Materials & Techniques: black chalk / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: figure study

1. 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

2. Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: between 1761 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches (18.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Portrait of a Man

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk and brown chalk on medium, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (36.8 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. George IV, When Prince of Wales

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 8 3/4 inches (25.4 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

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 (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

29. 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

30. 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

31. Studies of Two Women's Heads

Creator:: John Russell, 1745–1806
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 13 3/4 inches (28.9 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Italian sketchbook

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with white and black chalk on medium, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches (28.3 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Study of Hercules for 'Crowning the Victors at Olympia'

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: between 1777 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with brown wash over black chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 8 3/8 inches (38.6 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. Reclining Female Nude

Creator:: John Opie, 1761–1807
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 3/4in. (29.5 x 42.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon

38. Portrait of a Man

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 6 inches (22.9 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. 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

40. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with stumping on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 7 3/16 inches (22.9 x 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk with stumping over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 6 1/8 inches (18.7 × 15.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Front

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black, red, yellow, and blue chalk over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 8 inches (24.4 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Left

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk with watercolor and stumping on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches (20 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Portrait of a Girl Holding a Garland

Creator:: attributed to John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk with graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 3/8 × 9 1/2 inches (31.4 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. A Seated Man

Creator:: Attributed to John Dunthorne, active 1783–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 1/8 inches (20 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Sketches of Mother and Child and Sketch of an Arm

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 10 3/4 inches (22.2 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore

47. Head of a Woman, Study for The Bible Lesson

Creator:: formerly attributed to Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with red chalk and black chalk on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches (16.5 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. A Young Girl Holding a Child

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and stumping; verso: black chalk and stumping on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 11 7/8 inches (39.4 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. A Woman Seated

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 8 3/4 inches (32.4 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Head of a Boy

Creator:: circle of Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and white chalk with stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 14 3/8 inches (43.2 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. 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

52. Head of a Young Girl

Creator:: Prince Hoare, 1755–1834
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 4 1/4 inches (17.5 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Study of a Man Standing

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted on very thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, with gold leaf, and brown and red ink border lines
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 1/2 × 7 1/8 inches (26.7 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Study of a Female Nude

2. Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

3. Study of a Hand Holding a Hat

4. Study of a Woman

5. Head of a Man

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

7. Head of a Lady

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

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

10. Study for a Portrait of a Seated Gentleman

11. Sheet of Figure Studies from Raphael's Disputation

12. Standing Woman, Head of Man

13. Two Men Seated

14. Hooded Figure Seated

15. Seated Woman with Tablet

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

17. Study for the Portrait of William Guise

18. Portrait of a Man

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

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

21. Study for the Portrait of a Woman

22. George IV, When Prince of Wales

23. Study for a Portrait of a Woman

24. Study for a Portrait of a Woman

25. Full-length Study of a Young Man

26. Costume Study for a Portrait of a Man

27. Sheet of Figure Studies from Raphael's Disputation

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

29. Portrait of a Young Girl

30. Lady Maynard

31. Studies of Two Women's Heads

32. Italian sketchbook

33. Study of Hercules for 'Crowning the Victors at Olympia'

34. Man Leading a Trotting Stallion to Right

35. Standing Classical Female Figure

36. Standing Classical Male Figure with Spear

37. Reclining Female Nude

38. Portrait of a Man

39. A Life Drawing

40. Portrait of a Lady

41. Portrait of a Lady

42. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Front

43. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Left

44. Portrait of a Girl Holding a Garland

45. A Seated Man

46. Sketches of Mother and Child and Sketch of an Arm

47. Head of a Woman, Study for The Bible Lesson

48. A Young Girl Holding a Child

49. A Woman Seated

50. Head of a Boy

51. Seated Lady with Book

52. Head of a Young Girl

53. Study of a Man Standing