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1. 'Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe' (Page 1)

'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

2. 'Draw the dire steel? – ah no! – the dreadful blessing' (Page 73)

'Draw the dire steel? – ah no! – the dreadful blessing' (Page 73)
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

3. The Right Honourable Lady Charlotte Duncombe

The Right Honourable Lady Charlotte Duncombe
Creator:
Print made by Charles Wilkin, 1750–1814
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 5/16 × 12 1/8 inches (41.4 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

4. Stowe House, Buckingham

Stowe House, Buckingham
Creator:
Robert Streatfeild, 1786–1852
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/8 × 8 1/2 inches (14.9 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. North Front of the Bank

North Front of the Bank
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Hand colored aquatint on slightly textured, medium, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/16 × 12 1/16 inches (40.8 × 30.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Two Old Horses Standing in a Field

Two Old Horses Standing in a Field
Creator:
John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 12 1/16 inches (21.6 × 30.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Grantham Church

Grantham Church
Creator:
Print made by Bartholomew Howlett, 1767–1827
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 3/8 inches (24.1 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Saint Cuthbert's Holy Island

Saint Cuthbert's Holy Island
Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 12 inches (25.4 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Phalaena Quernaria. Quercus Rubra (American Oak Beauty, Northern Red Oak), Plate 103 from James Edward Smith, the 'Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia', London, 1797

Phalaena Quernaria. Quercus Rubra (American Oak Beauty, Northern Red Oak), Plate 103 from James Edward Smith, the 'Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia', London, 1797
Creator:
Print made by John Harris the elder, 1767–1832
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving with original hand color on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 x 12 1/8 inches (40.6 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

10. Phalaena Aceris. Acer Rubrum (Grey Maple Moth, Red Maple), Plate 93 from James Edward Smith, the 'Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia', London, 1797

Phalaena Aceris. Acer Rubrum (Grey Maple Moth, Red Maple), Plate 93 from James Edward Smith, the 'Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia', London, 1797
Creator:
Print made by John Harris the elder, 1767–1832
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving with original hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 x 12 1/4 inches (40.6 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

11. Barmouth Estuary with Cader Idris, North Wales

Barmouth Estuary with Cader Idris, North Wales
Creator:
attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 12 inches (15.9 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Woman near a River

No cover image available
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
after 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium cream moderately textured laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 12 3/8 inches (19.1 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr. Yale BE 1945W, and John Charles Street, Yale BA 1951, MA 1952, PhD 1955 in memory of our fathers Edward Porter Street, Yale 1920, and Charles Larrabee Street, Yale 1914