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Frontispiece (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Frontispiece, The Ancient of Days (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper inlaid to size
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
What is Man!, Frontispiece (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Songs of Innocence, Frontispiece (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Frontispiece (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches (34.6 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Songs of Experience, Frontispiece (Plate 32)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Songs of Innocence, Frontispiece (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Frontispiece. Albion's Angel (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Here Nature List'ning Stood
Creator:
Print made by Cornelis Apostool, 1762–1844
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 5 15/16 inches (22.8 × 15.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Frontispiece dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds (no. 1 from Fifteen Etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds)
Creator:
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:
1778
Materials & Techniques:
Etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/4 x 10 11/16in. (41.3 x 27.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Drawing for the Frontispiece of Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden"
Creator:
Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches (22.2 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lowell Libson
Frontispiece, Monument to John Gay
Creator:
Print made by William C. Wilson, active 1798–1836
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Design for a Frontispiece: Bust of a Roman Man
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Red chalk and graphite, incised for transfer on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 5 1/4 inches (19.1 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Frontispiece: Group of Allegorical Figures
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink border lines
Dimensions:
Mount: 15 1/2 × 11 1/8 inches (39.4 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Frontispiece: Allegorical Landscape
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and red chalk, incised for transfer on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink, border lines
Dimensions:
Mount: 15 3/8 × 11 1/8 inches (39.1 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Frontispiece: Shepherds with Flock
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen in black ink, graphite, and red chalk, incised and squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 11 3/8 × 11 1/8 inches (28.9 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Frontispiece design for John Fayram's "Eight Views after Nature"
Creator:
John Fayram, op.1713–1743
Date:
ca. 1739
Materials & Techniques:
Pen, black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 5 7/8 inches (18.1 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1790
Creator:
James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink, and gray and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 × 8 inches (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Frontispiece: A Bishop Conferring an Honor, Scene Within a Cartouche
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, red chalk, and graphite, incised for transfer on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 15 1/2 × 11 inches (39.4 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Drawing for a Frontispiece: "The Toast"
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
1735
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches (21.3 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
1725
Materials & Techniques:
Etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 3/4 × 3 inches (4.4 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker
No cover image available
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 7in. (25.4 x 17.8cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert
No cover image available
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Etching
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art
No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 x 15in. (27.9 x 38.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert
No cover image available
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1798
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 11 3/4in. (22.5 x 29.8cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert
No cover image available
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1742
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 x 8 7/8in. (33.7 x 22.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Roscoe, William, 1753–1831
Date:
1795
Physical Description:
2 volumes : portrait; illustrations (engravings) ; 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts