Genre: figure study / Work Type: watercolor / Subject Terms: figures (representations)

1. Howatke

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 13/16 x 9 1/16 inches (9.7 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

2. Near Bajoura

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (5.7 x 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

3. Korti

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 11/16 x 3 3/16 inches (4.3 x 8.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

4. Study of figures and a camel

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/16 x 1 1/4 inches (5.2 x 3.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

5. Study of an Egyptian Man on a Camel

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 1 11/16 inches (5.4 x 4.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

6. 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

7. Cave of the Golden Calf: Kneeling Figures

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (8.9 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick Gore

8. Cave of the Golden Calf: Worshippers and Calf

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 10 3/4 inches (30.5 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick Gore

9. Three Figures Resting by a Roadside

Creator:: Evelyn Gibbs, 1905–1991
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, pen and black ink and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 9 inches (21 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Study of a Young Girl Resting her Head on her Knee

Creator:: Attributed to Thomas Barker, 1769–1847
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 7 inches (25.4 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Drifting

Creator:: John Burr, 1831–1893
Date:: 1885
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, and graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, The Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Collection

12. Woodsman

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 3 3/4 inches (13 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, B.A. 1905

13. Female Figure carrying Water Jug on her Head

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 5 3/4 inches (22.9 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

14. The Poet

Creator:: John Augustus Atkinson, 1775–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 7 5/8 inches (25.4 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Allegorical Female Figure: holding a flaming torch

Creator:: John Bacon, 1740–1799
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 3 inches (17.8 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Allegorical female figure: piety holding a nest of pelicans

Creator:: John Bacon, 1740–1799
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 4 inches (18.1 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Man in a Blue Cloak

Creator:: attributed to Thomas Barker, 1769–1847
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 6 1/4 inches (24.4 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Picnic

Creator:: attributed to Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 10 1/8 inches (16.5 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Man Asleep in a Bunk on Board a Ship

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 7 3/8 inches (13 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. A London Potboy

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted to medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 3/8 inches (23.8 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Portrait of a Man with a Double Chin

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 4 3/4 inches (15.6 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Shepherd, Shepherdess and Dog

Creator:: Michel Vincent Brandoin, 1733–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 3 7/8 inches (13 × 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Man Seated on a Rock

Creator:: Mather Brown, 1761–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite and oil paint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 5/8 inches (22.2 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Sheet of Classical Figure Studies

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured beige laid paper and moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches (21.3 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Portrait of a Man

Creator:: Attributed to Sir William Beechey, 1753–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 9 3/4 inches (34 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of W. Stephen Jeffrey

26. P. Wilkinson Esq. Sitting Under the Shade of an Oak Learning to Whistle

Creator:: Samuel Alken, 1756–1815
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink. watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 5 1/2 inches (17.8 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Study of a Venetian Cobbler

Creator:: Helen Allingham, 1848–1926
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 6 5/8 inches (13 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. A Rifleman at Musketry Practice

Creator:: John Augustus Atkinson, 1775–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 1/8 inches (11.4 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. A Milkmaid

Creator:: John Augustus Atkinson, 1775–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 3 3/8 inches (32.7 × 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. An Old Woman Carrying a Basket

Creator:: John Augustus Atkinson, 1775–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 3 3/8 inches (12.4 × 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. A Fireman

Creator:: John Augustus Atkinson, 1775–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 3 3/8 inches (12.1 × 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Study for the Portrait of a Major General, possibly Arthur Wellesley, later 1st Duke of Wellington

Creator:: George Chinnery, 1774–1852
Date:: between 1802 and 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 4 3/8 inches (17.5 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Portrait of a Chinese Man

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 × 3 inches (9.8 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Howatke

2. Near Bajoura

3. Korti

4. Study of figures and a camel

5. Study of an Egyptian Man on a Camel

6. Costume Study

7. Cave of the Golden Calf: Kneeling Figures

8. Cave of the Golden Calf: Worshippers and Calf

9. Three Figures Resting by a Roadside

10. Study of a Young Girl Resting her Head on her Knee

11. Drifting

12. Woodsman

13. Female Figure carrying Water Jug on her Head

14. The Poet

15. Allegorical Female Figure: holding a flaming torch

16. Allegorical female figure: piety holding a nest of pelicans

17. Man in a Blue Cloak

18. The Picnic

19. Man Asleep in a Bunk on Board a Ship

20. A London Potboy

21. Portrait of a Man with a Double Chin

22. Shepherd, Shepherdess and Dog

23. Man Seated on a Rock

24. Sheet of Classical Figure Studies

25. Portrait of a Man

26. P. Wilkinson Esq. Sitting Under the Shade of an Oak Learning to Whistle

27. A Study of a Venetian Cobbler

28. A Rifleman at Musketry Practice

29. A Milkmaid

30. An Old Woman Carrying a Basket

31. A Fireman

32. Study for the Portrait of a Major General, possibly Arthur Wellesley, later 1st Duke of Wellington

33. Portrait of a Chinese Man