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The Rape of Proserpine, design for the staircase of Devonshire House, London
Creator:
Louis Laguerre, 1663–1721
Date:
ca. 1704
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 1/8 x 30 inches (107 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
"Hurry, hurry, to the field!" Design 75)
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sigtryg with the Silken Beard (Design 69)
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"We the reins to slaughter give..." (Design 73)
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Fell thirst and famine scowl A baleful smile upon their baffled guest..." (Design 61)
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Creation
Creator:
circle of John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (14.6 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Deposition
Creator:
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink, gray ink, graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 13 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches (34.9 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld
Widow with the Burning Corpse of her Husband Becoming a Sati, Patna
Creator:
Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:
between 1820 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 22 3/4 inches (40.3 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Dido and Aeneas Sheltering in a Cave
Creator:
Francis Cleyn, 1582–1658
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (26 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
One of eighteen designs for a series of plates illustrating Venus and Adonis
Creator:
Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, brown chalk, watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 6 5/8 inches (16.8 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
De Kruisiging
Creator:
Print made by Frederik Christiaan Bierweiler, active 1800–1831
Date:
ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 26 1/4 × 19 3/4 inches (66.7 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Sketch for "The Conversion of St. Paul" for the Dome of St. Paul's Cathedral
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
between 1709 and 1717
Materials & Techniques:
Red chalk on thin, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (24.1 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (one of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (two of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 3/8 inches (35.9 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sketch for the Oil Painting "The Conversion of St. Paul"
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brushed black ink, gray wash and gouache on medium, moderately textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (44.5 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Fall of Phaeton: A Study for a Ceiling
Creator:
follower of Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 x 6 3/8 inches (15.2 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Neptune

Neptune
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 x 6 11/16 inches (18.7 x 17 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Mythological Battle
Creator:
George C. Finden, 1811–1885
Date:
1853
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, stipple engraving and etching on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 11/16 x 19 15/16 inches (34.8 x 50.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Triumph of Britannia
Creator:
Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774
Date:
ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 x 20 1/2in. (38.1 x 52.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Cave of Trophonius
Creator:
Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:
1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/16 × 15 1/16 inches (23.7 × 38.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Dido and Aeneas; The Morning of the Chase
Creator:
Print made by W. R. Smith, active 1819–1851
Date:
1842
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving with graphite; touched engraver's proof (a) on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/8 × 28 1/8 inches (53.7 × 71.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Birth of Venus
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 5 7/8in. (18.4 x 14.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Gilbert Spencer, 1892–1979
Date:
1934
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph on medium, smooth, cream wove paper, mounted on cream aid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 13/16 × 10 13/16 inches (40.1 × 27.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund