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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
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
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
'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
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
"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
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
'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
"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 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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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 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

42. 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 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
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
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