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, Preparing for the King's Plate
Creator:
Peter Tillemans, 1684–1734
Date:
ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
34 1/4 × 49 1/2 inches (87 × 125.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A River Scene with Thatched Huts by a Bridge over a Weir
Creator:
James Lambert of Lewes, 1725–1788
Date:
1767
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 1/4 x 24 inches (46.4 x 61 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Portrait of Two Boys, probably Joseph and John Joseph Nollekens
Creator:
Joseph Francis Nollekens, 1702–1748
Date:
ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 1/4 x 10 1/8 inches (31.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, Being Handed over as Hostages to General Cornwallis
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 3/4 x 14 inches (45.1 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Covent Garden
Creator:
Pieter Angillis, 1685–1734
Date:
ca. 1726
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on copper
Dimensions:
18 13/16 x 24 13/16 inches (47.8 x 63 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Old Water Mill
Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 1/2 x 49 1/8 inches (100.3 x 124.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:
8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (21 x 26 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
St. Paul's Cathedral
Creator:
Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:
ca. 1754
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Frame: 24 3/4 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches (62.9 × 73 × 4.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Sketch for an oval ceiling
Creator:
Attributed to Louis Laguerre, 1663–1721
Date:
ca. 1705
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 x 17 inches (35.6 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Westminster from Near the Terrace of Somerset House
Creator:
Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
15 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches (38.7 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Frost on the Thames
Creator:
Samuel Collings, active 1784–1795
Date:
1788 to 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 3/16 × 48 3/16 inches (76.7 × 122.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House
Creator:
Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Frame: 21 × 34 1/2 inches (53.3 × 87.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Great Fire of London
Creator:
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
23 5/8 × 32 inches (60 × 81.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Charing Cross, with the Statue of King Charles I and Northumberland House
Creator:
Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 x 50 1/4 inches (88.9 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

31. Morning

Morning
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (44.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Robert Gwillym, Elizabeth Gwillym (née Atherton), and Their Family
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:
1745 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Christening of the Heir
Creator:
William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828
Date:
ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Old Walton Bridge
Creator:
Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:
1755
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 1/8 x 48 1/8 inches (46 x 122.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Drummond Family
Creator:
Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:
ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
41 x 63 inches (104.1 x 160 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Bathing Place at Ramsgate
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 x 17 1/2 inches (35.6 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Birth of the Heir
Creator:
William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828
Date:
ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Family, Traditionally Identified as the Swaine Family of Fencroft, Cambridgeshire
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:
1749
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 1/4 × 40 3/4 inches (64.1 × 103.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Linen Market with a Linen-stall and Vegetable Seller in the West Indies
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
21 5/8 x 30 inches (54.9 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Browne Family
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 3/4 × 35 inches (70.5 × 88.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Children in an Interior
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:
ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 x 49 3/4 inches (99.1 x 126.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Artist and His Family
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
20 1/2 x 26 1/4 inches (52.1 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Linen Market, Dominica
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 5/8 × 27 inches (49.8 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Market Day, Roseau, Dominica
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 x 18 1/4 inches (35.6 x 46.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Peacocks, Doves, Turkeys, Chickens and Ducks by a Classical Ruin
Creator:
Marmaduke Cradock, 1660–1716
Date:
ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
16 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches (41.9 x 50.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Cymon and Iphigenia
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
24 1/8 x 32 1/2 inches (61.3 x 82.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view

47. Evening

Evening
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (44.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1705
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 3/16 x 48 inches (91.9 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

49. Night

Night
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (44.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Mrs. Barclay and Her Children
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
between 1776 and 1777
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 1/2 × 27 7/8 inches (90.2 × 70.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
St. James's Park
Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:
between 1788 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
16 x 19 inches (40.6 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Destruction of the Children of Niobe
Creator:
Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:
1760
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
58 x 74 inches (147.3 x 188 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Education of Achilles
Creator:
James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:
ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 1/2 x 50 3/4 inches (102.9 x 128.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
A Sketch of Gratitude Crowned by Peace, with Other Allegorical Figures of Industry, Fame and Plenty
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
between 1712 and 1713
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 3/16 x 7 3/4 inches (36 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Emily and George Mason
Creator:
Arthur William Devis, 1762–1822
Date:
between 1794 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 1/2 × 39 inches (108 × 99.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Italian Landscape (Morning)
Creator:
Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:
between 1760 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 5/8 x 37 1/4 inches (70.2 x 94.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Rainbow
Creator:
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Buckley-Boar Family
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
between 1758 and 1760
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
38 3/4 x 43 1/2 inches (98.4 x 110.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Bell Tower of Evesham
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
21 x 62 inches (53.3 x 157.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Angel of Mercy
Creator:
Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:
ca. 1746
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
23 1/2 x 19 inches (59.7 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Family Group Called 'The Stafford Family'
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 × 55 inches (99.1 × 139.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Mountain Valley with Figures and Distant Village
Creator:
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:
between 1773 and 1777
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
48 x 58 3/4 inches (121.9 x 149.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Watson-Wentworth and Finch Families
Creator:
Charles Philips, 1708–1747
Date:
ca. 1732
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 1/2 x 49 inches (100.3 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
John Richard Comyns of Hylands, Essex, with His Daughters
Creator:
John Greenwood, 1727–1792
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 1/2 x 43 inches (90.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
John Bacon, Catherine Bacon (née Lowther), and their children John, Charles, Catherine, and Dorothy
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:
between 1742 and 1743
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 51 5/8 inches (76.2 x 131.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Family Group
Creator:
James Millar, ca.1735–1805
Date:
between 1774 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 × 40 1/2 inches (127 × 102.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Selling Guinea Pigs
Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:
ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Children Playing with a Hobby Horse
Creator:
Joseph Francis Nollekens, 1702–1748
Date:
between 1741 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 x 22 inches (45.7 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Practical Joke
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
7 x 11 inches (17.8 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Children at Play, Probably the Artist's Son Jacobus and Daughter Maria Joanna Sophia
Creator:
Joseph Francis Nollekens, 1702–1748
Date:
1745
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches (35.9 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The First Stage of Cruelty: Children Torturing Animals
Creator:
Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
1751, printed 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 7/8 x 19 1/4 inches (63.2 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Study for the Foundlings
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
ca. 1739
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/8 × 8 3/8 inches (11.1 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Preludium. "Of the primeval Priests assum'd power..." (Plate 2b)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in pale brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
What is Man!, Frontispiece (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
At Length for Hatching Ripe He Breaks the Shell (Plate 8)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Alas! (Plate 9)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Songs of Innocence, Title Page (Plate 2)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Little Black Boy (Plate 6)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Spring (Plate 12)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Ecchoing Green (Plate 8)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Lamb (Plate 18)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Praying Child and Howling Dog (Plate 24)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
I Found Him Beneath a Tree (Plate 3)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
I Want! I Want! (Plate 11)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Songs of Innocence, Frontispiece (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Chimney Sweeper (Plate 10)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
IV. "The eternal gates terrific porter lifted the northern bar..." (Plate 8)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Little Boy Lost (Plate 16)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Chapter VII, "Stretch'd for a work of eternity..." (Plate 19)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Los with the child Orc and Enitharmon (Plate 18)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Aged Ignorance (Plate 13)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Fear & Hope Are -- Vision (Plate 15)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
III, "But he that loves the lowly, pours his oil upon my head..." (Plate 7)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Angel (Plate 40)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection