Materials & Techniques: watercolor / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: genre subject / Subject Terms: portrait

1. Study of a Woman Sewing

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 × 17 inches (34.8 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

2. Greek Woodcutter, June 13 /56

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 x 6 1/8 inches (23 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

3. Henry Sass

Creator:: Daniel Maclise, 1806–1870
Date:: between 1830 and 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, graphite, watercolor, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/16 × 5 1/2 inches (18.9 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. 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

5. A Lady Reading

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 11 1/2 x 8 inches (29.2 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. London Cries: A Girl with a Basket on Her Head ("Lights for the Cats, Liver for the Dogs")

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches (19.7 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. London Cries: A Man with a Bundle, Old Clothes

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 5 1/8 inches (18.7 x 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. London Cries: A Girl with a Basket of Oranges

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches (18.8 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. A Landscape with a Portrait of a Lady, Full Length, Holding a Hat

Creator:: Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 10 inches (30.5 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Little Gleaner

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1826 and 1866
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches (18.1 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Portrait of a Man

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor and gouache on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 1/8 inches (13.4 x 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

12. French Coast Scene with Fisherboy

Creator:: James Duffield Harding, 1798–1863
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, pen and red ink, pen and gray ink, graphite, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches (37.8 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Self-Portrait with Two Young Men

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: between 1730 and 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 inches (21 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Family Group

Creator:: John Absolon, 1815–1895
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 x 14 7/8 inches (50.8 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Assignation

Creator:: Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 1/8 inches (21 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. George Graham and His Wife, Margaret, Making a Balloon Ascent, London, 1823

Creator:: John Hayter, 1800–1895
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, white chalk, black chalk, brushed black ink, and watercolor on thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 3/4 inches (37.8 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Sara Hough, Mrs. T. P. Sandby's Nursery Maid

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 4 3/8 inches (14.3 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Rowlandson and Wigstead on Tour

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black and gray ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 x 11 7/16 inches (18.6 x 29.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. English Dragoons and Hussars

Creator:: Arthur Claude Cooke, 1867–op 1890
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 10 inches (16.4 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Windward Islands, Barbados: Our gardener Bourne at Queen's House

Creator:: Lionel Grimston Fawkes, 1849–1931
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 5 3/8 inches (19.4 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches (18.4 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

22. Portrait of a Man

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches (22.2 x 16.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

23. A Clerk, Malabar Caste

Creator:: Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 7/8 inches (24.8 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan

24. Dr. Messenger Monsey of Chelsea Hospital, 1693-1788

Creator:: John Thomas Smith, 1766–1833
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 4 9/16 inches (14.9 × 11.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Brahmini or Rajputni

Creator:: Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 8 inches (23.2 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan

26. Woman with Folded Arms

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 5 inches (16.5 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Miss Templeton, Mr. Holworthy and Miss Crewe, Sketching in a Wooded Landscape

Creator:: Attributed to James Holworthy, 1780–1841
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 7 7/8 inches (12.7 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Lady Francis Scott and Lady Elliot

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 5 1/8 inches (12.7 x 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Woman Carrying Basket of Jars on her Head

Creator:: Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 3/4 inches (20.6 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan

30. Khansamah

Creator:: Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 8 inches (24.1 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan

31. Study of a Seated Woman

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and gray ink, gray wash, gouache, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 7 7/8 inches (30.5 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Study of a Lady

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, brown wash, and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (24.1 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. The St. Aubyn Family

Creator:: Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, white gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 × 33 1/2 inches (55.9 × 85.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Study of a Woman Sewing

2. Greek Woodcutter, June 13 /56

3. Henry Sass

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

5. A Lady Reading

6. London Cries: A Girl with a Basket on Her Head ("Lights for the Cats, Liver for the Dogs")

7. London Cries: A Man with a Bundle, Old Clothes

8. London Cries: A Girl with a Basket of Oranges

9. A Landscape with a Portrait of a Lady, Full Length, Holding a Hat

10. The Little Gleaner

11. Portrait of a Man

12. French Coast Scene with Fisherboy

13. Self-Portrait with Two Young Men

14. Family Group

15. The Assignation

16. George Graham and His Wife, Margaret, Making a Balloon Ascent, London, 1823

17. Sara Hough, Mrs. T. P. Sandby's Nursery Maid

18. Rowlandson and Wigstead on Tour

19. English Dragoons and Hussars

20. Windward Islands, Barbados: Our gardener Bourne at Queen's House

21. Portrait of a Woman

22. Portrait of a Man

23. A Clerk, Malabar Caste

24. Dr. Messenger Monsey of Chelsea Hospital, 1693-1788

25. Brahmini or Rajputni

26. Woman with Folded Arms

27. Miss Templeton, Mr. Holworthy and Miss Crewe, Sketching in a Wooded Landscape

28. Lady Francis Scott and Lady Elliot

29. Woman Carrying Basket of Jars on her Head

30. Khansamah

31. Study of a Seated Woman

32. Study of a Lady

33. The St. Aubyn Family