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1. Pompeii, A.D. 79

Pompeii, A.D. 79

Creator:: Alfred Elmore, 1815–1881
Date:: 1878
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 28 inches (91.4 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

2. Britannia in Distress

Britannia in Distress

Creator:: Anthony Walker, 1726–1765
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (32.1 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Fall of a City

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Messengers Before an Emperor

Messengers Before an Emperor

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 3 1/8 inches (12.7 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Hypatia Teaching at Alexandria

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 Body of Lucretia Exposed to the Romans

The Body of Lucretia Exposed to the Romans

Creator:: James Jefferys, 1751–1784
Date:: between 1777 and 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/8 x 37 inches (63.2 x 94 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Caesar in Egypt

Caesar in Egypt

Creator:: Print made by William Walcot, 1874–1943
Date:: 1926
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, aquatint, and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 7/8 inches (27.9 × 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

8. The Opening of the Lecture Theatre of the Marylebone Literary and Scientific Institution, 4th March 1835

The Opening of the Lecture Theatre of the Marylebone Literary and Scientific Institution, 4th March 1835

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Mann Baynes, 1794–1854
Date:: after 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 inches (37.5 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. 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

10. Garrick Reading the Ode at the Shakespeare Jubilee

Garrick Reading the Ode at the Shakespeare Jubilee

Creator:: Caroline Watson, 1760–1814
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 13/16 inches (62 x 45.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alexander

11. The Procession of the Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

The Procession of the Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

Creator:: Richard Cooper the Younger, 1740–1814
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 54 1/4 inches (50.2 x 137.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Destruction of Pompeii

The Destruction of Pompeii

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pastel on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches (36.5 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

13. Preparatory Design for a Stained Glass Window, Virgil and Horace

Preparatory Design for a Stained Glass Window, Virgil and Horace

Creator:: Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 5/8 x 22 5/8 inches (57.5 x 57.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Alan F. Hockstader