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1. A Caricature of Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873)

Creator:: Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

2. Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from "Twelfth Night," Act III, Scene iv

Creator:: Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 62 1/8 x 86 7/8 inches (157.8 x 220.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

3. A Macarony at a Sale of Pictures

Creator:: Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, greened white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 8 1/4 inches (28 x 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. 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

5. The Damnation of Obadiah

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 15 11/16 inches (30.6 x 39.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Every Sous Begad!

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 8 11/16 inches (20.6 × 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Fish-Street Macaroni

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches (29.6 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Inimitable Mr. James Moss

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 x 7 1/4 inches (24.6 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Full Blown Macaroni

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 9/16 inches (29.8 x 21.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. A Modern Spread Eagle

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with hand coloring on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (26.3 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Monsieur Le Fouet, La Francia

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (26.4 × 17.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Man with a Walking Stick in a Landscape

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 9 1/16 inches (25.6 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Fitting out. - Plate 1

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 13 15/16 inches (25.4 x 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Captain Conquest and His Baggage Wagon

Creator:: Print made by John Goldar, 1729–1795
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 x 8 1/8 inches (28.1 x 20.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. 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

16. Humorous Family Scene

Creator:: Walter Geikie, 1795–1837
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 5 1/4 inches (10.2 × 13.3 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

17. The Long Minuet as Danced at Bath

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 x 58 7/16 inches (24 x 148.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Spoiled Child, Scene I

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 × 20 1/8 inches (39 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Spoiled Child, Scene II

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 20 3/8 inches (39.1 x 51.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Spoiled Child, Scene IV

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 19 1/8 inches (39.4 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Spoiled Child, Scene III

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches (39.3 x 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Spoiled Child, Scene VI

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 19 5/8 inches (38.1 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Royal Rush Light

Creator:: George Moutard Woodward, ca. 1760–1809
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 13 3/8 inches (40 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Spoiled Child, Scene V

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 19 5/8 inches (39.4 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. The Union Club

Creator:: Charles Williams, active 1796–1830
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 16 7/16 inches (31.1 x 41.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Place des Victoires, Paris

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor in pen and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream antique laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 21 inches (34.9 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. The Sacrifice

Creator:: John Goldar, 1729–1795
Date:: 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 14 3/4 inches (33 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Refusal

Creator:: John Goldar, 1729–1795
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 14 9/16 inches (33.3 × 37 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Who'll Have a Crown - Now's Your Time

Creator:: Print made by William Heath, 1795–1840
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches (27.3 x 38.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell

30. Caricature of Matthew Darly

Creator:: Print made by Matthew Darly, active 1754–1778
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 4 inches (12.3 × 10.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. George Fox and Captain Keat

Creator:: Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964
Date:: between 1890 and 1911
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 11 3/4 inches (23.2 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania

32. Glaud and Symon

Creator:: Print made by David Allan, 1744–1796
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 15/16 inches (28.3 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

33. New Illustration of Hudibras

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 1/4 inches (29.8 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The Tailors Baffling the Bailiff

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 x 5 3/8 inches (23.7 x 13.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

35. Sagittarius - The Archer (Not "Venus' Son Divine.")

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 6 5/8 inches (10.7 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

36. The Modern Puritan, Hanging a Cat on a Monday for Killing a Mouse on a Sunday!!!

Creator:: Print made by Charles Jameson Grant, active 1830–1852
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 x 15 13/16 inches (27.8 x 40.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Bindman

37. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 1 - "Ah me! what perils doth that Youth encounter, who dares within the Fellow's Bog to enter."

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 9/16 × 13 7/8 inches (24.3 × 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 2 - "Ah me! that thou the Freshman's-Guide should'st read, yet venture on the hallowed grass to tread"

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 3/4 × 13 7/8 inches (24.7 × 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. April

Creator:: Print made by Jacob Gole, 1660–1737
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 6 1/8 inches (21.7 × 15.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. 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

41. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 4 - "Expulsion waits that Son of Alma Mater who dares to shew his face in Boot or Gaiter"

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 3/4 × 13 7/8 inches (24.7 × 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. 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

43. A Cognocenti Contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique

Creator:: Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on green card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 11/16 inches (39 × 27.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara and Max Wilk, Yale BA 1941

44. Sales by Auction! - or Provident Children Disposing of their Deceased Mother's Effects for the Benefit of the Creditors!!

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with hand-coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 16 9/16 inches (31.2 x 42 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Finding things not exactly what he expected - Plate 2

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 x 14 inches (25.3 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Mr. B. Mastheaded -or, enjoying the fresh air for the 304th time - Plate 4

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige 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

47. Don-Key

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 11 inches (38 x 28 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Brian and Linda Gracie

48. Little Red-Riding Hood's Meeting with the Wolf

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/8 x 11 15/16 inches (44.7 x 30.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Brian and Linda Gracie

49. A Fashion in 1845

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, blue card
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 × 11 1/2 inches (40.6 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

50. George Fox Is Challenged to Fight at Scarborough Castle

Creator:: Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964
Date:: between 1890 and 1911
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 12 11/16 inches (24.5 x 32.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania

51. Monsignor Alexandre's Characters in his Entertainment of the Devil on Two Sticks, or, Asmodeus in London

Creator:: Print made by John Franklin, c.1800–1868
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 15/16 x 17 13/16 inches (32.8 x 45.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection, Fry Print Collection

52. A Morning Ride

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 20 3/16 inches (34.7 x 51.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Robert W. Carle

53. La male consequence du celibat

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 13/16 x 10 1/16 inches (40.2 x 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

54. Courtship for Money

Creator:: Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1745–ca.1809
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 10 7/16 inches (36.2 x 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

55. Tout autre chose

Creator:: Print made by Jacob Gole, 1660–1737
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches (23.2 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

56. L'Antiquaire

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 13 1/16 inches (42.9 x 33.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

57. The Lover

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 11 1/4 inches (23.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

58. The School-Boy

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 1/4 inches (22.6 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

59. The Justice

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 1/4 inches (23 × 28.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

60. The Infant

Creator:: Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 10 7/8 inches (22.8 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

61. Hamlet

Creator:: Print made by Charles Ansell, ca.1752–active 1790
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 15 3/16 inches (31.2 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

62. Love and Wind

Creator:: Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored etching on thick beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (31.8 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Extravaganza's of 1827

Creator:: Print made by Henry Heath, active 1824–1835
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 11/16 inches (28 x 39.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Le Retour de Paris, or, the Niece Presented to her Relatives by her French Governess

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 x 16 1/8 inches (29 x 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Miss-Ann-Thropy

Creator:: Print made by Henry Heath, active 1824–1835
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 11/16 inches (35.3 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. 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

67. Heyday! Is This My Daughter Anne!

Creator:: Print made by Francis E. Adams, active ca.1760–1775
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 1/16 inches (35.5 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

68. The Contented Dutchmen

Creator:: Print made by Richard Brookshaw, 1736–1804
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 11/16 inches (24.9 × 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

69. Illustration for Don Quixote (with figures on a donkey)

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 4in. (12.7 x 10.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Lady Time Present and Lady Time Past

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 11 1/4 inches (42.2 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

71. La paresse du toucher

Creator:: Print made by Jacob Gole, 1660–1737
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 3/16 inches (25.3 × 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

72. Le Hollandois sur la glace

Creator:: Print made by Jacob Gole, 1660–1737
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 7 3/16 inches (25.7 x 18.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

73. April

Creator:: Print made by Jacob Gole, 1660–1737
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 6 1/8 inches (20.3 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

74. The Curious Maids

Creator:: Print made by John Greenwood, 1727–1792
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches (44.2 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

75. The St. James's Macaroni

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 x 9 7/16 inches (32.3 x 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. 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

77. Strephon and Chloe

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 1/16 inches (25.5 x 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. The Slumbers of Ragotin Interrupted

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 x 15 1/8 inches (27.1 x 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. 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

80. A French Petit Maître and His Valet

Creator:: Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, pasted on medium, moderately textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 1/4 x 11 5/16 inches (41.3 x 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. 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

82. The Macarony Brothers

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 8 3/16 inches (27.9 x 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. The Houndsditch Macaroni

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 8 9/16 inches (25.4 x 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. John Jehu L'Inghilterra

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches (29.6 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Englishman at Paris, 1767

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 x 18 7/8 inches (36.7 x 48 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. 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

87. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (18.6 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. A Favorite Poodle Hatching Poultry!! - or A Present of Feather Breeches from the Sandwich Isles

Creator:: Print made by Robert Isaac Cruikshank, 1789–1856
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 1/2 inches (26.4 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Dandies Having a Treat

Creator:: Print made by Robert Isaac Cruikshank, 1789–1856
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 15 11/16 inches (25.7 x 39.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. A Maiden Lady and her Family

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1820 and 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches (29.2 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Blowing up the Pic Nic's: or Harlequin Quioxtte Attacking the Puppets

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 × 10 1/16 inches (35.7 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Presages of the Millenium

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 14 13/16 inches (33 × 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Le Coup de Maitre

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 14 3/16 inches (26.4 × 36 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Flannel-Armour; Female-Patriotism, -or- Modern Heroes Accoutred for the Wars

Creator:: Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 14 3/8 inches (31.7 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. The Valley of the Shadow of Death

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 15 7/16 inches (26.4 × 39.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Weird Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon (Thurlow, Pitt, and Dundas)

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 3/4 inches (24.9 × 35 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. 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

98. Damn Mambrino

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 8 3/8 inches (30.6 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Flash Maccaroni

Creator:: Print made by Callender, active mid–18th century
Date:: 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 5 1/8 inches (8.6 × 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

100. Voluntier

Creator:: Print made by Callender, active mid–18th century
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 2 5/8 inches (8 × 6.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. A Caricature of Edward Bulwer Lytton (1803-1873)

2. Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from "Twelfth Night," Act III, Scene iv

3. A Macarony at a Sale of Pictures

4. Now Sir, You're a Complete Macaroni

5. The Damnation of Obadiah

6. Every Sous Begad!

7. The Fish-Street Macaroni

8. Inimitable Mr. James Moss

9. The Full Blown Macaroni

10. A Modern Spread Eagle

11. Monsieur Le Fouet, La Francia

12. Man with a Walking Stick in a Landscape

13. Fitting out. - Plate 1

14. Captain Conquest and His Baggage Wagon

15. A Macarony Alderman and His Rib

16. Humorous Family Scene

17. The Long Minuet as Danced at Bath

18. The Spoiled Child, Scene I

19. The Spoiled Child, Scene II

20. The Spoiled Child, Scene IV

21. The Spoiled Child, Scene III

22. The Spoiled Child, Scene VI

23. The Royal Rush Light

24. The Spoiled Child, Scene V

25. The Union Club

26. Place des Victoires, Paris

27. The Sacrifice

28. The Refusal

29. Who'll Have a Crown - Now's Your Time

30. Caricature of Matthew Darly

31. George Fox and Captain Keat

32. Glaud and Symon

33. New Illustration of Hudibras

34. The Tailors Baffling the Bailiff

35. Sagittarius - The Archer (Not "Venus' Son Divine.")

36. The Modern Puritan, Hanging a Cat on a Monday for Killing a Mouse on a Sunday!!!

37. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 1 - "Ah me! what perils doth that Youth encounter, who dares within the Fellow's Bog to enter."

38. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 2 - "Ah me! that thou the Freshman's-Guide should'st read, yet venture on the hallowed grass to tread"

39. April

40. 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."

41. The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 4 - "Expulsion waits that Son of Alma Mater who dares to shew his face in Boot or Gaiter"

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

43. A Cognocenti Contemplating ye Beauties of ye Antique

44. Sales by Auction! - or Provident Children Disposing of their Deceased Mother's Effects for the Benefit of the Creditors!!

45. Finding things not exactly what he expected - Plate 2

46. Mr. B. Mastheaded -or, enjoying the fresh air for the 304th time - Plate 4

47. Don-Key

48. Little Red-Riding Hood's Meeting with the Wolf

49. A Fashion in 1845

50. George Fox Is Challenged to Fight at Scarborough Castle

51. Monsignor Alexandre's Characters in his Entertainment of the Devil on Two Sticks, or, Asmodeus in London

52. A Morning Ride

53. La male consequence du celibat

54. Courtship for Money

55. Tout autre chose

56. L'Antiquaire

57. The Lover

58. The School-Boy

59. The Justice

60. The Infant

61. Hamlet

62. Love and Wind

63. Extravaganza's of 1827

64. Le Retour de Paris, or, the Niece Presented to her Relatives by her French Governess

65. Miss-Ann-Thropy

66. The Theatrical Bubble: Being a New Specimen of the Astonishing Powers of the Great Politico-Punchinello, in the art of Dramatic Puffing

67. Heyday! Is This My Daughter Anne!

68. The Contented Dutchmen

69. Illustration for Don Quixote (with figures on a donkey)

70. Lady Time Present and Lady Time Past

71. La paresse du toucher

72. Le Hollandois sur la glace

73. April

74. The Curious Maids

75. The St. James's Macaroni