Materials & Techniques: graphite / Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Subject Terms: head

1. Fowl Head and Neck, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, and pen with iron gall ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches (26 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. A Visionary Head

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1819 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches (19.1 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Socrates, a Visionary Head

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches (22.5 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Profile of a Grotesque Head Facing Right

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: late 1780s-early 1790s
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 5 3/8 inches (16.8 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Head of a Cat

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 1/8 inches (22.2 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Figure and Head

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 3/4 inches (21.9 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. London Cries: A Girl with a Basket on Her Head ("Lights for the Cats, Liver for the Dogs")

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches (19.7 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Head of a Male Lion

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 5 15/16 inches (16.5 × 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Head of a Leopard

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 5 3/8 inches (12.2 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Soldier's Head: front and back

Creator:: George Dance, 1741–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 inches (16.2 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Head of an Eagle, Facing Left

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, graphite, pen and gray ink, and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 3/8 inches (16.8 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Views in the Levant: Back View of the Head of the Sphinx

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 12 5/16 inches (25.1 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Views in the Levant: Faceless Bust of Statue Supporting a Broken Capital on Her Head

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4 inches (29.5 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with black ink and brown wash, verso: pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 5 5/8 inches (16.8 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. A Child Resting His Cheek on His Hand, Head and Shoulders

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 2 7/8 inches (12.1 x 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Head of a Young Woman or Man

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk, white chalk, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches (26.4 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Design for an English Silver Table

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1670 and 1680
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/16 × 21 9/16 inches (45.8 × 54.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Portrait of a Fat Man, Head and Shoulders

Creator:: George Dance, 1741–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 6 1/4 inches (20.3 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Head of Girl Standing in the Center

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 3 3/4 inches (10.2 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Head and Neck of a Horse

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 9 3/8 inches (15.6 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Study of a Cow's Head

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 4 7/8 inches (11.7 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Study of a camel's head

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 5 1/4 inches (17.8 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Studies of Human Head with Canine Features

Creator:: Peter Paul Lens, 1714–1750
Date:: 1728
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 12 3/4in. (20.6 x 32.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Nun with a Group of Orphans

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1910
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, watercolor and graphite; verso: graphite
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 4 7/8 inches (15.9 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Drury Lane. The School for Scandal

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black, gray and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 3/8 inches (26 x 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Portrait Study: Joshua Westlake

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches (8.6 x 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Head of a Girl

Creator:: Edward Thompson Davis, 1833–1867
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 × 2 inches (7.6 × 5.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Head of a Khosa Chief

Creator:: Samuel Daniell, 1775–1811
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 6 inches (16.8 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 × 13 inches (40.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. A Stag's Head: three studies

Creator:: Robert Hills, 1769–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gelatin fixative on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches (24.1 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Head of a Young Girl

Creator:: Prince Hoare, 1755–1834
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 4 1/4 inches (17.5 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Head of a Woman, Study for The Bible Lesson

Creator:: formerly attributed to Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with red chalk and black chalk on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches (16.5 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Boxer, with Head and Leg studies

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 6 1/2 inches (35.6 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Fowl Head and Neck, Lateral View

2. A Visionary Head

3. Socrates, a Visionary Head

4. Profile of a Grotesque Head Facing Right

5. Head of a Cat

6. Figure and Head

7. London Cries: A Girl with a Basket on Her Head ("Lights for the Cats, Liver for the Dogs")

8. Head of a Male Lion

9. Head of a Leopard

10. Soldier's Head: front and back

11. Head of an Eagle, Facing Left

12. Views in the Levant: Back View of the Head of the Sphinx

13. Views in the Levant: Faceless Bust of Statue Supporting a Broken Capital on Her Head

14. Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind

15. A Child Resting His Cheek on His Hand, Head and Shoulders

16. Head of a Young Woman or Man

17. Design for an English Silver Table

18. Portrait of a Fat Man, Head and Shoulders

19. Head of Girl Standing in the Center

20. Head and Neck of a Horse

21. Study of a Cow's Head

22. Study of a camel's head

23. Studies of Human Head with Canine Features

24. Nun with a Group of Orphans

25. Drury Lane. The School for Scandal

26. Portrait Study: Joshua Westlake

27. Head of a Girl

28. Head of a Khosa Chief

29. The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth

30. A Stag's Head: three studies

31. Head of a Young Girl

32. Head of a Woman, Study for The Bible Lesson

33. Boxer, with Head and Leg studies