Materials & Techniques: graphite and white chalk / Genre: portrait / Image Use: Free to Use

1. Portrait of a Divine

Creator:: Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1739–1808
Date:: after 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, black chalk, white chalk, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (26.7 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. 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

3. Margaret Ramsay, the Artist's Second Wife (Died 1782)

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (24.1 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Head of a Young Woman or Man

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

5. Bryant Edward Duffay, 1833, Oct. 19th

Creator:: Bryant Edward Duffay
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/16 × 9 5/16 inches (33.8 × 23.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk, graphite, black chalk, and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 4 3/4 inches (19.1 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Artist's Son Writing

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (13.3 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Portrait of John Dixon, Facing Right

Creator:: Attributed to George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white chalk; verso: red chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 7 inches (22.9 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Head of a Boy

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1750 and 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, graphite, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 12 5/8 inches (40 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Portrait of Benjamin West, P.R.A.

Creator:: John Jackson, 1778–1831
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, white chalk, and red pencil on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 9 1/2 inches (32.7 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Mrs. Siddons

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, white chalk, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 7 inches (25.4 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

12. Henry Reveley

Creator:: Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1739–1808
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, white chalk, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 10 inches (31.1 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Portrait of a Gentleman (W. Winston?)

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 15/16 × 16 3/8 inches (53.2 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: John Hayter, 1800–1895
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, white chalk, blue chalk, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted on linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/4 × 18 inches (59.1 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Woman wearing a Feathered Headdress

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 8 inches (24.8 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

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

17. An Evening Walk

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, graphite, red chalk, white chalk, and gray ground on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 8 1/8 inches (21 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Study for the Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: Attributed to Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, red chalk and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 6 7/8 inches (22.9 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Portrait of a Gentleman (Mr. Plumer or Plumiere)

Creator:: Michael Dahl, 1656–1743
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, white chalk, and graphite, with stumping on medium, moderately textured, buff laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Joseph Hickey, Jr.

Creator:: Thomas Hickey, 1741–1824
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, white chalk, black chalk, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 7 7/8 inches (25.4 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. George Morland

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, white chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 7/8 inches (27.3 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban

Creator:: Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: between 1760 and 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 13 1/8 inches (43.2 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Gov. Thomas Pownall

Creator:: Daniel Gardner, 1750–1805
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, gouache, white chalk, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 10 inches (30.5 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Edward B. Greene, B.A. 1900

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1. Portrait of a Divine

2. Portrait of a Gentleman

3. Margaret Ramsay, the Artist's Second Wife (Died 1782)

4. Head of a Young Woman or Man

5. Bryant Edward Duffay, 1833, Oct. 19th

6. Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

7. Artist's Son Writing

8. Portrait of John Dixon, Facing Right

9. Head of a Boy

10. Portrait of Benjamin West, P.R.A.

11. Mrs. Siddons

12. Henry Reveley

13. Portrait of a Gentleman (W. Winston?)

14. Portrait of a Gentleman

15. Woman wearing a Feathered Headdress

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

17. An Evening Walk

18. Study for the Portrait of a Lady

19. Portrait of a Gentleman (Mr. Plumer or Plumiere)

20. Joseph Hickey, Jr.

21. George Morland

22. Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban

23. Gov. Thomas Pownall