Materials & Techniques: vellum / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room

1. Richard Cooper the Elder

Creator:: John Donaldson, 1737–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches (26 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. Warbler: Reed Wren

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Jackdaw

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with gum arabic on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Falcon: Hen Krestel

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, smooth white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (21 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Hoopoe: Common Hoopoe

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 5/8 inches (21 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Roller: Garrulous Roller

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with gum arabic on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (21.6 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Owl: Little Owl

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with gum arabic on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (20.6 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Fortified House with Four Octagonal Courts: Basement Floor Plan

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with graphite on thick, smooth, cream vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 x 26 1/4 inches (63.5 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Unidentified Sitter

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and oil paint on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 7/8 inches (23.8 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

10. Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex

Creator:: Isaac Oliver, ca. 1565–1617
Date:: ca. 1596
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and gray ink on parchment laid onto card
Dimensions:: Frame: 3 x 2 1/2 x 5/8 inches (7.6 x 6.4 x 1.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. St. James's Park, London: Plan

Creator:: Lancelot ('Capability') Brown, 1716–1783
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black and brown ink, watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 27 1/16 inches (49.5 x 68.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: David Loggan, 1633–1692
Date:: 1684
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 inches (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: David Loggan, 1633–1692
Date:: 1666
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 4 3/4 inches (14.3 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Sir. Hans Sloane

Creator:: Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Date:: 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 × 4 5/16 inches (15.1 × 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Jonathan Richardson, Junior

Creator:: Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 4 5/8 inches (15.2 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. A Bird

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 6 7/8 inches (23.5 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. A European Goldfinch in a Snare

Creator:: P. Brown, c. 1760–1791
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (21.6 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. An Elderly Woman

Creator:: Archibald Skirving, 1749–1819
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel on vellum
Dimensions:: Frame: 39 × 34 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (99.1 × 87 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. A Difference of Opinion

Creator:: Print made by Auguste Boulard, 1852–1927
Date:: 1897
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 15/16 × 12 3/16 inches (48.1 × 30.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bryan Fuermann

20. Charles Stuart, third Duke of Richmond and sixth Duke of Lennox

Creator:: Samuel Cooper, 1609–1672
Date:: between 1661 and 1667
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with gold on parchment laid down on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches (7 x 5.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. A Water Rail

Creator:: Isaac Spackman, died 1771
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 8 3/8in. (27.9 x 21.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. A Starling

Creator:: Isaac Spackman, died 1771
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 x 8 5/8in. (27.8 x 21.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Birth Place & Early Home of Professor Wilson

Creator:: Sir David Young Cameron, 1865–1945
Date:: 1887
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on vellum
Dimensions:: Plate: 6 x 7 7/8in. (15.2 x 20cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

24. Kenarth, South Wales

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1864
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, smooth, cream parchment
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 9 13/16 inches (19.4 x 25 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. J. Dwight Dana

25. Paisley Abbey

Creator:: Print made by Sir David Young Cameron, 1865–1945
Date:: 1887
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on parchment
Dimensions:: Plate: 6 × 7 7/8 inches (15.2 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Edwin M. Herr, Yale PhD 1884, Memorial Collection; Gift of Mrs. Herr, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

26. A European Goldfinch in a Snare

Creator:: P. Brown, c. 1760–1791
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 7 1/4 inches (22.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Wild Bull of Chillingham

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Bewick, 1753–1828
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 13 9/16 inches (25.5 × 34.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Peacocks

Creator:: Print made by Edward Julius Detmold, 1883–1957
Date:: 1905
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, smooth, beige parchment
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 12 1/16 inches (22.9 x 30.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

29. Cortes Pasqualigo

Creator:: Edward Millington Synge, 1860–1913
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 3/4in. (24.1 x 32.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

30. Ornithogalum Trigynum Delile

Creator:: Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1759–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 14 1/4 inches (48.3 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ira Brind and David Brind, Yale BA 2000

31. Celosia Cristata (Cockscomb)

Creator:: Barbara Regina Dietzsch, 1706–1783
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and gold leaf on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 3/4 inches (35.6 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ira Brind and David Brind, Yale BA 2000

32. Allium Ciliare (Cilié Garlic)

Creator:: Pierre-Joseph Redouté, 1759–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 7/8 × 13 3/4 inches (47.9 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ira Brind and David Brind, Yale BA 2000

33. A Bend of the Rhine

Creator:: Martin Hardie, 1875–1952
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 1/8in. (20.6 x 15.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

34. A Backwater

Creator:: Joseph Knight, 1870–1952
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 5/8in. (29.8 x 24.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

35. Marsh Lands

Creator:: Frank H. Mason, 1876–1965
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 13 7/8in. (27 x 35.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

36. Oasis at Daybreak

Creator:: Print made by Edward Julius Detmold, 1883–1957
Date:: between 1911 and 1930
Materials & Techniques:: Drypoint and etching on medium, smooth, beige parchment
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 19 1/8 inches (30.2 x 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

37. Death of Ananias

Creator:: Joseph Goupy, 1689–1769
Date:: 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 18 inches (30.2 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. Richard Cooper the Elder

2. Warbler: Reed Wren

3. Jackdaw

4. Falcon: Hen Krestel

5. Hoopoe: Common Hoopoe

6. Roller: Garrulous Roller

7. Owl: Little Owl

8. Fortified House with Four Octagonal Courts: Basement Floor Plan

9. Unidentified Sitter

10. Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex

11. St. James's Park, London: Plan

12. Portrait of a Gentleman

13. Portrait of a Lady

14. Sir. Hans Sloane

15. Jonathan Richardson, Junior

16. A Bird

17. A European Goldfinch in a Snare

18. An Elderly Woman

19. A Difference of Opinion

20. Charles Stuart, third Duke of Richmond and sixth Duke of Lennox

21. A Water Rail

22. A Starling

23. Birth Place & Early Home of Professor Wilson

24. Kenarth, South Wales

25. Paisley Abbey

26. A European Goldfinch in a Snare

27. The Wild Bull of Chillingham

28. Peacocks

29. Cortes Pasqualigo

30. Ornithogalum Trigynum Delile

31. Celosia Cristata (Cockscomb)

32. Allium Ciliare (Cilié Garlic)

33. A Bend of the Rhine

34. A Backwater

35. Marsh Lands

36. Oasis at Daybreak

37. Death of Ananias