Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: study (visual work) - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

1. An Unfinished Study of the Head of James Thomson

Creator:: William Aikman, 1682–1731
Date:: ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 7/16 x 15 5/16 inches (49.4 x 38.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Portrait of an Unknown Man

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (34.3 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Studies of a Classical Bust

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1774 to 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 × 16 7/8 inches (50.8 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Poppies and Tradascanthus

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 17 x 14 inches (43.2 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Study of a Grey Horse

Creator:: Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 8 1/2 x 12 1/8 inches (21.6 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Study of the Lamentation on the Dead Christ

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper on panel
Dimensions:: 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (29.2 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. A Copy after a Painting Traditionally Attributed to Van Dyck of Two Monks Reading

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: late 18th century?
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 20 1/2 × 18 inches (52.1 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. A Marmoset in Three Attitudes

Creator:: George Garrard, 1760–1826
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 1/4 inches (38.1 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Study for 'The Red Cross Knight'

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 x 21 inches (43.2 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper; squared in graphite for transfer
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 1/8 inches (30.5 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Study of a Clouded Moonlit Sky

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (11.1 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Study of a Lady Standing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 x 11 1/2 inches (45.7 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. A Procession of the Damned: Study for the Damned in Dante's "Inferno"

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches (15.9 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. A Seated Woman

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 1/2 inches (20 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Views in the Levant: Study of Figures From a Frieze or Panel

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, black ink, graphite, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 3/4 inches (22.5 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. A Study of Agostino Cornacchini's Statue of Charlemagne, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

Creator:: Joseph Wilton, 1722–1803
Date:: Between 1747 and 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, moderately textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 6 1/8 inches (25.4 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Study of a Seated Woman

Creator:: attributed to James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (24.1 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Study for a Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches (21.6 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Study for the Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches (21.9 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Study of a Man

Creator:: Nathaniel Smith, 1740–1787
Date:: 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 10 1/2 inches (43.2 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Study for a Stable Court of Kirkdale, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: between 1770 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 18 5/8 inches (30.2 × 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Preliminary Study for "A Game of Bowls on the Bowling Green Outside the Bunch of Grapes Inn, Hurst, Berkshire"

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 12 7/16 inches (22.7 × 31.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Mountain Tops (A Mountain Study)

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, graphite, and brown ground on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (23.5 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Figure Costume Study of Edward VI in 1550

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1793 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 2 3/4 inches (10.2 × 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Figure Costume Study: French Lady of Quality in 1501

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1793 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash and violet chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 2 7/8 inches (11.4 x 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Figure Costume Study: Noble Virgin of Bologna

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1793 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 3 inches (11.1 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Figure Costume Study of Henry VIII

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1793 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 x 2 7/8 inches (10.8 x 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Study for the Figure of Gulliver

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 6 7/8 inches (29.2 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Study of Two Willows

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink, brushed brown ink, yellowish-brown ground and varnish on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 6 3/8 inches (10.2 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Galleria di Sopra, Albano

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 18 3/8 x 24 1/2 inches (46.7 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Blue Turban and Stomacher and Pink Dress

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink, and gray ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 5 1/16 inches (17.1 × 12.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Purple Turban and Green Dress

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and gray ink, red ink, and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/16 × 4 11/16 inches (18.9 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Blue Turban and Stomacher and Red Dress

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 7/16 inches (19.7 × 13.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Pink Turban and White Dress

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and gray ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 4 11/16 inches (17.3 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Celosia Cristata (Cockscomb)

Creator:: Barbara Regina Dietzsch, 1706–1783
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and gold leaf on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 3/4 inches (35.6 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ira Brind and David Brind, Yale BA 2000

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1. An Unfinished Study of the Head of James Thomson

2. Portrait of an Unknown Man

3. Studies of a Classical Bust

4. Poppies and Tradascanthus

5. Study of a Grey Horse

6. Study of the Lamentation on the Dead Christ

7. A Copy after a Painting Traditionally Attributed to Van Dyck of Two Monks Reading

8. A Marmoset in Three Attitudes

9. Study for 'The Red Cross Knight'

10. Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel

11. Study of a Clouded Moonlit Sky

12. Study of a Lady Standing

13. A Procession of the Damned: Study for the Damned in Dante's "Inferno"

14. A Seated Woman

15. Views in the Levant: Study of Figures From a Frieze or Panel

16. A Study of Agostino Cornacchini's Statue of Charlemagne, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

17. Study of a Seated Woman

18. Study for a Portrait of a Woman

19. Study for the Portrait of a Woman

20. Study of a Man

21. Study for a Stable Court of Kirkdale, Wigtownshire, Scotland

22. Preliminary Study for "A Game of Bowls on the Bowling Green Outside the Bunch of Grapes Inn, Hurst, Berkshire"

23. Mountain Tops (A Mountain Study)

24. Figure Costume Study of Edward VI in 1550

25. Figure Costume Study: French Lady of Quality in 1501

26. Figure Costume Study: Noble Virgin of Bologna

27. Figure Costume Study of Henry VIII

28. Study for the Figure of Gulliver

29. Study of Two Willows

30. Galleria di Sopra, Albano

31. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Blue Turban and Stomacher and Pink Dress

32. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Purple Turban and Green Dress

33. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Blue Turban and Stomacher and Red Dress

34. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Pink Turban and White Dress

35. Celosia Cristata (Cockscomb)