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1. Study for 'Calypso's Grotto'

Study for 'Calypso's Grotto'
Creator:
Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:
ca. 1843
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
5 × 7 1/2 inches (12.7 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

2. Lake Avernus: Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl

Lake Avernus: Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
between 1814 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches (71.8 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

3. Dido

Dido
Creator:
Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
96 3/16 × 72 3/16 inches (244.3 × 183.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

4. Tekemessa and Eurysakes

Tekemessa and Eurysakes
Creator:
Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:
between 1800 and 1810
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 7/8 x 32 5/8 inches (103.8 x 82.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

5. The Rape of Proserpine, design for the staircase of Devonshire House, London

The Rape of Proserpine, design for the staircase of Devonshire House, London
Creator:
Louis Laguerre, 1663–1721
Date:
ca. 1704
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 1/8 x 30 inches (107 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

6. Aeneas and the Sibyl

Aeneas and the Sibyl
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 3/8 x 55 1/4 inches (102.6 x 140.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

7. 'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy'

'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy'
Creator:
William Artaud, 1763–1823
Date:
1788 to 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
95 x 80 1/2 inches (241.3 x 204.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

8. Putto Holding a Torch

Putto Holding a Torch
Creator:
Print made by Isaac Fuller, ca. 1620–1672
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/2 × 4 inches (11.4 × 10.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Mighty Mother Sails Through the Air

The Mighty Mother Sails Through the Air
Creator:
Print made by Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 5/8 inches (26.2 × 19.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Cupid and Cephisa: "Cephisa says, we ought to cut the Wings of Love..."

Cupid and Cephisa: "Cephisa says, we ought to cut the Wings of Love..."
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Burke, 1749–1815
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 5/8 x 14 13/16 inches (49.8 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Intemperance

Intemperance
Creator:
Print made by Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier, 1804–1866
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving with chine collé on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 9/16 x 20 inches (34.4 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. A Mythological Battle

A Mythological Battle
Creator:
George C. Finden, 1811–1885
Date:
1853
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving with chine collé on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 11/16 x 19 15/16 inches (34.8 x 50.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Ticket: Mr. Cox's Museum

Ticket: Mr. Cox's Museum
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, with center cut out on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/2 × 5 1/4 inches (8.9 × 13.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Cephalus and Procris

Cephalus and Procris
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Burke, 1749–1815
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 11/16 x 11 inches (19.6 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Cupid Disarmed by Venus

Cupid Disarmed by Venus
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1804
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 13/16 x 15 3/16 inches (50.4 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Hebe

Hebe
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/16 x 9 1/16 inches (29 x 23 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Paris and Oenone

Paris and Oenone
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 7/16 inches (30.2 x 24 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Venus Chiding Cupid

Venus Chiding Cupid
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 10 1/8 inches (29.6 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Mrs. Abington as Thalia

Mrs. Abington as Thalia
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, with hand colored ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/16 × 7 1/8 inches (23.4 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Cleone

Cleone
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 7/8 × 10 7/8 inches (32.7 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. At the City of Albano

At the City of Albano
Creator:
Print made by Placido Columbani, born ca. 1744, active 1801
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 x 5 13/16 inches (22.2 x 14.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Statue of Achilles in Hyde Park

Statue of Achilles in Hyde Park
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Freeman, 1773–1857
Date:
1827
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 5 5/16 inches (20 x 13.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Hope Nursing Love

Hope Nursing Love
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 14 1/8 inches (50.5 × 35.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Ceyx and Alcyone

Ceyx and Alcyone
Creator:
William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 x 22 inches (45.7 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Telemachus and Mentor

Telemachus and Mentor
Creator:
Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:
1847
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 5/16 inches (30.8 x 44 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Centaur Nessus Carrying off Deianira

The Centaur Nessus Carrying off Deianira
Creator:
Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:
1847
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 x 12 3/16 inches (44.4 x 30.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Fates

The Fates
Creator:
Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:
1847
Materials & Techniques:
Tinted lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/16 x 17 3/8 inches (31 x 44.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Unhappy Ghosts Wandering on the Banks of Styx, while Charon in his Boat Ferries over the Elect to the Elysian Fields

Unhappy Ghosts Wandering on the Banks of Styx, while Charon in his Boat Ferries over the Elect to the Elysian Fields
Creator:
Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:
1847
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 5/8 inches (30.6 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Harpies Attacking the Daughters of Pandarus

The Harpies Attacking the Daughters of Pandarus
Creator:
Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:
1848
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 18 1/8 inches (30.5 x 46 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne

Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, brown ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 3/16 inches (24.8 x 33.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Illustration to Homer's Iliad

Illustration to Homer's Iliad
Creator:
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:
1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (13.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Diana

Diana
Creator:
William Taverner, 1703–1772
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 7 5/8 inches (29.2 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Classical Scene: Minerva as the Goddess of Arts and Sciences

Classical Scene: Minerva as the Goddess of Arts and Sciences
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with black and red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/16 × 11 1/8 inches (38.5 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Diana and Actaeon: A Study for a Panel on a Staircase

Diana and Actaeon: A Study for a Panel on a Staircase
Creator:
follower of Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 x 6 1/4in. (15.2 x 15.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. The Fall of Phaeton: A Study for a Ceiling

The Fall of Phaeton: A Study for a Ceiling
Creator:
follower of Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 x 6 3/8 inches (15.2 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Design of Apollo and the Python for a Painted over-door Decoration

Design of Apollo and the Python for a Painted over-door Decoration
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper laid down on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches (21.3 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. A Design for a Mural Executed in the Salon at Roehampton House, Surrey: Apollo Carrying off Aeneas in a Cloud

A Design for a Mural Executed in the Salon at Roehampton House, Surrey: Apollo Carrying off Aeneas in a Cloud
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 inches (14 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 5 7/8in. (18.4 x 14.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Apollo and the Muses

Apollo and the Muses
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 15/16 inches (21.9 x 32.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Cupid and Cephisa: "One Day as I was Walking in the Woods..."

Cupid and Cephisa: "One Day as I was Walking in the Woods..."
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Burke, 1749–1815
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 5/8 x 18 5/8 inches (49.8 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Venus and Mars

Venus and Mars
Creator:
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches (22.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Design for an Engraving: Battle of Troy with the Trojan Horse

Design for an Engraving: Battle of Troy with the Trojan Horse
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and ink, red chalk, graphite, and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink, border lines
Dimensions:
Mount: 12 1/8 × 11 inches (30.8 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection