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Visions of the Daughters of Albion; Frontispiece (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches (34.6 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Descent of Odin, An Ode; Title Page
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
A Genius Driving Away "Comus & his midnight-crew..." (Design 95)
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
A Fish from the Red Sea
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium,moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 1/2 inches (22.5 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Najel

Najel
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 1/8 inches (22.5 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Harbor Scene
Creator:
Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:
Between 1758 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 11/16 x 17 3/8in. (24.6 x 44.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Castello di Smirna
Creator:
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 9/16 x 21 1/4 inches (37 x 53.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Reggio di Calabria
Creator:
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/16 x 21 7/16 inches (38.3 x 54.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
St. Nicholas's Island off Mount Edgecombe
Creator:
Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:
1768
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 14 1/2in. (21.6 x 36.8cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove
St. Catherine's Castle at Fowey, Cornwall
Creator:
Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 19 1/2in. (30.5 x 49.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove
Views in the Levant: View of a Harbour and Town From the Sea, Turkey
Creator:
Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 14 1/8 inches (19.1 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Views in the Levant: Two Rowing Boats and a Sailboat by a Steep Cliff, Hilly Landscape Seen From the Sea
Creator:
Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/16 × 24 1/4 inches (33.2 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Views in the Levant: View of Harbor Town With Flagpole at Right, Seen From Sea
Creator:
Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/8 × 11 inches (16.2 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Views in the Levant: Landscape With Sea, Town and Hills
Creator:
Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 18 7/8 inches (23.5 × 47.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Views in the Levant: Stormy Landscape with Rockfall at Right, Viewed From the Sea
Creator:
Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 23 3/16 inches (18.7 × 58.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Views in the Levant: View of a Walled Town and Harbour with Towers Seen From the Sea
Creator:
Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 14 5/16 inches (16.8 × 36.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The North Foreland Lighthouse, Kent
Creator:
James Malton, 1761–1803
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 7/16 inches (18.3 × 24 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Brighton Town and Church
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 13/16 × 18 13/16 inches (30 × 47.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Ranger, Private Ship of War, with her Prizes
Creator:
Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink over graphite with gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 18 1/8 x 23 3/4 inches (46 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Two Boats with Crews, Study for The Royal William at Sea
Creator:
Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brushed black ink, gray wash and graphite; verso: graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches (14.6 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shipping in Southampton Water, off Calshott Castle
Creator:
Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 3/16 inches (16.5 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Dutch Shipping
Creator:
Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 5/8 inches (19.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Ariadne

Ariadne
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gray wash with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (18.1 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ships on a Calm Sea
Creator:
Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/8 × 8 1/4 inches (14.9 × 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Firing a Salute
Creator:
Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Gray ink with gray wash touched with brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 14 3/4in. (25.4 x 37.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Birth of Venus
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 5 7/8in. (18.4 x 14.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Fanali di Villa Franca
Creator:
Monro School
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 15/16 × 7 7/16 inches (12.5 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Warships Passing in the Channel
Creator:
Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink on moderately textured, medium, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 19 1/4 inches (30.5 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
An English Frigate and Other Shipping in the Solent off Calshot Castle
Creator:
John Cleveley the younger, 1747–1786
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 inches (26 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
Lyme Regis, Dorset
Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 17 1/16 inches (22.1 x 43.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Findlater Castle, Banff
Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:
between 1792 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and scratching out over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 9 3/4 x 11 11/16 inches (24.8 x 29.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Kingswear Seen from Dartmouth, Devon
Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/8 x 12 13/16 inches (19.4 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
An Admiralty Yacht Running Inshore at Tenby
Creator:
Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (29.2 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
View of the Tryall in Two Positions
Creator:
Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium, slightley textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 1/8 inches (38.4 × 53.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends

35. Distress

Distress
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
1790 to 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown and red ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/16 x 17 1/16 inches (31 x 43.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
View of Vesuvius
Creator:
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 3/4 inches (18.1 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Geoffrey and Renée Hartman
Ruins of Criccieth Castle and Part of the Town on the Bay on Cardigan. East View, Caernarfonshire
Creator:
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 5/8 inches (13.7 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Castle Point
Creator:
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches (14.6 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shipping Scene with Three Figures on shore
Creator:
Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:
between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash, gray wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite with some scraping on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, prepared with yellow wash
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 13/16 inches (13.7 x 19.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"
Creator:
John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gouache, black chalk and stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 5/8 inches (41.4 x 32 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Deptford Dockyard, Kent
Creator:
John Cleveley the younger, 1747–1786
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 3/8 inches (14 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shipping in a Calm
Creator:
John Cleveley the younger, 1747–1786
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted to medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 7/8 × 4 7/8 inches (9.8 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Battle of Cape St. Vincent
Creator:
Robert Cleveley, 1747–1809
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and black ink on medium, moderately thick, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 x 8in. (10.5 x 20.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Men-of-war off the Coast
Creator:
John Cleveley the younger, 1747–1786
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 × 5 inches (9.5 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
One of the Embassy Yachts
Creator:
William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:
ca. 1794
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 inches (25.1 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Coastal Scene with Figures and Boats
Creator:
imitator of Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, black ink, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 14 1/4 inches (27.6 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost...
Creator:
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:
ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Contemporary drawn border: 11 11/16 × 11 5/16 inches (29.7 × 28.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ferdinand and Ariel
Creator:
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:
ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 13 13/16 x 11 1/4 inches (35.1 x 28.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Prospero and Miranda
Creator:
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gouache, black ink, and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:
Mount: 25 11/16 x 18 3/4 inches (65.2 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and gray ink, and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 × 10 5/8 inches (17.8 × 27 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, over graphite with black wash on medium, smooth, beige wove paper,
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 × 8 1/2 inches (13.3 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/16 × 14 5/8 inches (26.5 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
John Hood, active 1762–1771
Date:
1763
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 28 × 42 3/8 inches (71.1 × 107.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection