Materials & Techniques: black ink / Genre: figure study / Subject Terms: genre subject

1. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: between 1790 and 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Black and gray wash with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 20 1/8 inches (31.8 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

2. Ossie Seated

Creator:: David Hockney, born 1937
Date:: 1966
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and colored pencil on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 x 16 1/8in. (45.1 x 41cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

3. Woman and Child

Creator:: James Roberts, active 1766–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 3 7/8 inches (15.2 × 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Study for, In Mr. Barnard's Boat, Kingston

Creator:: John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 1/8 inches (19.1 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Mother and Child with Young Boy Leaning on Window Sill

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, light blue, wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 4 1/8 x 4 7/16 inches (10.5 x 11.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. An Old Fisherwoman with Two Women Digging for Bait

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with watercolor; verso: graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches (8.6 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. A Woman Seated and Holding an Image

Creator:: Peter Oliver, 1589–1647
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 15/16 × 3 11/16 inches (7.5 × 9.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. A Man Kneeling

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink; verso: gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 4 1/4 inches (8.6 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. A Study for the Pilkington Crest, a mower with a scythe

Creator:: Francis Place, 1647–1728
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, gray wash, and graphite, squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 11in. (31.1 x 27.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Air Man, July 10, 1828

Creator:: John Gantz, 1772–1853
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 3/8 inches (23.5 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Figure Study

Creator:: Augustus Edwin John, 1878–1961
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on thin, smooth, cream graph paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 8 3/8 inches (13.3 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Estate of Brian Sewell

12. Girl from Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 inches (21.3 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Member of the Brotherhood El Gran Poder de Dios

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 3/8 inches (23.5 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Franciscan Friar

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Native of Tacocronte, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (24.1 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Charcoal Seller, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 5/8 inches (24.8 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Boatman and Medianero of Garachics, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 9/16 inches (24.1 × 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Peasants of Ycod el alto, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/8 inches (23.8 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Barandilles, a woman on a donkey

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 1/8 inches (23.5 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Hand-mill for grinding Gofio, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 5/8 inches (21.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. A Hunter Holding a Spear in a Woodland Setting

Creator:: Francis Cleyn, 1582–1658
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 8 inches (29.2 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Man and woman of Chasna-Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 7 1/2 inches (22.9 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Parish Priest

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 3/8 inches (21.9 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Tenerife - Woman of Tacoronte

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 1/2 inches (20 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Grand Canary-Man on a Donkey

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Man standing on seashore - Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: after 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream 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 Collection

27. Peasants of Chasna, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Female huckster of Port Orotava

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/4 inches (24.4 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Tenerife-Man of Tacoronte

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 inches (24.1 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Going to School

Creator:: John Augustus Atkinson, 1775–1831
Date:: between 1801 and 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 6 1/8 inches (19.1 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Morning

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 5 7/8 inches (10.2 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Figures with a Wagon and Horses

Creator:: Thomas Ross, active from 1753
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, red chalk, graphite, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/8 × 5 11/16 inches (7.3 × 14.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Riders, Figures and a Dog

Creator:: Thomas Ross, active from 1753
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 15/16 × 6 1/2 inches (10 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. An Allegory of America Carrying the Cap of Liberty

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite, and red chalk on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 × 2 1/16 inches (8.3 × 5.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Women and their Garments Artistically Described

Creator:: George Louis Palmella Busson Du Maurier, 1834–1896
Date:: 1874
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches (18.7 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Mid-Day

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/16 × 5 7/8 inches (10.3 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. "The Passage to the Right Aided by the Rider's Rod & the Master Holding the Alonge: Engraved as plate 10 in Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse...

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 3/16 inches (21 × 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Fisherman by a Boat with a Dog

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 8 3/4 inches (15.2 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The William K. Rose and Eugene A. Carroll Collection

39. Study of a Chimney Sweeper

Creator:: Sir Hubert von Herkomer, 1849–1914
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and black ink on thin, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 inches (16.5 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Collection, Gift of Alison Edwards Curwen

40. Figure Study

Creator:: Augustus Edwin John, 1878–1961
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 18 1/4 inches (19.1 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Estate of Brian Sewell

41. La Palma

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 7/8 inches (22.5 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Canary Fisherman

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (23.2 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Peasant of Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 1/2 inches (21.9 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Charcoal seller, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 1/8 inches (22.5 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Peasant of Miradero, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: between 1823 and 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 1/8 inches (22.5 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. A Family Group Around a Piano

Creator:: George Chinnery, 1774–1852
Date:: between 1812 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 6 3/8 inches (14.3 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Shrimpers on the Shore

Creator:: Thomas Creswick, 1811–1869
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, and brown ink on medium, lightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 3/4 × 2 3/4 inches (4.4 × 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Study for Fishermen and Bathers

Creator:: Keith Vaughan, 1912–1977
Date:: ca. 1951
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, watercolor and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 7 9/16 inches (15.9 x 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942

49. Woman Bending over Basket

Creator:: Attributed to Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 6 9/16 inches (15.9 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Gentleman with Whiskers

Creator:: Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 4 1/2 inches (17.8 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

51. Man Toasting Another Man . . .

Creator:: George Walker, active 1792–died 1795
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink; verso: graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 4 1/2 inches (9.5 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Howard Visiting a Prison

2. Ossie Seated

3. Woman and Child

4. Study for, In Mr. Barnard's Boat, Kingston

5. Mother and Child with Young Boy Leaning on Window Sill

6. An Old Fisherwoman with Two Women Digging for Bait

7. A Woman Seated and Holding an Image

8. A Man Kneeling

9. A Study for the Pilkington Crest, a mower with a scythe

10. Air Man, July 10, 1828

11. Figure Study

12. Girl from Hierro

13. Member of the Brotherhood El Gran Poder de Dios

14. Franciscan Friar

15. Native of Tacocronte, Tenerife

16. Charcoal Seller, Tenerife

17. Boatman and Medianero of Garachics, Tenerife

18. Peasants of Ycod el alto, Tenerife

19. Barandilles, a woman on a donkey

20. Hand-mill for grinding Gofio, Tenerife

21. A Hunter Holding a Spear in a Woodland Setting

22. Man and woman of Chasna-Tenerife

23. Parish Priest

24. Tenerife - Woman of Tacoronte

25. Grand Canary-Man on a Donkey

26. Man standing on seashore - Hierro

27. Peasants of Chasna, Tenerife

28. Female huckster of Port Orotava

29. Tenerife-Man of Tacoronte

30. Going to School

31. Morning

32. Figures with a Wagon and Horses

33. Riders, Figures and a Dog

34. An Allegory of America Carrying the Cap of Liberty

35. Women and their Garments Artistically Described

36. Mid-Day

37. "The Passage to the Right Aided by the Rider's Rod & the Master Holding the Alonge: Engraved as plate 10 in Twenty Five Actions of the Manage Horse...

38. Fisherman by a Boat with a Dog

39. Study of a Chimney Sweeper

40. Figure Study

41. La Palma

42. Canary Fisherman

43. Peasant of Hierro

44. Charcoal seller, Tenerife

45. Peasant of Miradero, Tenerife

46. A Family Group Around a Piano

47. Shrimpers on the Shore

48. Study for Fishermen and Bathers

49. Woman Bending over Basket

50. Gentleman with Whiskers

51. Man Toasting Another Man . . .