Materials & Techniques: mezzotint / Period: 18th century / Genre: figure study

1. Proverbs, Chapter VII, verses 7, 10, 13

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 3/16 inches (35.9 × 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. The Swain's Amusement

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: between 1748 and 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 10 1/4 inches (36 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Housewife's Employment

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 10 3/16 inches (36.3 x 25.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. A Girl Spinning Thread

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 10 1/4 inches (36.4 x 26.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Studious Fair

Creator:: Print made by Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 11/16 × 10 1/2 inches (37.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. Zo, dart'le Saartje Jans!...

Creator:: Print made by Cornelis Troost, 1697–1750
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 5/8 inches (36.8 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Zo, dart'le Saartje Jans!...

Creator:: Print made by Cornelis Troost, 1697–1750
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 15/16 × 9 15/16 inches (35.4 × 25.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. The Singers

Creator:: Print made by James Johnson, 1803–1834
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 14 1/4 inches (25.7 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Her Royal Highness, the Princess Amelia

Creator:: Print made by John Simon, 1675–1755
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 x 12in. (45.1 x 30.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Miss and her Kitten (Rural Life)

Creator:: Print made by Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 6 1/8 inches (23.5 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Rural Life

Creator:: Print made by Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 5 7/8 inches (22.5 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. The Seamstress

Creator:: Print made by Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 inches (35.9 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Correspondence

Creator:: Print made by Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/16 × 10 5/8 inches (33.2 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Laugh and Grow Fat

Creator:: Print made by Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 7/16 inches (36.8 × 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. The Masqueraders

Creator:: Print made by John Simon, 1675–1755
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 13 3/4 inches (25.6 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. Children Playing with a Mask

Creator:: Print made by John Smith, 1652–1743
Date:: 1703
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 7 5/8 inches (14.8 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. Sleepy Maid

Creator:: Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 1/4 inches (36.5 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Mittag

Creator:: Print made by Johann Simon Negges, 1726–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (36.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Children Fighting over a Bird

Creator:: Print made by John Smith, 1652–1743
Date:: ca. 1703
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 7 15/16 inches (22.2 × 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. La Surprise

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Cousins, 1801–1887
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 × 16 1/8 inches (49.5 × 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. The Housewife's Employment

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches (35 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Lady with Glass

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1739
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 9/16 inches (33.9 x 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. A Venetian Courtesan

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1739
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/16 x 9 5/16 inches (33.8 x 23.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. The Scytheman's Refreshment

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: between 1748 and 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 15/16 × 9 inches (32.9 × 22.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. The Sleeping Beauty

Creator:: Print made by James Wilson, c.1735–c.1786
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 × 10 1/16 inches (36 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Autumn

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 × 11 5/16 inches (39.5 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. Domestick Amusement: Playing the Guitar

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/16 × 11 1/8 inches (41.1 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. Monachum Non Facit Cucullus - The Cowl Does Not Make the Monk

Creator:: Print made by Nathaniel Hone, 1718–1784
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 18 inches (35.6 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. Noon

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. Girl and Pigeons

Creator:: Print made by Henry Kingsbury, active 1750–1780
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 1/16 inches (40.6 × 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. Girl and Pigeons

Creator:: Print made by Henry Kingsbury, active 1750–1780
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. Infant Vanity

Creator:: Print made by John Young, 1755–1825
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (etched letter proof) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 15 1/4 inches (32.1 × 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

33. A Sleeping Bacchante

Creator:: Print made by John Young, 1755–1825
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (etched letter proof) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 3/4 inches (30.2 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. A Shepherdess

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/16 x 11 1/8 inches (40.8 x 28.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. Love Me, Love My Cat

Creator:: Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: ca. 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 15/16 × 8 7/8 inches (32.9 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

36. The Fair Nun Unmasked

Creator:: Print made by James Wilson, c.1735–c.1786
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 7/8 inches (35.2 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

37. The Roguish Boy

Creator:: Print made by John Jones, ca. 1745–1797
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 × 10 13/16 inches (38.9 × 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

38. Domestic Amusement: Playing on the Guitar

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16 inches (32.1 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. The Scytheman's Refreshment

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 10 1/4 inches (36.1 x 26.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Oysterinda (Native Meltons)

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: ca. 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Plate: 12 7/8 x 8 7/8in. (32.7 x 22.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Lydia

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (31.8 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

42. Lydia

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 × 13 1/8 inches (30.3 × 33.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. Proverbs, Chapter VII, verses 7, 10, 13

2. The Swain's Amusement

3. The Housewife's Employment

4. A Girl Spinning Thread

5. The Studious Fair

6. Zo, dart'le Saartje Jans!...

7. Zo, dart'le Saartje Jans!...

8. The Singers

9. Her Royal Highness, the Princess Amelia

10. Miss and her Kitten (Rural Life)

11. Rural Life

12. The Seamstress

13. Correspondence

14. Laugh and Grow Fat

15. The Masqueraders

16. Children Playing with a Mask

17. Sleepy Maid

18. Mittag

19. Children Fighting over a Bird

20. La Surprise

21. The Housewife's Employment

22. Lady with Glass

23. A Venetian Courtesan

24. The Scytheman's Refreshment

25. The Sleeping Beauty

26. Autumn

27. Domestick Amusement: Playing the Guitar

28. Monachum Non Facit Cucullus - The Cowl Does Not Make the Monk

29. Noon

30. Girl and Pigeons

31. Girl and Pigeons

32. Infant Vanity

33. A Sleeping Bacchante

34. A Shepherdess

35. Love Me, Love My Cat

36. The Fair Nun Unmasked

37. The Roguish Boy

38. Domestic Amusement: Playing on the Guitar

39. The Scytheman's Refreshment

40. Oysterinda (Native Meltons)

41. Lydia

42. Lydia