Genre: figure study / Work Type: watercolor / Subject Terms: costume

1. Captain Leigh and His Dragoman

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1840 or 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown ink, gouache, black crayon, and gum arabic over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 × 12 5/8 inches (41.9 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. Costume Study

Creator:: David Allan, 1744–1796
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (19.1 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Drummond

3. Court Dress of the Duchess of Orleans and a Spanish Lady 1690, n.d.

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 5 3/8 inches (18.1 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Studies of Tradesmen and Grooms

Creator:: Edmund Thomas Parris, 1793–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 8 3/4 inches (10.2 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Sketches from Life

Creator:: Edmund Thomas Parris, 1793–1873
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 4 3/4 inches (18.1 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Standing Woman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 4 9/16 inches (9.5 × 11.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Man

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen and brown ink on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 6 15/16 inches (17.5 × 17.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Dragoman of Mr. Moore, English Consul at Beyrout

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk and watercolor with gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (45.1 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Girl in a Pinafore

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: between 1840 and 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 10 1/8 inches (32.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Gentleman and a Lady

Creator:: Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 7 1/4 inches (21 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Costume Design for two Morris Dancers

Creator:: Alfred Thompson, ca. 1833–1895
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with red pencil on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 3 3/4 inches (13.7 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. London Damsels

Creator:: Adelaide Claxton, 1858–1905
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 5 inches (19.1 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Christmas Belles

Creator:: Adelaide Claxton, 1858–1905
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (19.1 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing Turkish Costume

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 7 11/16 inches (34.4 × 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Lady in Green Dress

Creator:: Adelaide Claxton, 1858–1905
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 4 inches (18.4 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. Full-length Figure of a Man Dressed in Black Holding a Walking Stick

Creator:: Robert, Frankland, baronet, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 5 1/8 inches (17.8 × 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Two Ladies Wearing Extravagant Plumed Hats

Creator:: Anthony Highmore, 1719–1799
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 2 7/8 inches (12.7 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Faust and Margaret

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (24.8 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Theatrical Group

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (21 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Costume Design

Creator:: Paul Arthur Hogarth, 1917–2001
Date:: 1961
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paperr
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 10 7/8 inches (38.1 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

21. Seamstresses, St. Kitts, Caribbean

Creator:: William Hay, active 1776–1797
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 7/8 inches (16.8 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. A Postillion

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 9 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches (24.8 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Unidentified Sitter

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and oil paint on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 7/8 inches (23.8 × 20 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

24. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: David Loggan, 1633–1692
Date:: 1684
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 inches (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Character Studies: A Child, A Man in a Hat, Military Officer

Creator:: Daniel Orme, 1766–1837
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 9 3/8 inches (13.3 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Woman in Costume

Creator:: George Augustus Sala, 1828–1895
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 × 2 11/16 inches (14.1 × 6.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

27. Englishman in Inca Costume

Creator:: George Augustus Sala, 1828–1895
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 5 13/16 inches (20.6 × 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

28. Girl in Near-Eastern Costume

Creator:: George Augustus Sala, 1828–1895
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 3 3/16in. (14 x 8.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

29. Cavalier and Maid in Spanish Costume

Creator:: George Augustus Sala, 1828–1895
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/16 × 4 3/8 inches (13.2 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

30. A Highlander Seated

Creator:: Thomas Miles Richardson Sr., 1784–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 5 3/4 inches (17.1 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Officer with Cockade and Sword

Creator:: James Roberts II, 1753–ca. 1810
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 3 3/4 inches (15.2 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Woman and Child

Creator:: James Roberts II, 1753–ca. 1810
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 3 7/8 inches (15.2 × 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. A Postilion

Creator:: Thomas Sewell Robins, 1814–1880
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 1/8 inches (26.7 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Man in Tartan Kilt and Top Armor

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink, gouache, gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 5in. (17.5 x 12.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. A Woman of Fashion in Walking Dress

Creator:: James Roberts II, 1753–ca. 1810
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 3 1/8 inches (12.7 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. An Old Fisherwoman with Two Women Digging for Bait

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with watercolor; verso: graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches (8.6 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Scotsman with Sword; Modern Dress of a Highland Chieftan

Creator:: George Walker, active 1792–died 1795
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 2 15/16 inches (11.1 × 7.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Uncle George in the Dress of a Highland Herdsman

Creator:: George Walker, active 1792–died 1795
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 3 inches (11.1 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. A Sheet of Sketches - Theatrical Studies

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 7 inches (17.5 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Gentleman with Whiskers

Creator:: Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 4 1/2 inches (17.8 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

41. A Dame de Picpus

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 4 13/16 inches (23.5 × 12.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Marie Céline Martin (Sister Genevieve of the Holy Face) and Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin (St. Thérèse of Lisieux)

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 inches (12.1 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker

43. Tenerife-Women of Candelaria

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (23.8 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Tenerife - Woman of Tacoronte

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 1/2 inches (20 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Boatman and Medianero of Garachics, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 9/16 inches (24.1 × 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. A Lady and a Gentleman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 5 3/8 inches (15.9 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. La Palma

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 7/8 inches (22.5 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Peasant of Miradero, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: between 1823 and 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 1/8 inches (22.5 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Charcoal seller, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 1/8 inches (22.5 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Canary Fisherman

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (23.2 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Peasant of Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 1/2 inches (21.9 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Natives of La Palma

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 1/8 inches (20.6 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Man of El Miradero

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 6 1/2 inches (20.3 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Ladies' Church dress

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 inches (23.2 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Girl from Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 inches (21.3 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Dominican Friar

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 inches (23.8 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Parish Priest

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 3/8 inches (21.9 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Nun of the Order of Santa Clara

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 5 5/8 inches (23.5 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Grand Canary-Man on a Donkey

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Manner of carrying children

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 5 7/8 inches (22.9 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Man and woman of Chasna-Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 7 1/2 inches (22.9 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Man standing on seashore - Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: after 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Peasant Woman with Staff, La Palma

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/8 inches (24.4 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Peasants of Chasna, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Peasant woman with basket on her head - La Palma, 1828

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 5 7/8 inches (20.3 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Native of Tacocronte, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (24.1 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Huckster of Port Orotava, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 3/8 inches (21.3 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Female huckster of Port Orotava

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/4 inches (24.4 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Tenerife-Man of Tacoronte

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 inches (24.1 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Charcoal Seller, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 5/8 inches (24.8 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Walking Dress, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (21.3 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Peasants of Ycod el alto, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/8 inches (23.8 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Peasants of Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 1/8 inches (21.9 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Barandilles, a woman on a donkey

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 1/8 inches (23.5 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Hand-mill for grinding Gofio, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 5/8 inches (21.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Woman of Victoria, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 3/8 inches (23.2 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Woman of El Miradero, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 5/8 inches (24.8 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Front

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black, red, yellow, and blue chalk over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 8 inches (24.4 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Portrait Study of a Naval Officer

Creator:: Samuel Drummond, 1765–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 4 inches (13.7 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Passengers aboard the Nile steamer

Creator:: Charles Dyce, active 1848
Date:: ca. 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 13 3/4 inches (24.4 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. A Mandarin in his Court Dress

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: ca. 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 5 1/2 inches (20.3 × 13.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. A Chinese Man

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (16.5 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. A Chinese Warrior

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches (20.9 x 15.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Portrait of a Soldier

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 3/4 x 8 1/16 inches (29.9 x 20.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Figure Studies: A Farm Worker, Mr. Samuel, the Drawing Master Reclining and Dozing, and a Slight Sketch of a Man in a Hat

Creator:: Robert Hills, 1769–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 1/8 x 11 1/8 inches (38.4 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Back View of a Standing Female, Called Mrs. Fuseli

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches (36.5 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Captain Leigh and His Dragoman

2. Costume Study

3. Court Dress of the Duchess of Orleans and a Spanish Lady 1690, n.d.

4. Studies of Tradesmen and Grooms

5. Sketches from Life

6. Standing Woman

7. Man

8. The Dragoman of Mr. Moore, English Consul at Beyrout

9. Girl in a Pinafore

10. Gentleman and a Lady

11. Costume Design for two Morris Dancers

12. London Damsels

13. Christmas Belles

14. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing Turkish Costume

15. Lady in Green Dress

16. Full-length Figure of a Man Dressed in Black Holding a Walking Stick

17. Two Ladies Wearing Extravagant Plumed Hats

18. Faust and Margaret

19. Theatrical Group

20. Costume Design

21. Seamstresses, St. Kitts, Caribbean

22. A Postillion

23. Unidentified Sitter

24. Portrait of a Gentleman

25. Character Studies: A Child, A Man in a Hat, Military Officer

26. Woman in Costume

27. Englishman in Inca Costume

28. Girl in Near-Eastern Costume

29. Cavalier and Maid in Spanish Costume

30. A Highlander Seated

31. Officer with Cockade and Sword

32. Woman and Child

33. A Postilion

34. Man in Tartan Kilt and Top Armor

35. A Woman of Fashion in Walking Dress

36. An Old Fisherwoman with Two Women Digging for Bait

37. Scotsman with Sword; Modern Dress of a Highland Chieftan

38. Uncle George in the Dress of a Highland Herdsman

39. A Sheet of Sketches - Theatrical Studies

40. Gentleman with Whiskers

41. A Dame de Picpus

42. Marie Céline Martin (Sister Genevieve of the Holy Face) and Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin (St. Thérèse of Lisieux)

43. Tenerife-Women of Candelaria

44. Tenerife - Woman of Tacoronte

45. Boatman and Medianero of Garachics, Tenerife

46. A Lady and a Gentleman

47. La Palma

48. Peasant of Miradero, Tenerife

49. Charcoal seller, Tenerife

50. Canary Fisherman

51. Peasant of Hierro

52. Natives of La Palma

53. Man of El Miradero

54. Ladies' Church dress

55. Girl from Hierro

56. Dominican Friar

57. Parish Priest

58. Nun of the Order of Santa Clara

59. Grand Canary-Man on a Donkey

60. Manner of carrying children

61. Man and woman of Chasna-Tenerife

62. Man standing on seashore - Hierro

63. Peasant Woman with Staff, La Palma

64. Peasants of Chasna, Tenerife

65. Peasant woman with basket on her head - La Palma, 1828

66. Native of Tacocronte, Tenerife

67. Huckster of Port Orotava, Tenerife

68. Female huckster of Port Orotava

69. Tenerife-Man of Tacoronte

70. Charcoal Seller, Tenerife

71. Walking Dress, Tenerife

72. Peasants of Ycod el alto, Tenerife

73. Peasants of Hierro