Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Work Type: drawing / Subject Terms: animal art

1. Key to the Mint

Creator:: John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980
Date:: 1974
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel on medium, slightly textured, orange wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 25 5/8 inches (50.2 × 65.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Key to the Mint

Creator:: John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980
Date:: 1974
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue modern laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/8 × 25 inches (46.7 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Afghan Horsemen

Creator:: John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980
Date:: 1976
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 × 25 inches (45.7 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Mare and Foal

Creator:: John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980
Date:: 1976
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 25 1/2 inches (50.2 × 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Fighting Stallions

Creator:: John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980
Date:: 1976
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 24 3/8 inches (50.2 × 61.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. A Harrow in the Orchard

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 15 3/8 inches (25.1 × 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Horse Mart

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1917
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and charcoal on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 17 1/16 inches (34.9 × 43.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Study for Mare and Foal, Lytchetts, Clayhidon

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: 1917
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 17 inches (34.4 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Ploughing Team

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: 1905 or 1906
Materials & Techniques:: Charcoal on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 18 1/4 inches (36.8 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Horse Mart (with further sketches in the margin)

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1918
Materials & Techniques:: Chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 × 15 inches (34.6 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. A Cow Lodge with a Mossy Roof

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: ca. 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (26.7 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Open Ditch

Creator:: John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980
Date:: 1962
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 21 inches (40.6 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Imitation Australian

Creator:: John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980
Date:: 1962
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on thick, rough, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 21 inches (37.5 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. A Foxhound on the Scent

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 4 inches (9.2 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Horses Fighting

Creator:: after George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 x 23 1/4 inches (43.5 x 59.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Sussex Cart Horse

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: between 1905 and 1906
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 11/16 × 18 1/8 inches (37.3 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Hounds in Covert

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite, incised for transfer on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 17 inches (31.4 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Horses Threshing, Pont Aven

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: 1893
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 17 3/4 inches (33 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Horse Dealers

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1918
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite, incised for transfer; verso: red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 17 1/16 inches (34 × 43.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Horse in Breton Yard

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Charcoal on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/16 × 13 13/16 inches (25.9 × 35.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. "The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow..." (Design 43)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Bard, A Pindaric Ode; Title Page

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. A Weasel

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink, with gouache and gum over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 11 inches (18.7 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. A Secretary Bird

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches (22.2 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. [One of] Miscellaneous Sketches in Wrapper

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 11 3/8 inches (18.1 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Studies of Geese

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, oil, and graphite with scratching out on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 17 7/8 inches (27.3 x 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Two Wood Pigeons

Creator:: Charles Collins, 1680–1744
Date:: 1736
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, brown ink on slightly textured, medium, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 × 15 1/8 inches (54 × 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. A Red Throated Diver, June 1742

Creator:: Charles Collins, 1680–1744
Date:: 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, brown ink on slightly textured, medium, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 inches (38.4 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. A Guillemot, June 1742

Creator:: Charles Collins, 1680–1744
Date:: 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, brown pen on slightly textured, medium, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 21 inches (37.8 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: Undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, gouache, and graphite, on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper, mounted on card
Dimensions:: Mount: 20 11/16 × 26 9/16 inches (52.5 × 67.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: Undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Mount: 20 9/16 × 26 7/16 inches (52.2 × 67.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)

Creator:: Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 7/16 × 17 5/16 inches (64.6 × 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/8 × 18 1/8 inches (63.2 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. A Sun-Bear

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 6 inches (16.5 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. A Rhinoceros

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 inches (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. A Lion

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 4 3/4 inches (9.5 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. A Lion

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 7/8 inches (24.1 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. A Dog

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 11 7/8 inches (23.5 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Slight sketch of a dog

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 7/8 inches (24.1 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. A Dog

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 3/4 inches (21 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. A Dog (marked with measurements)

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 13 1/8 inches (20.6 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. A Dog's Head

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (11.4 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. A Cow

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 × 3 3/8 inches (5.1 × 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. A Bird's Egg

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/4 × 2 1/2 inches (7 × 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. A Bird's Egg

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (10.5 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Bantam Cock and Farmpails

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 8 7/8 inches (38.7 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. A Hedge Sparrow

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 1/4 inches (33 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Eurasian treecreeper

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately think, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 1/4 inches (33 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. A Dove

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 10 7/8 inches (43.2 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. European Green Woodpecker

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 8 1/8 inches (34.3 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. A Marsh Tit

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 8 1/4 inches (33.3 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Two Woodcocks

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 8 1/8 inches (34 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Eurasian Woodcock

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 1/8 inches (33 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Great Blue Turaco

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 13 1/4 inches (21 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Eurasian Magpie

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 16 3/8 inches (33 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. A Parrot

Creator:: James de Carle Sowerby, 1787–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 7 1/4 inches (22.9 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. A Parrot

Creator:: James de Carle Sowerby, 1787–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 7 1/4 inches (22.9 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. A Cockatoo

Creator:: James de Carle Sowerby, 1787–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 7 1/8 inches (21 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. A Chicken Eating?

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 13 1/2 inches (41.6 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. A Parrot

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 5/8 inches (24.1 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. A Dove

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 13 1/8 inches (41.3 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. A Crow

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 16 3/8 inches (33 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. A Wren

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (21.3 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. A Bird

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 6 1/2 inches (20.3 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Antshrike

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 9 1/2 inches (30.5 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. A Bird

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/8 × 13 inches (41 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Golden Eagle

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (16.5 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Common Blackbird

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 1/8 inches (33 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. A Hawk

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (34.3 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. A Partridge?

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 inches (33 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. A Redwing Thrush

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 1/4 inches (33 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Woodlark

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 inches (33 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. A Kingfisher

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 × 8 1/4 inches (33.7 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Eurasian blue tit

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 7 5/8 inches (33 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Winter wren

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 inches (33 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Mistle Thrush

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 1/8 inches (33 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. A Fieldfare

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 inches (33 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. A Starling

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 8 1/4 inches (33.3 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. A Sea Eagle

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 inches (21 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Two Small Birds

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 16 7/8 inches (26 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. A Pheasant Wing

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 11 inches (43.2 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Head of a Swan

Creator:: Possibly James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.3 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Two Tree Creepers

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 6 1/2 inches (20.3 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Five Birds

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 24 inches (48.3 × 61 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Three Swans

Creator:: Possibly James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 4 5/8 inches (20.3 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. A Crane

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 12 inches (25.1 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Two Birds on a Branch

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 9 1/8 inches (20.6 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. A House Sparrow

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 8 1/4 inches (34 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. A Magpie in a Tree

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 13 inches (26.4 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. A Goose

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (24.1 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. A Finch (Siskin?)

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 7 7/8 inches (31.8 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Elephant with Rider

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 1/2 inches (29.8 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Two Scorpions and Two Centipedes

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with pen and black ink and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 10 3/4 inches (38.1 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Elephant with Rider

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 3/8 inches (21 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Quagga Zebra

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: ca. 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 8 7/8in. (18.4 x 22.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Two Kingfishers beside a Lake

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 8 5/8 inches (19.1 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Two Kingfishers beside a Lake

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 3/4 inches (26.7 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. The Narta or Sledge for Burdens in Kamtschatka

Creator:: John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: transferred soft ground on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 17 1/8 inches (28.3 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. View in the Island of Pulo Condore

Creator:: John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: transferred soft ground on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 17 inches (29.5 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. View in the Island of Pulo Condore

Creator:: John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 16 3/4 inches (28.6 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Key to the Mint

2. Key to the Mint

3. Afghan Horsemen

4. Mare and Foal

5. Fighting Stallions

6. A Harrow in the Orchard

7. The Horse Mart

8. Study for Mare and Foal, Lytchetts, Clayhidon

9. The Ploughing Team

10. The Horse Mart (with further sketches in the margin)

11. A Cow Lodge with a Mossy Roof

12. Open Ditch

13. Imitation Australian

14. A Foxhound on the Scent

15. Horses Fighting

16. Sussex Cart Horse

17. Hounds in Covert

18. Horses Threshing, Pont Aven

19. Horse Dealers

20. Horse in Breton Yard

21. "The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow..." (Design 43)

22. The Bard, A Pindaric Ode; Title Page

23. A Weasel

24. A Secretary Bird

25. [One of] Miscellaneous Sketches in Wrapper

26. Studies of Geese

27. Two Wood Pigeons

28. A Red Throated Diver, June 1742

29. A Guillemot, June 1742

30. The Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

31. Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)

32. Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)

33. Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)

34. A Sun-Bear

35. A Rhinoceros

36. A Lion

37. A Lion

38. A Dog

39. Slight sketch of a dog

40. A Dog

41. A Dog (marked with measurements)

42. A Dog's Head

43. A Cow

44. A Bird's Egg

45. A Bird's Egg

46. Bantam Cock and Farmpails

47. A Hedge Sparrow

48. Eurasian treecreeper

49. A Dove

50. European Green Woodpecker

51. A Marsh Tit

52. Two Woodcocks

53. Eurasian Woodcock

54. Great Blue Turaco

55. Eurasian Magpie

56. A Parrot

57. A Parrot

58. A Cockatoo

59. A Chicken Eating?

60. A Parrot

61. A Dove

62. A Crow

63. A Wren

64. A Bird

65. Antshrike

66. A Bird

67. Golden Eagle

68. Common Blackbird

69. A Hawk

70. A Partridge?

71. A Redwing Thrush

72. Woodlark

73. A Kingfisher