Materials & Techniques: vellum (skin) / Collection: Prints and Drawings

1. Portrait of a Lady Called Elizabeth Knight

Creator:: attributed to Benjamin Arlaud, ca. 1670–ca. 1721
Date:: between 1701 and 1719
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and watercolor on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 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

2. William, second Lord Grey of Rolleston and sixth Baron North

Creator:: Benjamin Arlaud, ca. 1670–ca. 1721
Date:: 1701-1719
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum mounted on card
Dimensions:: Frame: 2 7/8 × 2 1/8 × 1/8 inches (7.3 × 5.4 × 0.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1666
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and gold on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/8 x 2 inches (6 x 5.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Portrait of a Youth

Creator:: Attributed to Thomas Flatman, 1637–1688
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 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

5. Elizabeth Dormer, Countess of Carnarvon (née Capel)

Creator:: Richard Gibson, 1615–1690
Date:: ca. 1665
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Frame: 4 3/8 x 3 5/8 x 1/8 inches (11.1 x 9.2 x 0.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: Richard Gibson, 1615–1690
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum laid onto card
Dimensions:: Frame: 2 7/8 x 2 x 1/8 inches (7.3 x 5.1 x 0.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Queen Henrietta Maria, 1609-1669

Creator:: David Des Granges, ca. 1611–in or before 1672
Date:: after 1636
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum laid onto gesso-backed card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 2 5/8 inches (8.6 x 6.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: attributed to Edward Norgate, ca. 1581–1650
Date:: ca. 1610
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 x 1 5/8 inches (5.1 x 4.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Brucea antidysenterica J. Miller (James Bruce's Tree): finished drawing of part stem with flowering shoots and leafy shoots

Creator:: Frederick P. Nodder, active 1773–1800
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 13/16 x 14 1/16 inches (47.8 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Roman Sketchbook

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Sketchbook with sketches in graphite, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, black wash, gouache and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, bound in vellum
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 5/8 inches (19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Abraham Lincoln

Creator:: Print made by Otto J. Schneider, 1875–1946
Date:: 1906
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and dry point on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 × 17 3/8 inches (54.3 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. King Edward IV

Creator:: Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: 1732
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gold on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 x 2 inches (5.1 x 5.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

13. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: Samuel Cooper, 1609–1672
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/16 x 2 1/8 inches (6.2 x 5.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. View of Gloucestershire Country House

Creator:: Thomas Robins the elder, 1715–1770
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Opaque watercolor on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 24 3/8 inches (41.6 × 61.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Portrait of a Young Man

Creator:: Attributed to Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches (8.6 x 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. James I of England and VI of Scotland

Creator:: Nicholas Hilliard, ca. 1547–1619
Date:: ca. 1610
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and gold, pen and black ink on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 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

17. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: Jean Clouet, ca. 1485–1540/41
Date:: ca. 1530
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache and gold on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 inches (4.1 x 4.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. St. Jerome in his Study

Creator:: Alexander Marshal, active 1651–died 1682
Date:: 1650
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, watercolor, and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches (18.7 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: Nicholas Hilliard, ca. 1547–1619
Date:: between 1600 and 1615
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on vellum laid onto card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 x 1 11/16 inches (5.1 x 4.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Dudley North, third Baron North (1581-1666)

Creator:: Isaac Oliver, ca. 1565–1617
Date:: ca. 1609
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and gold on vellum laid onto card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 x 1 5/8 inches (5.1 x 4.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Charles I, when Prince of Wales

Creator:: Peter Oliver, 1589–1647
Date:: between 1618 and 1621
Materials & Techniques:: gouache on vellum laid onto a playing card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 x 1 5/8 inches (5.1 x 4.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Dik-dik

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 6 3/8 inches (14 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Boats in a Harbour

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 12 1/2 inches (21 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Sketch of Man, Woman and Child

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 6 inches (14.6 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Anne of Denmark

Creator:: Studio of Nicholas Hilliard, ca. 1547–1619
Date:: ca. 1605
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum laid onto card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 inches (6 x 4.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: Attributed to John Hoskins, ca. 1590–1665
Date:: between 1590 and 1665
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches (5.4 x 4.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Lady of the North Family

Creator:: John Hoskins, ca. 1590–1665
Date:: between 1620 and 1624
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum laid onto card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches (5.4 x 4.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Bernard Lens III (1682-1740)

Creator:: Peter Paul Lens, 1714–1750
Date:: 1739
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum laid onto card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 x 2 1/2in. (7.9 x 6.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Victorious Hero Takes Occasion to Conclude Peace

Creator:: Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache heightened with gold on vellum
Dimensions:: Frame: 17 1/4 x 20 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (43.8 x 52.1 x 3.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. Aretino

Creator:: Print made by Charles Waltner, 1846–1925
Date:: 1905
Materials & Techniques:: Etching (artist's proof) on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/16 × 20 inches (63.7 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. The Golden Stairs

Creator:: Print made by Felix Jasinski, 1862 - 1901
Date:: 1894
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 1/8 × 13 inches (71.4 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948, Fund

32. Portrait of a Man

Creator:: Thomas Forster, ca. 1677–after 1712
Date:: 1699
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 3 inches (12.7 x 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Portrait of a Woman, called Frances Carr (née Howard), Countess of Somerset

Creator:: Workshop of Nicholas Hilliard, ca. 1547–1619
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, bodycolor, gold and silver on vellum mounted on playing card
Dimensions:: Overall: 4 5/16 × 3 9/16 inches (11 × 9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund