Materials & Techniques: mezzotint / Genre: literary theme / Image Available: Unavailable

1. Boccaccio, the Bird Cage

Creator:: Print made by J. P. Quilley, active 1828
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; engraver's proof on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 38 5/8 × 26 inches (98.1 × 66 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Boccaccio, the Bird Cage

Creator:: Print made by J. P. Quilley, active 1828
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; second published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 32 3/4 × 22 1/8 inches (83.2 × 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Right Reverend Thomas Newton, D.D. Lord Bishop of Bristol, and Dean of St. Paul's

Creator:: Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/8 × 14 5/16 inches (49.2 × 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Ghismonda

Creator:: Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 13/16 × 11 11/16 inches (45.2 × 29.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Mrs. Yates, in the Character of the Tragic-Muse

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (62.2 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. Nicolaus Boileau Despreaux

Creator:: Print made by Jacob Gole, 1660–1737
Date:: 1704
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 11 5/8 inches (41.3 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Robert Burns

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Cousins, 1801–1887
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/16 × 14 11/16 inches (48.4 × 37.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. The late Mrs Pope as Juliet

Creator:: William Ward, 1766–1826
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/4 × 16 inches (55.2 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Rosalind

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/4 × 16 inches (55.2 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. 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

11. Catherine Macaulay (née Sawbridge)

Creator:: Print made by John Spilsbury, 1730–1795
Date:: 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 3/8 inches (36.8 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Mary Hale (née Chaloner) as Euphrosyne in 'L'Allegro'

Creator:: James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: 1762-1764
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 13/16 × 16 1/4 inches (65.6 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Pan and Syrinx, No.2

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; working proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 17 3/8 inches (30.8 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell

14. Garrick in the Character of Richard, third

Creator:: Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. John Locke, Esq.

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 9 7/8 inches (34.4 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Bedford Family

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/8 × 17 1/8 inches (51.1 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. John Philip Kemble, as Richard III

Creator:: George Keating, 1762–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 1/4 inches (32.1 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Pan and Syrinx, No. 2

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink, with gouache; touched proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 15 inches (27.6 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell

19. Pan and Syrinx, No. 2

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; working proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (31.1 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell

20. Pan and Syrinx, No. 2

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 16 5/8 inches (29.8 × 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell

21. Mrs. Elizabeth Billington as St. Cecilia

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 5/8 × 16 3/4 inches (65.1 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Pan and Syrinx, No. 1

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with mezzotint (trial proof of abandoned plate) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 12 1/4 inches (24.4 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell

23. Aesacus and Hesperie

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (31.1 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Boccaccio, the Bird Cage

2. Boccaccio, the Bird Cage

3. The Right Reverend Thomas Newton, D.D. Lord Bishop of Bristol, and Dean of St. Paul's

4. Ghismonda

5. Mrs. Yates, in the Character of the Tragic-Muse

6. Nicolaus Boileau Despreaux

7. Robert Burns

8. The late Mrs Pope as Juliet

9. Rosalind

10. David Garrick Leaning on a bust of William Shakespeare

11. Catherine Macaulay (née Sawbridge)

12. Mary Hale (née Chaloner) as Euphrosyne in 'L'Allegro'

13. Pan and Syrinx, No.2

14. Garrick in the Character of Richard, third

15. John Locke, Esq.

16. The Bedford Family

17. John Philip Kemble, as Richard III

18. Pan and Syrinx, No. 2

19. Pan and Syrinx, No. 2

20. Pan and Syrinx, No. 2

21. Mrs. Elizabeth Billington as St. Cecilia

22. Pan and Syrinx, No. 1

23. Aesacus and Hesperie