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Yale Center for British Art

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Oil portrait of a man in a brown coat resting his hand on a plaster bust of a bearded man, dark background.

Joseph Nollekens with His Bust of Laurence Sterne

John Francis Rigaud, 1772

Oil portrait of a seated man with curly dark hair playing a guitar beside red drapery and a sheet of music.

Portrait of a Man Playing a Guitar

George Chinnery, 1830

Oval miniature portrait of a man with shoulder-length hair, mustache and goatee, wearing a large white lace collar.

Portrait of a Gentleman

John Hoskins, 1590

Oval portrait of a man in a blue coat with gold trim and a brown fur hat, turning toward the viewer.

Portrait of the Fourth Baron Cleraine

Oil self-portrait of a young man with curly light hair holding a painter's palette against a dark background.

Self-Portrait

George Chinnery, 1800

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly brown hair, white collar and black clothing against a blue background.

Portrait of a Gentleman

John Hoskins, 1646

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with powdered hair, pearl hair ornament, and blue dress with white lace fichu.

Portrait of a Lady

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with grey curled hair, blue dress and white lace collar, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Lady

Full-length portrait of a man in a green coat and riding breeches with a spaniel, against a landscape and cloudy sky.

Portrait of a man

William Owen, 1815

Oval miniature of a woman with curled powdered hair, wearing a cream gold-sprigged dress with lace, against blue sky.

Portrait of an Unknown Lady

Jeremiah Meyer, 1750

Oval miniature portrait of a man in a gray wig, blue coat and white cravat, set in an engraved gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Oil portrait of a man in a powdered wig and grey coat holding a palette and brushes, with a lion's head below.

Self-Portrait

Charles Catton, 1769

Oval miniature portrait of a young man in a blue coat and white cravat, framed by a border of clear stones.

Portrait of a Young Man

Group portrait of a family in an elegant interior with a seated table, servant, young girl, small dog and marble bust.

Group portrait, probably of the Raikes family

Gawen Hamilton, 1730

Oil portrait of a woman in a white satin dress and blue wrap against a dark background, painted around 1750.

Portrait of a Lady

James Cranke, 1750

Painting of a sportsman in a top hat with a rifle, two pointer dogs and a saddled horse in an open landscape.

Portrait of a Sportsman, Possibly Richard Prince

Benjamin Marshall, 1825

Oval miniature portrait of a heavyset man with curly dark hair, dark coat, white cravat, against a blue sky.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Adam Buck, 1806

Miniature oval portrait of an infantry officer in red coat with green facings, powdered hair, in a jeweled silver frame.

Portrait of an Infantry Officer

Samuel Cotes, 1767

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with long curled hair, brown coat and lace cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Oil self-portrait of a man in a grey wig and dark coat holding a palette and brushes beside an easel.

Self-portrait

Marcellus Laroon, 1720

Oil portrait of an elderly woman in a lace cap and a young girl holding a pink rose against a dark background.

Portrait of an Elderly Lady and a Girl

George Beare, 1747

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with dark hair in a black dress, white lace collar and pink bodice, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Lady

Gervase Spencer, 1754

Oval miniature portrait of a young girl with braided hair and black ribbon choker, set in a gold brooch with gems.

Portrait of a Young Girl

Samuel Collins, 1757

Oval-framed half-length portrait of a young man with curled dark hair, brown coat and gold-braided white shirt.

Self-Portrait

William Keeble, 1748

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled brown hair, black dress, white lace collar and pink ribbons, on gray-green gro

Portrait of a Lady

Gervase Spencer, 1761

Oval miniature portrait of a man with powdered hair in a blue coat and yellow striped waistcoat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

John Bogle, 1792

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with dark hair and a white lace collar, set in an ornate gold brooch frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Oval miniature of a young man in a lavender coat with gold embroidery and lace cravat, dated 1757.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Gervase Spencer, 1757

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with powdered curled hair, white dress, yellow shawl and lavender sash, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Lady

Nathaniel Plimer

Oval miniature portrait of a man with curly dark hair, brown coat and white cravat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

Charles Robertson

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with curled hair, white headband and white dress against a blue sky.

Portrait of a Lady

Man in red hunting coat and top hat on a brown horse, seen from behind, holding a riding crop against a grey background.

Portrait of Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Lord Delamere, on His Hunter (study for "The Cheshire Hunt at Tatton Park")

Henry Calvert, 1839

Oval miniature portrait of a woman with curled hair, lace collar and pearl necklace, in a gold and enamel frame.

Portrait of a Lady

Edward Norgate, 1610

Oval miniature portrait of a young girl in a straw hat with pink ribbon and white dress, against a blue sky, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Girl

Oval miniature of a young woman with dark curled hair in a red robe and blue sash, in an ornate gilt frame.

Portrait of a Lady Called Elizabeth Knight

Benjamin Arlaud, 1701

Oval miniature portrait of a young woman with curled hair, blue ribbon, white dress and lace collar.

Portrait of a Lady

James Scouler, 1781

Oval miniature portrait of a young man with grey hair in a red coat with blue collar and white epaulette.

Portrait of a Naval Officer

Miniature oval portrait of a woman with powdered grey hair in a green dress, set in a gold and pearl frame.

Portrait of a Lady

Thomas Day, 1783

Portrait of a Cleric

James Scouler, 1774

Portrait of a Young Officer

Samuel Andrews, 1804

Head of a Grey Arabian Horse

Martin Ward, 1820

Oval miniature portrait of a man with white powdered hair in a blue coat and cream waistcoat, in a gold frame.

Portrait of a Gentleman

James Scouler, 1796

Watercolor of a row of pale buildings by a lake with steep sunlit mountains rising behind and small figures at left.

The Grange at the Head of Keswick Lake

Francis Towne, 1786

Portrait of Samuel Palmer, Head and Shoulders

George Richmond, 1830

Pen and wash drawing of a couple fighting in a room while two onlookers watch, with a Broughton medallion on the wall.

Matrimonial Fisticuffs, with a Portrait of the Pugilist John Broughton, in the background

Hubert François Gravelot

Pen and ink drawing of a man in a powdered wig seen from behind, holding a quill beside a handwritten letter.

Self-portrait

James Jefferys, 1771

Pencil portrait of a man with curly hair and a mustache, signed Samuel Palmer, on a cream-colored sheet.

Portrait of Samuel Palmer, February 5, 1828

George Richmond, 1828

Portrait of William Blake

John Flaxman Jr., 1804

Brown ink drawing of a man with curly hair and a high-collared shirt, with handwritten inscriptions above and below.

Portrait of John Saxby

John Hamilton Mortimer

Pencil and brown wash sketch of a man in a brown coat leaning on a desk beside a rolled paper.

Portrait of a Scholar

John Sell Cotman, 1802

Head of a Young Girl

Prince Hoare, 1780

Brown wash drawing of a young boy with tousled hair and a loose shirt, with handwritten inscriptions above and below.

Portrait of James Tuffs

John Hamilton Mortimer

Head of a Woman, Study for The Bible Lesson

Philippe Mercier, 1743

Pencil and blue-wash drawing of a young man with curly hair in a military coat and blue cravat, in an oval vignette.

Study for a Miniature Portrait of a Member of the Royal Family

Portrait of Richard Cosway

William Daniell, 1808

Portrait of the Pugilist Johnson

William Lock, 1790

Pencil drawing of a woman in a white gown and veil standing by a tree, arms outstretched, with a lake in the distance.

Portrait of a Lady Standing near a Lake

Richard Cosway, 1802