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1. Ships in a Breeze

Ships in a Breeze
Creator:
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
1808
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; engraver's proof (f) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 12 inches (21.9 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. "And this the form of mighty Hand..." (Plate 70)

"And this the form of mighty Hand..." (Plate 70)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. "They saw their Wheels rising up poisonous..." (Plate 43)

"They saw their Wheels rising up poisonous..." (Plate 43)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. "Rose up against me thundering..." (Plate 8)

"Rose up against me thundering..." (Plate 8)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. "I have heard Jerusalems groans..." (Plate 82)

"I have heard Jerusalems groans..." (Plate 82)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. "Corruptability appears upon thy limbs..." (Plate 83)

"Corruptability appears upon thy limbs..." (Plate 83)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. "His western heaven with rocky clouds..." (Plate 31)

"His western heaven with rocky clouds..." (Plate 31)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. "Leaning against the pillars..." (Plate 32)

"Leaning against the pillars..." (Plate 32)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. "To the Christians..." (Plate 77)

"To the Christians..." (Plate 77)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Bacchus et Ariadne

Bacchus et Ariadne
Creator:
Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 11/16 × 7 15/16 inches (27.1 × 20.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Juno and Iris

Juno and Iris
Creator:
Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:
between 1695 and 1703
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 inches (23.5 x 33 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Salvator Mundi

Salvator Mundi
Creator:
Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 11/16 × 6 9/16 inches (22.1 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Plaudit Ave Regina

Plaudit Ave Regina
Creator:
Print made by John Smith, the mezzotinter, 1652–1743
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 1/4 inches (24.6 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Croix de Moulin les Planches

Croix de Moulin les Planches
Creator:
Print made by Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:
1827
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches (33.3 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Turin, from the Portico of the Superga Church

Turin, from the Portico of the Superga Church
Creator:
Print made by James Mitan, 1776–1822
Date:
1820
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, smooth, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 × 14 3/8 inches (25.4 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Wind

Wind
Creator:
Print made by C. R. W. Nevinson, 1889–1946
Date:
1918
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream antique laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 9/16 x 11 7/16 inches (21.7 x 29 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. Meuse and Sambre, from the Gate of the Sambre

Meuse and Sambre, from the Gate of the Sambre
Creator:
Print made by George Arnald, 1763–1841
Date:
1822
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 13/16 × 11 5/16 inches (22.4 × 28.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Dinant, No. 1: Southwest View

Dinant, No. 1: Southwest View
Creator:
Print made by George Arnald, 1763–1841
Date:
between 1818 and 1828
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 9/16 x 11 11/16 inches (21.7 x 29.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Left Bank, Meuse

Left Bank, Meuse
Creator:
Print made by George Arnald, 1763–1841
Date:
between 1818 and 1828
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 1/4 inches (22.2 × 28.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Dinant, No. 1: Southwest View

Dinant, No. 1: Southwest View
Creator:
Print made by George Arnald, 1763–1841
Date:
between 1818 and 1828
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (22.3 x 29.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Bouvignes and Dinant

Bouvignes and Dinant
Creator:
Print made by George Arnald, 1763–1841
Date:
1822
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 11/16 × 11 3/4 inches (22.1 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Endymion and Diana

Endymion and Diana
Creator:
Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 1/16 inches (22.5 × 17.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. View of Leiston Abbey

View of Leiston Abbey
Creator:
Print made by William Byrne, 1743–1805
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 11/16 x 11 3/4 inches (24.6 x 29.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Ruins of the College of Lincluden

The Ruins of the College of Lincluden
Creator:
Print made by William Byrne, 1743–1805
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 13/16 x 14 15/16 inches (27.5 x 38 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Bacchus and Ariadne

Bacchus and Ariadne
Creator:
Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 7 inches (22.9 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. The Inn, Purfleet

The Inn, Purfleet
Creator:
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:
1869
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 11 9/16 inches (22 x 29.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Allen Evarts Foster, B.A. 1906

27. Cottages behind Horsley's House

Cottages behind Horsley's House
Creator:
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:
1865
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 13 1/16 inches (21.6 x 33.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

28. An Essex Farm

An Essex Farm
Creator:
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:
1874
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/16 x 13 7/16 inches (21.5 x 34.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

29. Harlech, no. 2

Harlech, no. 2
Creator:
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:
1880
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, drypoint and mezzotint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 13/16 x 14 7/8 inches (27.5 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

30. An Early Riser

An Early Riser
Creator:
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:
1897
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/16 x 13 3/4 inches (26.5 x 35 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

31. A Jersey Vraic Cart

A Jersey Vraic Cart
Creator:
Print made by Edmund Blampied, 1886–1966
Date:
1939
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on laid paper
Dimensions:
Plate: 8 1/2 x 11 inches (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore

32. Witley Court in Worcestershire, the Seat of Lord Foley

Witley Court in Worcestershire, the Seat of Lord Foley
Creator:
Print made by William Angus, 1752–1821
Date:
1810
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 9/16 inches (22.3 × 29.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Oxcliffe Marshe, 1900

Oxcliffe Marshe, 1900
Creator:
Print made by Frederick Vango Burridge, 1869–1945
Date:
1900
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint on medium, smooth, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 10 9/16 inches (21.6 x 26.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Allen Evarts Foster, B.A. 1906

34. Stoke Poges

Stoke Poges
Creator:
Print made by Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, 1876–1938
Date:
1918
Materials & Techniques:
Etching; 6th state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (21.6 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

35. Ticket to Westminster Abbey

Ticket to Westminster Abbey
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
before 1791
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 7 3/8 inches (22.3 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. St. Cecilia

St. Cecilia
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 15/16 inches (30.8 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Bradwell Lodge in Essex, the Seat of the Revd. Henry Bate Dudley

Bradwell Lodge in Essex, the Seat of the Revd. Henry Bate Dudley
Creator:
Print made by William Angus, 1752–1821
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 11 3/16 inches (22 x 28.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Seven and a man, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book...of Beasts in Various Actions' (1 of 9)

Seven and a man, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book...of Beasts in Various Actions' (1 of 9)
Creator:
Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches (30.2 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Two Deer, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book...of Beasts in Various Actions' (1 of 9)

Two Deer, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book...of Beasts in Various Actions' (1 of 9)
Creator:
Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/16 x 7 5/16 inches (28.8 x 18.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Ticket to Westminster Abbey

Ticket to Westminster Abbey
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
before 1791
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 5 11/16 inches (22.2 × 14.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. One of six perspective designs for the Concave Mirror and engraved mirrors in Vauxhall Gardens

One of six perspective designs for the Concave Mirror and engraved mirrors in Vauxhall Gardens
Creator:
Print made by Jacob Bonneau, 1741–1786
Date:
1751
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint print on moderately thick, textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 15 9/16 inches (28.2 x 39.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Mr. B seeking the Bubble reputation - Plate 5

Mr. B seeking the Bubble reputation - Plate 5
Creator:
Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:
1820
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/16 x 14 inches (25.5 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Frontispiece: The Progress of a Midshipman

Frontispiece: The Progress of a Midshipman
Creator:
Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:
1820
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 11 3/8in. (21.6 x 28.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Peggy Advocates a Sweetheart

Peggy Advocates a Sweetheart
Creator:
Print made by David Allan, 1744–1796
Date:
1808
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 7/8 inches (28.3 x 22.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

45. Hampton Court Palace, Herefordshire

Hampton Court Palace, Herefordshire
Creator:
Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (21.6 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Nithsdale

Nithsdale
Creator:
Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:
1891
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper with chine-collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 17 1/8 inches (31.8 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

47. The Weary Ploughman

No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1858
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/16 x 11 9/16 inches (21.5 x 29.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. The Early Ploughman

No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
begun before 1861
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 12 3/8 inches (22.1 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. The Back of the Mills

No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by John Crome, 1768–1821
Date:
ca. 1812
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 9/16 inches (24.8 x 19.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Mousehold Heath, Norwich

No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by John Crome, 1768–1821
Date:
between 1810 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 x 11 15/16 inches (23.1 x 30.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. On the Beach

No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
1893
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 x 18 inches (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

52. Queen Elizabeth

No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Francis Delaram, c.1590–1627
Date:
between 1616 and 1619
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 1/8 inches (21.9 × 15.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of John Hay Whitney