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L'Enfant du Régiment
Creator:
Sir John Everett Millais, 1829–1896
Date:
1854 to 1855
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper, laid on canvas, mounted on board
Dimensions:
17 3/4 x 24 inches (45.1 x 61 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
On view at YUAG
Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Mrs. Letitia Anne Sage, in a Balloon
Creator:
John Francis Rigaud, 1742–1810
Date:
1785
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on copper
Dimensions:
19 x 14 inches (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
The Brahmin Committing his Daughter Coraly to the Care of Blandford
Creator:
Thomas Kirk, 1765–1797
Date:
ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 5/8 x 14 1/8 inches (44.8 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift in Appreciation of Paul Mellon
On View:
Not on view
An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1590
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
45 × 71 3/4 inches (114.3 × 182.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Camden Town Murder, or What Shall We Do for the Rent?
Creator:
Walter Richard Sickert, 1860–1942
Date:
ca. 1908
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
10 1/16 × 14 inches (25.6 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Robert, Duke of Normandy, in Prison
Creator:
John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on copper
Dimensions:
9 1/16 x 7 1/2 inches (23 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Fair Rosamund and Queen Eleanor
Creator:
Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:
1861
Materials & Techniques:
Mixed media on paper
Dimensions:
19 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (49.5 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Land, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach
Creator:
Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1718
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Paetus and Arria
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 x 28 inches (91.4 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

11. Cleopatra

Cleopatra
Creator:
Benedetto Gennari, 1633–1715
Date:
between 1674 and 1675
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
49 x 41 1/2 inches (124.5 x 105.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
The Death of Chatham
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
1778
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 1/8 x 36 1/4 inches (71.4 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Professor Jules David Prown
On View:
Not on view
The Passing of the Great Emancipation Act
Creator:
George Jones, 1786–1869
Date:
ca. 1829
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on board
Dimensions:
10 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (26.7 x 47 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, Being Handed over as Hostages to General Cornwallis
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 3/4 x 14 inches (45.1 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach
Creator:
Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Last of the Mail Coaches at Newcastle upon Tyne
Creator:
James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:
1848
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 x 27 inches (45.7 x 68.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Death of Buckingham
Creator:
Augustus Leopold Egg, 1816–1863
Date:
undated, exhibited 1855
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 1/2 x 36 inches (74.9 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Life of Buckingham
Creator:
Augustus Leopold Egg, 1816–1863
Date:
undated, exhibited 1855
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 1/2 x 36 inches (74.9 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Ascension of Madame Sage, Chevalier Biggin and Captain Vincent Lunardi in a Balloon, June 20, 1785
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1785
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 1/8 inches (25.2 × 33.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Funeral of the Late Duke of Wellington
Creator:
Imitator of George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:
after 1893
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and stipple engraving; color woodcut by Mockler on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on contemporary mount made of thick, slightly textured, orange-beige wove card
Dimensions:
Mount: 8 7/8 x 6 5/16 inches (22.6 x 16 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Funeral of the Late Duke of Wellington
Creator:
Imitator of George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:
after 1852
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and stipple engraving; color woodcut done by an unknown later printer on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on contemporary mount made of thick, smooth, yellow card
Dimensions:
Mount: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (19.1 x 14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Mask of Comus. As Now Being Performed at the Theatre Royal, Madrid, with Amazing Success
Creator:
Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:
1847
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 5/8 inches (30.7 x 44.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Funeral of the Late Duke of Wellington
Creator:
Imitator of George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:
after 1893
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and stipple engraving; color woodcut by Mockler on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on contemporary mount made of thick, slightly textured, orange-beige wove card
Dimensions:
Mount: 9 x 6 5/16 inches (22.9 x 16 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Funeral of the Late Duke of Wellington
Creator:
Imitator of George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:
after 1852
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and stipple engraving; color woodcut done by an unknown later printer on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on contemporary mount made of thick, smooth, yellow card
Dimensions:
Mount: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (19 x 14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Scene From the Farce of "The Critic," a Little Altered.
Creator:
Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:
1848
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 18 1/16 inches (30.5 x 45.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Funeral of the Late Duke of Wellington
Creator:
Imitator of George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:
after 1893
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and stipple engraving; color woodcut by Mockler on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on contemporary mount made of thick, slightly textured, orange-beige wove card
Dimensions:
Mount: 8 7/8 x 6 inches (22.5 x 15.3 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
James Boswell in the Dress of a Corsican Chief
Creator:
Print made by J. Miller, active 1769–1825
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple on medium, slighly textured, cream aid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches (18.4 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp
Edward, Prince of Wales, Presenting the Captive King John of France and His Sons to His Father Edward the Third After the Battle of Poictiers
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper laid on mount
Dimensions:
Mount: 15 1/4 x 19 1/16 inches (38.8 x 48.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Military Costumes of the Reign of King Henry VI, 1447
Creator:
Print made by John Augustus Atkinson, 1775–1831
Date:
1812
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 9/16 x 14 11/16 inches (26.9 x 37.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Costume of the Reign of King Henry III, 1250
Creator:
Print made by John Augustus Atkinson, 1775–1831
Date:
1814
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 13 5/8 inches (26 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match at Lucknow
Creator:
Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 x 28 7/8 inches (53.3 x 73.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sensibility
Creator:
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 9/16 × 11 7/16 inches (37 × 29.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
L'Age du Fer
Creator:
Print made by Jacob Gole, 1660–1737
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (26 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match at Lucknow
Creator:
Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 27 1/2 inches (54 x 69.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Battle at La Hogue
Creator:
William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/4 × 25 1/16 inches (50.2 × 63.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection
The Reception of the Rev. J. Williams at Tanna in the South Seas, the Day before He Was Massacred
Creator:
Print made by George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:
1841
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, aquatint, and etching with woodcut on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 11/16 × 12 7/8 inches (22 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
View of Tonbridge During the Late Election, December 18, 1832
Creator:
Print made by Joseph Josiah Dodd, 1809–1894
Date:
after 1832
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph with hand coloring on thick, slightly textured, cream card with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 9/16 × 16 7/16 inches (29.3 × 41.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Web

The Web
Creator:
Print made by John Bell, 1811–1895
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 5/8 inches (20.6 x 16.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Diavoli Pescatori
Creator:
Print made by John Bell, 1811–1895
Date:
between 1838 and 1850
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 14 15/16 inches (28.2 x 37.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Garrick Reading the Ode at the Shakespeare Jubilee
Creator:
Caroline Watson, 1760–1814
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 13/16 inches (62 x 45.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alexander
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
Funeral of the Late Duke of Wellington
Creator:
Imitator of George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:
after 1852
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and stipple engraving; color woodcut done by an unknown later printer on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on contemporary mount made of thick, smooth, yellow card
Dimensions:
Mount: 7 1/2 x 5 9/16 inches (19 x 14.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Pomare, Queen of Tahiti
Creator:
Print made by George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:
1845
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and stipple engraving with color woodcut on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on contemporary mount made of thick, smooth, discolored cream card
Dimensions:
Mount: 14 13/16 x 11 13/16 inches (37.6 x 30 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ten Needle-Box Prints
Creator:
Print made by Vincent Robert Alfred Brooks, 1814–1885
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, aquatint, and stipple engraving with color woodcut on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/16 x 5 1/2 inches (10.6 x 14 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
Medallions of F. Hutcheson and L. Natter
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, stipple engraving, and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 7/16 inches (36.9 x 26.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
View of His Majesty's Ship Boyne of 98 Guns, on Fire by Accident at Spithead, May 1, 1795
Creator:
John William Edy, 1760–1820
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 18 11/16 inches (35.9 × 47.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mr. Foote and Mr. Weston in the Characters of the President and Dr. Last
Creator:
Print made by John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/8 x 22 3/8 inches (46 x 56.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 13 1/4 inches (24 × 33.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by Jean Marie Delatre, 1746–1840
Date:
1805
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 5/8 × 12 1/4 inches (37.2 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection