Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British
Title:
Night
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (44.5 x 54.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower left: "J. Whestley pin[x] 1[7]9[9]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.121
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
dog (animal) | cat (domestic cat) | moon | sleeping | cottage | table | chairs | stool | crib | costume | bellows | vase | pots | pans (containers) | genre subject | window | fireplace | children | infant | boy | girl | peasants | night | interior | women
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Life in England 1750 - 1850 (Paul Mellon Arts Center, 1990-03-27 - 1990-05-21)
Publications:
Christie's sale catalogue : Catalogue of modern pictures and drawings : February 8, 1946, Christie's, London, February 8, 1946, p. 7, Lot . 67, Fiche B51 (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 246-247, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)

Jane Fenlon, Irish Fine Art in the Early Modern Period : New Perspectives on Artistic Practice, 1620 - 1820, Newbridge, Country Kildare, Ireland, 2016, p. 161, fig. 06.03, N6787 I75 2016 (YCBA)

Catherine M. Gordon, British paintings Hogarth to Turner, Frederick Warne, London, 1981, p. 72, ND466 .G67 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , , Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 141 (v.1), no. 269, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition Catalogue. 1801. 33d., Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, no. 33, B. McMillan, London, 1801, p. 7, no. 90, N5054 A53 29-49 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:458