Materials & Techniques: black chalk / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: figure study

1. Study of a Pilgrim

Creator:: attributed to Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, brown wash, white gouache, gold, black chalk, and graphite on slightly textured, medium, green wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 8 inches (27.3 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. 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

3. Figures at Mass, Poland

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1904
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches (26.7 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Study of a Female Nude

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (26 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Sheet from the Blake-Varley Sketchbook of 1819, Pages 37 and 38

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 8 inches (15.6 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Keith C., Yale BA 1968, and Mildred B. Marshall

12. Young Man Holding a Stick under his Arm

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown chalk and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 7 3/4 inches (31.8 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Figure Study for the Painting of Victory of Lord Duncan: Study for the Figure of Admiral de Winter

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (30.2 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Study for the Central Group in the "Death of Earl of Chatham"

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches (26.4 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Figure Study for the Painting of the Victory of Lord Duncan: Study for Sailor Bearing the Dutch Flag

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches (27 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Mr. Mathews as Matthew Daw in the School for Friends

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, black chalk, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 9 5/16 inches (37.5 × 23.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Study for a Portrait of a Seated Gentleman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk, with stumping on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (42.2 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. 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

19. A Laundry Maid

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown chalk and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 7 7/8 inches (31.8 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Study of a Girl for "Mary, Queen of Scots, Escaping from Loch Leven Castle"

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with brown wash on thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 × 11 3/8 inches (46 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Full-length Study of a Young Man

Creator:: attributed to Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 11 3/16 inches (49.5 x 28.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Portrait Study of Mrs. George Morland

Creator:: William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 inches (22.5 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Hercules Resting

Creator:: Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1775–1862
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 1/2in. (22.2 x 29.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Costume Study for the Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with white chalk; verso: graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 9/16 x 8 1/8 inches (49.7 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. 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

26. Sheet of Figure Studies from Raphael's Disputation (with separate sheet bearing inscription)

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 3/8 inches (50.2 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Sheet of Figure Studies from Raphael's Disputation

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches (50.2 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Sheet of Figure Studies from Raphael's Disputation

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches (50.2 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Wood Cutter

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches (14.3 x 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Reflection: Grotesque Fat man Looking in a Hand Mirror

Creator:: Imitator of James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink; verso: black chalk on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 5/8in. (34.9 x 27cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: Attributed to Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 5/16in. (24.4 x 18.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Self-Portrait

Creator:: Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, blue wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 7 1/8in. (25.6 x 18.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Head of a Young Woman

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: between 1838 and 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 5/8 x 11 1/4 inches (34.6 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Study of a Boy's Head

Creator:: Henry Lamb, 1883–1960
Date:: 1911
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (31.1 x 24.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

35. Portrait Study of Whistler

Creator:: Walter Greaves, 1846–1930
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite with pen and gray ink on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 8 5/8in. (33 x 21.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Seated Turk

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: between 1840 and 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 11 5/8 inches (43.2 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Costume Study for a Portrait of a Man

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 5 5/8 inches (20.3 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Lady with a Veil

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 7/16 inches (24.8 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. 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

40. 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

41. Study for the Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches (21.9 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Study of a Group of Children

Creator:: Circle of William James Muller, 1812–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, graphite, and white chalk; verso: black chalk, white chalk, blue chalk, and brown chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 inches (17.8 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Head of a Young Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately 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

44. Portrait of a Young Girl

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, with stumping on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 11 inches (40.6 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Study of Figures for "A View of the Campagna"

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white gouache on medium, rough, brown laid paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 10 11/16 inches (19.4 x 27.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Man Standing, Leaning on Left Elbow, Full-Length

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 12 inches (48.9 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Man Standing Holding a Staff in His Left Hand, Full Length

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 x 12 inches (45.1 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Study for an Allegorical Figure of Religion

Creator:: Edward John Poynter, 1836–1919
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and graphite, squared for transfer on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 7 1/2 inches (42.5 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. So She Caught Him and Kissed Him (Proverbs, Chapter VII, Verse 13)

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, white chalk, red chalk, and gray ground on thick, textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 10 1/4in. (35.9 x 26cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Study for the Portrait of William Guise

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: ca. 1761
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 12 inches (49.5 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Seated Woman with Tablet

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 10 5/16 inches (27 × 26.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

52. Katherine Mansfield

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on thin, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches (35.9 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

53. Horace Brodsky

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: 1913
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on thin, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (34.3 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

54. Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on thin, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches (29.5 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

55. Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on thin, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches (29.5 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

56. He Goeth after Her straightway as an Ox Goeth to the Slaughter (Proverbs, Chapter VII, Verse 22)

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, white chalk, and red chalk with gray ground on thick, textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 1/8in. (35.6 x 25.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Two Men Seated

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/16 × 7 5/8 inches (25.9 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

58. Standing Woman, Head of Man

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 4 15/16 inches (20.6 × 12.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

59. Hooded Figure Seated

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 1/4in. (19.1 x 13.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

60. Study of a Hand Holding a Hat

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 7 1/2 inches (12.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Study of two girls, with a study of a hand to the right

Creator:: Frederick Sandys, 1829–1904
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and red chalk on slightly textured, moderately thick, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 21 1/4 inches (40.6 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Study of a Pianist and Bass Player

Creator:: Walter Richard Sickert, 1860–1942
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 11 1/4 inches (40.3 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Study of a Man

Creator:: Nathaniel Smith, 1740–1787
Date:: 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 10 1/2 inches (43.2 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

64. Study of a Woman

Creator:: Nathaniel Smith, 1740–1787
Date:: 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 10 1/4 inches (42.5 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

65. Portrait of a Judge

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 11 3/8 inches (36.2 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. John A. Gee, from Estate of Chauncey B. Tinker, B.A. 1899

66. Studies for a Hand in The Godhead Fires

Creator:: Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 12 7/8 inches (31.1 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of John Goolet

67. A Faun with Pipes

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 7/8 × 15 inches (58.1 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. 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

69. Seated Woman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black chalk, and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 9 3/4in. (34.8 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Figures and Pitcher

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 3/8 inches (21.6 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Faust and Margaret

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (24.8 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with black chalk and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (21.9 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

73. 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

74. Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: ca. 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/16 x 20 inches (41.5 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

75. 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

76. 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

77. Portrait

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 8 15/16in. (30.3 x 22.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. 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

79. 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

80. Millbank

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches (21.9 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Portrait Study of a Girl

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 3/8 inches (11.4 x 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Study for a Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (18.4 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Study for a Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches (21.6 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Cave of the Golden Calf: Interior of a Theatre

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 14 inches (25.4 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick Gore

85. Study of Fugures in a Dramatic Scene

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, over graphite and black chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (5.7 × 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Rear View Sstudy of a Nude Figure

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Blackk chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 4 3/4 inches (14.3 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Portrait of Charles Conder at the Academie Julian, 1890

Creator:: Sir William Rothenstein, 1872–1945
Date:: 1890
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 9 3/8 inches (36.8 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

88. Upper Body Study, of a Woman in a High Collar

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 × 6 1/2 inches (18.6 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Study of a Group of Robed, Standing Figures

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: black chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 × 8 9/16 inches (28.4 × 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. The Murder of Duncan - Lady Macbeth, Approaching Macbeth and the Body

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 1 13/16 inches (11.1 × 4.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. The Murder of Duncan - Lady Macbeth, Approaching Macbeth and the Body

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/16 x 2 11/16 inches (11.2 x 6.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Study of a Seated Male Figure

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 5 1/4 inches (19.2 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Study of a Man in a Long Robe

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, red chalk, and graphite, on moderely thick, rough, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 5/8 inches (40 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. A Gentleman Standing, Seen Full Face, Wearing a Driving or Riding Coat

Creator:: Heywood Hardy, 1843–1933
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, with white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 8 5/16 inches (34 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Man Leading a Trotting Stallion to Right

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9/16 inches (18.3 × 1.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. A Gentleman Standing, Seen Back View, Wearing a Driving or Riding Coat ...

Creator:: Heywood Hardy, 1843–1933
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/16 × 8 3/8 inches (34.1 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Study for an Allegorical Figure of Religion

Creator:: Edward John Poynter, 1836–1919
Date:: 1895
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and graphite, squared for transfer on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 9 5/8 inches (36.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower

98. Girl in a Pinafore

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: between 1840 and 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 10 1/8 inches (32.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Sketch of Two Figures in an Interior: One Seated, One Standing

Creator:: William Mulready, 1786–1863
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 3 1/4 inches (11.7 × 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. The Dragoman of Mr. Moore, English Consul at Beyrout

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk and watercolor with gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (45.1 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Study of a Pilgrim

2. Study of a Woman Sewing

3. Figures at Mass, Poland

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

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

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

7. Leopard Body, Lateral View

8. Dorking Hen, Lateral View

9. Tiger, Recumbent, Viewed Ventrally

10. Study of a Female Nude

11. Sheet from the Blake-Varley Sketchbook of 1819, Pages 37 and 38

12. Young Man Holding a Stick under his Arm

13. Figure Study for the Painting of Victory of Lord Duncan: Study for the Figure of Admiral de Winter

14. Study for the Central Group in the "Death of Earl of Chatham"

15. Figure Study for the Painting of the Victory of Lord Duncan: Study for Sailor Bearing the Dutch Flag

16. Mr. Mathews as Matthew Daw in the School for Friends

17. Study for a Portrait of a Seated Gentleman

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

19. A Laundry Maid

20. Study of a Girl for "Mary, Queen of Scots, Escaping from Loch Leven Castle"

21. Full-length Study of a Young Man

22. Portrait Study of Mrs. George Morland

23. Hercules Resting

24. Costume Study for the Portrait of a Lady

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

26. Sheet of Figure Studies from Raphael's Disputation (with separate sheet bearing inscription)

27. Sheet of Figure Studies from Raphael's Disputation

28. Sheet of Figure Studies from Raphael's Disputation

29. The Wood Cutter

30. The Reflection: Grotesque Fat man Looking in a Hand Mirror

31. Portrait of a Lady

32. Self-Portrait

33. Head of a Young Woman

34. Study of a Boy's Head

35. Portrait Study of Whistler

36. Seated Turk

37. Costume Study for a Portrait of a Man

38. Lady with a Veil

39. Study of Female Head

40. Profile Study of Female Head

41. Study for the Portrait of a Woman

42. Study of a Group of Children

43. Head of a Young Woman

44. Portrait of a Young Girl

45. Study of Figures for "A View of the Campagna"

46. Man Standing, Leaning on Left Elbow, Full-Length

47. Man Standing Holding a Staff in His Left Hand, Full Length

48. Study for an Allegorical Figure of Religion

49. So She Caught Him and Kissed Him (Proverbs, Chapter VII, Verse 13)

50. Study for the Portrait of William Guise

51. Seated Woman with Tablet

52. Katherine Mansfield

53. Horace Brodsky

54. Portrait of a Woman

55. Portrait of a Woman

56. He Goeth after Her straightway as an Ox Goeth to the Slaughter (Proverbs, Chapter VII, Verse 22)

57. Two Men Seated

58. Standing Woman, Head of Man

59. Hooded Figure Seated

60. Study of a Hand Holding a Hat

61. Study of two girls, with a study of a hand to the right

62. Study of a Pianist and Bass Player

63. Study of a Man

64. Study of a Woman

65. Portrait of a Judge

66. Studies for a Hand in The Godhead Fires

67. A Faun with Pipes

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

69. Seated Woman

70. Figures and Pitcher

71. Faust and Margaret

72. Prospero Watching Ferdinand and Miranda

73. Young Child with Lap-Dog