On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: woman

1. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with roulette and rocker work, first state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 27 3/8in. (52 x 69.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Hudibras Vanquished by Trulla

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

3. Study of a Female Nude

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (26 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. A Great Tree

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 15 1/4 inches (25.4 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Paul Before Felix

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with line engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 20 3/4 inches (42.5 × 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker

6. A Cradle Song (Plate 26)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor; verso: relief and white-line etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Little Boy Lost (Plate 16)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Lamb (Plate 18)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor; verso: relief and white-line etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Descent of Odin, An 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

10. "A wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven hair..." (Design 83)

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

11. "Hie thee hence, and boast at home..." (Design 85)

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

12. Ode for Music, Performed in the Senate-House; 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

13. "Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright... Where willowy Camus lingers with delight!..." (Design 97)

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

14. "Leaning from her golden cloud, The venerable Marg'ret see!..." (Design 99)

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

15. A Cradle Song (Plate 18)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor; verso: relief and white-line etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. On Anothers Sorrow (Plate 24)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Introduction (Plate 3)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Lamb (Plate 8)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. 'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. 'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. 'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. "At the chapel-door stand sentry... (Design 31)

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. There Is No Natural Religion; Frontispiece (Plate 1)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. "Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore..." (Design 101)

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

25. Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard; 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

26. Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College; 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

27. A Long Story; 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

28. "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

29. Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul

Creator:: Prints made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789-1794
Materials & Techniques:: Bound volume of relief etchings printed in dark-brown ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 3/8 inches (18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Seated Woman and Child

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 1/8 inches (11.4 x 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

31. Iphigenia Kneeling over an Altar

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches (23.8 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

32. Prospero and Miranda

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/16 x 13 5/8 inches (51.6 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

33. Two Lovers (Man Awakening from a Dream)

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: mid- to late 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches (32.4 x 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

34. Seated Nude Woman (Hygeia at Doctor Graham's)

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches (15.9 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

35. Woman Resting Her Head on a Bent Arm

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/4 x 3 5/8 inches (5.7 x 9.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

36. Seated Woman

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches (11.4 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

37. Head in Profile

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink; verso: gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches (17.5 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

38. The Bath of Bath-sheba

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: early 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 9 inches (27.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. A Seated Woman

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: early 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 1/2 inches (20 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. A Pensive Lady

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: early 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium slightly textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches (14.9 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. A Mother with Her Child in Her Arms Flying upon the Ramparts of a City in Flames

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 16 inches (49.5 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Shepherdess Cutting an Inscription on a Tree

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: late 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink; verso: gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 16 3/8 inches (32.1 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

43. Samson Overpowered

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on medium slightly textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches (49.5 x 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

44. Two Figures: Probably for the Bath of Diana

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: early 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches (12.4 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

45. Studies of a Seated Woman

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on medium slightly textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 11 5/8 inches (27.6 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Study of a Reclining Nude, and Seated Woman Comforted by a Child

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: mid- 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 18 inches (26.7 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

47. Captive or Dejected Woman: Possibly Andromache

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches (51.8 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

48. Prostrate Woman

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 16 5/8 inches (26 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

49. Study of a Pensive Woman

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: late 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches (37.1 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

50. Lady Leaning on a Plinth (Possibly a Sketch for "Miss Woodley")

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: late 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 8 1/8 inches (34 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Chauncey B. Tinker, B.A. 1899

51. Children with a Goat and a Dog

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 22 3/4 inches (38.4 x 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

52. Woman at a Column

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink over gray wash over graphite on medium moderately textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 x 12 1/8 inches (43.5 x 30.8 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

53. Figure of a Standing Woman

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 2 3/8 inches (11.4 × 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

54. Standing Figure of a Woman (Psyche)

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 2 1/4 inches (12.1 × 5.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

55. Repose in Egypt

Creator:: Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 9/16 inches (20.6 x 26.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Repose in Egypt

Creator:: Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 3/8 inches (20.3 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Sunday Morning, A Cottage Family Going to Church

Creator:: William Nutter, 1754–1802
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, colored on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 × 25 inches (53 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. A Ladies Maid Purchasing a Leek

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 x 8 1/8 inches (28.1 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Fille d'Auberge

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 7 3/4 inches (25.5 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Lady Pointing with a Stick

Creator:: Print made by Charles Bretherton, ca. 1760–1783
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 8 11/16 inches (30.7 x 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. A Maid

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 x 7 1/8 inches (27.8 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. A Modern Spread Eagle

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with hand coloring on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (26.3 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Paysanne de la France

Creator:: Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: 1769-1770
Materials & Techniques:: Drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 11/16 inches (24.5 x 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Study of a Lady

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 8 15/16 inches (31.4 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Mrs. Cosway

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 9/16 x 13 9/16 inches (47.1 x 34.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. The Gate at Blenheim

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 10 3/8 x 14 3/4 inches (26.4 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. A Wood Stream with Angler

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 8 1/2 inches (23.2 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Lady Hamilton as The Sempstress

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Cheesman, 1760–1834/35
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 11 5/16 inches (37.5 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

69. Miss Ann Parry

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.9 x 26.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

70. Ann Elizabeth, Countess of Aldborough

Creator:: Print made by S. Einslie, active 1785–1808
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches (47.7 x 33.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

71. Miss Crockatt as Julia de Roubigné

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 x 11 7/16 inches (37.7 x 29 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

72. Juno

Creator:: Print made by Alexander van Haecken, 1701–1758
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 6 3/4 inches (25.1 × 17.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

73. Mrs. Abington as 'the Comic Muse'

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/4 × 18 1/2 inches (66.7 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Mrs. Abington as 'Roxana'

Creator:: Print made by John Keyse Sherwin, c.1751–1790
Date:: ca. 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 × 11 1/2 inches (43.5 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

75. Mrs. Abington

Creator:: Print made by Elizabeth Judkins, active 1772–1775
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 × 11 3/8 inches (38.9 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

76. Catherine, Lady Bampfylde

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 7/8 × 15 3/4 inches (65.7 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

77. Catherine, Lady Bampfylde

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 25 3/4 × 18 1/4 inches (65.4 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

78. The Honourable Mrs. Bingham

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: after 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, etching, and stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 8 1/4 inches (27.1 × 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

79. An Artist Sketching in Windsor Park

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Pen in brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 18 inches (27.3 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Miss Sarah Campbell

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: ca. 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/16 × 13 3/16 inches (43.9 × 33.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

81. Viscountess Duncannon

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755–1798
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/16 x 11 11/16 inches (41.4 x 29.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

82. Lady Elizabeth Foster

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 14 inches (50.5 × 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

83. Lady Selina Hastings

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/16 × 9 13/16 inches (33.8 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

84. Jane, Countess of Harrington, with Her Children, Lord Petersham and Honorable Lincoln Stanhope

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches (42.5 x 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

85. Miss Johnson

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755–1798
Date:: ca. 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 9 3/16 inches (27.6 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

86. Emilia, Duchess of Leinster

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 12 5/16 inches (42.2 x 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

87. Phoebe Hoppner as Caroline de Lichtfield

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 11 9/16 inches (36.3 x 29.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

88. Neaera

Creator:: Print made by John Young, 1755–1825
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (first state) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 11 13/16 inches (40.6 × 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

89. Miss Farren

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving (fifth state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/4 × 14 1/4 inches (56.5 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

90. Catherine Hunter

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 7/16 inches (40 x 29 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

91. Miss Polly Jones

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 12 11/16 inches (44.2 x 32.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

92. Mrs. Le Maistre

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 13/16 x 12 inches (42.7 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

93. Mrs. Cosway

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 × 13 3/4 inches (44.1 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

94. La Surprise

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Cousins, 1801–1887
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 × 16 1/8 inches (49.5 × 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

95. Mrs. Gulston

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 13/16 x 11 1/8 inches (40.1 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

96. Miss Ann Catley in the Character of Euphrosyne

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches (40.3 x 30.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

97. Love Me, Love My Cat

Creator:: Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: ca. 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 15/16 × 8 7/8 inches (32.9 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

98. Mary Dickinson as the Country Girl

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 x 9 3/16 inches (29.3 x 23.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

99. Lady Mary Catharine Bertie

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 9/16 x 12 1/16 inches (42 x 30.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

100. Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, later Elizabeth Savile, Countess of Mexborough

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 11 inches (38.4 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

2. Hudibras Vanquished by Trulla

3. Study of a Female Nude

4. A Great Tree

5. Paul Before Felix

6. A Cradle Song (Plate 26)

7. The Little Boy Lost (Plate 16)

8. The Lamb (Plate 18)

9. The Descent of Odin, An Ode; Title Page

10. "A wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven hair..." (Design 83)

11. "Hie thee hence, and boast at home..." (Design 85)

12. Ode for Music, Performed in the Senate-House; Title Page

13. "Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright... Where willowy Camus lingers with delight!..." (Design 97)

14. "Leaning from her golden cloud, The venerable Marg'ret see!..." (Design 99)

15. A Cradle Song (Plate 18)

16. On Anothers Sorrow (Plate 24)

17. Introduction (Plate 3)

18. The Lamb (Plate 8)

19. 'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)

20. 'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)

21. 'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)

22. "At the chapel-door stand sentry... (Design 31)

23. There Is No Natural Religion; Frontispiece (Plate 1)

24. "Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore..." (Design 101)

25. Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard; Title Page

26. Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College; Title Page

27. A Long Story; Title Page

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

29. Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul

30. Seated Woman and Child

31. Iphigenia Kneeling over an Altar

32. Prospero and Miranda

33. Two Lovers (Man Awakening from a Dream)

34. Seated Nude Woman (Hygeia at Doctor Graham's)

35. Woman Resting Her Head on a Bent Arm

36. Seated Woman

37. Head in Profile

38. The Bath of Bath-sheba

39. A Seated Woman

40. A Pensive Lady

41. A Mother with Her Child in Her Arms Flying upon the Ramparts of a City in Flames

42. Shepherdess Cutting an Inscription on a Tree

43. Samson Overpowered

44. Two Figures: Probably for the Bath of Diana

45. Studies of a Seated Woman

46. Study of a Reclining Nude, and Seated Woman Comforted by a Child

47. Captive or Dejected Woman: Possibly Andromache

48. Prostrate Woman

49. Study of a Pensive Woman

50. Lady Leaning on a Plinth (Possibly a Sketch for "Miss Woodley")

51. Children with a Goat and a Dog

52. Woman at a Column

53. Figure of a Standing Woman

54. Standing Figure of a Woman (Psyche)

55. Repose in Egypt

56. Repose in Egypt

57. Sunday Morning, A Cottage Family Going to Church

58. A Ladies Maid Purchasing a Leek

59. Fille d'Auberge

60. Lady Pointing with a Stick

61. A Maid

62. A Modern Spread Eagle

63. Paysanne de la France

64. Study of a Lady

65. Mrs. Cosway

66. The Gate at Blenheim

67. A Wood Stream with Angler

68. Lady Hamilton as The Sempstress

69. Miss Ann Parry

70. Ann Elizabeth, Countess of Aldborough

71. Miss Crockatt as Julia de Roubigné

72. Juno

73. Mrs. Abington as 'the Comic Muse'