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A Musician
Creator:
Albert Joseph Moore, 1841–1893
Date:
ca. 1867
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches (28.6 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
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
Venus and Anchises
Creator:
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Bard
Creator:
John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:
ca. 1817
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
"Somevillage-Hampden, that with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood..," (Design 111)
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 laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow..." (Design 43)
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 Purple Year awaking from the Roots of Nature (Design 3)
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 Beginning of Poesy. The Blind Begging Bard (Design 41)
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
"To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face..." (Design 49)
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink over 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
"Yet oft before his infant eyes would run Such forms as glitter in the Muse's ray..." (Design 51)
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
A Welch Bard (Design 53)
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
A Genius Driving Away "Comus & his midnight-crew..." (Design 95)
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
'Oft bursts my song beyond the bounds of life' (Page 16)
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
Title Page, The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre (Design 1)
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
Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page
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
'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)
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
Richard Cumberland Frontispiece
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 3/8 inches (15.9 x 11.1 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
Richard Cumberland Frontispiece
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches (12.1 x 15.9 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
Richard Cumberland Frontispiece
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches (20 x 16.5 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
Design for a Wall Panel
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches (23.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Frontispiece Vol. VII, No. I for 1775 from Town and Country Magazine
Creator:
Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 inches (17 × 9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Town and Country Magazine - Frontispiece for Vol. IV, 1772
Creator:
Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, gray wash, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 3 3/4 inches (16.8 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Town and Country Magazine - Frontispiece for 1769 (1st issue therefore no Vol. no.)
Creator:
Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, laid wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/16 × 3 15/16 inches (16 × 10 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Winter Room in the Artist's House at Patna
Creator:
Sir Charles D'Oyly, 1781–1845
Date:
1824
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 13 1/2 inches (19.7 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ticket: Mr. Cox's Museum
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, with center cut out on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/2 × 5 1/4 inches (8.9 × 13.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Bacchante
Creator:
Print made by Edward Calvert, 1799–1883
Date:
ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:
Wood-engraving on medium, smooth, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/16 x 2 9/16 inches (10.3 x 6.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Marriage of Moses
Creator:
Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 12 7/8 inches (25.6 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Messrs. Morgan & Sanders, Catherine St., Strand
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
1809
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/16 × 9 7/16 inches (15.4 × 24 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mrs. Abington as Thalia
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, with hand colored ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/16 × 7 1/8 inches (23.4 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Summer Room in the Artist's House at Patna
Creator:
Sir Charles D'Oyly, 1781–1845
Date:
1824
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite, with pinpricks on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 × 13 1/2 inches (17.8 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Ploughman
Creator:
Print made by Edward Calvert, 1799–1883
Date:
1827
Materials & Techniques:
Wood-engraving on medium, smooth, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 11/16 x 5 1/2 inches (9.4 x 14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Town and Country Magazine, Frontispiece for Vol. X for 1778
Creator:
Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 1/4 inches (16.8 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Young Roscius
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
1804
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with hand coloring on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 5/8 × 11 1/8 inches (34.6 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Here Nature List'ning Stood
Creator:
Print made by Cornelis Apostool, 1762–1844
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 5 15/16 inches (22.8 × 15.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, later Elizabeth Savile, Countess of Mexborough
Creator:
Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/8 × 11 inches (38.4 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Heavenly Orchestra
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and brown ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 inches (16.8 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three 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
MacBeth: The Banquet Scene - MacBeth, Act II, Scene IV
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and watercolor on thin, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 9 inches (22.9 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Queen Katherine's Dream
Creator:
George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819
Date:
1807
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 5/8 × 9 7/8 inches (34.6 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Mrs. Abington as Thalia
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving printed in brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 9/16 × 8 1/4 inches (26.8 × 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Sappho

Sappho
Creator:
attributed to Maria Hadfield Cosway, 1759–1838
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 7 1/4 inches (22.9 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Wilton
The Lyre Player
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Contemporary drawn border: 10 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (26.7 x 24.8 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery
Drawing for a Frontispiece: "The Toast"
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
1735
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches (21.3 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Passing of 1880
Creator:
Thomas Danby, 1818–1886
Date:
ca. 1880
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gouache and scraping out on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/8 x 19in. (31.4 x 48.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Designs for an Ornamental Cartouche: for the Engraved Portrait of Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719)
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 x 8 11/16 inches (35.6 x 22.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection