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The Great Fire of London
Creator:
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
23 5/8 × 32 inches (60 × 81.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A View of the Fire in Covent Garden
Creator:
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 11/16 × 13 1/8 inches (24.6 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Tower of London
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Tagg, died 1809
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/8 × 5 7/8 inches (7.9 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. L'Adieu

L'Adieu
Creator:
Print made by Michael Hanhart, active 1841–1852
Date:
ca. 1858
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph with hand coloring on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/16 x 9 1/2 inches (33.5 x 24.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Hohenzollern-Schlaberg-Hughes Collection, Gift Thomas Lowe Hughes, Yale JD 1952
A Perspective View of Tower Hill and the Place of Execution of the Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino on Monday 18 of August 1746.
Creator:
Print made by John Maurer, active 1713–1761
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:
Plate: 10 × 16 1/2 inches (25.4 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Earthquake Scare in Piccadilly
Creator:
Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:
1750
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, graphite, and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 10 5/8 × 16 1/2 inches (27 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The London Scottish Volunteer Regiment at Wimbledon Common Rifle Ranges with the Soldiers under canvas
Creator:
Charles Claude Pyne, 1802–1878
Date:
1872
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 10 5/16 inches (11.7 × 26.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Coronation of His Majesty, George the Fourth: Taken at the Time of the Recognition. July 19, 1821
Creator:
Print made by Matthew Dubourg, active 1786–1838
Date:
1822
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 7/16 × 19 3/16 inches (36.6 × 48.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David M. Doret
Westminster Bridge
Creator:
Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 7/8 inches (16.8 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Tower of London
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Tagg, died 1809
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (8.3 × 14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Scene in the New Farce - as Performed at the Royalty Theatre!
Creator:
Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:
1821
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 13 5/8 inches (24.2 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Theatrical Bubble: Being a New Specimen of the Astonishing Powers of the Great Politico-Punchinello, in the art of Dramatic Puffing
Creator:
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:
1805
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 7/16 x 10 inches (36.7 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Margaret Nicholson Attempting to Assassinate His Majesty, George III, at the Garden Entrance of St. James's Palace, 2nd August 1786
Creator:
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 1/8 inches (32.7 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Ceremony of Opening London Bridge, August 1, 1831
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Allom, 1804–1872
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/16 x 14 inches (25.5 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Gems of the Great Exhibition No. 4: The Foreign Department
Creator:
Print made by George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:
1852 or 1854
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and stipple engraving with color woodcut on medium, smooth, cream wove paper, laid on dome-shaped gold paper, laid on contemporary mount made of thick, smooth, beige card
Dimensions:
Mount: 8 3/8 x 13 1/16 inches (21.2 x 33.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Great Exhibition: Exterior View from the Southwest
Creator:
Print made by George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:
1851
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint, stipple engraving, and etching with color woodcut on medium, smooth, cream wove paper, surrounded with gold dome-shaped border, laid on contemporary mount made of thick, smooth, beige card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 11/16 × 12 5/8 inches (14.4 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall: The Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland
Creator:
Print made by Simon Gribelin, 1662–1733
Date:
1720
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 7/8 × 18 3/16 inches (32.7 × 46.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Ceiling in the Banqueting House at Whitehall
Creator:
Print made by Simon Gribelin, 1662–1733
Date:
ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 7/16 × 18 5/16 inches (31.6 × 46.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Opening of the Lecture Theatre of the Marylebone Literary and Scientific Institution, 4th March 1835
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Mann Baynes, 1794–1854
Date:
after 1835
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 inches (37.5 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ticket: For the Benefit of Mr. Salomon
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 11/16 x 4 5/8 inches (9.4 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection