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A Mountain Chieftain's Funeral
Creator:
Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:
ca. 1848
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 × 21 3/4 inches (35.6 × 55.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Harvest Moon
Creator:
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
ca. 1833
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper, laid on panel
Dimensions:
8 3/4 × 10 7/8 inches (22.2 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Nocturne in Blue and Silver
Creator:
James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:
1872 to 1878, butterfly added ca. 1885
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 24 inches (44.5 x 61 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
On view at YUAG
The Blacksmith's Shop
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 1/2 x 41 inches (128.3 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
On view at YUAG
A Limekiln, Possibly at Briton Ferry in South Wales
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1795-96
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
11 3/8 x 15 7/8 inches (28.9 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Newark Abbey
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1807
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 x 48 1/2 inches (91.4 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Virgin and Child
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1810 and 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Tempera on panel
Dimensions:
11 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (28.6 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Supper by the Fountain
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
7 x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
David, the Future King of Israel, While a Shepherd at Bethlehem
Creator:
John Rogers Herbert, 1810–1890
Date:
1877
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on millboard
Dimensions:
13 3/8 x 21 7/8 inches (34 x 55.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
William and Margaret from Percy's 'Reliques of Ancient English Poetry'
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
48 x 55 inches (121.9 x 139.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Philosopher in a Moonlit Churchyard
Creator:
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
34 x 27 inches (86.4 x 68.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Lake by Moonlight
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1780 to 1782
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 1/2 × 29 3/4 inches (62.2 × 75.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Agony in the Garden
Creator:
George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:
1858
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
41 3/4 x 46 inches (106 x 116.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Corfe Castle, Dorset
Creator:
John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:
1764
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
13 1/8 x 18 inches (33.3 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Classical Landscape: Evening
Creator:
John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:
between 1740 and 1745
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
43 x 43 inches (109.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Summer Evening (Caernarfon Castle)
Creator:
Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:
between 1764 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 3/4 x 45 3/4 inches (62.9 x 116.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Cottage on Fire at Night
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
between 1785 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
22 1/4 × 31 1/2 inches (56.5 × 80 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Woman Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade
Creator:
Henry Robert Morland, 1730–1797
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Portrait of a Girl in a Garden
Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:
between 1786 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Iola S. Haverstick Fund
On View:
Not on view
Sketch for 'Gordale Scar'
Creator:
James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:
between 1812 and 1814
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
7 × 9 1/8 inches (17.8 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Deluge
Creator:
John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
66 1/4 x 101 3/4 inches (168.3 x 258.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Falstaff at Herne's Oak, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act V, Scene v
Creator:
James Stephanoff, 1787–1874
Date:
1832
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (44.5 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Ship on Fire at Night
Creator:
Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:
ca. 1756
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 1/2 x 17 inches (31.8 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Home Dreams
Creator:
Charles West Cope, 1811–1890
Date:
1869
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas on panel
Dimensions:
25 1/8 x 30 1/4 inches (63.8 x 76.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view

25. Night

Night
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (44.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Matlock Tor by Moonlight
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
between 1777 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 × 30 inches (63.5 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Great Fire of London
Creator:
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
23 5/8 × 32 inches (60 × 81.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Railway Bridge over the River Cart, Paisley
Creator:
Waller Hugh Paton, 1828–1895
Date:
1857
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 × 39 inches (68.6 × 99.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Seven Ages of Man: The Lover, 'As You Like It,' II, vii
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Susannah Maria Cibber (née Arne) as Cordelia
Creator:
Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764
Date:
ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
15 1/16 x 20 9/16 inches (38.3 x 52.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Upnor Castle, Kent
Creator:
Henry Pether, active 1828–1865
Date:
ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 1/4 x 36 inches (61.6 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Lambeth Palace
Creator:
Henry Pether, active 1828–1865
Date:
1858
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 1/4 × 24 1/4 inches (46.4 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Life of Buckingham
Creator:
Augustus Leopold Egg, 1816–1863
Date:
undated, exhibited 1855
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 1/2 x 36 inches (74.9 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Herne's Oak from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' V, v
Creator:
George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:
ca. 1857
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
David Garrick and George Anne Bellamy in "Romeo and Juliet", Act V, Scene iii
Creator:
Benjamin Wilson, 1721–1788
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
54 5/8 x 72 1/2 inches (138.7 x 184.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort
Creator:
Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:
ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
9 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches (24.4 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

37. Whitby

Whitby
Creator:
John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1836–1893
Date:
1878
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on board
Dimensions:
10 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (26.7 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
On View:
Not on view
Belshazzar's Feast
Creator:
John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:
1820
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
31 1/2 x 47 1/2 inches (80 x 120.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
River Scene
Creator:
Sebastian Pether, 1790–1844
Date:
1840
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 1/4 × 16 1/4 inches (31.1 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Haunted Wood
Creator:
Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash and brown ink with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches (15.9 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Oberon and Titania
Creator:
Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:
1837
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and black ink with gum over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 × 8 1/4 inches (15.2 × 20.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Cornfield and Church by Moonlight
Creator:
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
early 1830s
Materials & Techniques:
Brush and black ink on very thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 x 7 1/4 inches (15.2 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Moonlit Scene with a Winding River
Creator:
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:
Black and brown wash, gouache, and gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (26.7 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Crescent Moon
Creator:
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and sepia ink and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches (18.1 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Rising Moon
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1857
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, smooth, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 5/16 inches (27.3 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
The Bellman
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1879
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 x 14 3/16 inches (23.1 x 36.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
The Sepulchre
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
between 1880 and 1883
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 15/16 x 14 3/8 inches (25.3 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
The Bellman
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1879
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 inches (26.7 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Rising Moon
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1857
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 16 3/8 inches (27.6 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Weary Ploughman
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1858
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 1/16 inches (29.8 x 43.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Bellman
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1879
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/16 x 16 7/8 inches (28.4 x 42.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Christmas

Christmas
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1850
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with plate tone on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/16 x 8 1/2 inches (25.8 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Rising Moon
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1857
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, retouched with black ink or oil paint, gray watercolor or gouache, and pale brown watercolor, gouache or chalk on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 14 7/16 inches (27.6 x 36.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Rising Moon
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1857
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 3/4 inches (26.3 x 35 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Homeward Star
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/16 x 9 1/2 inches (16.4 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Harvest under a Crescent Moon
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
ca. 1826
Materials & Techniques:
Wood engraving on thin, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 13/16 x 5 1/4 inches (14.8 x 13.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Homeward Star
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 13/16 x 12 15/16 inches (27.4 x 32.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Homeward Star
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
begun ca. 1880
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 5/16 inches (16.8 x 23.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Rising Moon
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1857
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 12 3/16 inches (22.8 x 31 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Lonely Tower
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1879
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 1/4 inches (26.4 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Weary Ploughman
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1858
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 9/16 x 16 3/8 inches (29.4 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
The Lonely Tower
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1879
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/16 inches (26.1 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
The Cypress Grove
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
between 1880 and 1883
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches (25.7 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
The Rising Moon
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1857
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 x 9 inches (15.3 x 22.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Weary Ploughman
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1858
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/16 x 9 3/16 inches (16.3 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Shepherd and his Flock under the Moon and Stars
Creator:
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash, gray wash, and white gouache with pen and brown ink on very thick, slightly textured, card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches (10.8 x 13 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Third Stage of Cruelty: Cruelty in Perfection - The Murder
Creator:
Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
1751, printed 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 7/8 x 19 1/4 inches (63.2 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Rispah: 2nd Book of Samuel, Chap. 21
Creator:
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
1812
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 16 3/8 inches (27.3 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Sliema

Sliema
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1866
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 5 5/8 x 8 13/16 inches (14.3 x 22.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942
Karnak, 9:30 pm, 22 January 1867 (212)
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 7/16 x 6 3/4 inches (8.7 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Study of a Clouded Moonlit Sky
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (11.1 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Unwilling I look up to heaven! unwilling count the stars!..." (Plate 4)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper inlaid to size
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Now comes the night of Enitharmons joy!..." (Plate 7)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 28 (Bentley 27)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"I want! I want!" (Plate 11)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Help! Help!" (Plate 12)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"I have said to the Worm: Thou art my mother & my sister" (Plate 18)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 15
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1821
Materials & Techniques:
Wood-engraving and letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 18
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1821
Materials & Techniques:
Wood-engraving and letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe' (Page 1)
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
"Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore..." (Design 101)
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 chase the rolling circle's speed..." (Design 17)
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
Fame (Design 93)
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 woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright... Where willowy Camus lingers with delight!..." (Design 97)
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
Air (Plate 6)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Help! Help! (Plate 12)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
I Want! I Want! (Plate 11)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Introduction (Plate 34)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Awake! Awake Jerusalem..." (Plate 97)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold 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
'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)
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
Frontispiece. Albion's Angel (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Title Page. America, A Prophecy (Plate 2)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Air (Plate 6)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"The Terror Answered: I am Orc, wreath'd round the accursed tree..." (Plate 10)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in green-black ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Jerusalem, Chapter 1. Of the Sleep of Ulro!..." (Plate 4)
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
"Then all the Males conjoined into One Male..." (Plate 69)
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
"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
Chapter V, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided..." (Plate 20)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Urizen (Plate 21)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Chapter V, "Thus the Eternal Prophet was divided..." (Plate 13)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection