Materials & Techniques: red chalk / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Subject Terms: figure study

1. A Prancing Horse, Facing Right

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (22.5 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Study of a Racehorse in Action: Galloping to Left, a Semi-Anatomical Study, with Skin Flayed to Show Action of Muscles

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and graphite on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 10 5/8 inches (17.1 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Human Figure, Posterior View (Outline Drawing for Key Figure to Table XII)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk, and graphite; verso: black chalk and graphite on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 13 inches (48.9 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Human Body, Posterior View (Outline Drawing for Table VII)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk; verso: graphite and red chalk on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/8 x 12 5/8 inches (48.6 x 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Study of the Human Figure, Anterior View (Probably related to Table XI)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 15 7/8 inches (54 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Human Skeleton, Anterior View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper; burnished on verso
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 14 inches (50.2 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Human Figure, Posterior View (Almost Identical to Finished Drawing for Table XII)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk; verso: graphite and black chalk, with evidence of print media, possibly soft-ground, along bottom edge on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 x 13 1/2 inches (49.8 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Leopard Body, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 inches (23.5 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Study for the Key Figure to Table XV)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 7/8 inches (54 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Study of the Human Figure, Anterior View (Outline Drawing for Table VI)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk; verso: graphite on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 x 13 1/2 inches (51.8 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Human Figure, Anterior View (Intended for a Plate That was Never Published)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk; verso: soft-ground etching on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 16 inches (54 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Human Figure, Anterior View (Largely in outline)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk; verso: graphite on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 x 15 7/8 inches (53.3 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Human Figure, Posterior View (Finished Study for an Unpublished Plate)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with traces of well-defined platemarks along margins
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 x 16 inches (54.3 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Human Figure, Posterior View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/8 x 16 inches (53.7 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Human Figure, Lateral View (Outline Study in Reverse of Table VIII)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk; verso: graphite and red chalk on thin, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 15 5/8 inches (50.2 x 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Human Figure, Lateral View (Related to Table XIII, detailed study of the blood vessels supplying the muscles)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 x 15 3/4 inches (48.3 x 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 19 1/2 inches (32.1 x 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Tiger Body, Lateral view (Study of the muscles exposed at the third stage of dissection)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper; squared in graphite for transfer
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches (23.8 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Tiger Body, Lateral View (Probably made as the basis for a key figure)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, and pen with iron gall ink, with traces of red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 x 21 1/8 inches (39.7 x 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Leopard Body, Lateral View (Later stage in dissection, superficial connective tissue and ears removed)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Pen with iron gall ink, and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 15 3/8 inches (25.7 x 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Leopard Body, Lateral View (First of Five Studies of Another Large Cat)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches (25.1 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Leopard Body, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk; verso: black chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 14 inches (25.1 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Probably Prepared for Transfer to the Plate for Engraving the Key Figure to Table X)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk; verso: graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 x 14 inches (51.8 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Dorking Hen, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Red and black chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 inches (26.7 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Human Figure, Posterior View (Further Study for Table XII)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk; verso: graphite on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 x 13 1/4 inches (53.3 x 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Pen with iron gall ink, graphite, and red chalk, squared for transfer on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches (24.8 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Tiger, Lateral View (Outline Study of the Surface Blood Supply, Prepared for the Key Figure to Table IX)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1795 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk; verso: graphite and red and black chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (39.4 x 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Tiger Body, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk; verso: graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 20 3/4 inches (35.2 x 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Tiger Body, Lateral View (Shows the third stage in dissection)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 3/8 inches (27 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Tiger Body, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper; squared in graphite for transfer with pin pricks along outer border
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 5/8 inches (26.4 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Tiger Body, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk, and pen with iron gall ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 5/8 inches (26.4 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Tiger Body, Lateral View (Study of the fourth stage of dissection showing the deeper muscles)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper; squared in graphite for transfer
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 13 1/8 inches (26 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Tiger, Recumbent, Viewed Ventrally

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk; verso: black chalk, with evidence of black print media, possibly ink or soft ground on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 1/8 inches (23.5 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Leopard Body, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk, and pen with iron gall ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 1/4 inches (23.2 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Study for key figure to Table X)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk, and pen with iron gall ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 x 15 1/4 inches (53 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Owl Standing, Anterior View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (36.8 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Woman with Square Hat

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, white chalk, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 6 9/16 inches (21.4 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Study for Captain William George Fairfax for the Painting "The Victory of Lord Duncan"

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and red chalk, squared for transfer on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches (31.4 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Study from Nature, One of the Children of Charity for the Large Picture of the Waterloo Allegory

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white and red chalk over graphite on thick, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 13 3/8 inches (38.1 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. A Man Lifting a Trunk, Two studies on one sheet

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 8 1/16in. (28.7 x 20.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. A Sportsman Loading His Gun

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 9 1/4in. (35.6 x 23.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Child's Broken Cart and Fiddler's Wife's Arm

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with red and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 5 inches (11.4 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Two Sketches of Man

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, verso: red chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/16 × 8 5/16 inches (33.2 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

44. Study of Female Head

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 6 1/4 inches (18.4 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

45. Deposition

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 8 inches (13 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

46. The Wine Tasting

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite, and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 16 7/16 inches (25.7 × 41.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Profile Study of Female Head

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk, blue chalk and black chalk on medium, sightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 6 1/8 inches (18.1 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

48. Two Figures Seated

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 5/16 inches (24.1 × 18.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

49. Shepherd Resting and Conversing

Creator:: James Havard Thomas, 1854–1921
Date:: 1897
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 8 3/8 inches (38.1 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Kate H. Goodbody (Mrs. William W.).

50. Study for the Magus

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 1/4 inches (21.6 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

51. Study for a Head of a Child

Creator:: George Frederic Watts, 1817–1904
Date:: ca. 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 4 7/16 inches (10.8 × 11.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

52. A Head Keeper, Windsor Castle, 1826

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, conté crayon, graphite and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches (28.6 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Young Child with Lap-Dog

Creator:: John Hoppner, 1758–1810
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown, red and black chalk and watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 8 1/8 inches (15.9 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Head of a Young Man

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 10 7/16in. (31.1 x 26.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Unidentified Sitter

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 1/2 inches (31.4 × 24.1 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

56. Head of a Man with Stubble Beard, Facing Right

Creator:: Giles Hussey, 1710–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 2 7/8 inches (9.5 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black, red, and white chalk over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (41.9 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Head of a Man

Creator:: Attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723
Date:: 1732
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 11 1/8in. (42.9 x 28.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 5/8 inches (27.3 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Edward B. Greene, Fund

60. Head of a Lady

Creator:: John Russell, 1745–1806
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, white chalk, black chalk, and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (31.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Head of a Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches (19.4 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Lady Maynard

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 4 1/16 inches (17.1 x 10.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Head of a Young Woman or Man

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk, white chalk, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches (26.4 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Study of a Seated Woman Holding a Fan

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 8 1/4 inches (25.7 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Standing Classical Male Figure with Spear

Creator:: John Opie, 1761–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk with touches of white chalk on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 x 11 1/2in. (45.7 x 29.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon

66. Standing Classical Female Figure

Creator:: John Opie, 1761–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 9 1/8in. (46 x 23.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon

67. Head - Drawing for a Lithograph

Creator:: Victor Newsome, 1935–2018
Date:: 1981
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and black ink on thick, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 × 17 3/4 inches (58.4 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

68. Head of a Male Lion

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 5 15/16 inches (16.5 × 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Figures, Horses and Cows

Creator:: Thomas Ross, active from 1753
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/16 × 7 inches (11.3 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Coursing - After the Kill

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, red chalk, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/4 × 12 3/8 inches (23.5 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Study of a Lion, Resting

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 12 9/16 inches (20.5 × 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. A Huntsman Holding a Dead Hare, with Two Greyhounds Looking On

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 12 1/4 inches (23.3 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. A Lady Riding Side-Saddle, Turns to Look at a Dismounted Rider

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk, with graphite; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 5/16 inches (19.1 × 23.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Seated Woman with a Book

Creator:: Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:: 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 7 7/8 inches (30.5 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Ingamells

75. Male Nude

Creator:: Henri Edmond Cross, 1856–1910
Date:: 1894
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 9 3/4 inches (32.7 × 24.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

76. Head of a Girl: Probably a Study of Mrs. De Wint

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches (35.2 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Portrait of Two Men

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 3/4 inches (20 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Martha Hamilton-Phillips

78. Head of a Leopard

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 5 3/8 inches (12.2 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Studies of a Sleeping Lion

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Charcoal, graphite, and red chalk on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 8 15/16 inches (17.3 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Figures with a Wagon and Horses

Creator:: Thomas Ross, active from 1753
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, red chalk, graphite, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/8 × 5 11/16 inches (7.3 × 14.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Riders, Figures and a Dog

Creator:: Thomas Ross, active from 1753
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 15/16 × 6 1/2 inches (10 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. An Allegory of America Carrying the Cap of Liberty

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite, and red chalk on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 × 2 1/16 inches (8.3 × 5.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Study of Gwen John

Creator:: Augustus Edwin John, 1878–1961
Date:: ca. 1900
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 5 5/8 inches (25.1 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Study of a Woman

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, red chalk, brown chalk, blue chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches (18.4 x 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

85. Bust of a Woman Looking upwards to left

Creator:: Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: 1703
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 4 3/8 inches (14.3 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Study after Joshua Reynolds's Portrait of Cornet Nehemiah Winter, 11th Dragoons

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, white chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 4 3/4 inches (17.8 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

87. A Youth Carrying a Basket

Creator:: Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 7 1/2in. (29.5 x 19.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. A Life Drawing

Creator:: Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:: ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (34.3 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Diane Nixon in honor of Lowell Libson

89. Drawing of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 10 1/2 inches (23.2 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

90. Drawings of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 3/4 inches (33.3 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

91. Drawings of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 9 3/8 inches (30.5 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

92. Drawings of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 10 inches (27.9 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

93. Drawings of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 × 10 5/8 inches (34.6 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

94. Drawing of a Hand

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 10 3/4 inches (21.3 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

95. Drawings of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 11 3/8 inches (35.6 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

96. Drawings of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 11 1/2 inches (37.8 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

97. Drawings of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 10 1/4 inches (32.4 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

98. Drawing of a Hand

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 6 3/8 inches (13.7 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

99. Drawing of a Hand

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on thin, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 3 3/4 inches (10.2 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

100. Seated Lady with Book

Creator:: William Hoare, 1706/7–1792/99
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 6 5/8 inches (25.4 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. A Prancing Horse, Facing Right

2. Study of a Racehorse in Action: Galloping to Left, a Semi-Anatomical Study, with Skin Flayed to Show Action of Muscles

3. Human Figure, Posterior View (Outline Drawing for Key Figure to Table XII)

4. Human Body, Posterior View (Outline Drawing for Table VII)

5. Study of the Human Figure, Anterior View (Probably related to Table XI)

6. Human Skeleton, Anterior View

7. Human Figure, Posterior View (Almost Identical to Finished Drawing for Table XII)

8. Leopard Body, Lateral View

9. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Study for the Key Figure to Table XV)

10. Study of the Human Figure, Anterior View (Outline Drawing for Table VI)

11. Human Figure, Anterior View (Intended for a Plate That was Never Published)

12. Human Figure, Anterior View (Largely in outline)

13. Human Figure, Posterior View (Finished Study for an Unpublished Plate)

14. Human Figure, Posterior View

15. Human Figure, Lateral View (Outline Study in Reverse of Table VIII)

16. Human Figure, Lateral View (Related to Table XIII, detailed study of the blood vessels supplying the muscles)

17. Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View

18. Tiger Body, Lateral view (Study of the muscles exposed at the third stage of dissection)

19. Tiger Body, Lateral View (Probably made as the basis for a key figure)

20. Leopard Body, Lateral View (Later stage in dissection, superficial connective tissue and ears removed)

21. Leopard Body, Lateral View (First of Five Studies of Another Large Cat)

22. Leopard Body, Lateral View

23. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Probably Prepared for Transfer to the Plate for Engraving the Key Figure to Table X)

24. Dorking Hen, Lateral View

25. Human Figure, Posterior View (Further Study for Table XII)

26. Tiger Skeleton, Lateral View

27. Tiger, Lateral View (Outline Study of the Surface Blood Supply, Prepared for the Key Figure to Table IX)

28. Tiger Body, Lateral View

29. Tiger Body, Lateral View (Shows the third stage in dissection)

30. Tiger Body, Lateral View

31. Tiger Body, Lateral View

32. Tiger Body, Lateral View (Study of the fourth stage of dissection showing the deeper muscles)

33. Tiger, Recumbent, Viewed Ventrally

34. Leopard Body, Lateral View

35. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Study for key figure to Table X)

36. Owl Standing, Anterior View

37. Woman with Square Hat

38. Study for Captain William George Fairfax for the Painting "The Victory of Lord Duncan"

39. Study from Nature, One of the Children of Charity for the Large Picture of the Waterloo Allegory

40. A Man Lifting a Trunk, Two studies on one sheet

41. A Sportsman Loading His Gun

42. Child's Broken Cart and Fiddler's Wife's Arm

43. Two Sketches of Man

44. Study of Female Head

45. Deposition

46. The Wine Tasting

47. Profile Study of Female Head

48. Two Figures Seated

49. Shepherd Resting and Conversing

50. Study for the Magus

51. Study for a Head of a Child

52. A Head Keeper, Windsor Castle, 1826

53. Young Child with Lap-Dog

54. Head of a Young Man

55. Unidentified Sitter

56. Head of a Man with Stubble Beard, Facing Right

57. Portrait of a Gentleman

58. Head of a Man

59. Portrait of a Gentleman

60. Head of a Lady

61. Head of a Woman

62. Lady Maynard

63. Head of a Young Woman or Man

64. Study of a Seated Woman Holding a Fan

65. Standing Classical Male Figure with Spear

66. Standing Classical Female Figure

67. Head - Drawing for a Lithograph

68. Head of a Male Lion

69. Figures, Horses and Cows

70. Coursing - After the Kill

71. Study of a Lion, Resting

72. A Huntsman Holding a Dead Hare, with Two Greyhounds Looking On

73. A Lady Riding Side-Saddle, Turns to Look at a Dismounted Rider