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Subject Terms frontispiece (illustration)

1. Here Nature List'ning Stood

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

2. The Revenge and Country House

The Revenge and Country House

Creator:: Possibly Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: before 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 5 3/8 inches (9.2 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

3. The Artist's Bookplate and Pen Inscription from a Drawing Album

The Artist's Bookplate and Pen Inscription from a Drawing Album

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Etching (bookplate) with pen and brown ink (attached inscription) on thin, slightly textured, white wove paper (bookplate) and thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper (attached inscription)
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 x 2 5/16 inches (8.3 x 5.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Design for a Frontispiece: Allegorical Landscape

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

5. Design for a Frontispiece: Group of Allegorical Figures

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

6. Drawing for a Frontispiece: "The Toast"

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