Materials & Techniques: ivory / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Height [cm]: 8

1. Thomas Quincey

Creator:: Horace Hone, 1756–1825
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on ivory
Dimensions:: Frame: 3 x 2 1/4 x 3/8 inches (7.6 x 5.7 x 1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Reverand Dr. John Harris

Creator:: Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: 1707
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches (8.3 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: Andrew Plimer, 1763–1837
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches (7.9 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: James Scouler, 1741–1812
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 2 3/4 x 2 1/8 inches (7 x 5.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Mrs. Ellen Devis

Creator:: William Wood, 1768–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 x 2 1/2 inches (7.6 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: George Chinnery, 1774–1852
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 x 2 3/8 inches (7.6 x 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Portrait of a Gentleman Called Michael Thomas Sadler

Creator:: George Chinnery, 1774–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/8 x 2 5/8 inches (7.9 x 6.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Portrait of a Lady called Miss Barclay

Creator:: George Engleheart, 1753–1829
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches (7.9 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: George Engleheart, 1753–1829
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/4 x 2 5/8 inches (8.3 x 6.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: Attributed to Andrew Plimer, 1763–1837
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/4 x 2 5/8 inches (8.3 x 6.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: Andrew Plimer, 1763–1837
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 inches (6.7 x 5.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Lady Bective

Creator:: Andrew Robertson, 1777–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches (7.9 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: Nathaniel Plimer, 1757–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 x 2 3/8 inches (7.6 x 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Major General Sir Barry Close

Creator:: John Smart, 1741–1811
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches (7.9 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: John Smart, 1741–1811
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 1 3/8 x 1 inches (3.5 x 2.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. General Stevenson

Creator:: John Smart, 1741–1811
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 x 2 1/2 inches (7.6 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. George Wolrige of Garlinneck

Creator:: William Wood, 1768–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory laid onto card
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/4 x 2 5/8 inches (8.3 x 6.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Aaron Hill, Dramatist (1685-1750)

Creator:: J. Cooper, 1688–1720
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/8 x 2 1/8 inches (7.9 x 5.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

19. Gentleman with short Brown Hair and a Blue Jacket

Creator:: Peter Paillou the younger, active 1757–1831
Date:: ca. 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:: Overall: 3 1/8 × 2 5/8 × 1/4 inches (7.9 × 6.7 × 0.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

20. Elizabeth, Countess of Hopetown

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 x 2 3/8 inches (7.6 x 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. James Hope, third Earl of Hopetoun

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/8 x 2 3/8 inches (7.9 x 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Pearl Mosque (Moti Masjid), Agra

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and shell gold on ivory, inset in polished ebony carved frame
Dimensions:: Frame: 6 7/8 × 7 1/4 × 3/8 inches (17.5 × 18.4 × 1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler in memory of Paul Mellon, Yale College, Class of 1929

23. The Tomb of Mumtaz Mahal in the Taj Mahal, Agra

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1873
Materials & Techniques:: watercolor on ivory, inset in polished ebony carved frame
Dimensions:: Frame: 7 5/16 × 7 1/4 × 3/8 inches (18.5 × 18.4 × 1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler in memory of Paul Mellon, Yale College, Class of 1929

24. Mrs. George Black Holding her Son

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:: Overall: 2 15/16 × 2 3/8 inches (7.5 × 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

25. Young Woman with Coral Necklace and Crucifix

Creator:: Anne Mee, ca. 1760–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:: Overall: 3 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 1/4 inches (7.9 × 6.4 × 0.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

26. Gentleman from a Pair of Miniatures, Possibly Husband and Wife

Creator:: George Francis Joseph, 1764–1846
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gum arabic with scratching out on ivory set in rose gold locket
Dimensions:: Frame: 3 × 2 3/8 × 1/8 inches (7.6 × 6 × 0.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

27. Young Woman from a Pair of Miniatures, Possibly Husband and Wife

Creator:: George Francis Joseph, 1764–1846
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and white gouache on ivory set in a rose gold pinned locket with bale and ring
Dimensions:: Frame: 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 × 1/8 inches (8.3 × 7 × 0.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

28. Young Lady

Creator:: Richard Crosse, 1742–1810
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on ivory set in in rose gold locket with bale
Dimensions:: Frame: 3 1/4 × 2 1/2 × 1/8 inches (8.3 × 6.4 × 0.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

29. Lady with Brown Hair, Blue Dress and White Lace Collar

Creator:: Samuel John Stump, 1778 - 1863
Date:: ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum arabic, and scratching out on ivory set in rose gold locket with bale and ring
Dimensions:: Frame: 3 × 2 3/8 × 1/4 inches (7.6 × 6 × 0.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

30. Young Man

Creator:: Andrew Robertson, 1777–1845
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, and gum arabic on ivory set in a rose gold locket with bale and oval window with seed pearls
Dimensions:: Frame: 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 × 1/8 inches (8.3 × 7 × 0.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

31. Young Man Turned to His Right

Creator:: Edward Greene Malbone, 1777 - 1807
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gum arabic on ivory set in rose gold locket with bale and ring
Dimensions:: Frame: 3 × 2 1/2 × 1/8 inches (7.6 × 6.4 × 0.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

32. Colonel Donald MacLeod of St. Kilda

Creator:: Charles Shirreff, ca. 1750–1829
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and white gouache on ivory in original gold frame; lock of hair and miniature metal weapons on back
Dimensions:: Frame: 3 × 2 3/8 × 1/4 inches (7.6 × 6 × 0.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. Thomas Quincey

2. The Reverand Dr. John Harris

3. Portrait of a Lady

4. Portrait of a Lady

5. Mrs. Ellen Devis

6. Portrait of a Gentleman

7. Portrait of a Gentleman Called Michael Thomas Sadler

8. Portrait of a Lady called Miss Barclay

9. Portrait of a Lady

10. Portrait of a Lady

11. Portrait of a Gentleman

12. Lady Bective

13. Portrait of a Lady

14. Major General Sir Barry Close

15. Portrait of a Gentleman

16. General Stevenson

17. George Wolrige of Garlinneck

18. Aaron Hill, Dramatist (1685-1750)

19. Gentleman with short Brown Hair and a Blue Jacket

20. Elizabeth, Countess of Hopetown

21. James Hope, third Earl of Hopetoun

22. Pearl Mosque (Moti Masjid), Agra

23. The Tomb of Mumtaz Mahal in the Taj Mahal, Agra

24. Mrs. George Black Holding her Son

25. Young Woman with Coral Necklace and Crucifix

26. Gentleman from a Pair of Miniatures, Possibly Husband and Wife

27. Young Woman from a Pair of Miniatures, Possibly Husband and Wife

28. Young Lady

29. Lady with Brown Hair, Blue Dress and White Lace Collar

30. Young Man

31. Young Man Turned to His Right

32. Colonel Donald MacLeod of St. Kilda