Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: sitting - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

1. Rievaulx Abbey

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 x 22 inches (55.9 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 5/8 x 49 inches (67.6 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Leak Okeover, Rev. John Allen and Captain Chester at Okeover Hall, Staffordshire

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1745 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 1/2 x 48 1/2 inches (97.8 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Self-portrait

Creator:: Daniel Stringer, 1754–1806
Date:: mid-1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: Frame: 18 × 16 inches (45.7 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Estate of Brian Sewell
On View:: Not on view

5. Daniel Cunyngham

Creator:: Mason Chamberlin, 1722–1787
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 55 1/2 x 41 1/2 inches (141 x 105.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Mr. and Mrs. Fraser

Creator:: Arthur William Devis, 1762–1822
Date:: 1785 to 1790
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

7. Lady Lloyd and Her Son, Richard Savage Lloyd, of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1745 and 1746
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

8. A Marmoset in Three Attitudes

Creator:: George Garrard, 1760–1826
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 1/4 inches (38.1 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. British Gentlemen in Rome

Creator:: Katharine Read, 1723–1778
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 1/4 × 53 inches (94.6 × 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Tea Party at Lord Harrington's House, St. James's

Creator:: Charles Philips, 1708–1747
Date:: 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/4 x 49 3/4 inches (102.2 x 126.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. 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

12. 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

13. Portrait of a Group of Gentleman, with the Artist

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 x 56 inches (111.8 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. 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

15. Thomas Graham

Creator:: Thomas Hickey, 1741–1824
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 31 x 25 inches (78.7 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Sir Robert Chambers

Creator:: Arthur William Devis, 1762–1822
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 × 28 5/8 inches (106.7 × 72.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. John Richard Comyns of Hylands, Essex, with His Daughters

Creator:: John Greenwood, 1727–1792
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 43 inches (90.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Peter Dollond

Creator:: John Hoppner, 1758–1810
Date:: 1775 to 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 7/8 × 25 inches (75.9 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. William Strahan

Creator:: Mason Chamberlin, 1722–1787
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 x 39 1/2 inches (124.5 x 100.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. The Bell Tower of Evesham

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 21 x 62 inches (53.3 x 157.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Mountain Valley with Figures and Distant Village

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1773 and 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 48 x 58 3/4 inches (121.9 x 149.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. Benjamin Cole

Creator:: Nathaniel Hone, 1718–1784
Date:: 1776
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

23. Charles Pinfold

Creator:: Thomas Hudson, 1701–1779
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. Thomas Osborne

Creator:: James Cranke, 1707–1780
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 77 3/4 × 56 inches (197.5 × 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 19 5/16 inches (38 x 49 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

26. 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

27. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: between 1774 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 19 5/16 inches (30.7 x 49 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

28. Spring, from Songs of Innocence

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 7/8 x 2 3/4 inches (4.8 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. 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

30. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 61, "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

31. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 65, "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

32. 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

33. 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

34. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 5, "III From a perception . . . . " (Bentley a6)

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

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 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

39. Songs of Innocence, Plate 10, "The Ecchoing Green" (Bentley 6)

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: 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

40. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 31, "'Tis Greatly Wise to Talk with Our Past Hours"

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

41. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 31, "'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours"

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

42. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 35, "Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain"

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

43. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 10, "7. From the caverns of his jointed spine . . . ." (Bentley 11)

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

44. Air; Plate 6

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Does Thy God O Priest Take such Vengeance as This?; Plate 14

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. I Have Said to the Worm, Thou Art My Mother & My Sister; Plate 18

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Water; Plate 4

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 10, "The Chimney Sweeper" (Bentley 12)

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 and of Experience, Plate 8, "The Ecchoing Green" (Bentley 6)

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

50. America. A Prophecy, Plate 8, "The Morning Comes...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green-black ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Songs of Innocence, Plate 24, "On Anothers Sorrow" (Bentley 27)

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

52. Songs of Innocence, Plate 28, "Laughing Song" (Bentley 15)

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: 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

53. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 35, "Teaching, We Learn; and Giving, We Retain"

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. The Book of Thel, Plate 7, "But he that loves the lowly . . . ."

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: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 14, "7. From the Caverns of His Jointed Spine...." (Bentley 11)

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. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 14, "Laughing Song" (Bentley 15)

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

57. Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 8 (Bentley 9)

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

58. Characters in the Streets of London

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 15 13/16 inches (30.2 x 40.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Birmingham

Creator:: Print made by James S. Storer, 1771–1853
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, 1st published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (19.1 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Study of a Seated Lady

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Graphie, black chalk, and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches (34.6 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: between 1761 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches (18.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. View of Bath from Spring Gardens

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches (30.8 x 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Three Seated Ladies

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pens, brown ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 6 3/8 inches (13 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Man in Ragged Clothes Seated with Right Arm Over Another Chair

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 3/4 inches (11.4 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Naval Officer Seated, Smoking

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 6 inches (11.4 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Unidentified Sitter

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 1/2 inches (31.4 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

67. Study for a Portrait of a Seated Gentleman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk, with stumping on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (42.2 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Freshwater Bay

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, original impression on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 inches (29.8 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Freshwater Bay

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, Bohn reprint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 22 inches (38.7 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Winchester Cross

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Powell, 1780–1834
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, engraver's proof on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 × 10 1/2 inches (37.1 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Winchester Cross

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Powell, 1780–1834
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 3/4 inches (37.5 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. A Fool Named Gungarum [Gangaram]

Creator:: Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 5 1/8 inches (17.1 × 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Mahometan Devotee

Creator:: Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (15.9 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. A Hindu Austere

Creator:: Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 5 1/4 inches (18.1 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Classical Landscape with Travellers, a Dog and House on the left

Creator:: Print made by Jean B. C. Chatelain, 1710–1771
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 15 1/4 inches (30.5 × 38.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

76. Self-portrait

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

77. Francis Smith, Architect

Creator:: Alexander van Haecken, 1701–1758
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 13/16 inches (35.3 × 25 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Peter Tillemans

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 3/16 inches (30.2 x 23.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Study

Creator:: Print made by John Chalon, 1738 – 1795
Date:: 1789-1790
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 x 5 3/8 inches (17.3 x 13.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. 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

81. A Picnic: Two Ladies and a Gentleman

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, brown wash and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 5/8 × 10 7/8 inches (21.9 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. 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

83. Lear and Cordelia

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, textured, beige card with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 22 11/16 x 17 13/16 inches (57.7 x 45.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Design for a Medal: Concordia Victrix

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk, incised and squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 × 7 7/8 inches (27.9 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. A Dutch Packet in a Rising Breeze

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 13/16 inches (19.7 x 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Ladies at Tea

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1790 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-brown and brown ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 x 10 5/16 inches (17.8 x 26.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Labourers at Rest

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1790 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-brown and blue ink, over graphite with pen and gray ink and wash line on border on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 x 8 1/4 inches (13.8 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Nicholas Laniere

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 1/16 inches (30.2 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Cupid and Cephisa: "One Day as I was Walking in the Woods..."

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Burke, 1749–1815
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 x 18 5/8 inches (49.8 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, aquatint, black chalk, white chalk, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 12 3/4 inches (25.5 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

91. Design for a Monument to the Memory of Michaelangelo

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1727–1785
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, brown and gray wash, graphite on paper laid down on heavy laid paper with brown wash border
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 13 15/16 inches (30.5 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. The Duchess of Devonshire and the Countess of Bessborough

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black and gray ink over graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 11/16 x 16 3/4 inches (50 x 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 inches (37.9 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Sir Thomas Harrison

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 inches (38 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. 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

96. William Robertson, D.D.

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 14 1/16 inches (50.5 × 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. William Robert Fitzgerald, Second Duke of Leinster

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 13/16 × 14 1/16 inches (50.4 × 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

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

99. Le Ete - Der Sommer

Creator:: Print made by Johann Philip Koch, ca. 1716–1796
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 1/4 inches (40.3 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

100. La bonheur du Mariage

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 10 1/16 inches (40.4 x 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. Rievaulx Abbey

2. Lord Portmore Watching Racehorses at Exercise on Newmarket Heath

3. Leak Okeover, Rev. John Allen and Captain Chester at Okeover Hall, Staffordshire

4. Self-portrait

5. Daniel Cunyngham

6. Mr. and Mrs. Fraser

7. Lady Lloyd and Her Son, Richard Savage Lloyd, of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk

8. A Marmoset in Three Attitudes

9. British Gentlemen in Rome

10. Tea Party at Lord Harrington's House, St. James's

11. Conversation Piece

12. An Unknown Woman with a Book

13. Portrait of a Group of Gentleman, with the Artist

14. An Unknown Man

15. Thomas Graham

16. Sir Robert Chambers

17. John Richard Comyns of Hylands, Essex, with His Daughters

18. Peter Dollond

19. William Strahan

20. The Bell Tower of Evesham

21. Mountain Valley with Figures and Distant Village

22. Benjamin Cole

23. Charles Pinfold

24. Thomas Osborne

25. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

26. Achilles Wounded

27. Lear Awakened by Cordelia

28. Spring, from Songs of Innocence

29. Songs of Innocence and of Experience

30. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 61, "The Bard."

31. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 65, "The Bard."

32. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 83, "The Descent of Odin."

33. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 1, Frontispiece (Bentley a1)

34. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 5, "III From a perception . . . . " (Bentley a6)

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 5, "Ode on the Spring."

39. Songs of Innocence, Plate 10, "The Ecchoing Green" (Bentley 6)

40. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 31, "'Tis Greatly Wise to Talk with Our Past Hours"

41. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 31, "'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours"

42. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 35, "Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain"

43. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 10, "7. From the caverns of his jointed spine . . . ." (Bentley 11)

44. Air; Plate 6

45. Does Thy God O Priest Take such Vengeance as This?; Plate 14

46. I Have Said to the Worm, Thou Art My Mother & My Sister; Plate 18

47. Water; Plate 4

48. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 10, "The Chimney Sweeper" (Bentley 12)

49. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 8, "The Ecchoing Green" (Bentley 6)

50. America. A Prophecy, Plate 8, "The Morning Comes...."

51. Songs of Innocence, Plate 24, "On Anothers Sorrow" (Bentley 27)

52. Songs of Innocence, Plate 28, "Laughing Song" (Bentley 15)

53. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 35, "Teaching, We Learn; and Giving, We Retain"

54. The Book of Thel, Plate 7, "But he that loves the lowly . . . ."

55. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 14, "7. From the Caverns of His Jointed Spine...." (Bentley 11)

56. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 14, "Laughing Song" (Bentley 15)

57. Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 8 (Bentley 9)

58. Characters in the Streets of London

59. Birmingham

60. Study of a Seated Lady

61. Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

62. View of Bath from Spring Gardens

63. Three Seated Ladies

64. Man in Ragged Clothes Seated with Right Arm Over Another Chair

65. Naval Officer Seated, Smoking

66. Unidentified Sitter

67. Study for a Portrait of a Seated Gentleman

68. Freshwater Bay

69. Freshwater Bay

70. Winchester Cross

71. Winchester Cross

72. A Fool Named Gungarum [Gangaram]

73. Mahometan Devotee

74. A Hindu Austere