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A Genius Driving Away "Comus & his midnight-crew..." (Design 95)
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
"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
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
"What do I see! The Briton Saxon Roman Norman..." (Plate 92)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'Time, in advance, behind him hides his wings' (Page 24)
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
'Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe' (Page 1)
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
'One radiant mark, – the death-bed of the just' (Page 41)
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
'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
The Christian Triumph; Title Page
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
'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)
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
'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)
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
"To the Public. After my three years slumber..." (Plate 3)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief and white-line etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"His western heaven with rocky clouds..." (Plate 31)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Leaning against the pillars..." (Plate 32)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Elizabeth. "Girt with many a Baron bold..." (Design 63)
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
"Headlong, from the mountain's height, Deep in the roaring tide he plung'd to endless night." (Design 65)
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
"They saw their Wheels rising up poisonous..." (Plate 43)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Bath, healing City!..." (Plate 45)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief and white-line etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"The Atlantic Mountains where Giants dwelt..." Chapter 2 Tailpiece (Plate 50)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief and white-line etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"And this the form of mighty Hand..." (Plate 70)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"The Four Zoa's clouded rage..." (Plate 74)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"To the Christians..." (Plate 77)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Chapter 4. "The Spectres of Albions Twelve Sons..." (Plate 78)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Rose up against me thundering..." (Plate 8)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"I have mock'd those who refused cruelty..." (Plate 81)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"I have heard Jerusalems groans..." (Plate 82)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Corruptability appears upon thy limbs..." (Plate 83)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)
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
"Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield..." (Design 109)
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
A Shepherd Reading the Epitaph (Design 115)
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
"O'er thy country hangs The scourge of Heav'n..." (Design 59)
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
Abraham and Isaac
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1799 to 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Tempera and pen and black ink on canvas
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (26.7 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Christ Giving Sight to Bartimaeus
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1799 to 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Tempera with pen and black ink on canvas
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 inches (26 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Moses Receiving the Law
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash, black wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 26 x 12 1/4 inches (66 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Satan Approaching the Court of Chaos
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1784 to 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite with pen and gray ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (23.5 x 33.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Thomas Alphonso Hayley, Half-Length Drawing
Creator:
attributed to William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (17.1 x 13.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Charles Rosenbloom
The Gambols of Ghosts According with Their Affections Previous to the Final Judgment
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1805 to 1808
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/4 × 12 1/2 inches (46.4 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches (42.2 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Man Sweeping the Interpreter's Parlour
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:
White-line metal cut engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 x 9 1/8 inches (17.8 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Balgrate. 14. October. 1837
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1837
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 14 1/4 inches (25.4 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Genezzano, 17 May 1838
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1838
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite with stumping and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 15/16 x 14 inches (25.2 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Corpo di Cava, 28 June 1838
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1838
Materials & Techniques:
Oil and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, green-gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 9 13/16 inches (35.9 x 24.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
St. Giulio, Orta, 26 September 1837
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1837
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite with stumping and white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray-green wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 14 1/4 inches (25.4 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Indian River Landscape
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1874
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink, gouache, and colored pencil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 8 × 11 inches (20.3 × 28 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
Maharraka Temple
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
February 14, 1867
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink, watercolor and gouache on medium brown moderately textured wove paper
Dimensions:
Frame: 17 1/8 x 27 1/2 x 1 inches (43.5 x 69.9 x 2.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Peter R. Spokes, Yale BA 1948, in memory of C.C. and C.B. Hogan, Yale BA 1928
Near Beer El Abt
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches (6 x 13.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Near Beer El Abt, 4:30 pm, 28 March 1867 (23)
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/4 × 9 7/8 inches (8.3 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Aerial Group: The Tempest
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches (9.2 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
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

150. Landscape

Landscape
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (11.4 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
The Bacchante
Creator:
Print made by Edward Calvert, 1799–1883
Date:
ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:
Wood-engraving on medium, smooth, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/16 x 2 9/16 inches (10.3 x 6.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Allegorical Scene
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Image: 2 1/16 × 9 3/4 inches (5.2 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Allegorical Scene
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Image: 2 3/16 × 6 1/16 inches (5.6 × 15.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sleepest or Wakest Thou?
Creator:
Print made by Richard Ansdell, 1815–1885
Date:
ca. 1853
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/4 × 5 7/8 inches (10.8 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study of Abraham Being Tested by God
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 11/16 × 2 9/16 inches (9.4 × 6.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Five Vignettes of Scenes from Antiquity
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches (21 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Bachanalia Scene
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Image: 5 × 3 1/2 inches (12.7 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Town and Country Magazine - Frontispiece for Vol. IV, 1772
Creator:
Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, gray wash, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 3 3/4 inches (16.8 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Views in the Levant: Temple Ruins at Paestum
Creator:
Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on thick, moderately textured, brown laid paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 × 20 1/2 inches (36.8 × 52.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A View of Erith, Looking Up the Thames
Creator:
Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:
1750
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 x 18 9/16 inches (31.1 x 47.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Smugglers Defeated
Creator:
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:
ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Color mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 x 26 1/4 inches (50.8 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Boscawen and Sheerness Privateers
Creator:
Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 5/8 x 20 9/16 inches (37.1 x 52.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

163. A Calm

A Calm
Creator:
Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:
1754
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, hand colored with watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 5/16 x 21 1/8 inches (38.9 x 53.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Small Breeze
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Boydell, active 1750–1751
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/4 x 20 1/16 inches (36.2 x 50.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

165. Morning

Morning
Creator:
Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/4 x 20 1/16 inches (36.2 x 51 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

166. Evening

Evening
Creator:
Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:
1755
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 5/16 x 20 3/16 inches (36.3 x 51.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Greenland Fishery
Creator:
Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:
1754
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 5/16 x 20 3/16 inches (36.3 x 51.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

168. Noon

Noon
Creator:
Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving, hand colored with watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 7/16 x 21 inches (39.2 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Wreck of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios
Creator:
Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 9/16 x 21 3/16 inches (39.6 x 53.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

170. Morning

Morning
Creator:
Print made by John Browne, 1741–1801
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 11/16 x 16 7/8 inches (32.2 x 42.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

171. Moon-Light

Moon-Light
Creator:
Print made by John Browne, 1741–1801
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/16 x 17 1/16 inches (33.2 x 43.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

172. Moon-Light

Moon-Light
Creator:
Print made by John Browne, 1741–1801
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 x 16 7/16 inches (32 x 41.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Bristol High Cross
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Buck, 1696–1779
Date:
1734
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 9/16 x 11 11/16 inches (49.7 x 29.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mamma at Romps
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Freeman, 1773–1857
Date:
1810
Materials & Techniques:
Colored aqutatint and stipple engraving, with etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 7/16 x 10 3/8 inches (34.2 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Judgment of Paris
Creator:
Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/16 × 8 3/8 inches (18.2 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A New Drawing Book of Variety of Landskips
Creator:
Print made by J. Carwitham, active 1720–1740
Date:
ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 13/16 x 8 1/8 inches (32.5 x 20.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Wooded Landscape with a River Leading to Distant Buildings
Creator:
Print made by Jean B. C. Chatelain, 1710–1771
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/16 × 6 5/8 inches (13.1 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Wooded Landscape
Creator:
Print made by John Crome, 1768–1821
Date:
ca. 1812
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, smooth, beige Aisian paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 9/16 × 6 3/16 inches (16.7 × 15.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lillebonne - Château d'Harcourt
Creator:
Print made by Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:
1824
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph with yellow tint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 11/16 inches (31.8 x 24.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Cottage in a Cornfield
Creator:
Print made by David Lucas, 1802–1881
Date:
1844
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching with chine collé on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 x 8 inches (24.1 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Hadleigh Castle, Large Plate
Creator:
Print made by David Lucas, 1802–1881
Date:
1830 to 1832
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint; proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches (38.7 x 49.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Salisbury Cathedral
Creator:
Print made by David Lucas, 1802–1881
Date:
1837
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 26 3/4 x 31 1/2 inches (67.9 x 80 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

183. A Mill

A Mill
Creator:
Print made by David Lucas, 1802–1881
Date:
1830
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint with chine collé; Progress proof (e) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 x 14 5/8 inches (31.1 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

184. A Heath

A Heath
Creator:
Print made by David Lucas, 1802–1881
Date:
1831
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 1/2 inches (29.5 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

185. Old Sarum

Old Sarum
Creator:
Print made by David Lucas, 1802–1881
Date:
1829 to 1830
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 7/8 inches (18.1 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

186. Moonlight

Moonlight
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Creswick, 1811–1869
Date:
1839
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with chine collé on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches (10.8 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Bergues - La Tour du Marché
Creator:
Print made by Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:
1824
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph with chine collé on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches (26.1 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On the Thames
Creator:
John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches (34 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Entrance to Hengrave Hall, 1819
Creator:
Anna Mills, active 1819
Date:
1819
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper in contemporary wove paper insert with wash boader
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 15/16 x 10 5/8 inches (40.5 x 27 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sisters Contemplating on Mortality
Creator:
Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint (first state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 × 14 1/4 inches (50.8 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Mr. Henricus Van Born
Creator:
Print made by Abraham Blooteling, 1640–1690
Date:
1684
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/8 × 8 3/4 inches (31.5 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

192. Juno

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
Adonis dies in the arms of Venus
Creator:
Print made by Wallerant Vaillant, 1623–1677
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/16 × 12 3/16 inches (38.3 × 31 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Mrs. Blake as Juno
Creator:
Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint (third state) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 26 1/2 × 18 1/4 inches (67.3 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Mary Hale (née Chaloner) as Euphrosyne in 'L'Allegro'
Creator:
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
between 1762 and 1764
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 3/4 inches (67 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Mrs. Jordan in the Character of the Comic Muse
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Park, ca. 1760–1834
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
handcolored, mezzotint (second state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 27 7/16 × 17 7/8 inches (69.7 × 45.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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
Master Henry Thomas Hope
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Cousins, 1801–1887
Date:
1836
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, line engraving, and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/4 x 12 15/16 inches (40 x 32.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
A Mountain Lake
Creator:
William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/8 x 20 inches (34 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Harlech Castle and Twgwyn Ferry
Creator:
John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:
1804
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 16 1/8 x 21 1/4 inches (41 x 54 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection