Period: 18th century / Genre: portrait / Subject Terms: embroidery

1. The Rt. Honorable Stephen Poyntz, of Midgham, Berkshire

Creator:: Jean-Baptiste van Loo, 1684–1745
Date:: 1732
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

2. Jean Grant (née Duff), Lady Grant

Creator:: Henry Walton, 1746–1813
Date:: ca. 1775
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

3. Elizabeth Bateson (née Harvey)

Creator:: Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 5/16 x 22 7/8 inches (74.5 x 58.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Portrait of a Man and an Attendant carrying a Portfolio

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 x 28 inches (88.9 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham

Creator:: Imitator of Renold Elstrack, 1570–1625(?)
Date:: between 1700 and 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 6 13/16 inches (25.1 × 17.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George A. Douglass

6. Self-portrait

Creator:: Lady Mary Lowther, 1740–1824
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 38 1/2 × 33 × 3 3/8 inches (97.8 × 83.8 × 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lowell Libson Ltd.

7. Cornelius Polenburg

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 9 3/16 inches (30.3 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Thomas Pownall, Esq., Member of Parliament

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/8 x 15 11/16 inches (53.7 x 39.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. David Garrick, Esq.

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 15/16 x 14 1/8 inches (50.6 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mary E. Knapp

10. Sir Nathaniel Bacon

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 9 inches (30.3 x 22.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Sir Nathaniel Bacon

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.8 x 24.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. William Drummond of Hawthornden

Creator:: John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (39 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

13. His Royal Highness William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/16 × 9 1/16 inches (33.1 × 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Admiral George Edgcumbe, first Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 10 7/8 inches (38.6 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Lady Amabel and Lady Mary, Daughters of Lord Royston and the Marchioness of Grey

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 14 1/4 inches (50.2 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Admiral Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 13/16 × 13 15/16 inches (50.3 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Nelly O'Brien (Lady Mary O'Brien)

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 13/16 × 13 7/8 inches (50.4 × 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Honorable Augustus Hervey, Captain in his Majesty's Navy

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 9 15/16 inches (35.5 × 25.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Honorable Augustus Keppel, Admiral of the Blue

Creator:: Print made by William Doughty, 1757–1782
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/4 x 13 5/16 inches (46.3 x 33.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. 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

21. Charles Watson Esq., Vice-Admiral of the White

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: between 1758 and 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 12 3/8 inches (42.8 x 31.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. In Her Love-Darting Eyes Awakes the Fires

Creator:: Alexander van Haecken, 1701–1758
Date:: between 1735 and 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 7/8 × 11 13/16 inches (45.4 × 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Rt. Honorable Stephen Poyntz, of Midgham, Berkshire

2. Jean Grant (née Duff), Lady Grant

3. Elizabeth Bateson (née Harvey)

4. Portrait of a Man and an Attendant carrying a Portfolio

5. George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham

6. Self-portrait

7. Cornelius Polenburg

8. Thomas Pownall, Esq., Member of Parliament

9. David Garrick, Esq.

10. Sir Nathaniel Bacon

11. Sir Nathaniel Bacon

12. William Drummond of Hawthornden

13. His Royal Highness William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

14. Admiral George Edgcumbe, first Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

15. Lady Amabel and Lady Mary, Daughters of Lord Royston and the Marchioness of Grey

16. Admiral Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel

17. Nelly O'Brien (Lady Mary O'Brien)

18. The Honorable Augustus Hervey, Captain in his Majesty's Navy

19. The Honorable Augustus Keppel, Admiral of the Blue

20. Emilia, Duchess of Leinster

21. Charles Watson Esq., Vice-Admiral of the White

22. In Her Love-Darting Eyes Awakes the Fires