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1. The Life of Buckingham

Creator:: Augustus Leopold Egg, 1816–1863
Date:: undated, exhibited 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 36 inches (74.9 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. The Death of Buckingham

Creator:: Augustus Leopold Egg, 1816–1863
Date:: undated, exhibited 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 36 inches (74.9 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Chelsea Pensioners Receiving the Gazette Announcing the Battle of Waterloo

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: ca. 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 x 17 inches (26.7 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. The Great Divide (Beautiful Zameen)

Creator:: Jagdeep Raina, born 1991
Date:: 2022
Materials & Techniques:: Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border
Dimensions:: Overall: 76 × 27 inches (193 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
On View:: Not on view

5. Hypatia Teaching at Alexandria

Creator:: Robert Trewick Bone, 1790–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 3/4 × 19 13/16 inches (34.9 × 50.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Spoiled Child, Scene VI

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 19 5/8 inches (38.1 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Classical Composition

Creator:: Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 15 1/2 inches (31.1 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Classical Composition

Creator:: Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 17 5/8 inches (33.3 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Village of Secoton, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 38 A]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen in black ink, over graphite, with gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 7 9/16 inches (31.8 × 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Group of Indians Roud a Fire, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 43 A]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen in brown ink, over graphite, with gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 7 5/8 inches (21.3 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Track Laying by Night

Creator:: Terence Tenison Cuneo, 1907–1996
Date:: 1948
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on medium, smooth, beige wove paper affixed to thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:: Mount: 40 7/16 × 49 15/16 inches (102.7 × 126.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965

12. Jack Sheppard Tricking Shotbolt, the Gaoler

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 x 7 9/16 inches (21.4 x 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

13. A Morning Ride

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 20 3/16 inches (34.7 x 51.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Robert W. Carle

14. The Patriotic Peasant

Creator:: Print made by Cornelis Dusart, 1660–1704
Date:: 1695
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 15/16 x 9 1/16 inches (32.9 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. The History of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1909
Materials & Techniques:: Woodcut on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 5 inches (15.9 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. S. O. S.

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, white gouache, black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 20 13/16 inches (35.2 × 52.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and Jennifer Monaghan

17. The Merry Tales of the Wise Man of Gotham

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1909
Materials & Techniques:: Woodcut on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 5 3/16 inches (13.7 x 13.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. View of Tonbridge During the Late Election, December 18, 1832

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Josiah Dodd, 1809–1894
Date:: after 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with chine collé and hand coloring in watercolor on thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 × 16 7/16 inches (29.3 × 41.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Birth of Pyrrhus

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. We Won't Fight Anybody

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, black wash, blue chalk, white gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 20 11/16 inches (34.3 × 52.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

21. John Howard, Esq. Visiting and Relieving the Miseries of a Prison

Creator:: Print made by Jacob Hogg, active 1751
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 1/2 × 24 1/4 inches (49.5 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alexander

22. Sitting Up and Taking Nourishment

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, blue chalk and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on card
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/8 × 19 1/8 inches (35.9 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Anthony Monaghan

23. Glasgow Exhibition: Ireland and Russia

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953
Date:: 1901
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, beige Asian paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 1/16 inches (15.9 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

24. Glasgow Exhibition: From the Dome

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953
Date:: 1901
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 6 7/16 inches (26.5 x 16.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

25. Crowded Improvised Air Raid Shelter in Liverpool Street Tube Tunnel

Creator:: Bill Brandt, 1904–1983
Date:: 1940
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, gloss photographic paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, white card
Dimensions:: Mount: 20 x 15 15/16 inches (50.8 x 40.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Parnassus Foundation, courtesy of Jane and Raphael Bernstein

26. Key to Life School at the Royal Academy

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches (25.7 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. People Sheltering in the Tube, Elephant and Castle Underground Station, circa 1939

Creator:: Bill Brandt, 1904–1983
Date:: ca. 1939
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, gloss photographic paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, white card
Dimensions:: Mount: 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Parnassus Foundation, courtesy of Jane and Raphael Bernstein

28. George Fox in Carlisle Dungeon

Creator:: Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964
Date:: between 1890 and 1911
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 12 5/16 inches (24.7 x 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania

29. A London Riot

Creator:: Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 12 inches (12.2 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Don't Forget I'm a Relation, Too

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963
Date:: 1937
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, with blue chalk, white gouache and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/16 x 20 5/8in. (33.8 x 52.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

31. Ireland and Russia

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953
Date:: 1901
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 x 12 5/8 inches (32.7 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

32. The Indian Theatre

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953
Date:: 1901
Materials & Techniques:: Drypoint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 17 1/2 inches (32 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

33. The Art Gallery

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953
Date:: 1901
Materials & Techniques:: Drypoint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 x 17 13/16 inches (32.2 x 45.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

34. Evening in Little Russia

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953
Date:: 1901
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 5/8 inches (45 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

35. George Fox and the Dead Cromwell

Creator:: Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964
Date:: between 1897 and 1898
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, greened white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 inches (24.2 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania

36. George Fox Preaching at Carlisle

Creator:: Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964
Date:: between 1897 and 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 x 14 1/16 inches (29 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania

37. George Fox Talks to the People About Dreams

Creator:: Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964
Date:: between 1890 and 1911
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 x 14 3/8 inches (28.1 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania

38. The Great Wall of China

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, blue chalk, black wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 15/16 × 21 inches (35.4 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

39. Uncle Arthur and his Nightmares of the Round Table

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite, and blue chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 × 17 7/16 inches (30 × 44.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

40. Sorry, Boys, I can't go both ways at once

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, blue chalk, white gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 19 1/4 inches (35.2 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

41. The March on Geneva

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, black wash, graphite, and blue chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 20 1/8 inches (34.3 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

42. François, Remove an Ounce of Nuts and Make That Machine Inoffensive

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, black wash, blue chalk, white gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 20 5/8 inches (35.2 × 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

43. Uneasy Street

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, blue chalk, graphite and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 18 7/16 inches (33 × 46.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

44. The Good Earth

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, blue chalk, graphite and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 22 3/4 inches (38.6 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

45. From the Dome

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953
Date:: 1901
Materials & Techniques:: Drypoint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 5/8 inches (45 x 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

46. Fake Death Picture (Death of Chatterton - Henry Wallis)

Creator:: Yinka Shonibare CBE, born 1962
Date:: 2011
Materials & Techniques:: Digital chromogenic print on photographic paper mounted on Diasec in black frame
Dimensions:: Frame: 58 5/8 × 71 1/4 × 1 5/8 inches (148.9 × 181 × 4.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Charitable Foundation, and Friends of British Art Fund

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1. The Life of Buckingham

2. The Death of Buckingham

3. Chelsea Pensioners Receiving the Gazette Announcing the Battle of Waterloo

4. The Great Divide (Beautiful Zameen)

5. Hypatia Teaching at Alexandria

6. The Spoiled Child, Scene VI

7. Classical Composition

8. Classical Composition

9. Village of Secoton, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 38 A]

10. Group of Indians Roud a Fire, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 43 A]

11. Track Laying by Night

12. Jack Sheppard Tricking Shotbolt, the Gaoler

13. A Morning Ride

14. The Patriotic Peasant

15. The History of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green

16. S. O. S.

17. The Merry Tales of the Wise Man of Gotham

18. View of Tonbridge During the Late Election, December 18, 1832

19. The Birth of Pyrrhus

20. We Won't Fight Anybody

21. John Howard, Esq. Visiting and Relieving the Miseries of a Prison

22. Sitting Up and Taking Nourishment

23. Glasgow Exhibition: Ireland and Russia

24. Glasgow Exhibition: From the Dome

25. Crowded Improvised Air Raid Shelter in Liverpool Street Tube Tunnel

26. Key to Life School at the Royal Academy

27. People Sheltering in the Tube, Elephant and Castle Underground Station, circa 1939

28. George Fox in Carlisle Dungeon

29. A London Riot

30. Don't Forget I'm a Relation, Too

31. Ireland and Russia

32. The Indian Theatre

33. The Art Gallery

34. Evening in Little Russia

35. George Fox and the Dead Cromwell

36. George Fox Preaching at Carlisle

37. George Fox Talks to the People About Dreams

38. The Great Wall of China

39. Uncle Arthur and his Nightmares of the Round Table

40. Sorry, Boys, I can't go both ways at once

41. The March on Geneva

42. François, Remove an Ounce of Nuts and Make That Machine Inoffensive

43. Uneasy Street

44. The Good Earth

45. From the Dome

46. Fake Death Picture (Death of Chatterton - Henry Wallis)