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1. Apotheosis

Apotheosis
Creator:
Sir Sidney Nolan, 1917–1992
Date:
1953
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on board
Dimensions:
36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
On View:
Not on view

2. Conversation with Fate

Conversation with Fate
Creator:
John Bellany, 1942–2013
Date:
1989
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
79 x 91 inches (200.7 x 231.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia and Morris Orden, New York
On View:
Not on view

3. The Angel Binding Satan

The Angel Binding Satan
Creator:
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (45.1 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

4. Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View (Highly finished study for Table IV)

Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View (Highly finished study for Table IV)
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 16 3/8 inches (28.3 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Fourth Stage of Cruelty: The Reward of Cruelty

The Fourth Stage of Cruelty: The Reward of Cruelty
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

6. "The morning comes, the night decays, the watchmen leave their stations..." (Plate 8)

"The morning comes, the night decays, the watchmen leave their stations..." (Plate 8)
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

7. Two Figures with a Skull

Two Figures with a Skull
Creator:
Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/4 × 6 3/8 inches (14.6 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Drawing of a Man's Skeleton

Drawing of a Man's Skeleton
Creator:
James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches (52.1 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. What's Humane Life, Where Nothing Long Can Stand? Time Flyes, Our Glory Fades, and Death's at Hand.

What's Humane Life, Where Nothing Long Can Stand? Time Flyes, Our Glory Fades, and Death's at Hand.
Creator:
Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/16 x 9 3/16 inches (18.5 x 23.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Rabbi with a White Turban

Rabbi with a White Turban
Creator:
Print made by William Pether, ca. 1738–1821
Date:
1778
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 7/8 × 17 15/16 inches (63.2 × 45.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Rabbi with a White Turban

Rabbi with a White Turban
Creator:
Print made by William Pether, ca. 1738–1821
Date:
1778
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (57.8 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Christus Crucifixus

Christus Crucifixus
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 4 11/16 inches (18.7 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Disce Mori Mundo Vivere Disce Deo / /Learn to Die to the World, Learn to Live With God

Disce Mori Mundo Vivere Disce Deo / /Learn to Die to the World, Learn to Live With God
Creator:
Print made by John Smith, the mezzotinter, 1652–1743
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 × 4 3/8 inches (15.9 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Maria Magdilena

Maria Magdilena
Creator:
Print made by John Smith, the mezzotinter, 1652–1743
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 × 7 inches (25.7 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. The Religion of Europe: Professed and Practiced

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

16. The Opening of the Carnival at Rome

The Opening of the Carnival at Rome
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/8 x 22 1/4 inches (38.4 x 56.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Diana and Actaeon

Diana and Actaeon
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Oil, varnish, gouache, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 × 6 3/4 inches (15.6 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Sta. Maria Magdelena

Sta. Maria Magdelena
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paaper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/16 x 10 1/8 inches (36.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Diligence and Dissipation: The Good Girl Married to her Master/ The Wanton laid in her Grave (Plate 10)

Diligence and Dissipation: The Good Girl Married to her Master/ The Wanton laid in her Grave (Plate 10)
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, open letter proofs
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/8 x 20 13/16in. (46 x 52.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Michael Lochmann (1630-1674)

Michael Lochmann (1630-1674)
Creator:
Print made by George Fennitzer, active 1697–1700
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches (24.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Michael Lochmann (1630-1674)

Michael Lochmann (1630-1674)
Creator:
Print made by George Fennitzer, active 1697–1700
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches (24.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Michael Lochmann (1630-1674)

Michael Lochmann (1630-1674)
Creator:
Print made by George Fennitzer, active 1697–1700
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches (24.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. The Three Witches

The Three Witches
Creator:
Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760–1840
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 10 3/16 inches (24.2 × 25.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Michael Lochmann (1630-1674)

Michael Lochmann (1630-1674)
Creator:
Print made by George Fennitzer, active 1697–1700
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches (24.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. St. Jerome in his Study

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

26. The Club

The Club
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (15.8 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

27. A measured drawing of a skull

A measured drawing of a skull
Creator:
Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite with black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches (38.7 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lowell Libson, Ltd.

28. Lieu't Gover'r Gall-Stone, inspired by Alecto; or The Birth of Minerva

Lieu't Gover'r Gall-Stone, inspired by Alecto; or The Birth of Minerva
Creator:
James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, aquatint and stipple engraving, proof before letters
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Garrick, In the Character of Abel Drugger

Garrick, In the Character of Abel Drugger
Creator:
Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 23 1/8 x 15 7/8 inches (58.7 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Double Deliverance, 1588–1605

The Double Deliverance, 1588–1605
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
1621
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 5/8 × 20 1/2 inches (39.7 × 52.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The City of the Pestilence

The City of the Pestilence
Creator:
Print made by John Bell, 1811–1895
Date:
between 1826 and 1852
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/8 x 15 inches (29 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. A Querulous Committee Meeting

A Querulous Committee Meeting
Creator:
Samuel Collings, active 1784–1795
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 5/8 inches (20 × 27 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Caversham Funfair

Caversham Funfair
Creator:
Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:
1959
Materials & Techniques:
Gelatin silver print on matte photographic paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 7/8 × 12 inches (40.3 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

34. Study of a Skull (cat family? - fragment of an indistinguishable sketch)

Study of a Skull (cat family? - fragment of an indistinguishable sketch)
Creator:
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite 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, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Caversham Funfair

Caversham Funfair
Creator:
Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:
1959
Materials & Techniques:
Gelatin silver print on matte photographic paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

36. Saint Jerome

No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1777
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 3/8 × 14 5/8 inches (51.8 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

37. Time Clipping the Wings of Cupid

No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (52.1 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

38. The Penitent

No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Frederick Bacon, 1803–1887
Date:
between 1842 and 1887
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 15/16 x 13 1/2 inches (50.6 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection