Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Subject Terms: mythology

1. Study for 'Calypso's Grotto'

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 5 × 7 1/2 inches (12.7 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Lake Avernus: Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1814 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches (71.8 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Aeneas and the Sibyl

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 3/8 x 55 1/4 inches (102.6 x 140.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. 'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy'

Creator:: William Artaud, 1763–1823
Date:: 1788 to 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 95 x 80 1/2 inches (241.3 x 204.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Dido

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 96 3/16 × 72 3/16 inches (244.3 × 183.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. The Salmon Leap, Leixlip

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 5/8 x 25 1/2 inches (67.6 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. The Apotheosis of Nelson

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 1/2 x 29 inches (100.3 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Land, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1718
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 3/16 x 48 inches (91.9 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. The Rape of Proserpine, design for the staircase of Devonshire House, London

Creator:: Louis Laguerre, 1663–1721
Date:: ca. 1704
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 1/8 x 30 inches (107 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Tekemessa and Eurysakes

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: between 1800 and 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 7/8 x 32 5/8 inches (103.8 x 82.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Rinaldo and Armida

Creator:: Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 51 1/2 × 60 1/4 inches (130.8 × 153 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Sheet of Classical Figure Studies

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured beige laid paper and moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches (21.3 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Birth of Venus

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 5 7/8in. (18.4 x 14.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Design for a Ceiling

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 x 12 1/2 inches (14.1 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Carlton House, Pall Mall, London: Section of the Portico, Hall and Tribune

Creator:: Henry Holland, 1745–1806
Date:: ca. 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over pen and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 15/16 x 28 1/4 inches (35.4 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. A Design for a Mural Executed in the Salon at Roehampton House, Surrey: Apollo Carrying off Aeneas in a Cloud

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 inches (14 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Fall of Phaeton: A Study for a Ceiling

Creator:: follower of Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 6 3/8 inches (15.2 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Diana

Creator:: William Taverner, 1703–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 7 5/8 inches (29.2 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Classical Scene: Minerva as the Goddess of Arts and Sciences

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 11 1/8 inches (38.5 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Diana and Actaeon: A Study for a Panel on a Staircase

Creator:: follower of Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 6 1/4in. (15.2 x 15.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Apollo and the Muses

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 15/16 inches (21.9 x 32.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, brown ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 3/16 inches (24.8 x 33.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Illustration to Homer's Iliad

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (13.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Design for a Ceiling

Creator:: James Wyatt, 1746–1813
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, and watercolor; verso: pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches (50.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. [One of] Five Ceiling Designs

Creator:: John Sanderson, active 1730; died 1774
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 6 13/16 inches (10.2 x 17.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Fall of a City

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Design of Apollo and the Python for a Painted over-door Decoration

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper laid down on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches (21.3 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Elijah Casting off His Mantle

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 8 5/8 inches (21 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Putto Holding a Torch

Creator:: Print made by Isaac Fuller, ca. 1620–1672
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 4 inches (11.4 × 10.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Rinaldo and Armida

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 x 14 15/16 inches (53 x 38 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Ticket: For the Benefit of Mr. Salpietro

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 5 9/16 inches (10.8 × 14.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Ticket: For the Benefit of Mr. Salpietro

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches (14.6 x 15.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. The Harpies Attacking the Daughters of Pandarus

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1848
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 18 1/8 inches (30.5 x 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Cupid and Cephisa: "One Day as I was Walking in the Woods..."

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Burke, 1749–1815
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 x 18 5/8 inches (49.8 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Telemachus and Mentor

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 5/16 inches (30.8 x 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Centaur Nessus Carrying off Deianira

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 12 3/16 inches (44.4 x 30.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Unhappy Ghosts Wandering on the Banks of Styx, while Charon in his Boat Ferries over the Elect to the Elysian Fields

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 5/8 inches (30.6 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Fates

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Tinted lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 17 3/8 inches (31 x 44.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Tancred Entering the Enchanted Forest, Vide "Jerusalem Delivered"--Canto XIII

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 17 3/8 inches (31 x 44.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Mask of Comus. As Now Being Performed at the Theatre Royal, Madrid, with Amazing Success

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 5/8 inches (30.7 x 44.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. One of six perspective designs for the Concave Mirror and engraved mirrors in Vauxhall Gardens

Creator:: Print made by Jacob Bonneau, 1741–1786
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, stipple engraving and drypoint print on moderately thick, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches (28.6 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Ceyx and Alcyone

Creator:: William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 x 22 inches (45.7 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Benjamin West, P.R.A.

Creator:: James Fittler, 1758–1835
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 × 15 3/8 inches (53 × 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Venus Chiding Cupid

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 10 1/8 inches (29.6 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Ominum Gatherum No. 6

Creator:: Henry Heath, active 1824–1835
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 7/16 inches (27 x 36.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Mrs. Abington as Thalia

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, with hand colored ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 7 1/8 inches (23.4 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Ticket: Mr. Cox's Museum

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, with center cut out on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 5 1/4 inches (8.9 × 13.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. At the City of Albano

Creator:: Print made by Placido Columbani, born ca. 1744, active 1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 5 13/16 inches (22.2 x 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Cephalus and Procris

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Burke, 1749–1815
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 x 11 inches (19.6 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Cupid Disarmed by Venus

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 13/16 x 15 3/16 inches (50.4 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. A Perspective View of the Foundling Hospital with Emblematic Figures

Creator:: Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:: 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, pasted on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 17 3/8 inches (35 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Statue of Achilles in Hyde Park

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Freeman, 1773–1857
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 5 5/16 inches (20 x 13.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Hebe

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 x 9 1/16 inches (29 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Paris and Oenone

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 7/16 inches (30.2 x 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. At Rome

Creator:: Print made by Placido Columbani, born ca. 1744, active 1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 5 13/16 inches (22.3 x 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Tancred and Clorinda

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 9 3/16 inches (28.3 x 23.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Cleone

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 10 7/8 inches (32.7 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Ticket: For the Benefit of Mr. Salpietro

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 7 5/8 inches (25.6 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. The Mighty Mother Sails Through the Air

Creator:: Print made by Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 5/8 inches (26.2 × 19.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Intemperance

Creator:: Print made by Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier, 1804–1866
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 9/16 x 20 inches (34.4 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Cupid and Cephisa: "Cephisa says, we ought to cut the Wings of Love..."

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Burke, 1749–1815
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 x 14 13/16 inches (49.8 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Silenus

Creator:: Print made by Robert Blyth, 1750–1784
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 9 13/16 inches (27.9 x 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Silenus

Creator:: Print made by Robert Blyth, 1750–1784
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 9 13/16 inches (27.9 x 25 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. A Mythological Battle

Creator:: George C. Finden, 1811–1885
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving and etching on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 19 15/16 inches (34.8 x 50.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. The Ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall: The Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland

Creator:: Print made by Simon Gribelin, 1662–1733
Date:: 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 18 3/16 inches (32.7 × 46.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Hope Nursing Love

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 14 1/8 inches (50.5 × 35.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Venus and Mars

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches (22.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Bluebeard Giving the Keys to Fatima

Creator:: Attributed to Richard Doyle, 1824–1883
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (21.6 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Design for Ceiling

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black and brown ink, watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 9 3/8 inches (33 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Design for an Engraving: Battle of Troy with the Trojan Horse

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, red chalk, graphite, watercolor and gold leaf on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink, border lines
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 1/8 × 11 inches (30.8 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Basso Relievos: Statues and Inscriptions 1765. Manuscript with Drawings..

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 5/8 x 14 7/8 inches (47.3 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. [One of] 25 drawings and prints for ceilings

Creator:: George Richardson, ca.1738–ca.1813
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches (42.9 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. [One of] 25 drawings and prints for ceilings

Creator:: George Richardson, ca.1738–ca.1813
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 18 1/4 inches (28.9 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. [One of] 25 drawings and prints for ceilings

Creator:: George Richardson, ca.1738–ca.1813
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 13 1/8 inches (33 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. [One of] 25 drawings and prints for ceilings

Creator:: George Richardson, ca.1738–ca.1813
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 13 3/4 inches (28.3 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Study for 'Calypso's Grotto'

2. Lake Avernus: Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl

3. Aeneas and the Sibyl

4. 'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy'

5. Dido

6. The Salmon Leap, Leixlip

7. The Apotheosis of Nelson

8. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Land, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

9. Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

10. The Rape of Proserpine, design for the staircase of Devonshire House, London

11. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

12. Tekemessa and Eurysakes

13. Rinaldo and Armida

14. Sheet of Classical Figure Studies

15. The Birth of Venus

16. Design for a Ceiling

17. Carlton House, Pall Mall, London: Section of the Portico, Hall and Tribune

18. A Design for a Mural Executed in the Salon at Roehampton House, Surrey: Apollo Carrying off Aeneas in a Cloud

19. The Fall of Phaeton: A Study for a Ceiling

20. Diana

21. Classical Scene: Minerva as the Goddess of Arts and Sciences

22. Diana and Actaeon: A Study for a Panel on a Staircase

23. Apollo and the Muses

24. Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne

25. Illustration to Homer's Iliad

26. Design for a Ceiling

27. [One of] Five Ceiling Designs

28. Fall of a City

29. Design of Apollo and the Python for a Painted over-door Decoration

30. Elijah Casting off His Mantle

31. Putto Holding a Torch

32. Rinaldo and Armida

33. Ticket: For the Benefit of Mr. Salpietro

34. Ticket: For the Benefit of Mr. Salpietro

35. The Harpies Attacking the Daughters of Pandarus

36. Cupid and Cephisa: "One Day as I was Walking in the Woods..."

37. Telemachus and Mentor

38. The Centaur Nessus Carrying off Deianira

39. Unhappy Ghosts Wandering on the Banks of Styx, while Charon in his Boat Ferries over the Elect to the Elysian Fields

40. The Fates

41. Tancred Entering the Enchanted Forest, Vide "Jerusalem Delivered"--Canto XIII

42. The Mask of Comus. As Now Being Performed at the Theatre Royal, Madrid, with Amazing Success

43. One of six perspective designs for the Concave Mirror and engraved mirrors in Vauxhall Gardens

44. Ceyx and Alcyone

45. Benjamin West, P.R.A.

46. Venus Chiding Cupid

47. Ominum Gatherum No. 6

48. Mrs. Abington as Thalia

49. Ticket: Mr. Cox's Museum

50. At the City of Albano

51. Cephalus and Procris

52. Cupid Disarmed by Venus

53. A Perspective View of the Foundling Hospital with Emblematic Figures

54. Statue of Achilles in Hyde Park

55. Hebe

56. Paris and Oenone

57. At Rome

58. Tancred and Clorinda

59. Cleone

60. Ticket: For the Benefit of Mr. Salpietro

61. The Mighty Mother Sails Through the Air

62. Intemperance

63. Cupid and Cephisa: "Cephisa says, we ought to cut the Wings of Love..."

64. Silenus

65. Silenus

66. A Mythological Battle

67. The Ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall: The Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland

68. Hope Nursing Love

69. Venus and Mars

70. Bluebeard Giving the Keys to Fatima

71. Design for Ceiling

72. Design for an Engraving: Battle of Troy with the Trojan Horse

73. Basso Relievos: Statues and Inscriptions 1765. Manuscript with Drawings..

74. [One of] 25 drawings and prints for ceilings