Genre: genre subject / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: wigs

1. Rehearsal of an opera

Creator:: Marco Ricci, 1676–1729
Date:: ca. 1709
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 x 22 inches (48.3 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Rehearsal of an opera

Creator:: Marco Ricci, 1676–1729
Date:: ca. 1709
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 × 22 3/4 inches (46.4 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. The Barber

Creator:: Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:: between 1760 and 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (44.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. A Game of Quadrille

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 × 30 inches (63.5 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Brian Allen, Director of Studies, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (1993-2012)
On View:: Not on view

5. Now Sir, You're a Complete Macaroni

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches (28.2 x 20.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. A Macarony Alderman and His Rib

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 7 13/16 inches (27.9 x 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Artist Sketching Mlle. de St. Legier as a Shepherdess

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 inches (19.1 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Matrimonial Fisticuffs, with a Portrait of the Pugilist John Broughton, in the Background

Creator:: attributed to Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches (7 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Soldiers and Country Women

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 7 3/8 inches (12.7 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. "The Indian Emperor" or "The Conquest of Mexico"

Creator:: Robert Dodd, 1748–1816
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 11/16 x 21 1/2in. (44.9 x 54.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of David Bindman

11. St. Paul's from Ludgate Hill

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with tint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/8 x 14 7/8 inches (55 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

12. Studies of Groups of Heads

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (28.6 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Choir and Orchestra (A Choral Band)

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 1/8 inches (21 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Figures on Bank of the Long Water, Hampton Court Palace

Creator:: Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 x 13 5/16in. (22.1 x 33.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Dr Graham's Bathing Establishment

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen black and gray ink over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 16 3/8 inches (26.5 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The French Lady in London

Creator:: Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:: ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash black ink and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 inches (29.2 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 3 - "The Master's Wig the guilty wight appals, who brings his Dog within the College walls."

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 7/8 inches (25 × 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 5 - "Convened for wearing Gaiters - sad offence! Expelled - nor e'en permitted a defence."

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 14 1/16 inches (24.5 × 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Alfred Crowquill's Christmas

Creator:: Print made by Alfred Henry Forrester, 1804–1872
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 13/16 x 13 inches (45.3 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. A Will O' The Wisp

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 17 1/4 inches (30.1 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Brian and Linda Gracie

21. Leap Frog, Down Constitution Hill

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 17 1/16 inches (30.5 x 43.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Brian and Linda Gracie

22. Playing the Games of Quadrille

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. L'Enfant Prodigue reclamant la bonté de son Pere

Creator:: Print made by Johann Elias Haid, 1739–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 18 1/8 inches (36.5 x 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Rejouissances pour le Retour de l'Enfant Prodigue

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 18 1/4 inches (36.3 x 46.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. Le depart de l'Enfant Prodigue

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 18 1/16 inches (36.4 x 45.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. L'Enfant Prodigue exigeant sa legitime

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 17 15/16 inches (36 x 45.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. Washing the Blackamoor

Creator:: Print made by Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 15 inches (27.3 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Salutation Tavern

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 13 15/16 inches (25.5 x 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Cotillion Dance

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 13 9/16 inches (25.5 × 34.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. A French Physician with His Retinue Going to Visit His Patients

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 x 13 3/4 inches (28.1 x 35 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Preposterous Head Dress, or the Feathered Lady

Creator:: Print made by Matthew Darly, active 1754–1778
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 11/16 x 10 1/2 inches (44.9 x 26.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Follies of Costume

Creator:: Print made by Alfred Henry Forrester, 1804–1872
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 7/8 x 13 inches (45.4 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Hats

Creator:: Print made by Matthew Darly, active 1754–1778
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 x 17 5/8 inches (27.1 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. John's Coffee House

Creator:: Print made by Callender, active mid–18th century
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 4 7/8 inches (8.5 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. Dancing Bear with Its Keeper, Piper, and Audience of One

Creator:: James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 x 13 1/16 inches (26.9 x 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Mr. Deputy Dumpling and Family Enjoying a Summer Afternoon

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 × 10 1/8 inches (35.7 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Rehearsal of an opera

2. Rehearsal of an opera

3. The Barber

4. A Game of Quadrille

5. Now Sir, You're a Complete Macaroni

6. A Macarony Alderman and His Rib

7. The Artist Sketching Mlle. de St. Legier as a Shepherdess

8. Matrimonial Fisticuffs, with a Portrait of the Pugilist John Broughton, in the Background

9. Soldiers and Country Women

10. "The Indian Emperor" or "The Conquest of Mexico"

11. St. Paul's from Ludgate Hill

12. Studies of Groups of Heads

13. Choir and Orchestra (A Choral Band)

14. Figures on Bank of the Long Water, Hampton Court Palace

15. Dr Graham's Bathing Establishment

16. The French Lady in London

17. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 3 - "The Master's Wig the guilty wight appals, who brings his Dog within the College walls."

18. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 5 - "Convened for wearing Gaiters - sad offence! Expelled - nor e'en permitted a defence."

19. Alfred Crowquill's Christmas

20. A Will O' The Wisp

21. Leap Frog, Down Constitution Hill

22. Playing the Games of Quadrille

23. L'Enfant Prodigue reclamant la bonté de son Pere

24. Rejouissances pour le Retour de l'Enfant Prodigue

25. Le depart de l'Enfant Prodigue

26. L'Enfant Prodigue exigeant sa legitime

27. Washing the Blackamoor

28. The Salutation Tavern

29. The Cotillion Dance

30. A French Physician with His Retinue Going to Visit His Patients

31. The Preposterous Head Dress, or the Feathered Lady

32. The Follies of Costume

33. Hats

34. John's Coffee House

35. Dancing Bear with Its Keeper, Piper, and Audience of One

36. Mr. Deputy Dumpling and Family Enjoying a Summer Afternoon