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The Sense of Smell
Creator:
Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:
1744 to 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Fishery
Creator:
Richard Wright, ca. 1720–ca. 1775
Date:
ca. 1764
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 1/2 x 53 inches (90.2 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Land, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach
Creator:
Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1718
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach
Creator:
Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Cave of Despair
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 x 30 inches (61 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Gore Family with George, third Earl Cowper
Creator:
Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:
ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
31 x 38 1/2 inches (78.7 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Allegory of Fortune
Creator:
Balthazar Nebot, active 1730–1762
Date:
ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 5/16 x 35 1/8 inches (71.9 x 89.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Allegory of Trade
Creator:
John Theodore Heins, 1697–1756
Date:
1743
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 1/2 x 54 inches (74.9 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Stowe Reliefs: Allegorical scene, possibly Truth revealing herself to the Liberal Arts
Creator:
Attributed to Michael Chuke, 1679–1742
Date:
ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:
Bronzed limewood
Dimensions:
Overall: 54 5/16 x 37 13/16 inches (138 x 96 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Allegory of Geometry
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Stoneware ('Coade Stone')
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 1/4 × 42 1/4 × 8 inches (54 × 107.3 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Allegorical Female Figure: holding a flaming torch
Creator:
John Bacon, 1740–1799
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 × 3 inches (17.8 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Allegorical female figure: piety holding a nest of pelicans
Creator:
John Bacon, 1740–1799
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 4 inches (18.1 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Medal: Britannia Ruling the Waves
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
1736
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and graphite, incised for transfer on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 11 × 7 3/4 inches (27.9 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a decoration incorporating motifs allusive to the Arts, Arms, and Religion
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches (17.1 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Britannia in Distress
Creator:
Anthony Walker, 1726–1765
Date:
1756
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (32.1 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Geography

Geography
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 × 14 inches (25.4 × 35.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Grammatica. Die Sprachkunst.
Creator:
Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/16 × 11 3/8 inches (41.8 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Preparatory Study for the decoration "Equestrian Portrait of George I"
Creator:
John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite with brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 12 3/8 inches (28.3 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Temperance
Creator:
George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 1/16 × 18 1/16 inches (63.7 × 45.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Faith
Creator:
George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 1/8 × 18 1/4 inches (63.8 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Fortitude
Creator:
George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 1/8 × 18 1/4 inches (63.8 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Charity
Creator:
George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 1/16 × 18 1/8 inches (63.7 × 46 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Justice
Creator:
George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 1/16 × 18 1/16 inches (63.7 × 45.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Prudence
Creator:
George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 1/2 × 18 1/8 inches (62.2 × 46 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sir Godfrey Kneller
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
1735
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/16 x 12 inches (45.9 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Britannia Allegory
Creator:
Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:
between 1743 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; verso: letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper (page in book)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 6 1/16 inches (15.8 x 15.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
The Ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall: The Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland
Creator:
Print made by Simon Gribelin, 1662–1733
Date:
1720
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 7/8 × 18 3/16 inches (32.7 × 46.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall: The Peaceful Reign of James I
Creator:
Simon Gribelin, 1662–1733
Date:
1720
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 18 1/4 inches (31.8 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Fishery
Creator:
Print made by William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:
1768
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/4 × 22 11/16 inches (46.4 × 57.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Venus and Cupid
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash and gray wash and gouache on medium, moderately textured, gray wove paper mounted to medium slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 1/4 inches (19.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Professor Richard L. Purdy
Hope Nursing Love
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 14 1/8 inches (50.5 × 35.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Triumph of Britannia
Creator:
Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774
Date:
ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 x 20 1/2in. (38.1 x 52.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for an Engraving: Parlement de Paris Reassembling with Figure of Justice
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
1762
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and red chalk, incised and squared for transfer on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige 19th century laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink border lines
Dimensions:
Mount: 12 x 11 1/16 inches (30.5 x 28.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection