Materials & Techniques: black chalk / Period: 19th century / Subject Terms: figure study

1. Study of a Pilgrim

Creator:: attributed to Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, brown wash, white gouache, gold, black chalk, and graphite on slightly textured, medium, green 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

2. Sheet from the Blake-Varley Sketchbook of 1819, Pages 37 and 38

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 8 inches (15.6 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Keith C., Yale BA 1968, and Mildred B. Marshall

3. Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: ca. 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/16 x 20 inches (41.5 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

4. A Head Keeper, Windsor Castle, 1826

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, conté crayon, graphite and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches (28.6 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Study of a Girl for "Mary, Queen of Scots, Escaping from Loch Leven Castle"

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with brown wash on thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 × 11 3/8 inches (46 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with black chalk and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (21.9 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Faust and Margaret

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (24.8 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Head of a Young Woman

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: between 1838 and 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 5/8 x 11 1/4 inches (34.6 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Millbank

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches (21.9 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Seated Woman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black chalk, and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 9 3/4in. (34.8 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Figures and Pitcher

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 3/8 inches (21.6 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black, red, and white chalk over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (41.9 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Portrait Study of a Girl

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 3/8 inches (11.4 x 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Lady with a Veil

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 7/16 inches (24.8 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Sketch of Man and Horse and Rider

Creator:: Walter Richard Sickert, 1860–1942
Date:: ca. 1888
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 9 5/8 inches (22.9 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia Cornwell

16. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Right

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black chalk and stumping over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 6 5/8 inches (20.3 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Passengers aboard the Nile steamer

Creator:: Charles Dyce, active 1848
Date:: ca. 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 13 3/4 inches (24.4 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Return from Labor

Creator:: William Powell Frith, 1819–1909
Date:: ca. 1846
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 7 3/8 inches (25.4 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Study for Solitude

Creator:: Frederic Leighton, 1830–1896
Date:: ca. 1890
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 11 1/4in. (36.8 x 28.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Dragoman of Mr. Moore, English Consul at Beyrout

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk and watercolor with gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (45.1 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Girl in a Pinafore

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: between 1840 and 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 10 1/8 inches (32.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Sketch of Two Figures in an Interior: One Seated, One Standing

Creator:: William Mulready, 1786–1863
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 3 1/4 inches (11.7 × 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Male Nude

Creator:: Henri Edmond Cross, 1856–1910
Date:: 1894
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 9 3/4 inches (32.7 × 24.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

24. Studies for a Hand in The Godhead Fires

Creator:: Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 12 7/8 inches (31.1 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of John Goolet

25. Study of a Group of Children

Creator:: Circle of William James Muller, 1812–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, graphite, and white chalk; verso: black chalk, white chalk, blue chalk, and brown chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 inches (17.8 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Study for the head of a boy in "Peasants of the Campagne" during the Vintage

Creator:: George Frederic Watts, 1817–1904
Date:: ca. 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. Rear View Sstudy of a Nude Figure

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Blackk chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 4 3/4 inches (14.3 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Study of a Religious Ceremony Scene

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 7/16 inches (28.3 × 21.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Study for a Gathering of People

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 8 1/16 inches (25.4 × 20.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Study of an Antique Head

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/4 × 17 1/2 inches (56.5 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. Study of a Military Scene

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 4 3/8 inches (14.3 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Murder of Duncan - Lady Macbeth, Approaching Macbeth and the Body

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 1 13/16 inches (11.1 × 4.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Body (and Lady Macbeth Approaching)

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 5 1/16 inches (11.1 × 12.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Daggers

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 8 5/8 inches (14.4 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Body (and Lady Macbeth Approaching)

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 5 1/16in. (11.1 x 12.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. The Murder of Duncan - Lady Macbeth, Approaching Macbeth and the Body

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/16 x 2 11/16 inches (11.2 x 6.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. The Murder of Duncan - The Sleeping Groom

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (11.1 x 17.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Study of the Crucifixion

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 10 3/16 inches (31.1 × 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Composition of Three Figures in a Garden

Creator:: William Morris, 1834–1896
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk heightened with white chalk, and graphite on thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches (62.9 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. Portrait of Edwin Austin Abbey at Work

Creator:: George Percy Jacomb-Hood, 1857–1929
Date:: 1898
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 11 1/8 inches (37.8 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, The Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Collection

41. Head of a Woman Called Ruth Herbert

Creator:: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828–1882
Date:: 1876
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and black chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.4 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Study of a Pilgrim

2. Sheet from the Blake-Varley Sketchbook of 1819, Pages 37 and 38

3. Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'

4. A Head Keeper, Windsor Castle, 1826

5. Study of a Girl for "Mary, Queen of Scots, Escaping from Loch Leven Castle"

6. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

7. Faust and Margaret

8. Head of a Young Woman

9. Millbank

10. Seated Woman

11. Figures and Pitcher

12. Portrait of a Gentleman

13. Portrait Study of a Girl

14. Lady with a Veil

15. Sketch of Man and Horse and Rider

16. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Right

17. Passengers aboard the Nile steamer

18. The Return from Labor

19. Study for Solitude

20. The Dragoman of Mr. Moore, English Consul at Beyrout

21. Girl in a Pinafore

22. Sketch of Two Figures in an Interior: One Seated, One Standing

23. Male Nude

24. Studies for a Hand in The Godhead Fires

25. Study of a Group of Children

26. Study for the head of a boy in "Peasants of the Campagne" during the Vintage

27. Rear View Sstudy of a Nude Figure

28. Study of a Religious Ceremony Scene

29. Study for a Gathering of People

30. Study of an Antique Head

31. Study of a Military Scene

32. The Murder of Duncan - Lady Macbeth, Approaching Macbeth and the Body

33. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Body (and Lady Macbeth Approaching)

34. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Daggers

35. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Body (and Lady Macbeth Approaching)

36. The Murder of Duncan - Lady Macbeth, Approaching Macbeth and the Body

37. The Murder of Duncan - The Sleeping Groom

38. Study of the Crucifixion

39. Composition of Three Figures in a Garden

40. Portrait of Edwin Austin Abbey at Work

41. Head of a Woman Called Ruth Herbert