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

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. Diana at the Bath

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 30 x 25 1/2 inches (76.2 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Venus and Cupid

Creator:: Henry Howard, 1769–1847
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 28 1/4 inches (91.4 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

4. The Deluge

Creator:: Engraved by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1813 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, printed in brown ink Modern Impression on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 18 inches (35.6 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Deluge

Creator:: Engraved by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1813 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; modern impression on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 15 1/4 inches (28.9 × 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Aesacus and Hesperie

Creator:: Etched and engraved by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 1/4 inches (17.8 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Jerusalem, Plate 28 Proof Impression

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink; proof on medium, smooth wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches (11.1 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Jerusalem, Plate 11, "To labours mighty...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Jerusalem, Plate 22, "Albion thy Fear has made me tremble...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Jerusalem, Plate 24, "What have I said?...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Jerusalem, Plate 53, "Jerusalem / Chap. 3"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 3/8 inches (34.3 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Jerusalem, Plate 78, "The Spectres of..."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Jerusalem, Plate 44, "With one accord...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 4, "Water"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Plate 12, "Help! Help!"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Narcissus and Echo

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Frame:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. 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

18. One of eighteen designs for a series of plates illustrating Venus and Adonis

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown chalk, watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 6 5/8 inches (16.8 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Florence, from Chiesa al Monte

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 12 3/4 inches (21.7 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Florence, from Chiesa al Monte

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 15 3/16 inches (26.4 × 38.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Leicester Abbey

Creator:: Print made by W. R. Smith, active 1819–1851
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching, 3rd state on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 15 inches (27.9 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Leicester Abbey

Creator:: Print made by W. R. Smith, active 1819–1851
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching, 2nd state on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 inches (27.3 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. 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

24. Mercury and Argus

Creator:: Print made by James T. Willmore, 1800–1863
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 1/4 × 19 inches (74.3 × 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Mercury and Argus

Creator:: Print made by James T. Willmore, 1800–1863
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; first published state on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 33 × 25 1/4 inches (83.8 × 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Mercury and Argus

Creator:: Print made by James T. Willmore, 1800–1863
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, second state on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 1/2 × 22 3/4 inches (74.9 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Mercury and Argus

Creator:: Print made by James T. Willmore, 1800–1863
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; fourth state on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 5/8 × 22 1/2 inches (75.2 × 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Aesacus and Hesperie

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (31.1 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Pan and Syrinx

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 17 inches (30.8 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Pan and Syrinx

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 1/4 inches (29.2 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Deluge

Creator:: Print made by John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with etching; engraver's proof on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 9/16 × 33 3/16 inches (64.9 × 84.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Paphian Bower

Creator:: George H. Phillips, active 1819–1825
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/8 × 26 11/16 inches (52.4 × 67.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Florence, from the Chiesa al Monte

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (26.7 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Buckfastleigh Abbey

Creator:: Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, 3rd state on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 14 3/8 inches (26.8 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire

Creator:: Print made by J. C. Varrall, active 1815–1827
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, 3rd state on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 14 11/16 inches (27.1 × 37.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. St. Herbert's Chapel

Creator:: Print made by Henry Le Keux, 1787–1868
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, 1st state on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 6 7/8 inches (29.5 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. The Pilgrim's Progress Illustrated, Uncut Panorama

Creator:: Print made by Ralph Hudson, active ca. 1820
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 22 1/8 inches (30.5 × 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Cavorting Putti with Classical Vase and Fountain

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, blacck ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 13 5/8 inches (22.9 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. The Soul Hovering over the Body reluctantly Parting with Life

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 20 1/4 inches (34.3 × 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Soul Hovering over the Body reluctantly Parting with Life

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Robert Haldane, Esq.

Creator:: George Clint, 1770–1854
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/16 × 17 1/16 inches (58.6 × 43.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Pan and Syrinx, No. 2

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching printed in brown ink (trial proof) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 13 3/8 inches (25.4 × 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell

43. Pan and Syrinx, No. 2

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 17 inches (30.5 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell

44. Pan and Syrinx, No.2

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; working proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 17 3/8 inches (30.8 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell

45. Pan and Syrinx, No. 2

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink, with gouache; touched proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 15 inches (27.6 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell

46. Pan and Syrinx, No. 2

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; working proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (31.1 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell

47. Pan and Syrinx, No. 2

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 16 5/8 inches (29.8 × 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell

48. Pan and Syrinx, No. 1

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with mezzotint (trial proof of abandoned plate) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 12 1/4 inches (24.4 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell

49. Pan and Syrinx

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 17 1/8 inches (30.8 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Aesacus and Hesperie

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (31.1 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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