Materials & Techniques: soft-ground etching / Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

1. The Infant

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 10 7/8 inches (22.8 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. Louisa

Creator:: Print made by William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and softground etching (1st state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 × 10 1/2 inches (38.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

3. Coastal Scene

Creator:: Jonathan Girtin, ca.1780–aft.1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 13 3/8 inches (23.7 × 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

4. I

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Hardground and softground etching on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. The School-Boy

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 1/4 inches (22.6 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. The Justice

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 1/4 inches (23 × 28.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. The Lover

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 11 1/4 inches (23.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Elm

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 21 1/4 inches (36.5 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Palm

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 21 1/4 inches (36.5 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Willow

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/4 × 21 inches (36.2 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Spruce Fir

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 21 1/4 inches (36.5 × 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Ariccia

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: between 1783 and 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 7 3/8 inches (13.3 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Oak

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 21 1/4 inches (36.5 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Fifty Etchings

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Portfolio of 50 etchings on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, aquatint, black chalk, white chalk, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 12 3/4 inches (25.5 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. VIII

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching, aquatint, openbite, lavender oil on hardground and burnishing on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. XIV

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. XV

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching with hardground, openbite, burnishing and polishing on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. XXXVI

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. XXXV

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Spitbite, openbite, softground, and creeping bite etching on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. XXXVIII

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching, sugarlift, spitbite, and openbite on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. XL

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Sugarlift and softground etching, lavender oil on hardground, openbite, and burnishing on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 7 1/8 × 5 1/8 inches (18.1 × 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. XLVI

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching, hardground, aquatint, burnishing, and openbite: the plate was cut in half at state 7, the other half made XXVII on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. VII

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching and aquatint with crayon resist, openbite, hardground and various stages of burnishing and polishing on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. II

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching with stop-out varnish on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. XXVII

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching, aquatint, openbite through varnish and brasso, and burnishing: the plate was then cut in half at state 7 on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. IV

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, burnishing, sugarlift, openbite and softground etching on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. VI

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching with aquatint, hardground openbite, sugarlift, drypoint and burnishing on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. XLIV

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching, openbite, creeping aquatint bite, and drypoint on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. XLIX

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Initial faint hardground, aquatint to 7 states and creeping aquatint bite, openbite etching, burnishing, sugarlift, softground and drypoint on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. XLVIII

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching, openbite, sugarlift, scraping and burnishing on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales

Creator:: Print made by Louis Sailliar, 1748–1795
Date:: 1786-1787
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and soft-ground etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 × 10 3/4 inches (37.1 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

33. Beech

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/4 × 21 1/4 inches (36.2 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. Poplar

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/4 × 21 inches (36.2 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. Horse Chestnut

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/4 × 21 inches (36.2 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

36. Weeping Willows

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 21 1/4 inches (36.5 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

37. Aspin

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 21 1/4 inches (36.5 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

38. Italian Pine and Cypress

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/2 × 21 3/8 inches (36.8 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. Cedar

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 21 1/4 inches (36.5 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. Birch

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/4 × 21 1/4 inches (36.2 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

41. Hawthorn

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 21 1/8 inches (36.5 × 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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