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1. James Thomson (1700-1748)

Creator:: Stephen Slaughter, 1697–1765
Date:: 1736
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/2 x 25 1/4 inches (77.5 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Mary Robinson (née Darby)

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 7/8 × 28 1/4 inches (93.7 × 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Reverend Dr. Charles Symmons

Creator:: Sir William Beechey, 1753–1839
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 3/8 x 25 1/4 inches (77.2 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Alexander Pope

Creator:: Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Date:: 1738
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 33 inches (99.1 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Alexander Pope Profile, Crowned with Ivy

Creator:: Studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723
Date:: ca. 1721
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/4 x 23 inches (71.8 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Margaret Wimsatt in memory of William Kurtz Wimsatt Jr.
On View:: Not on view

6. The Destruction of the Children of Niobe

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 58 x 74 inches (147.3 x 188 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Pope's Villa, Twickenham

Creator:: Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 5/16 x 32 1/8 inches (44 x 81.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Alexander Pope

Creator:: Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 24 3/4 x 17 x 9 inches (62.9 x 43.2 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of the British art historian Basil Taylor (1922–1975)
On View:: Not on view

9. William Congreve

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:: Pearwood
Dimensions:: Overall: 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches (16.5 x 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. William Hayley

Creator:: Thomas Alphonso Hayley, 1780–1800
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 inches (10.8 x 8.9 x 5.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Gift of Charles Ryskamp
On View:: Not on view

11. The Destruction of Niobe's Children

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 x 20 5/8 inches (32.4 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

12. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches (39.7 x 29.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Edwin

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 10 1/16 inches (36 x 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Edwin

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 3/16 inches (30.1 x 23.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. Roslin Castle, Midlothian

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on medium laid paper, mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 25 1/8 inches (46 x 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Mr. Thomas Gray

Creator:: Print made by William Doughty, 1757–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 4 1/8 inches (15 × 10.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Lovelace in Prison

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 17 7/16 inches (39 x 44.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 × 10 15/16 inches (38.2 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. 'Poet, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V, Scene i'

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, published state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 13 3/4in. (43.2 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Alexander Pope, Profile

Creator:: Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Date:: 1738
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Dimensions:: Plate: 5 3/4 x 4 1/2in. (14.6 x 11.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Florence and Maynard Mack

21. John Armstrong, M.D.

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: between 1760 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 15/16 x 11 1/8 inches (43 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 inches (37.9 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. William Drummond of Hawthornden

Creator:: John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (39 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

24. Samuel Johnson

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (26 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. 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

26. Designs for an Ornamental Cartouche: for the Engraved Portrait of Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719)

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 8 11/16 inches (35.6 x 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Mary Robinson

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 12 13/16 inches (44.1 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. James Thomson (1700-1748)

2. Mary Robinson (née Darby)

3. Reverend Dr. Charles Symmons

4. Alexander Pope

5. Alexander Pope Profile, Crowned with Ivy

6. The Destruction of the Children of Niobe

7. Pope's Villa, Twickenham

8. Alexander Pope

9. William Congreve

10. William Hayley

11. The Destruction of Niobe's Children

12. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

13. Edwin

14. Edwin

15. Roslin Castle, Midlothian

16. Mr. Thomas Gray

17. Lovelace in Prison

18. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

19. 'Poet, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V, Scene i'

20. Alexander Pope, Profile

21. John Armstrong, M.D.

22. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

23. William Drummond of Hawthornden

24. Samuel Johnson

25. Design for a Frontispiece: Bust of a Roman Man

26. Designs for an Ornamental Cartouche: for the Engraved Portrait of Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719)

27. Mary Robinson