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1. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 37, "Ode to Adversity."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 37, "Ode to Adversity."
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

2. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 2, "The Argument . . . . " (Bentley a3)

There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 2, "The Argument . . . . " (Bentley a3)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching 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

3. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 27, "O Treacherous Conscience!"

Young's Night Thoughts, Page 27, "O Treacherous Conscience!"
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving with 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

4. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 1, "The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre"

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 1, "The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre"
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

5. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 27, "O treacherous conscience!"

Young's Night Thoughts, Page 27, "O treacherous conscience!"
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 1, "The First Book of Urizen." (Bentley 1)

The First Book of Urizen, Plate 1, "The First Book of Urizen." (Bentley 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching printed in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 105, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 105, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."
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

8. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 1, "The First Book of Urizen." (Bentley 1)

The First Book of Urizen, Plate 1, "The First Book of Urizen." (Bentley 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Spanish Student

Spanish Student
Creator:
Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:
ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige Japan paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 x 12 11/16 inches (45.7 x 32.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Studies of Anatomy, Measurements and Writing

Studies of Anatomy, Measurements and Writing
Creator:
James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 12 1/2 inches (20 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Spoiled Child, Scene VI

The Spoiled Child, Scene VI
Creator:
Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:
ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 × 19 5/8 inches (38.1 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. A Boy Writing

A Boy Writing
Creator:
William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:
ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Contemporary drawn border: 4 1/8 x 4 inches (10.5 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Artist's Son Writing

Artist's Son Writing
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (13.3 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Rowlandson and Wigstead on Tour

Rowlandson and Wigstead on Tour
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black and gray ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/16 x 11 7/16 inches (18.6 x 29.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. A Lecture on Gadding

A Lecture on Gadding
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, stipple engraving, and mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 7/16 x 15 1/16 inches (46.9 x 38.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Christopher Sharp, Cambridge

Christopher Sharp, Cambridge
Creator:
Edward Harding, 1755–1840
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 5 3/8 inches (18 × 13.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Woman and Girl at a Writing Desk

Woman and Girl at a Writing Desk
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (19.1 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The William K. Rose and Eugene A. Carroll Collection

18. Travelling in France

Travelling in France
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
between 1785 and 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/16 x 17 1/2 inches (28.7 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Henry Liverseege

Henry Liverseege
Creator:
Print made by Henry Cousins, died 1864
Date:
1835
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 9 inches (29.2 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. An Arch at Holy Island, Northumberland

An Arch at Holy Island, Northumberland
Creator:
John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:
1809
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (29.2 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Indians Giving a Talk to Colonel Bouquet in a conference at a Council Fire Near his Camp on the Banks of Muskingum in America, in October 1764, 1765

The Indians Giving a Talk to Colonel Bouquet in a conference at a Council Fire Near his Camp on the Banks of Muskingum in America, in October 1764, 1765
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
between 1765 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and black ink with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 15/16 x 8 1/16 inches (25.2 x 20.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. A Seated Girl

A Seated Girl
Creator:
Philip Wilson Steer, 1860–1942
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/2 × 6 7/8 inches (11.4 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Dejection Ode New Moon Winter Bridge

Dejection Ode New Moon Winter Bridge
Creator:
Print made by Donald Wilkinson, born 1937
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed etching and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 29 1/4 x 22 3/8 inches (74.3 x 56.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Renée and Geoffrey Hartman, Yale PhD 1953

24. The Bookmaker and his Client outside the Ram Inn, Newmarket

The Bookmaker and his Client outside the Ram Inn, Newmarket
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/16 x 7 9/16 inches (24 x 19.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Dr. Syntax Copying the Wit of the Window

Dr. Syntax Copying the Wit of the Window
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
between 1809 and 1812
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and gray and brown ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 3/16 inches (13.7 x 20.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Benjamin West and His Son Raphael

Benjamin West and His Son Raphael
Creator:
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 15/16 inches (39.1 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

27. Britannia Allegory

Britannia Allegory
Creator:
Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:
between 1743 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; verso: letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper (page in book)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 6 1/16 inches (15.8 x 15.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

28. Man with a Pen

Man with a Pen
Creator:
Print made by Paul Drury, 1903–1987
Date:
1927
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 6 7/16 inches (20 x 16.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

29. The Right Honourable Sir Charles Pratt Knight, (now Lord Camden) Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas

The Right Honourable Sir Charles Pratt Knight, (now Lord Camden) Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas
Creator:
Johann Gottfried Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 13 7/8 inches (50.7 × 35.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Portrait of Joseph Haydn

Portrait of Joseph Haydn
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 9/16 x 8 5/8 inches (29.4 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Bequest of Ralph Kirkpatrick, Yale MA (HON.) 1965

31. Miss Johnson

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

32. S. Johannes

S. Johannes
Creator:
Print made by Johann Lorenz Haid, 1702–1750
Date:
early 1750s
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/16 x 14 inches (51 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

33. Ressource pour la memoire

Ressource pour la memoire
Creator:
Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/4 x 11 15/16 inches (41.3 x 30.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. Grammatica. Die Sprachkunst.

Grammatica. Die Sprachkunst.
Creator:
Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/16 × 11 3/8 inches (41.8 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. A School Boy (William Elmer)

A School Boy (William Elmer)
Creator:
Print made by Butler Clowes, active 1768, died 1782
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige 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

36. Arithmetica

Arithmetica
Creator:
Print made by Jacob Gole, 1660–1737
Date:
ca. 1690
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 10 3/8 inches (25.7 x 26.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

37. As You Like It: Act II, Scene VII: The Seven Ages Man (Third Age)

As You Like It: Act II, Scene VII: The Seven Ages Man (Third Age)
Creator:
Robert Thew, 1758–1802
Date:
1803
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/4 x 26 3/4 inches (51.4 x 67.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Miss Wynyard

Miss Wynyard
Creator:
John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 9/16 × 13 13/16 inches (49.7 × 35.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Girl Writing

Girl Writing
Creator:
Print made by Robert Barnes, 1840–1895
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Wood-engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream card mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 7 15/16 x 6 15/16 inches (20.2 x 17.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Imogen's Bedchamber in Cymbeline's Palace, 'Cymbeline,' Act II, Scene II

Imogen's Bedchamber in Cymbeline's Palace, 'Cymbeline,' Act II, Scene II
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 13/16 x 16 3/4 inches (32.5 x 42.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection