Materials & Techniques: etching (printing process) / Subject Terms: humor

1. A Macarony at a Sale of Pictures

Creator:: Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, greened white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 8 1/4 inches (28 x 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Now Sir, You're a Complete Macaroni

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches (28.2 x 20.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Damnation of Obadiah

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 15 11/16 inches (30.6 x 39.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Every Sous Begad!

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 8 11/16 inches (20.6 × 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Fish-Street Macaroni

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches (29.6 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Inimitable Mr. James Moss

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 x 7 1/4 inches (24.6 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Full Blown Macaroni

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 9/16 inches (29.8 x 21.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. A Modern Spread Eagle

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with hand coloring on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (26.3 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Monsieur Le Fouet, La Francia

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (26.4 × 17.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Man with a Walking Stick in a Landscape

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 9 1/16 inches (25.6 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. 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

12. Captain Conquest and His Baggage Wagon

Creator:: Print made by John Goldar, 1729–1795
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 x 8 1/8 inches (28.1 x 20.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. A Macarony Alderman and His Rib

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 7 13/16 inches (27.9 x 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The Sacrifice

Creator:: John Goldar, 1729–1795
Date:: 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 14 3/4 inches (33 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Refusal

Creator:: John Goldar, 1729–1795
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 14 9/16 inches (33.3 × 37 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Who'll Have a Crown - Now's Your Time

Creator:: Print made by William Heath, 1795–1840
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches (27.3 x 38.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell

17. Caricature of Matthew Darly

Creator:: Print made by Matthew Darly, active 1754–1778
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 4 inches (12.3 × 10.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. George Fox and Captain Keat

Creator:: Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964
Date:: between 1890 and 1911
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 11 3/4 inches (23.2 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania

19. Glaud and Symon

Creator:: Print made by David Allan, 1744–1796
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 15/16 inches (28.3 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

20. The Tailors Baffling the Bailiff

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 x 5 3/8 inches (23.7 x 13.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

21. Sagittarius - The Archer (Not "Venus' Son Divine.")

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 6 5/8 inches (10.7 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

22. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 1 - "Ah me! what perils doth that Youth encounter, who dares within the Fellow's Bog to enter."

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 13 7/8 inches (24.3 × 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 2 - "Ah me! that thou the Freshman's-Guide should'st read, yet venture on the hallowed grass to tread"

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 7/8 inches (24.7 × 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 3 - "The Master's Wig the guilty wight appals, who brings his Dog within the College walls."

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 7/8 inches (25 × 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 4 - "Expulsion waits that Son of Alma Mater who dares to shew his face in Boot or Gaiter"

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 7/8 inches (24.7 × 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 5 - "Convened for wearing Gaiters - sad offence! Expelled - nor e'en permitted a defence."

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 14 1/16 inches (24.5 × 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Cognocenti Contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique

Creator:: Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on green card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 11/16 inches (39 × 27.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara and Max Wilk, Yale BA 1941

28. Sales by Auction! - or Provident Children Disposing of their Deceased Mother's Effects for the Benefit of the Creditors!!

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with hand-coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 16 9/16 inches (31.2 x 42 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Finding things not exactly what he expected - Plate 2

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: 9 15/16 x 14 inches (25.3 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Mr. B. Mastheaded -or, enjoying the fresh air for the 304th time - Plate 4

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 1/16 x 14 inches (25.5 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. George Fox Is Challenged to Fight at Scarborough Castle

Creator:: Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964
Date:: between 1890 and 1911
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 12 11/16 inches (24.5 x 32.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania

32. A Morning Ride

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 20 3/16 inches (34.7 x 51.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Robert W. Carle

33. Hamlet

Creator:: Print made by Charles Ansell, ca.1752–active 1790
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 15 3/16 inches (31.2 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. Love and Wind

Creator:: Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored etching on thick beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (31.8 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Extravaganza's of 1827

Creator:: Print made by Henry Heath, active 1824–1835
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 11/16 inches (28 x 39.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Le Retour de Paris, or, the Niece Presented to her Relatives by her French Governess

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 x 16 1/8 inches (29 x 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Miss-Ann-Thropy

Creator:: Print made by Henry Heath, active 1824–1835
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 11/16 inches (35.3 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Theatrical Bubble: Being a New Specimen of the Astonishing Powers of the Great Politico-Punchinello, in the art of Dramatic Puffing

Creator:: Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 x 10 inches (36.7 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. Heyday! Is This My Daughter Anne!

Creator:: Print made by Francis E. Adams, active ca.1760–1775
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 1/16 inches (35.5 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. The Contented Dutchmen

Creator:: Print made by Richard Brookshaw, 1736–1804
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 11/16 inches (24.9 × 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

41. The St. James's Macaroni

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 x 9 7/16 inches (32.3 x 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Salutation Tavern

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 13 15/16 inches (25.5 x 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Strephon and Chloe

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 13 1/16 inches (25.5 x 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. The Slumbers of Ragotin Interrupted

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 x 15 1/8 inches (27.1 x 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. The Cotillion Dance

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 13 9/16 inches (25.5 × 34.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. A French Petit Maître and His Valet

Creator:: Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, pasted on medium, moderately textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 1/4 x 11 5/16 inches (41.3 x 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. A French Physician with His Retinue Going to Visit His Patients

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 x 13 3/4 inches (28.1 x 35 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. The Macarony Brothers

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 8 3/16 inches (27.9 x 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. The Houndsditch Macaroni

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 8 9/16 inches (25.4 x 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. John Jehu L'Inghilterra

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches (29.6 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Englishman at Paris, 1767

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 x 18 7/8 inches (36.7 x 48 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. The Preposterous Head Dress, or the Feathered Lady

Creator:: Print made by Matthew Darly, active 1754–1778
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 11/16 x 10 1/2 inches (44.9 x 26.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. A Favorite Poodle Hatching Poultry!! - or A Present of Feather Breeches from the Sandwich Isles

Creator:: Print made by Robert Isaac Cruikshank, 1789–1856
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 1/2 inches (26.4 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Dandies Having a Treat

Creator:: Print made by Robert Isaac Cruikshank, 1789–1856
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 15 11/16 inches (25.7 x 39.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Blowing up the Pic Nic's: or Harlequin Quioxtte Attacking the Puppets

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 × 10 1/16 inches (35.7 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Presages of the Millenium

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 14 13/16 inches (33 × 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Le Coup de Maitre

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 14 3/16 inches (26.4 × 36 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Flannel-Armour; Female-Patriotism, -or- Modern Heroes Accoutred for the Wars

Creator:: Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 14 3/8 inches (31.7 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 15 7/16 inches (26.4 × 39.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Weird Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon (Thurlow, Pitt, and Dundas)

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 3/4 inches (24.9 × 35 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Hats

Creator:: Print made by Matthew Darly, active 1754–1778
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 x 17 5/8 inches (27.1 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Damn Mambrino

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 8 3/8 inches (30.6 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Flash Maccaroni

Creator:: Print made by Callender, active mid–18th century
Date:: 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 5 1/8 inches (8.6 × 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

64. Voluntier

Creator:: Print made by Callender, active mid–18th century
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 2 5/8 inches (8 × 6.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

65. John's Coffee House

Creator:: Print made by Callender, active mid–18th century
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 4 7/8 inches (8.5 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

66. Study of a Man with a Cutlass

Creator:: Print made by Callender, active mid–18th century
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/16 × 2 5/8 inches (8.1 × 6.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

67. 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

68. Statue Hall or the Modern Register Office

Creator:: Print made by Matthew Darly, active 1754–1778
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 13/16 inches (28 x 40.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Ominum Gatherum No. 6

Creator:: Henry Heath, active 1824–1835
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 7/16 inches (27 x 36.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Ominum Gatherum, Second Series, No. 3

Creator:: Henry Heath, active 1824–1835
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 1/2 inches (27 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Ominum Gatherum, Second Series, No. 5

Creator:: Henry Heath, active 1824–1835
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 7/16 inches (27 x 36.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Doublûres of Characters; - or - Striking Resemblance in Phisiognomy

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 9/16 x 18 11/16 inches (34.4 x 47.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Omnium Gatherum, No. 7

Creator:: Henry Heath, active 1824–1835
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 7/16 inches (27 x 36.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Dancing Bear with Its Keeper, Piper, and Audience of One

Creator:: James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 x 13 1/16 inches (26.9 x 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Oh Yes Believe Me. Love Has Eyes.

Creator:: William Heath, 1795–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 17 inches (28.3 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul and Anita Turner

76. Luminous Don Key

Creator:: Charles Jameson Grant, active 1830–1852
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches (28.5 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Brian and Linda Gracie

77. An Abyssinian Breakfast

Creator:: Print made by Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and sitpple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 × 13 15/16 inches (28.4 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. A Macarony at a Sale of Pictures

2. Now Sir, You're a Complete Macaroni

3. The Damnation of Obadiah

4. Every Sous Begad!

5. The Fish-Street Macaroni

6. Inimitable Mr. James Moss

7. The Full Blown Macaroni

8. A Modern Spread Eagle

9. Monsieur Le Fouet, La Francia

10. Man with a Walking Stick in a Landscape

11. Fitting out. - Plate 1

12. Captain Conquest and His Baggage Wagon

13. A Macarony Alderman and His Rib

14. The Sacrifice

15. The Refusal

16. Who'll Have a Crown - Now's Your Time

17. Caricature of Matthew Darly

18. George Fox and Captain Keat

19. Glaud and Symon

20. The Tailors Baffling the Bailiff

21. Sagittarius - The Archer (Not "Venus' Son Divine.")

22. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 1 - "Ah me! what perils doth that Youth encounter, who dares within the Fellow's Bog to enter."

23. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 2 - "Ah me! that thou the Freshman's-Guide should'st read, yet venture on the hallowed grass to tread"

24. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 3 - "The Master's Wig the guilty wight appals, who brings his Dog within the College walls."

25. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 4 - "Expulsion waits that Son of Alma Mater who dares to shew his face in Boot or Gaiter"

26. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 5 - "Convened for wearing Gaiters - sad offence! Expelled - nor e'en permitted a defence."

27. A Cognocenti Contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique

28. Sales by Auction! - or Provident Children Disposing of their Deceased Mother's Effects for the Benefit of the Creditors!!

29. Finding things not exactly what he expected - Plate 2

30. Mr. B. Mastheaded -or, enjoying the fresh air for the 304th time - Plate 4

31. George Fox Is Challenged to Fight at Scarborough Castle

32. A Morning Ride

33. Hamlet

34. Love and Wind

35. Extravaganza's of 1827

36. Le Retour de Paris, or, the Niece Presented to her Relatives by her French Governess

37. Miss-Ann-Thropy

38. The Theatrical Bubble: Being a New Specimen of the Astonishing Powers of the Great Politico-Punchinello, in the art of Dramatic Puffing

39. Heyday! Is This My Daughter Anne!

40. The Contented Dutchmen

41. The St. James's Macaroni

42. The Salutation Tavern

43. Strephon and Chloe

44. The Slumbers of Ragotin Interrupted

45. The Cotillion Dance

46. A French Petit Maître and His Valet

47. A French Physician with His Retinue Going to Visit His Patients

48. The Macarony Brothers

49. The Houndsditch Macaroni

50. John Jehu L'Inghilterra

51. Englishman at Paris, 1767

52. The Preposterous Head Dress, or the Feathered Lady

53. A Favorite Poodle Hatching Poultry!! - or A Present of Feather Breeches from the Sandwich Isles

54. Dandies Having a Treat

55. Blowing up the Pic Nic's: or Harlequin Quioxtte Attacking the Puppets

56. Presages of the Millenium

57. Le Coup de Maitre

58. Flannel-Armour; Female-Patriotism, -or- Modern Heroes Accoutred for the Wars

59. The Valley of the Shadow of Death

60. Weird Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon (Thurlow, Pitt, and Dundas)

61. Hats

62. Damn Mambrino

63. Flash Maccaroni

64. Voluntier

65. John's Coffee House

66. Study of a Man with a Cutlass

67. The Methodist Tailor Caught in Adultery

68. Statue Hall or the Modern Register Office

69. Ominum Gatherum No. 6

70. Ominum Gatherum, Second Series, No. 3

71. Ominum Gatherum, Second Series, No. 5

72. Doublûres of Characters; - or - Striking Resemblance in Phisiognomy

73. Omnium Gatherum, No. 7

74. Dancing Bear with Its Keeper, Piper, and Audience of One