Materials & Techniques: mezzotint / Period: 18th century / Creator: Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788

1. The Right Honorable Lord Rodney, K.B., Vice Admiral of Great Britain

Creator:: Gainsborough Dupont, 1754–1797
Date:: c.1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 x 15in. (61 x 38.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. J. Richardson Dilworth

2. Henry Scott, Third Duke of Buccleugh and Fifth Duke of Queensberry

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/8 x 14 inches (48.5 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Mr. John Joshua Kirby

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: between 1765 and 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 15/16 inches (35.3 × 25.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Elizabeth Ann (Linley) Sheridan

Creator:: Print made by Gainsborough Dupont, 1754–1797
Date:: between 1787 and 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (unpublished) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 14 1/4 inches (48.9 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Hon. George Cranfield Berekley

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 × 19 1/8 inches (68.6 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. Eldest Princesses

Creator:: Print made by Gainsborough Dupont, 1754–1797
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 5/8 × 18 inches (62.5 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Mrs. Elliot

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 3/8 × 14 1/2 inches (59.4 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Right Hon. Augustus Hervey

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 7/16 × 14 1/2 inches (57 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. A Shepherd Boy

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 11/16 x 11 15/16 inches (42.4 x 30.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Sir Charles Thompson

Creator:: Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 15in. (28.3 x 38.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

11. Admiral Edward Vernon

Creator:: James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: c.1746
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 7/8in. (24.8 x 35.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

12. Signora Baccelli

Creator:: Print made by John Jones, ca. 1745–1797
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 × 14 inches (53.3 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Rev. Sir Henry Bate Dudley

Creator:: Print made by Gainsborough Dupont, 1754–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with etching on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 15 5/8 inches (63.8 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. George III

Creator:: Print made by Gainsborough Dupont, 1754–1797
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 × 15 3/8 inches (63.5 × 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. Sir Harbord Harbord

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 3/16 × 15 5/8 inches (64 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. Richard, Lord Viscount Howe

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (39.4 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. John Henderson

Creator:: Print made by John Jones, ca. 1745–1797
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/16 × 13 inches (43.7 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. George, Prince of Wales

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 3/8 × 18 3/4 inches (67 × 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. The Honorable Mrs. Watson

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Park, ca. 1760–1834
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 × 15 inches (53 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Cottage Girl

Creator:: Print made by Henry Birche, active 1790–1795
Date:: between 1790 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 9/16 × 14 3/8 inches (52.2 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Mr. John Joshua Kirby

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: between 1765 and 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/8 x 12 inches (46.7 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Travellers by a Clump of Trees in a Rocky Landscape with Stream

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beive wove paper laid in contemporary mount
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 5/16 x 14 5/16 inches (28.8 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Wooded Upland Landscape with Riders and Packhorse

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and drypoint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 18 3/8 inches (35.9 × 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Anne Luttrell Duchess of Cumberland

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 15 1/4 inches (63.8 × 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. David Garrick with a Bust of Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 24 1/2 x 15 1/8in. (62.2 x 38.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. David Garrick Leaning on a bust of William Shakespeare

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 5/16 × 15 1/8 inches (61.8 × 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. George, Prince of Wales

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, The Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Collection

28. John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll

Creator:: James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 3/16 × 17 1/4 inches (66.5 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Right Honorable Lord Rodney, K.B., Vice Admiral of Great Britain

2. Henry Scott, Third Duke of Buccleugh and Fifth Duke of Queensberry

3. Mr. John Joshua Kirby

4. Elizabeth Ann (Linley) Sheridan

5. Hon. George Cranfield Berekley

6. Eldest Princesses

7. Mrs. Elliot

8. Right Hon. Augustus Hervey

9. A Shepherd Boy

10. Sir Charles Thompson

11. Admiral Edward Vernon

12. Signora Baccelli

13. Rev. Sir Henry Bate Dudley

14. George III

15. Sir Harbord Harbord

16. Richard, Lord Viscount Howe

17. John Henderson

18. George, Prince of Wales

19. The Honorable Mrs. Watson

20. Cottage Girl

21. Mr. John Joshua Kirby

22. Travellers by a Clump of Trees in a Rocky Landscape with Stream

23. Wooded Upland Landscape with Riders and Packhorse

24. Anne Luttrell Duchess of Cumberland

25. David Garrick with a Bust of Shakespeare

26. David Garrick Leaning on a bust of William Shakespeare

27. George, Prince of Wales

28. John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll