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1. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

The Farmer's Wife and the Raven
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
beeswax and oil on millboard
Dimensions:
26 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches (67.3 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

2. The Harlowe Family, from Samuel Richardson's "Clarissa"

The Harlowe Family, from Samuel Richardson's "Clarissa"
Creator:
Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:
between 1745 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 1/2 x 30 7/8 inches (64.8 x 78.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

3. The Lonely Tower

The Lonely Tower
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1879
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/16 inches (26.1 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

4. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

The Farmer's Wife and the Raven
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with roulette and rocker work, first state
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/2 x 27 3/8in. (52 x 69.6cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Paradise Lost Sketchbook

Paradise Lost Sketchbook
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (14 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund

6. An Illustration to Rob Roy: Interior with a Party Drinking

An Illustration to Rob Roy: Interior with a Party Drinking
Creator:
William Henry Pyne, 1769–1843
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 7 5/16 inches (11.7 × 18.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Lover

The Lover
Creator:
Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
1824
Materials & Techniques:
Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/16 × 11 1/4 inches (23.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. The Justice

The Justice
Creator:
Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
1824
Materials & Techniques:
Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 1/4 inches (23 × 28.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. The Infant

The Infant
Creator:
Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
1824
Materials & Techniques:
Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 10 7/8 inches (22.8 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Sleepest or Wakest Thou?

Sleepest or Wakest Thou?
Creator:
Print made by Richard Ansdell, 1815–1885
Date:
ca. 1853
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/4 × 5 7/8 inches (10.8 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Scene Illustration: Milton's 'L'Allegro'

Scene Illustration: Milton's 'L'Allegro'
Creator:
Print made by Benjamin Fawcett, 1808–1893
Date:
between 1860 and 1885
Materials & Techniques:
Wood-engraving, printed in color with additional hand-coloring on moderately thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 13/16 x 9 3/4 inches (17.3 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Spell, or Hobnelia

The Spell, or Hobnelia
Creator:
Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/8 × 15 1/4 inches (53.7 × 38.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Sylvio and Dorinda

Sylvio and Dorinda
Creator:
Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:
between 1752 and 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 5/16 x 14 1/8 inches (26.2 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Sylvio and Dorinda

Sylvio and Dorinda
Creator:
Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:
between 1680 and 1703
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 12 5/8 inches (23.1 × 32 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. The Disaster

The Disaster
Creator:
Print made by William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 23 × 17 3/8 inches (58.4 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Je Dus Voyager

Je Dus Voyager
Creator:
Keith Vaughan, 1912–1977
Date:
1949
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache and watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 5/8 × 12 1/8 inches (49.8 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

17. Title page for "The Guardian"

Title page for "The Guardian"
Creator:
Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 × 4 1/2 inches (15.2 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Scene from a Play, possibly Benjamin Hoadley's "The Suspicious Husband"

Scene from a Play, possibly Benjamin Hoadley's "The Suspicious Husband"
Creator:
Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, red chalk and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/8 × 6 3/4 inches (13 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Illustration to the Virtuous Orphan

Illustration to the Virtuous Orphan
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 2 7/8 inches (11.7 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Illustration to the Virtuous Orphan

Illustration to the Virtuous Orphan
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 7/8 × 2 7/8 inches (12.4 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": Title page

Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": Title page
Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 5 11/16 inches (21.3 × 14.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks Takes a Ride at St. Cloud'

Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks Takes a Ride at St. Cloud'
Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 9/16 inches (10.5 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": "Water, I do Declare with Worms in it"

Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": "Water, I do Declare with Worms in it"
Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (10.5 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities:" 'Mr. Jorrocks Renounces the Acquaintance of the Yorkshireman'

Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities:" 'Mr. Jorrocks Renounces the Acquaintance of the Yorkshireman'
Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 9/16 inches (10.5 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks Beats the Baron for Speed'

Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks Beats the Baron for Speed'
Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 9/16 inches (10.5 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Lift me Up! Tie me in my Chair! Fill my Glass'

Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Lift me Up! Tie me in my Chair! Fill my Glass'
Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/16 × 6 9/16 inches (10.3 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks's Surprize on Seeing the Paris Diligence, "My Vig, Here's Wombwell's Wildbeast show" '

Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks's Surprize on Seeing the Paris Diligence, "My Vig, Here's Wombwell's Wildbeast show" '
Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/16 × 6 9/16 inches (10.3 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The School-Boy

The School-Boy
Creator:
Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
1824
Materials & Techniques:
Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 1/4 inches (22.6 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. Jack Sheppard Exhibits a Vindictive Character

Jack Sheppard Exhibits a Vindictive Character
Creator:
Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:
1835
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with chine collé on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 9/16 x 7 1/16 inches (21.7 x 17.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

30. King Richard the Second, Act V, Scene II (The Entrance of King Richard & Bolingbroke into London)

King Richard the Second, Act V, Scene II (The Entrance of King Richard & Bolingbroke into London)
Creator:
Print made by Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:
1801
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/8 × 29 1/2 inches (51.1 × 74.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Pamela setting out in the travelling Chariot (for her Father's as She is made to believe) takes her farewel of Mrs. Jervis, and the other servants; Mr. B. observing her from the window; by whose private order she is carried into Lincolnshire

Pamela setting out in the travelling Chariot (for her Father's as She is made to believe) takes her farewel of Mrs. Jervis, and the other servants; Mr. B. observing her from the window; by whose private order she is carried into Lincolnshire
Creator:
Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770
Date:
1745
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches (39.7 x 50.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of the Library Associates

32. Pamela with the Children and Miss Goodwin to whome she is telling her nursery tales. This last Piece leaves her in full possession of the peaceable fruits of her Virtue long after having surmounted all the difficulties it had been exposed to

Pamela with the Children and Miss Goodwin to whome she is telling her nursery tales. This last Piece leaves her in full possession of the peaceable fruits of her Virtue long after having surmounted all the difficulties it had been exposed to
Creator:
Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770
Date:
1745
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/2 x 21 5/16 inches (39.3 x 54.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of the Library Association

33. The Marriage Ceremony performed in Mr. B.'s own Chappel by Mr. Williams, Mr. Peters giving her away, Mrs. Jewkes waits behind Pamela and the Maid keeps the door

The Marriage Ceremony performed in Mr. B.'s own Chappel by Mr. Williams, Mr. Peters giving her away, Mrs. Jewkes waits behind Pamela and the Maid keeps the door
Creator:
Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770
Date:
1745
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 21 1/4 inches (39 x 54 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of the Library Association

34. Pamela, being now in the custody of Mrs. Jenkes, seizes an occasion (as they are walking in the garden) to propose a Correspondence with Mr. Williams in order to contrive an Escape, who agree to hide their letters between two tiles near the Sunflower

Pamela, being now in the custody of Mrs. Jenkes, seizes an occasion (as they are walking in the garden) to propose a Correspondence with Mr. Williams in order to contrive an Escape, who agree to hide their letters between two tiles near the Sunflower
Creator:
Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770
Date:
1745
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches (37.4 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of the Library Association

35. In Horne's House

In Horne's House
Creator:
Print made by Richard Hamilton, 1922–2011
Date:
1982
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, aquatint, soft-ground etching, stipple engraving, line engraving, lift-ground, and spit-bite on medium, smooth, white Rives wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 29 3/4 × 22 1/8 inches (75.6 × 56.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Duncan, Yale BA 1975

36. Council of Love Contact Sheet

Council of Love Contact Sheet
Creator:
Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:
1970
Materials & Techniques:
Gelatin silver print on resin-coated photographic paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 × 12 1/8 inches (25.4 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

37. Peter O'Toole in 'Baal'

Peter O'Toole in 'Baal'
Creator:
Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:
1963
Materials & Techniques:
Gelatin silver print on glossy photographic paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 inches (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy