Period: 18th century / Genre: genre subject / Subject Terms: book

1. Woman Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade

Creator:: Henry Robert Morland, 1730–1797
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Christening of the Heir

Creator:: William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828
Date:: ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. A Copy after a Painting Traditionally Attributed to Van Dyck of Two Monks Reading

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: late 18th century?
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 20 1/2 × 18 inches (52.1 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. The Harlowe Family, from Samuel Richardson's "Clarissa"

Creator:: Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:: between 1745 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/2 x 30 7/8 inches (64.8 x 78.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. A Woman, possibly Anne (née Ward) Morland, Wife of the Artist

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 11/16 x 9 11/16 inches (29.7 x 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. The Damnation of Obadiah

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 15 11/16 inches (30.6 x 39.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. 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

8. The Benevolent Effects of Abolishing Slavery, or the Planter instructing his Negro

Creator:: Print made by W. Pyott, active late 18th century
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches (48.9 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. The Geographers

Creator:: John Brown, 1749–1787
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, pen and black ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches (18.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Le Ete - Der Sommer

Creator:: Print made by Johann Philip Koch, ca. 1716–1796
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 1/4 inches (40.3 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. La mère prudente

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 × 7 15/16 inches (32.3 × 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Junius

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Bonner, ca. 1740–ca. 1812
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on medium, smooth, cream laid paper in contemporary laid paper insert
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 6 3/8 inches (10.2 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

13. Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade

Creator:: Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1745–ca.1809
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches (42.8 x 28.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Courtship for Money

Creator:: Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1745–ca.1809
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 10 7/16 inches (36.2 x 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. Portrait of Two Men, One Playing Recorder

Creator:: Print made by Johann Lorenz Haid, 1702–1750
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 14 5/16 inches (52 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. La petite musicienne

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches (39 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. La fille doux

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 inches (32 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. 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

19. L'Antiquitee respectable

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 1/8 x 11 15/16 inches (41 x 30.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Connubial Happiness

Creator:: Print made by E. J. Dumée, active 1790
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/16 × 17 1/2 inches (56 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. 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

22. The Discovery

Creator:: Print made by E. J. Dumée, active 1790
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 × 11 3/16 inches (39 × 28.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Pilgrims Paying Their Devotion in St. Peters at Rome

Creator:: Print made by David Allan, 1744–1796
Date:: between 1773 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 6 15/16 inches (25.1 × 17.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade

Creator:: Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1745–ca.1809
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/8 x 10 11/16 inches (41 x 27.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Woman Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade

2. Christening of the Heir

3. A Copy after a Painting Traditionally Attributed to Van Dyck of Two Monks Reading

4. The Harlowe Family, from Samuel Richardson's "Clarissa"

5. A Woman, possibly Anne (née Ward) Morland, Wife of the Artist

6. The Damnation of Obadiah

7. A Lecture on Gadding

8. The Benevolent Effects of Abolishing Slavery, or the Planter instructing his Negro

9. The Geographers

10. Le Ete - Der Sommer

11. La mère prudente

12. Junius

13. Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade

14. Courtship for Money

15. Portrait of Two Men, One Playing Recorder

16. La petite musicienne

17. La fille doux

18. Ressource pour la memoire

19. L'Antiquitee respectable

20. Connubial Happiness

21. Sunday Morning, A Cottage Family Going to Church

22. The Discovery

23. Pilgrims Paying Their Devotion in St. Peters at Rome

24. Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade