Period: 18th century / Work Type: drawing / Subject Terms: study (visual work)

1. Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper; squared in graphite for transfer
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 1/8 inches (30.5 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Study of a Clouded Moonlit Sky

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (11.1 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. A Seated Woman

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 1/2 inches (20 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Study of a Lady Standing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 x 11 1/2 inches (45.7 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. A Procession of the Damned: Study for the Damned in Dante's "Inferno"

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches (15.9 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Study of a Seated Woman

Creator:: attributed to James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (24.1 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Study for a Stable Court of Kirkdale, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: between 1770 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 18 5/8 inches (30.2 × 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Study for a Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches (21.6 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. A Study of Agostino Cornacchini's Statue of Charlemagne, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

Creator:: Joseph Wilton, 1722–1803
Date:: Between 1747 and 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, moderately textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 6 1/8 inches (25.4 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Study for the Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches (21.9 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Study for the Figure of Gulliver

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 6 7/8 inches (29.2 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Figure Costume Study: French Lady of Quality in 1501

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1793 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash and violet chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 2 7/8 inches (11.4 x 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Mountain Tops (A Mountain Study)

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, graphite, and brown ground on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (23.5 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Preliminary Study for "A Game of Bowls on the Bowling Green Outside the Bunch of Grapes Inn, Hurst, Berkshire"

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 12 7/16 inches (22.7 × 31.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Study of Two Willows

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink, brushed brown ink, yellowish-brown ground and varnish on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 6 3/8 inches (10.2 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Galleria di Sopra, Albano

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 18 3/8 x 24 1/2 inches (46.7 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Figure Costume Study of Henry VIII

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1793 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 x 2 7/8 inches (10.8 x 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Figure Costume Study: Noble Virgin of Bologna

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1793 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 3 inches (11.1 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Figure Costume Study of Edward VI in 1550

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1793 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 2 3/4 inches (10.2 × 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Study of a Man

Creator:: Nathaniel Smith, 1740–1787
Date:: 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 10 1/2 inches (43.2 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Views in the Levant: Study of Figures From a Frieze or Panel

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, black ink, graphite, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 3/4 inches (22.5 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Celosia Cristata (Cockscomb)

Creator:: Barbara Regina Dietzsch, 1706–1783
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and gold leaf on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 3/4 inches (35.6 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ira Brind and David Brind, Yale BA 2000

23. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Pink Turban and White Dress

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and gray ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 4 11/16 inches (17.3 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Purple Turban and Green Dress

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and gray ink, red ink, and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/16 × 4 11/16 inches (18.9 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Blue Turban and Stomacher and Red Dress

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 7/16 inches (19.7 × 13.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Blue Turban and Stomacher and Pink Dress

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink, and gray ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 5 1/16 inches (17.1 × 12.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel

2. Study of a Clouded Moonlit Sky

3. A Seated Woman

4. Study of a Lady Standing

5. A Procession of the Damned: Study for the Damned in Dante's "Inferno"

6. Study of a Seated Woman

7. Study for a Stable Court of Kirkdale, Wigtownshire, Scotland

8. Study for a Portrait of a Woman

9. A Study of Agostino Cornacchini's Statue of Charlemagne, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

10. Study for the Portrait of a Woman

11. Study for the Figure of Gulliver

12. Figure Costume Study: French Lady of Quality in 1501

13. Mountain Tops (A Mountain Study)

14. Preliminary Study for "A Game of Bowls on the Bowling Green Outside the Bunch of Grapes Inn, Hurst, Berkshire"

15. Study of Two Willows

16. Galleria di Sopra, Albano

17. Figure Costume Study of Henry VIII

18. Figure Costume Study: Noble Virgin of Bologna

19. Figure Costume Study of Edward VI in 1550

20. Study of a Man

21. Views in the Levant: Study of Figures From a Frieze or Panel

22. Celosia Cristata (Cockscomb)

23. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Pink Turban and White Dress

24. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Purple Turban and Green Dress

25. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Blue Turban and Stomacher and Red Dress

26. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Blue Turban and Stomacher and Pink Dress