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The Good Samaritan
Creator:
Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:
between 1751 and 1752
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
78 1/2 × 48 1/2 inches (199.4 × 123.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
The Salmon Leap, Leixlip
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
26 5/8 x 25 1/2 inches (67.6 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Land, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach
Creator:
Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1718
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Cymon and Iphigenia
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
24 1/8 x 32 1/2 inches (61.3 x 82.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
West Indian Man of Color, Directing Two Carib Women with a Child
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 x 9 7/8 inches (30.5 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Leeward Islands Carib family outside a Hut
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (30.8 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Arches of Westminster Bridge
Creator:
Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 3/4 × 47 3/4 inches (108.6 × 121.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Bathing Place at Ramsgate
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 x 17 1/2 inches (35.6 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

9. Dido

Dido
Creator:
Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
96 3/16 × 72 3/16 inches (244.3 × 183.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach
Creator:
Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Allegory of Fortune
Creator:
Balthazar Nebot, active 1730–1762
Date:
ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 5/16 x 35 1/8 inches (71.9 x 89.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

12. Venus

Venus
Creator:
Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823
Date:
1770s
Materials & Techniques:
Terracotta
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/8 × 2 3/4 inches (20.6 × 7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

13. Adonis

Adonis
Creator:
Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823
Date:
1770s
Materials & Techniques:
Terracotta
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (20.6 x 7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

14. Cleopatra

Cleopatra
Creator:
Peter Gaspar Scheemakers, 1691–1781
Date:
ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 28 x 11 1/4 inches (30.5 x 71.1 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

15. Ariadne

Ariadne
Creator:
Laurent Delvaux, 1696–1778
Date:
ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 × 28 1/4 × 11 1/2 inches (33 × 71.8 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

16. Omphale

Omphale
Creator:
Joseph Wilton, 1722–1803
Date:
1770s
Materials & Techniques:
Terracotta
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 17 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (55.9 x 44.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Stowe Reliefs: Allegorical scene, possibly Truth revealing herself to the Liberal Arts
Creator:
Attributed to Michael Chuke, 1679–1742
Date:
ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:
Bronzed limewood
Dimensions:
Overall: 54 5/16 x 37 13/16 inches (138 x 96 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Sacrifice to Hercules
Creator:
Gaspar van der Hagen, active 1747–died 1769
Date:
ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:
Marble relief
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 28 15/16 inches (61 x 73.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and a Gift from the Parnassus Foundation, Courtesy of Jane and Raphael Bernstein
On View:
Not on view
Study of a Female Nude
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (26 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Back View of a Standing Classical Male Figure
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite; verso: pen and brownk ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 x 10 3/8 inches (50.8 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
The Witches' Cavern
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
between 1792 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 3/16 inches (14.3 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
Reclining Nude
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 18 inches (26.7 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery
Howard Visiting a Prison
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and gray ink over graphite on medium moderately textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/8 x 21 1/2 inches (36.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
Seated Female Nude
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches (11.4 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
Reclining Figure
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 x 2 7/8 inches (7.6 x 7.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery
Seated Female Nude, Probably for "Susannah and the Elders"
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches (13 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery
The Bath of Bath-sheba
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 x 9 inches (27.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Seated Nude Woman (Hygeia at Doctor Graham's)
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches (15.9 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
Pharmarus and Kunaza
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/8 x 4 5/8 inches (11.1 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

30. Charity

Charity
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 x 3 5/8 inches (15.2 x 9.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
Classical Male Nude with a Rearing Horse
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (45.4 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery
Classical Male Nude
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite; verso: gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 x 8 1/4 inches (50.8 x 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery
Ladies in Waiting
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 x 6 1/2 inches (12.7 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
Achilles Wounded
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 3/4 x 12 3/8 inches (42.5 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Borghese Gladiator
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink over graphite, verso: graphite, black ink and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches (41.9 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
Standing Male Nude
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches (49.2 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, Yale BA 1938
Songs of Innocence, Plate 30, "The Little Black Boy" (Bentley 10)
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
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 19, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with letterpress inset
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 83, "The Descent of Odin."
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
There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 1, Frontispiece (Bentley a1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching and watercolor 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
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 25, "Behold Him, When Past by; What Then Is Seen"
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
There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 3, "I Man cannot naturally . . . ." (Bentley a4)
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
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 88, "But for the Blessing Wrestle Not with Heaven"
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
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 90, "That Touch, with Charm Celestial Heals the Soul"
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
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 3, "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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 49, "The Progress of Poesy."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink over 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
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
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 17, "Night the Second, on Time, Death and Friendship"
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
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 19, "Emblem of That Which Shall Awake the Dead"
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
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
The Book of Thel, Plate 2, Title Page
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Songs of Innocence, Plate 26, "Spring" (Bentley 23)
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
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 93, "If Angels Tremble, 'Tis at Such a Sight"
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
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 95, "The Goddess Bursts in Thunder and in Flame"
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
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 49, "As If the Sun Could Envy, Check'd His Beam"
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
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 65, Night the Fourth, "The Christian Triumph."
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
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 70, "'Till Death, That Mighty Hunter, Earths Them All"
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
The West India Washer-Women
Creator:
Print made by Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 13/16 x 13 1/8 inches (50.4 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Mighty Mother Sails Through the Air
Creator:
Print made by Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 5/8 inches (26.2 × 19.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study of the Hermaphrodite
Creator:
John Brown, 1749–1787
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches (13.7 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Jupiter and Callisto: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2
Creator:
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:
ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 5/16 x 3 3/4 inches (11 x 9.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
Ceres and Abas: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 5
Creator:
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:
ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 5 11/16 x 8 3/4 inches (14.5 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
Anna lamenting the absence of Tobias (Tobit 10:7)
Creator:
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:
1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 7/8 x 4 5/8in. (12.4 x 11.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for Ceiling Walls and Staircase
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
between 1712 and 1713
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 19 5/8 inches (38.7 x 49.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Victorious Hero Takes Occasion to Conclude Peace
Creator:
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:
1720
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache heightened with gold on vellum
Dimensions:
Frame: 17 1/4 x 20 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (43.8 x 52.1 x 3.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Michael Rysbrack
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 1/8 inches (30.1 x 23.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Standing Classical Male Figure with Spear
Creator:
John Opie, 1761–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black and red chalk with touches of white chalk on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 x 11 1/2in. (45.7 x 29.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon
Standing Classical Female Figure
Creator:
John Opie, 1761–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk, white chalk, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/8 x 9 1/8in. (46 x 23.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon
Study of Classical Figures
Creator:
attributed to Mauritius Lowe, 1746–1793
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches (27.6 x 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Herman W. Liebert
Twelve Illustrations of Robinson Crusoe
Creator:
Carington Bowles, 1724–1793
Date:
1783
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection
An Academy
Creator:
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:
ca. 1773
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/8 x 19 3/8 inches (31.4 x 49.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Reclining Female Nude
Creator:
John Opie, 1761–1807
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 3/4in. (29.5 x 42.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon
Illustration from Orlando Furioso: "Che deb'bo sar? che poss'io sar qui sola? / che mi da ajuto, oime, che mi consola?"
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1773
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Triumph of Galatea
Creator:
Print made by John Smith, 1652–1743
Date:
1701
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 × 9 7/8 inches (43.2 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
William Dodd, L. L. D.
Creator:
John Goldar, 1729–1795
Date:
between 1775 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 3 15/16 inches (17.1 × 10 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
David Garrick, Esq.
Creator:
Print made by John Hall, 1739–1797
Date:
1773
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 × 3 7/16 inches (15.9 × 8.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
Seated Male Nude
Creator:
John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:
1738
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 3/16 inches (35.9 × 20.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Fry Print Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale University Medical Library
Miss Cabben
Creator:
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 13/16 × 10 15/16 inches (37.7 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Susanna and the Elders
Creator:
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/16 x 14 3/16 inches (45.9 x 36 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Exposition of Cyrus
Creator:
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 15/16 x 15 1/4 inches (30.3 x 38.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

83. Geography

Geography
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 × 14 inches (25.4 × 35.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Cupid in the Character of Bacchus
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
1739
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 5/8 x 11 7/16 inches (39.7 x 29 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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
Cupid and Psyche
Creator:
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/16 x 20 3/8 inches (38.6 x 51.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Bookplate: The Spalding Gentlemen's Society
Creator:
Print made by George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:
1746
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/16 × 6 3/4 inches (12.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Bookplate: The Spalding Gentlemen's Society
Creator:
Print made by George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:
1746
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, stipple engraving, and line engravng on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/8 × 6 11/16 inches (13 × 17 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Die Unschuldige Susana - Susanna Innocens
Creator:
Print made by Johann Philip Koch, ca. 1716–1796
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint printed in blue ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 × 19 1/2 inches (40.6 × 49.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Der Keusche Joseph - Joseph Castus
Creator:
Print made by Johann Philip Koch, ca. 1716–1796
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint printed in blue ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 × 19 3/4 inches (40.6 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
La galante fille
Creator:
Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 11/16 x 15 9/16 inches (47.4 x 39.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

92. Belinda

Belinda
Creator:
Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811
Date:
1777
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 5/16 inches (41.4 x 31.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Barbadoes Mulatto Girl
Creator:
Print made by Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 9/16 x 12 5/8 inches (49.7 x 32 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Rinaldo and Armida
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 7/8 x 14 15/16 inches (53 x 38 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Annabella, Lady Blake, as Juno, Receiving the Cestus from Venus
Creator:
John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 1/8 × 16 7/8 inches (63.8 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Presages of the Millenium
Creator:
James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 × 14 13/16 inches (33 × 37.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Pool of Bethesda
Creator:
Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/8 x 22 5/8 inches (49.2 x 57.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall: The Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland
Creator:
Print made by Simon Gribelin, 1662–1733
Date:
1720
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 7/8 × 18 3/16 inches (32.7 × 46.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Ceiling in the Banqueting House at Whitehall
Creator:
Print made by Simon Gribelin, 1662–1733
Date:
ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 7/16 × 18 5/16 inches (31.6 × 46.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Body of Lucretia Exposed to the Romans
Creator:
James Jefferys, 1751–1784
Date:
between 1777 and 1778
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 7/8 x 37 inches (63.2 x 94 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund