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Sir John Rushout, Bt.
Creator:
John Smibert, 1688–1751
Date:
1726
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 1/4 x 28 3/4 inches (99.7 x 73 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 5/8 x 23 1/2 inches (44.8 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Cousin of John Gawler of Ramridge House, Weyhill, Hampshire
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1765
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
An Unknown Man
Creator:
Tilly Kettle, 1735–1786
Date:
1764 to 1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 1/4 x 40 3/8 inches (127.6 x 102.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
John MacLeod
Creator:
Wyndham Lewis, 1882–1957
Date:
1938
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 20 inches (76.2 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
An Ornithologist, Possibly John Latham
Creator:
Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1775–1862
Date:
1802
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
58 x 58 inches (147.3 x 147.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Rehearsal of an opera
Creator:
Marco Ricci, 1676–1729
Date:
ca. 1709
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 x 22 inches (48.3 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Prince George and Prince Edward Augustus, Sons of Frederick, Prince of Wales, with Their Tutor Dr. Francis Ayscough
Creator:
Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:
between 1748 and 1749
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 x 30 1/8 inches (63.5 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Book Worm
Creator:
Bertha Herkomer, 1858–1943
Date:
1915
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
19 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches (50.2 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius
On View:
Not on view
Red Interior
Creator:
John Monks, born 1954
Date:
1990
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
94 × 72 inches (238.8 × 182.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Acquired through the generosity of Gilbert de Botton, Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey, Sir James Colyer- Fergusson, Christina and Nilu Fallah, Simon K. Kettner, Ari Rennert, and the Graham Paton Gallery
On View:
Not on view
Stage Design for Heart of Midlothian; Deans' Cottage
Creator:
Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:
ca. 1819
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 x 15 1/4 inches (27.9 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Francis Noel Clarke Mundy and His Grandson, William Mundy
Creator:
Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1775–1862
Date:
1809
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Tobias Smollet
Creator:
Nathaniel Dance, 1735–1811
Date:
ca. 1764
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
49 3/4 x 40 inches (126.4 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Benjamin West, P.R.A.
Creator:
Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:
1810
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
60 1/2 x 47 1/2 inches (153.7 x 120.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
John Quick as Tony Allspice
Creator:
Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:
ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
22 1/4 × 15 inches (56.5 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
John Quick and John Fawcett in Thomas Moreton's "The Way to Get Married"
Creator:
Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches (73 x 65.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Sir Robert Chambers
Creator:
Arthur William Devis, 1762–1822
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 × 28 5/8 inches (106.7 × 72.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Thomas Graham
Creator:
Thomas Hickey, 1741–1824
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
31 x 25 inches (78.7 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
An Unknown Woman
Creator:
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:
ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 x 24 1/2 inches (73.7 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Mr. Peregrine Touchwood Breaking in upon the Rev. Josiah Cargill
Creator:
William Mulready, 1786–1863
Date:
1831
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
21 × 17 inches (53.3 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Henry Bellenden
Creator:
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:
ca. 1749
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 x 49 inches (106.7 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Stowe Reliefs: Mercury conducting Tragic and Comic Poetry to the Hill of Parnassus
Creator:
Attributed to Michael Chuke, 1679–1742
Date:
ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:
Bronzed limewood
Dimensions:
Overall: 54 5/16 x 37 13/16 inches (138 x 96 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
The Stowe Reliefs: Allegorical scene, possibly Truth revealing herself to the Liberal Arts
Creator:
Attributed to Michael Chuke, 1679–1742
Date:
ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:
Bronzed limewood
Dimensions:
Overall: 54 5/16 x 37 13/16 inches (138 x 96 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
'O treacherous conscience!' (Page 27)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Her Henry's holy shade..." (Design 15)
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
'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
William Dodd, L. L. D.
Creator:
John Goldar, 1729–1795
Date:
between 1775 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 3 15/16 inches (17.1 × 10 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
Cornelis Solingen
Creator:
Print made by Johann Friedrich Bodecker, German, 1658–1727
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 9 5/8 inches (30.2 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Hon. James Yorke, Bishop of Ely
Creator:
Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:
1810
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/2 × 14 9/16 inches (52.1 × 37 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Reverend Beilby Porteus, Lord Bishop of London
Creator:
Charles Picart, c.1780–1837
Date:
1809
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/8 × 12 7/8 inches (46 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Richard Robinson, Bishop of Kildare
Creator:
Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:
1764
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 11 13/16 inches (41.3 × 30 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
William Robertson
Creator:
John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 7/8 × 15 3/8 inches (53 × 39.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Isaac Watts
Creator:
Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 11/16 inches (23.2 × 17 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Theodosius
Creator:
Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/16 x 9 13/16 inches (30.7 x 24.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
A School of Girls
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
1739
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/16 x 13 3/8 inches (28.8 x 34 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
A School of Girls
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
1739
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 7/16 inches (27.7 x 39.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
A School of Boys
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
1739
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/16 x 13 7/16 inches (28.7 x 34.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Arithmetica
Creator:
Print made by Jacob Gole, 1660–1737
Date:
ca. 1690
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 10 3/8 inches (25.7 x 26.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. St. Peter

St. Peter
Creator:
Print made by Abraham Blooteling, 1640–1690
Date:
between 1680 and 1690
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 × 9 5/8 inches (33 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Old Beau in an Extasy
Creator:
Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:
1773
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 11 1/8 inches (38.7 x 28.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London
Creator:
Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:
1807
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 9/16 × 13 3/4 inches (49.7 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Choir and Orchestra (A Choral Band)
Creator:
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 1/8 inches (21 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare
Creator:
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (21 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
John Britton, F.S.A.
Creator:
Thomas Uwins, 1782–1857
Date:
ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gray wash and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 7/16 × 3 11/16 inches (11.3 × 9.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The House of Commons
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
after 1731
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and brown wash with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (31.8 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Spoiled Child, Scene II
Creator:
Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:
ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 20 3/8 inches (39.1 x 51.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Spoiled Child, Scene I
Creator:
Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:
ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 20 1/8 inches (39 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Spoiled Child, Scene III
Creator:
Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:
ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches (39.3 x 49.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Classical Scene: Minerva as the Goddess of Arts and Sciences
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with black and red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/16 × 11 1/8 inches (38.5 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Religion of Europe: Professed and Practiced
Creator:
Print made by Gregory, Collins and Reynolds, active 1843
Date:
ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:
Wood-engraving and color printed woodcut on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/4 x 8 inches (27.3 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Before Mass
Creator:
Print made by Austin, Robert, 1895-1973, 1895–1973
Date:
1927
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, green-beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 5/8 x 8 3/16 inches (27 x 20.8 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
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. 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 Methodist Tailor Caught in Adultery
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
1768
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 16 1/16 inches (28.2 x 40.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Unidentified Periodical/Play Illustration
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 3/8 × 3 15/16 inches (16.2 × 10 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Spanish Student
Creator:
Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:
ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige Japan paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 x 12 11/16 inches (45.7 x 32.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Fitting out. - Plate 1
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 x 13 15/16 inches (25.4 x 35.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Pamela is represented in this first Piece, writing in her late Lady's dressing room, her History being known only by her letters. She is here surprised by Mr. B. who improves this occasion to further his designs
Creator:
L. Truchy, 1721–1764
Date:
1762
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 11 3/4 x 14 13/16in. (29.8 x 37.6cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Dr. George Berkley, Bishop of Cloyne
Creator:
John Brooks, active 1730–1756
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 13/16 inches (35.2 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Hugh Boulter, Archbishop of Armagh
Creator:
Thomas Beard, op. 1728?
Date:
1728
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 1/4 inches (36.8 × 26 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Infant
Creator:
Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
1824
Materials & Techniques:
Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 10 7/8 inches (22.8 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. The Lover

The Lover
Creator:
Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
1824
Materials & Techniques:
Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/16 × 11 1/4 inches (23.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Shakespeare in His Study
Creator:
James Faed Sr., 1821–1911
Date:
1859
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, stipple engraving, etching, and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 5/8 x 18 1/8 inches (62.6 x 46.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Desdemona and Othello
Creator:
Print made by William Nutter, 1754–1802
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving reinforced with etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 15 7/8in. (36.8 x 40.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 3/16 inches (38.7 × 28.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Richard Cooper the Elder
Creator:
John Donaldson, 1737–1801
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on vellum
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches (26 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
St. Jerome in his Study
Creator:
Alexander Marshal, active 1651–died 1682
Date:
1650
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache, watercolor, and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches (18.7 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Two Schoolboys
Creator:
Elias Martin, 1739–1818
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 × 5 9/16 inches (17.8 × 14.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Reading Lesson at a Dame School
Creator:
Elias Martin, 1739–1818
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/16 x 9 11/16in. (18.3 x 24.6cm)
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 Centurion Cornelius
Creator:
Print made by James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:
1800
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 × 28 1/16 inches (61 × 71.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
An Old Woman Reading
Creator:
Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 9/16 x 13 11/16 inches (47.2 x 34.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Roman Pilgrims
Creator:
John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:
1854
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, gum and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 7/8 × 30 1/8 inches (55.6 × 76.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The School-Boy
Creator:
Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
1824
Materials & Techniques:
Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 1/4 inches (22.6 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Justice
Creator:
Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
1824
Materials & Techniques:
Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 1/4 inches (23 × 28.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (47 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Earl of Mansfield
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on silk, mounted on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 21 1/16 x 15 9/16 inches (53.5 x 39.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sir John Hawkins
Creator:
Print made by R. Clamp, fl.1789–1798
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 5 5/16 inches (18 × 13.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
Medicus Alchemista
Creator:
Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/16 x 19 7/16 inches (38.5 x 49.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
David Hume
Creator:
Print made by Joseph Collyer, 1748–1827
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 4 1/2 inches (17.9 × 11.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
The Devout
Creator:
Print made by John Simon, 1675–1751
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 7/16 inches (37.5 × 26.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Ornatus Corporis et Animi
Creator:
Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches (39.7 x 50.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Day of Judgment
Creator:
Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:
1808, published 1813
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 × 11 3/8 inches (38.1 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a decoration incorporating motifs allusive to the Arts, Arms, and Religion
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches (17.1 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai. 1842 - The Convent of St. Catherine in the Distance
Creator:
John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:
1856
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache and graphite on slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:
Sheet: 26 1/4 x 53 1/2 inches (66.7 x 135.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Self-Portrait of the Artist Reclining on a Gothic Couch Reading a Book
Creator:
William Mulready, 1786–1863
Date:
1827
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 inches (21.9 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Literary Characters Assembled around the Medallion of Shakespeare
Creator:
Print made by Lydia Bates, active 1784
Date:
ca. 1777
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4 x 16 9/16 inches (28.5 x 42 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
St. Jerome Meditating
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 × 5 1/8 inches (17.8 × 13 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
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
Design for the Frontspiece of the Annals of Sporting and Fancy Gazette, Volume 1
Creator:
Print made by Robert Isaac Cruikshank, 1789–1856
Date:
1822
Materials & Techniques:
Etching hand-colored with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 6 1/16 inches (24.9 × 15.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
From the Painting of the Ceiling in the Banqueting House at White-Hall in the Year 1720
Creator:
Simon Gribelin, 1662–1733
Date:
ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 37 3/4 × 18 1/2 inches (95.9 × 47 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Cobham Hall, Kent: Plan of the Library
Creator:
James Wyatt, 1746–1813
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 5/8 x 20 7/8 inches (37.1 x 53 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Amateurs of Tye-Wig Music
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
ca. 1800-1815
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and ink and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/16 x 28 5/16in. (48.7 x 71.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Girl Reading a Book
Creator:
Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:
1814
Materials & Techniques:
graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 3/4 inches (27 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Missy of Five and Twenty years ago
Creator:
George Augustus Sala, 1828–1895
Date:
1881
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/2 × 3 inches (8.9 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
Allegory of Drawing
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, graphite, and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/4 x 4 3/4in. (8.3 x 12.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Undergraduate's Room
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and red-brown and brown-gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/4 x 7 9/16 inches (12.1 x 19.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
L'Antiquaire
Creator:
Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/8 x 13 1/16 inches (42.9 x 33.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Reverend Hugh Blair, D.D.
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1801
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 15/16 inches (38.7 × 30.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection