Exhibition History: The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) / Image Use: Free to Use

101. Figures by a stream with cattle watering

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 20 inches (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

102. Portrait of a Young Man

Creator:: Attributed to Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches (8.6 x 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

103. Portrait of William Lock II of Norbury Park, Surrey

Creator:: Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oiled charcoal and blue-gray ground on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 34 1/2 x 28 x 3 1/4 inches (87.6 x 71.1 x 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and Friends of British Art Fund

104. The Prize Fight

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 27 3/8 inches (46 x 69.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

105. A View on the Island of Antigua: the English Barracks and Saint John's Church Seen from the Hospital

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 29 inches (51.4 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

106. The Meteor of August 18, 1783, as seen from the East Angle of the North Terrace, Windsor Castle

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream laid apper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 19 inches (31.8 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

107. Death on a Pale Horse

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 5/8 x 18 1/2 inches (62.5 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

108. Illustration to the Iliad

Creator:: John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Date:: between 1760 and 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 15 1/8 inches (23.5 × 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

109. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: George Engleheart, 1753–1829
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 1 3/4 x 1 3/8 inches (4.4 x 3.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

110. Sketchbook of Portrait Studies

Creator:: Thomas Patch, 1725–1782
Date:: 1760s
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper bound in carta fiorentina
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (22.2 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

111. Italian Sketchbook, Studies from Florence and Rome, begun 1787

Creator:: John Flaxman, 1755–1826
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Sketchbook; graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash on bound in vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 inches (21.9 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

112. Victorious Hero Takes Occasion to Conclude Peace

Creator:: Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache heightened with gold on vellum
Dimensions:: Frame: 17 1/4 x 20 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (43.8 x 52.1 x 3.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

113. Admiral Vernon's Monument in Westminster Abbey

Creator:: John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Date:: ca. 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, black ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 11/16 x 6 13/16in. (29.7 x 17.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

114. 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

115. A Drawing of a Part for the Map of the Moon

Creator:: John Russell, 1745–1806
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 6 1/8 inches (20.3 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

116. The Geographers

Creator:: John Brown, 1749–1787
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, pen and black ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches (18.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

117. Haweswater, Westmoreland

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 17 5/8 inches (30 x 44.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

118. Forest Scene

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash with pen and brown ink over graphite with gum on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper prepared with brown wash, mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 20 13/16 x 15 7/8 inches (52.9 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

119. Queen Square, London

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/16 x 23 1/2 inches (43.4 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

120. An English Man-of-War Taking Possession of a Ship

Creator:: Robert Cleveley, 1747–1809
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 19 3/4 inches (34.3 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

121. Drawing for a Frontispiece: "The Toast"

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches (21.3 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

122. Bay Scene in Moonlight

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 19 7/8 inches (34 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

123. Venus and Mars

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches (22.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

124. Elizabeth, Countess of Hopetown

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 x 2 3/8 inches (7.6 x 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

125. The Creation of the Heavens

Creator:: John Flaxman, 1755–1826
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Gray ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 10 inches (23.2 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

126. A Woodland Pool with Rocks and Plants

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1765 and 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black and white chalk, and oil paint, with gum on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, backed with laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 11 3/8 inches (22.9 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

127. Wooded Landscape with Figures

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and stumping, with touches of white and red chalk, gray and brown wash, heightened with gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.4 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

128. The French Lady in London

Creator:: Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:: ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash black ink and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 inches (29.2 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

129. Elevation for the West Front of Parliament House, Dublin

Creator:: James Gandon, 1742–1823
Date:: ca. 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 15 1/16 inches (25.1 x 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

130. John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache, black chalk and stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 5/8 inches (41.4 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

131. The Hoo, Kimpton, Hertfordshire: Elevations and Details of a Gateway

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: ca. 1760-1764
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 19 1/4 inches (30.5 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

132. A View of the Rotunda in the Garden at Stowe, Buckinghamshire

Creator:: Jean B. C. Chatelain, 1710–1771
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 3/4 inches (23.2 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

133. Facade for a Temple of Peace, Kew Gardens, Surrey

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: ca. 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, watercolor and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 18 3/4 inches (32.1 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

134. Design for a Writing Table

Creator:: Thomas Chippendale, 1718–1779
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black ink and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 7/8 inches (21.9 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

135. Near Chiavenna in the Grisons

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: ca. 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black ink, graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 x 24 1/2 inches (42.5 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

136. A Frigate Awaiting a Pilot

Creator:: William Anderson, 1757–1837
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches (20 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

137. Mountainous Landscape

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink, black ink, gray wash, brown wash and pale brown ground on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (24.1 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

138. James Hope, third Earl of Hopetoun

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 3 1/8 x 2 3/8 inches (7.9 x 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

139. The Lake of Albano and Castel Gandolfo

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: between 1783 and 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 24 3/8 inches (43.2 x 61.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

140. Main Entrance of the Jami Mosque, Jaunpur

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: 1797 to 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/8 x 32 1/8 inches (56.2 x 81.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

141. The Lake of Albano and Castle Gandolfo

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: ca. 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 25 1/8 inches (44.5 x 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

142. London from Greenwich Hill

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: ca. 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 21 1/8 inches (37.8 x 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

143. Matlock Baths, Derbyshire

Creator:: William Day, 1764–1807
Date:: ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 3/8 × 22 1/2 inches (44.1 × 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

144. Get Thee Behind Me, Satan

Creator:: John Flaxman, 1755–1826
Date:: between 1783 and 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Gray ink with graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 21 7/8 inches (40.6 x 55.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

145. Kennington Common

Creator:: Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gray ink and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches (33.7 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

146. 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

147. The English Lady at Paris

Creator:: Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches (31.8 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

148. Mrs. Justinian Casamajor and Eight of her Children

Creator:: Daniel Gardner, 1750–1805
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, pastel and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown laid paper mounted to linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 31 1/2 × 38 inches (80 × 96.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

149. Sankrydroog, Madras

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/8 x 21 1/8 inches (44.8 x 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

150. Italian Sketchbook

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

151. Carthamus tinctorius L. (Safflower): finished drawing of flowering plant

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: 1765-1773
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 28 1/4 inches (39.4 × 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

152. Sphyrna zygaena (Hammer-headed Shark)

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: 1765-1773
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 11 7/8 inches (40.6 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

153. Design for a Chimney Piece

Creator:: George Richardson, ca.1738–ca.1813
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and black wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 3/8 inches (26.7 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

154. Design for Wall Decoration

Creator:: John Yenn, 1750–1821
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on slightly textured, medium, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 13 3/4 inches (26 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

155. Death of Ananias

Creator:: Joseph Goupy, 1689–1769
Date:: 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 18 inches (30.2 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

156. The St. Aubyn Family

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

157. Aspis cornutus (Horned Viper or Cerastes)

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: 1765-1773
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 9 3/4 inches (30.2 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

158. Design for 'the Houses of both sides of the intended Street to extend in a right line from the Mansion-House to More-Gate humbly proposed to consideration'

Creator:: Stephen Riou, 1720–1780
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on slightly textured, medium, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 x 20 7/8 inches (18.6 x 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

159. Design for Wall Decoration

Creator:: John Yenn, 1750–1821
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on slightly textured, medium, rose laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 13 3/4 inches (26 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

160. The Memorial of Lord Darnley

Creator:: Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: 1728
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum wrapped around panel
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 18 1/4 inches (28.6 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

161. Classical Landscape

Creator:: Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: 1717
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and gum arabic on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 10 1/4 inches (19.4 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

162. The anatomy of the horse : including a particular description of the bones, cartilages, muscles, fascias, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins and glands : in eighteen tables, all done from nature / by George Stubbs, painter.

The anatomy of the horse : including a particular description of the bones, cartilages, muscles, fascias, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins and glands : in eighteen tables, all done from nature / by George Stubbs, painter.

Creator:: Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Date:: 1766
Physical Description:: [4], 47, [1] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 46 x 60 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

163. The art of dravving vvith the pen, and limming in water colovrs, more exactlie then heretofore tavght and enlarged: with the true manner of painting vpon glasse, the order of making your furnace, annealing, &c. ... By H. Pecham ...

The art of dravving vvith the pen, and limming in water colovrs, more exactlie then heretofore tavght and enlarged: with the true manner of painting vpon glasse, the order of making your furnace, annealing, &c. ... By H. Pecham ...

Creator:: Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576–approximately 1643
Date:: 1607
Physical Description:: 4, 70 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

164. Dr. Brook Taylor's method of perspective made easy, both in theory and practice ... Being an attempt to make the art of perspective easy and familiar; to adapt it intirely to the arts of design; and to make it an entertaining study to any gentleman who shall chuse so polite an amusement. By Joshua Kirby, painter ...

Dr. Brook Taylor's method of perspective made easy, both in theory and practice ... Being an attempt to make the art of perspective easy and familiar; to adapt it intirely to the arts of design; and to make it an entertaining study to any gentleman who shall chuse so polite an amusement. By Joshua Kirby, painter ...

Creator:: Kirby, John Joshua, 1716–1774
Date:: 1754
Physical Description:: 2 v. in 1. front., 50 plates. 27 cm. (in case 29 cm.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

165. The young painter's maulstick : being a practical treatise on perspective : containing rules and principles for delineation on planes : treated so as to render the art of drawing correctly easy of attainment even to common capacities : and entertaining at the same time, from its truth and facility : founded on the clear mechanical process of Vignola and Sirigatti, united with the theoretic principles of the celebrated Dr. Brook Taylor : addressed to students in drawing / by James Malton, architect and draftsman.

The young painter's maulstick : being a practical treatise on perspective : containing rules and principles for delineation on planes : treated so as to render the art of drawing correctly easy of attainment even to common capacities : and entertaining at the same time, from its truth and facility : founded on the clear mechanical process of Vignola and Sirigatti, united with the theoretic principles of the celebrated Dr. Brook Taylor : addressed to students in drawing / by James Malton, architect and draftsman.

Creator:: Malton, James, d. 1803
Date:: 1800
Physical Description:: [4], ii, xiv, 71, [1] p., 23 leaves of plates ([1] folded) : ill. ; 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

166. The city and country builder's, and workman's treasury of designs, or, The art of drawing, and working the ornamental parts of architecture : illustrated by upwards of four hundred ... designs ... engraved on 186 ... plates ... to which are prefix'd, the five orders of columns ; according to Andrea Palladio ... the whole interspersed, with sure rules, for working, all the varieties of raking members in pediments, modilions, &c. ... / by Batty Langley.

The city and country builder's, and workman's treasury of designs, or, The art of drawing, and working the ornamental parts of architecture : illustrated by upwards of four hundred ... designs ... engraved on 186 ... plates ... to which are prefix'd, the five orders of columns ; according to Andrea Palladio ... the whole interspersed, with sure rules, for working, all the varieties of raking members in pediments, modilions, &c. ... / by Batty Langley.

Creator:: Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
Date:: 1740
Physical Description:: iv, 24 pages, clxxxiv [i.e. 186] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.

167. The works of the late Professor Camper : on the connexion between the science of anatomy and the art of drawing, painting, statuary ... : in two books : containing a treatise on the natural difference of features in persons of different countries and periods of life, and on beauty as exhibited in ancient sculpture : with a new method of sketching heads, natural features, and portraits of individuals, with accuracy ... : illustrated with seventeen plates explanatory of the professor's leading principals / translated from the Dutch by T. Cogan ...

The works of the late Professor Camper : on the connexion between the science of anatomy and the art of drawing, painting, statuary ... : in two books : containing a treatise on the natural difference of features in persons of different countries and periods of life, and on beauty as exhibited in ancient sculpture : with a new method of sketching heads, natural features, and portraits of individuals, with accuracy ... : illustrated with seventeen plates explanatory of the professor's leading principals / translated from the Dutch by T. Cogan ...

Creator:: Camper, Petrus, 1722–1789
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: xxiii, [1], 175 p. [18] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

168. The compleat drawing-master; : containing a curious collection of examples, consisting of parts of the human body, academy figures, and Le Brun's passions of the soul, as they are expressed in the human countenance ...

The compleat drawing-master; : containing a curious collection of examples, consisting of parts of the human body, academy figures, and Le Brun's passions of the soul, as they are expressed in the human countenance ...

Date:: 1766
Physical Description:: 8 p., 105 leaves of plates on 85 leaves : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

169. Iconologia, or, Moral emblems / by Caesar Ripa, wherein are express'd, various images of virtues, vices, passions, arts, humours, elements and celestial bodies, as design'd by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and modern Italians ; useful for orators, poets, painters, sculptors, and all lovers of ingenuity ; illustrated with three hundred twenty-six humane figures, with their explanations ; newly design'd, and engraven on copper, by I. Fuller, painter, and other masters ; by the care and at the charge of P. Tempest.

Iconologia, or, Moral emblems / by Caesar Ripa, wherein are express'd, various images of virtues, vices, passions, arts, humours, elements and celestial bodies, as design'd by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and modern Italians ; useful for orators, poets, painters, sculptors, and all lovers of ingenuity ; illustrated with three hundred twenty-six humane figures, with their explanations ; newly design'd, and engraven on copper, by I. Fuller, painter, and other masters ; by the care and at the charge of P. Tempest.

Creator:: Ripa, Cesare, 1560–1645
Date:: MDCCIX [1709]
Physical Description:: [4], 81 leaves, 2 leaves of plates : illustrations (326 emblems on 81 plates) ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

170. Chinese landskips.

Date:: [ca. 1752?]
Physical Description:: 12 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 23 x 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

171. The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : features and limbs, profiles and ovals, whole figures, drapery, light and shade, landscapes, perspective, enlarging and contracting, imitation of life, &c. &c. : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs : neatly engraved on seventy-two copper plates : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on designs, as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.

The draughtsman's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : features and limbs, profiles and ovals, whole figures, drapery, light and shade, landscapes, perspective, enlarging and contracting, imitation of life, &c. &c. : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs : neatly engraved on seventy-two copper plates : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on designs, as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.

Creator:: Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Date:: [ca. 1801]
Physical Description:: [2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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101. Figures by a stream with cattle watering

102. Portrait of a Young Man

103. Portrait of William Lock II of Norbury Park, Surrey

104. The Prize Fight

105. A View on the Island of Antigua: the English Barracks and Saint John's Church Seen from the Hospital

106. The Meteor of August 18, 1783, as seen from the East Angle of the North Terrace, Windsor Castle

107. Death on a Pale Horse

108. Illustration to the Iliad

109. Portrait of a Gentleman

110. Sketchbook of Portrait Studies

111. Italian Sketchbook, Studies from Florence and Rome, begun 1787

112. Victorious Hero Takes Occasion to Conclude Peace

113. Admiral Vernon's Monument in Westminster Abbey

114. Italian sketchbook

115. A Drawing of a Part for the Map of the Moon

116. The Geographers

117. Haweswater, Westmoreland

118. Forest Scene

119. Queen Square, London

120. An English Man-of-War Taking Possession of a Ship

121. Drawing for a Frontispiece: "The Toast"

122. Bay Scene in Moonlight

123. Venus and Mars

124. Elizabeth, Countess of Hopetown

125. The Creation of the Heavens

126. A Woodland Pool with Rocks and Plants

127. Wooded Landscape with Figures

128. The French Lady in London

129. Elevation for the West Front of Parliament House, Dublin

130. John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"

131. The Hoo, Kimpton, Hertfordshire: Elevations and Details of a Gateway

132. A View of the Rotunda in the Garden at Stowe, Buckinghamshire

133. Facade for a Temple of Peace, Kew Gardens, Surrey

134. Design for a Writing Table

135. Near Chiavenna in the Grisons

136. A Frigate Awaiting a Pilot

137. Mountainous Landscape

138. James Hope, third Earl of Hopetoun

139. The Lake of Albano and Castel Gandolfo

140. Main Entrance of the Jami Mosque, Jaunpur

141. The Lake of Albano and Castle Gandolfo

142. London from Greenwich Hill

143. Matlock Baths, Derbyshire

144. Get Thee Behind Me, Satan

145. Kennington Common

146. Head of a Young Girl

147. The English Lady at Paris

148. Mrs. Justinian Casamajor and Eight of her Children

149. Sankrydroog, Madras

150. Italian Sketchbook

151. Carthamus tinctorius L. (Safflower): finished drawing of flowering plant

152. Sphyrna zygaena (Hammer-headed Shark)

153. Design for a Chimney Piece

154. Design for Wall Decoration

155. Death of Ananias

156. The St. Aubyn Family

157. Aspis cornutus (Horned Viper or Cerastes)

158. Design for 'the Houses of both sides of the intended Street to extend in a right line from the Mansion-House to More-Gate humbly proposed to consideration'

159. Design for Wall Decoration

160. The Memorial of Lord Darnley

161. Classical Landscape

162. The anatomy of the horse : including a particular description of the bones, cartilages, muscles, fascias, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins and glands : in eighteen tables, all done from nature / by George Stubbs, painter.

163. The art of dravving vvith the pen, and limming in water colovrs, more exactlie then heretofore tavght and enlarged: with the true manner of painting vpon glasse, the order of making your furnace, annealing, &c. ... By H. Pecham ...

168. The compleat drawing-master; : containing a curious collection of examples, consisting of parts of the human body, academy figures, and Le Brun's passions of the soul, as they are expressed in the human countenance ...

170. Chinese landskips.