Period: 18th century / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: book

1. John and Elizabeth Jeffreys and Their Children

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/4 x 35 3/4 inches (71.8 x 90.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

2. 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

3. Mr. and Mrs. Hill

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1750 and 1751
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

4. Portrait of a Woman as St. Agnes, Traditionally Identified as Catherine Voss

Creator:: Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723
Date:: between 1705 and 1710
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 31 x 26 inches (78.7 x 66 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

5. Probably John Trevor, third Baron Trevor, of St. Anne's Hill, Surrey, and Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire (formerly T. Travers, Esq.)

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/8 x 25 inches (76.5 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Mr. Ernest Hillman, Jr.
On View:: Not on view

6. St. Paul before Agrippa

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches (81.9 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. George Robertson

Creator:: Portrait by John Francis Rigaud, 1742–1810
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 1/4 x 34 5/8 inches (112.4 x 87.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. An Unknown Man in a Library

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1740 and 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches (50.2 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. The Gore Family with George, third Earl Cowper

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 31 x 38 1/2 inches (78.7 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Mary Adam

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 x 28 inches (94 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. An Unknown Man

Creator:: Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:: 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 3/4 × 27 3/4 inches (90.8 × 70.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Portrait of a Family, Traditionally Known as the Swaine Family of Fencroft, Cambridgeshire

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/4 × 40 3/4 inches (64.1 × 103.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. 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

14. Mrs. Stevens

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 x 18 1/2 inches (66 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Conversation Piece

Creator:: Mason Chamberlin, 1722–1787
Date:: 1761
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 26 3/4 inches (63.5 x 67.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. An Unknown Woman with a Book

Creator:: Bartholomew Dandridge, baptized 1691–died in or after 1754
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 7/8 × 16 1/2 inches (53 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. An Unknown Man

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 14 x 10 1/2 inches (35.6 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. 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

19. George and Margaret Rogers

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: between 1748 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches (90.2 x 69.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Study for a Group Portrait

Creator:: Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:: between 1729 and 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/8 × 18 1/2 inches (35.9 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. 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

22. 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

23. Portrait of a Boy

Creator:: Sir William Beechey, 1753–1839
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/16 x 25 3/16 inches (76.4 x 64 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. An Unknown Man Seated at a Table

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1744 and 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 7/8 x 26 1/4 inches (75.9 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. Simon, Lord Lovat

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Isabelle Hollister Tuttle for the Emerson Tuttle Memoiral Collection

27. Tail Piece, or the Bathos

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with line engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 13 1/4 inches (31.4 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker

28. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 15, "The longest night though longer far, would fail"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Moses Receiving the Law

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash, black wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 x 12 1/4 inches (66 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Songs of Innocence and of Experience

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789-1794
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in dark-brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 3/8 inches (18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 37, "Ode to Adversity."

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

32. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 9, "Therefore God becomes . . . . " (Bentley b12)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 27, "O Treacherous Conscience!"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

34. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 15, "The Longest Night Though Longer Far, Would Fail"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

35. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 1, "The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre"

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

36. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 103, "Epitaph on Mrs. Clarke."

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

37. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 113, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

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

38. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 29, "A Long Story."

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

39. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 5, "Ode on the Spring."

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

40. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 63, "The Bard."

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

41. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 8, "VI The desires & perceptions . . . . " (Bentley a9)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Songs of Innocence, Plate 8, "The Lamb" (Bentley 8)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 4, "What, though my soul fantastick measures trod"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 1, "The First Book of Urizen." (Bentley 1)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching printed in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 6, "In living creations appear'd . . . ." (Bentley 5)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 18, "The Lamb" (Bentley 8)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
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: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 2, Innocence Title Page (Bentley 3)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 28, "Infant Joy" (Bentley 25)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Songs of Innocence, Plate 2, Title Page (Bentley 3)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 7, "Till at Death's Toll, Whose Restless Iron Tounge"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

51. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 105, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

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

52. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 107, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

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

53. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 4, "What, though My Soul Fantastick Measures Trod"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with 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

54. Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 12, "Albions Angel rose . . . . " (Bentley 14)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 1, "The First Book of Urizen." (Bentley 1)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 8, "In Living Creations Appear'd...." (Bentley 5)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. 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

58. Alexander Pope

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: ca. 1744
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, pasted on very thick, smooth, brown card
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 7/8 x 12 5/16 inches (42.8 x 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Florence & Maynard Mack

59. The Misses Van and Lady Salisbury

Creator:: Lady Salesbury, active 1791
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (16.5 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Portrait of a Man with Hat

Creator:: Print made by John James Chalon, 1778–1854
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 × 4 15/16 inches (14.2 × 12.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Bindman in memory of Richard Godfrey

61. 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

62. 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

63. Enoch Seeman

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 1/8 inches (30.2 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Enoch Seeman

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 15/16 inches (22.3 x 17.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Study

Creator:: Print made by John Chalon, 1738 – 1795
Date:: 1789-1790
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and pen and ink wash on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 15/16 × 4 5/16 inches (12.6 × 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban, Leaning on Book

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 11/16 × 14 1/8 inches (52.6 × 35.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. 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

68. Lady Percy Watching the Sleeping Hotspur

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 24 x 19 1/8 inches (61 x 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. 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

70. Seated Lady with Book

Creator:: William Hoare, 1706/7–1792/99
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 6 5/8 inches (25.4 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. 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

72. 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

73. A Young Chinese Scholar

Creator:: attributed to William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1792 to 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches (21.9 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. P. Wilkinson Esq. Sitting Under the Shade of an Oak Learning to Whistle

Creator:: Samuel Alken, 1756–1815
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink. watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 5 1/2 inches (17.8 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Seated Woman with a Book

Creator:: Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:: 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 7 7/8 inches (30.5 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Ingamells

76. Sophia, Honour, and the Chambermaid

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 x 10 7/8 inches (39.7 x 27.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

77. Rev. Dr. Thomas Percy, Dean of Carlisle

Creator:: William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 15/16 inches (37.5 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Henry Bunbury Esqr.

Creator:: Print made by John Blackmore, active 1740–1780
Date:: ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 15/16 × 9 15/16 inches (35.4 × 25.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke, and the Rt. Honble. George, Lord Herbert

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 15/16 × 13 inches (45.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Earl and Countess of Pembroke and Son

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Thomas Sutton

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1714
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches (32 x 24.2 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

82. S. Philippus

Creator:: Print made by Johann Lorenz Haid, 1702–1750
Date:: early 1750s
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/16 x 14 inches (51.2 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

83. 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

84. 'The Gamester,' Act V, Scene IV

Creator:: James Fittler, 1758–1835
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 1/16 inches (14 × 7.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

85. Comedies

Creator:: Print made by John Hall, 1739–1797
Date:: ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 3 9/16 inches (16.9 × 9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

86. 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

87. Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke, and the Rt. Honble. George, Lord Herbert

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/16 × 13 1/4 inches (46.2 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

88. Madona col Bambino

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (Ham.II) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (51.4 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

89. Rabbi with a White Turban

Creator:: Print made by William Pether, ca. 1738–1821
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/8 × 17 15/16 inches (63.2 × 45.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

90. Rabbi with a White Turban

Creator:: Print made by William Pether, ca. 1738–1821
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (57.8 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

91. 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

92. 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

93. St. Paul

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 9/16 inches (37.8 × 26.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

94. St. Paul

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 11/16 inches (34 x 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

95. Sta. Maria Magdelena

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paaper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 10 1/8 inches (36.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

96. St. John, Apostle and Evangelist

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 9/16 x 9 1/2 inches (34.4 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

97. Virgin and Child

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches (44.1 x 31.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

98. S. Johannes

Creator:: Print made by Johann Lorenz Haid, 1702–1750
Date:: early 1750s
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/16 x 14 inches (51 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

99. 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

100. 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

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1. John and Elizabeth Jeffreys and Their Children

2. Woman Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade

3. Mr. and Mrs. Hill

4. Portrait of a Woman as St. Agnes, Traditionally Identified as Catherine Voss

5. Probably John Trevor, third Baron Trevor, of St. Anne's Hill, Surrey, and Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire (formerly T. Travers, Esq.)

6. St. Paul before Agrippa

7. George Robertson

8. An Unknown Man in a Library

9. The Gore Family with George, third Earl Cowper

10. Mary Adam

11. An Unknown Man

12. Portrait of a Family, Traditionally Known as the Swaine Family of Fencroft, Cambridgeshire

13. Christening of the Heir

14. Mrs. Stevens

15. Conversation Piece

16. An Unknown Woman with a Book

17. An Unknown Man

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

19. George and Margaret Rogers

20. Study for a Group Portrait

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

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

23. Portrait of a Boy

24. An Unknown Man Seated at a Table

25. Portrait of a Woman

26. Simon, Lord Lovat

27. Tail Piece, or the Bathos

28. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 15, "The longest night though longer far, would fail"

29. Moses Receiving the Law

30. Songs of Innocence and of Experience

31. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 37, "Ode to Adversity."

32. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 9, "Therefore God becomes . . . . " (Bentley b12)

33. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 27, "O Treacherous Conscience!"

34. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 15, "The Longest Night Though Longer Far, Would Fail"

35. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 1, "The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre"

36. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 103, "Epitaph on Mrs. Clarke."

37. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 113, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

38. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 29, "A Long Story."

39. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 5, "Ode on the Spring."

40. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 63, "The Bard."

41. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 8, "VI The desires & perceptions . . . . " (Bentley a9)

42. Songs of Innocence, Plate 8, "The Lamb" (Bentley 8)

43. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 4, "What, though my soul fantastick measures trod"

44. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 1, "The First Book of Urizen." (Bentley 1)

45. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 6, "In living creations appear'd . . . ." (Bentley 5)

46. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 18, "The Lamb" (Bentley 8)

47. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 2, Innocence Title Page (Bentley 3)

48. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 28, "Infant Joy" (Bentley 25)

49. Songs of Innocence, Plate 2, Title Page (Bentley 3)

50. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 7, "Till at Death's Toll, Whose Restless Iron Tounge"

51. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 105, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

52. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 107, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

53. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 4, "What, though My Soul Fantastick Measures Trod"

54. Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 12, "Albions Angel rose . . . . " (Bentley 14)

55. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 1, "The First Book of Urizen." (Bentley 1)

56. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 8, "In Living Creations Appear'd...." (Bentley 5)

57. The Damnation of Obadiah

58. Alexander Pope

59. The Misses Van and Lady Salisbury

60. Portrait of a Man with Hat

61. A Lecture on Gadding

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

63. Enoch Seeman

64. Enoch Seeman

65. Study

66. Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban, Leaning on Book

67. The Geographers

68. Lady Percy Watching the Sleeping Hotspur

69. David Garrick, Esq.

70. Seated Lady with Book

71. Sir Nathaniel Bacon

72. Sir Nathaniel Bacon

73. A Young Chinese Scholar