Period: 19th century / Genre: religious and mythological subject / Subject Terms: mythology

1. Study for 'Calypso's Grotto'

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 5 x 7 1/2 inches (12.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Lake Avernus: Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1814 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches (71.8 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Cupid Armed

Creator:: William Hilton, 1786–1839
Date:: ca. 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (29.2 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942
On View:: Not on view

4. Aeneas and the Sibyl

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 3/8 x 55 1/4 inches (102.6 x 140.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Tekemessa and Eurysakes

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: between 1800 and 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 7/8 x 32 5/8 inches (103.8 x 82.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Hecate

Creator:: George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 inches (21.9 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Helios

Creator:: William Pitts, 1790–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches (27.3 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

8. Unhappy Ghosts Wandering on the Banks of Styx, while Charon in his Boat Ferries over the Elect to the Elysian Fields

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 5/8 inches (30.6 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Telemachus and Mentor

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 5/16 inches (30.8 x 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Centaur Nessus Carrying off Deianira

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 12 3/16 inches (44.4 x 30.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Fates

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Tinted lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 17 3/8 inches (31 x 44.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Harpies Attacking the Daughters of Pandarus

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1848
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 18 1/8 inches (30.5 x 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Cupid and Psyche

Creator:: Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: ca. 1870
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and pastel on moderately thick, moderately textured, wove paper mounted on linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 5/8 x 19 inches (70.2 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Mary Gertrude Abbey Fund

14. Venus, after Masters of Tarrochi

Creator:: Print made by Arthur Burgess, 1844–1886
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 x 6 7/16 inches (16.3 x 16.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

15. Intemperance

Creator:: Print made by Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier, 1804–1866
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 9/16 x 20 inches (34.4 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Charon's Boat

Creator:: Print made by John Bell, 1811–1895
Date:: between 1838 and 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches (21.2 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. A Mythological Battle

Creator:: George C. Finden, 1811–1885
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving and etching on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 19 15/16 inches (34.8 x 50.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Vulcan's Forge

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 x 16 5/8 inches (27.8 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

19. Flora

Creator:: Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: White chalk on thick, rough, brown wove paper, mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches (34.3 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower

20. Statue of Achilles in Hyde Park

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Freeman, 1773–1857
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 5 5/16 inches (20 x 13.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Cupid Disarmed by Venus

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 13/16 x 15 3/16 inches (50.4 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Study for 'Calypso's Grotto'

2. Lake Avernus: Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl

3. Cupid Armed

4. Aeneas and the Sibyl

5. Tekemessa and Eurysakes

6. Hecate

7. Helios

8. Unhappy Ghosts Wandering on the Banks of Styx, while Charon in his Boat Ferries over the Elect to the Elysian Fields

9. Telemachus and Mentor

10. The Centaur Nessus Carrying off Deianira

11. The Fates

12. The Harpies Attacking the Daughters of Pandarus

13. Cupid and Psyche

14. Venus, after Masters of Tarrochi

15. Intemperance

16. Charon's Boat

17. A Mythological Battle

18. Vulcan's Forge

19. Flora

20. Statue of Achilles in Hyde Park

21. Cupid Disarmed by Venus