Genre: religious and mythological subject / Subject Terms: Greek

1. 'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy'

Creator:: William Artaud, 1763–1823
Date:: 1788 to 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 95 x 80 1/2 inches (241.3 x 204.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. 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

3. The Education of Achilles

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/2 x 50 3/4 inches (102.9 x 128.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

4. Venus

Creator:: Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 8 1/8 × 2 3/4 inches (20.6 × 7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Adonis

Creator:: Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 8 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (20.6 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Apollo and Diana for "The Destruction of Niobe's Children"

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and graphite on medium moderately textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches (32.1 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

7. Laocoon

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/4 x 12 inches (43.8 x 30.5 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

8. Copy of the Laocoön, for Rees's Cyclopædia

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 inches (32.1 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Hercules before the Temple of Janus

Creator:: Print made by Abraham Blooteling, 1640–1690
Date:: between 1680 and 1690
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 × 10 11/16 inches (36 × 27.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Study of classical scultpure of Laocoon

Creator:: Giles Hussey, 1710–1788
Date:: between 1730 and 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream tracing paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 9 1/4in. (31.4 x 23.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Laocoon And His Sons Wrestling With Two Snakes

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Niobe

Creator:: Figures engraved by William Sharp, 1749–1824
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 26 1/8 inches (50.2 x 66.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Cupid Disarmed by Venus

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 13/16 x 15 3/16 inches (50.4 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Paris and Oenone

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 7/16 inches (30.2 x 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Cleone

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 10 7/8 inches (32.7 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Alcides

Creator:: Rev. William Warren Porter, 1776–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 5/8 inches (24.1 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr., Yale BE 1945W

17. Neptune and Britannia

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 6 1/4 inches (15.2 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Sheet of Figure Studies for The Odyssey

Creator:: John Flaxman, 1755–1826
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (13.3 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Richard T. Godfrey

19. Hermes Leading Persephone out of the Underworld

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 17 inches (35.9 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Deane Keller, B.A. 1923

20. The Temple of Aphaia at Aegina: Sections

Creator:: Edmund Turrell, active 1835–1860
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with graphite on thin, smooth, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 1/2 inches (29.8 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Temple of Aphaia at Aegina: Structural Details

Creator:: Charles Robert Cockerell, 1788–1863
Date:: after 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 14 1/2 inches (22.9 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Temple of Apollo Epikourios: Distant View

Creator:: Charles Robert Cockerell, 1788–1863
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 12 3/8 inches (21.9 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Temple of Apollo Epikourios: Distant View

Creator:: Charles Robert Cockerell, 1788–1863
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 12 3/8 inches (21.9 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Temple of Aphaia at Aegina: Longitudinal Section of Platform and Cave

Creator:: Charles Robert Cockerell, 1788–1863
Date:: 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with graphite on smooth, thick, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 11 3/4 inches (17.9 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. 'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy'

2. The Destruction of the Children of Niobe

3. The Education of Achilles

4. Venus

5. Adonis

6. Apollo and Diana for "The Destruction of Niobe's Children"

7. Laocoon

8. Copy of the Laocoön, for Rees's Cyclopædia

9. Hercules before the Temple of Janus

10. Study of classical scultpure of Laocoon

11. Laocoon And His Sons Wrestling With Two Snakes

12. Niobe

13. Cupid Disarmed by Venus

14. Paris and Oenone

15. Cleone

16. Alcides

17. Neptune and Britannia

18. Sheet of Figure Studies for The Odyssey

19. Hermes Leading Persephone out of the Underworld

20. The Temple of Aphaia at Aegina: Sections

21. The Temple of Aphaia at Aegina: Structural Details

22. The Temple of Apollo Epikourios: Distant View

23. The Temple of Apollo Epikourios: Distant View

24. The Temple of Aphaia at Aegina: Longitudinal Section of Platform and Cave