Exhibition History: In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30)

1. May 1955 (Gwithian)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1955
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 3/4 x 41 3/4 inches (106 x 106 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

2. The Horse Mart

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: 1917 to 1918
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 × 28 inches (50.8 × 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

3. "Quiet with all Road Nuisances"

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/8 x 24 1/4 inches (48.6 x 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

4. Hampstead Heath Looking Towards Harrow

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches (26.4 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

5. Hampstead Heath, with a Bonfire

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 5/8 x 12 5/8 inches (27 x 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

6. Stratford Mill

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1819 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 51 1/2 × 72 1/2 inches (130.8 × 184.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: On view

7. Cloud Study

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on panel
Dimensions:: 11 1/4 × 19 inches (28.6 × 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

8. Cloud Study

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on card
Dimensions:: 8 × 10 3/4 inches (20.3 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

9. Cloud Study

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 x 20 inches (30.5 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

10. Hadleigh Castle, The Mouth of the Thames--Morning after a Stormy Night

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 48 × 64 3/4 inches (121.9 × 164.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

11. Cloud Study

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on card
Dimensions:: 9 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches (23.8 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

12. Mary Freer

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1809
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

13. Harnham Gate, Salisbury

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: between 1820 and 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 20 inches (50.8 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

14. The Harvest Moon

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: ca. 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper, laid on panel
Dimensions:: 8 3/4 × 10 7/8 inches (22.2 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

15. Margaret Newton (née Coningsby), Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 × 29 1/4 inches (63.5 × 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

16. Reapers

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Enamel on Wedgwood biscuit earthenware
Dimensions:: 30 1/4 x 40 1/2 inches (76.8 x 102.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

17. Brown and White Norfolk or Water Spaniel

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 31 3/4 x 38 1/4 inches (80.6 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

18. Horse Attacked by a Lion (Episode C)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1768 and 1769
Materials & Techniques:: beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 10 1/8 × 11 5/8 inches (25.7 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

19. Greenland Falcon

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: beeswax on panel
Dimensions:: 32 x 39 inches (81.3 x 99.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

20. Lustre, held by a Groom

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 46 1/2 × 56 3/4 inches (118.1 × 144.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

21. Labourers

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Enamel on Wedgwood biscuit earthenware
Dimensions:: 27 1/2 × 36 inches (69.9 × 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

22. Pumpkin with a Stable-lad

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: beeswax and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 32 3/8 × 39 7/8 inches (82.2 × 101.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

23. Lion and Lioness

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Enamel on copper
Dimensions:: 9 1/2 × 11 inches (24.1 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

24. A Lion Attacking a Horse

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 96 × 131 inches (243.8 × 332.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

25. A Lion Attacking a Stag

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1765 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 96 × 131 inches (243.8 × 332.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

26. Two Gentlemen Shooting

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 49 inches (99.1 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:: On view

27. Horse Frightened by a Lion

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1762 and 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 × 41 inches (70.5 × 104.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

28. Zebra

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/2 × 50 1/4 inches (102.9 × 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

29. Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 46 1/2 × 56 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (118.1 × 143.5 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. The Montagu Family and an Unknown Attendant

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: between 1730 and 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 x 29 1/2 inches (53.3 x 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

31. Self-Portrait

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 1/2 x 20 inches (54.6 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

32. William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, Later fourth Duke of Devonshire

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 7/8 x 25 inches (75.9 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

33. The Beggar's Opera

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/4 x 30 inches (59.1 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

34. Mary Hogarth

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 3/8 × 16 3/8 inches (46.7 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: On view

35. Ann Hogarth

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 3/8 × 16 3/8 inches (46.7 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: On view

36. Miss Wood

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 × 15 inches (45.7 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

37. Landscape with Goatherd

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: ca. 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (26.7 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
On View:: On view

38. Between Olavano and Civitella

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 3/8 × 14 1/2 inches (26.4 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
On View:: On view

39. Kangchenjunga from Darjeeling

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1879
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 47 1/8 x 72 inches (119.7 x 182.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
On View:: On view