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

101. Dorelia Asleep

Creator:: Augustus Edwin John, 1878–1961
Date:: 1903
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 13/16 × 11 11/16 inches (35.1 × 29.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

102. Portrait of James Joyce

Creator:: Augustus Edwin John, 1878–1961
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 30 5/8 inches (27.3 × 77.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

103. 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

104. Study for the Portrait of Hannah, Countess of Roseberry

Creator:: Frederic Leighton, 1830–1896
Date:: ca. 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (21 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

105. 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

106. 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

107. Anastasia Gliddon Laurence

Creator:: Samuel Laurence, 1812–1884
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/8 × 14 1/4 inches (52.4 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gordon S. Haight

108. Lord Louis Mountbatten

Creator:: Frank O. Salisbury, 1874–1962
Date:: ca. 1951
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk
Dimensions:: Image: 23 x 18 inches (58.4 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Paul Walter

109. Male Nude

Creator:: Augustus Edwin John, 1878–1961
Date:: ca. 1908
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (29.2 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

110. The Charmer

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and gray ground on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 1/2 inches (36.5 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

111. 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

112. Sir Francis Burdett

Creator:: Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:: After 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/8 × 14 1/8 inches (55 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

113. The Wellesley-Pole Sisters

Creator:: Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, red chalk and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 25 1/2 × 21 7/16 × 1 3/4 inches (64.8 × 54.5 × 4.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

114. Portrait of a Youth (The Painter's Eldest Son)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk with stumping on medium, smooth, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 11 inches (37.8 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

115. 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

116. 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

117. Miss Nott

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black and red chalk with stumping on thin, smooth, cream 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

118. Portrait of a Divine Called Reverend John Wesley

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 x 7 1/2 inches (22.9 x 19 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

119. Robert, Duke of Normandy

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with stumping and graphite on thin, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 7 5/8 inches (22.9 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

120. 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

121. Miss Campbell

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and graphite, with stumping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 9 1/2 inches (30.6 x 24.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

122. Simon Fraser, Twelfth Lord Lovat (1667-1747)

Creator:: Richard Cooper the Elder, 1701–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (37.1 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

123. 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

124. Portrait Study of Thomas Hearne

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: between 1803 and 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches (23.8 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

125. Head of Christopher Dark

Creator:: Frank Auerbach, born 1931
Date:: 1977
Materials & Techniques:: Charcoal and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, white Arches wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 3/4 × 22 1/4 inches (75.6 × 56.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of R. B. Kitaj

126. Portrait of James Sheridan Knowles

Creator:: Comte Alfred d' Orsay, 1801–1852
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, charcoal, black chalk, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 1/8 inches (28.3 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

127. Angus Davidson Sleeping

Creator:: Duncan Grant, 1885–1978
Date:: 1923
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 20 1/2 inches (36.5 × 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mitchell Bobkin

128. Jonathan Richardson, Jr.

Creator:: Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 1/4 inches (28.3 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

129. Study for the Portrait of William Inglis

Creator:: David Allan, 1744–1796
Date:: ca. 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, white gouache, and brown gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (26.7 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

130. Portrait of Miss Lysons

Creator:: Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with black and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches (30.8 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

131. Gwen John, Ida Nettleship and Ursula Tyrwhitt

Creator:: Augustus Edwin John, 1878–1961
Date:: ca. 1899
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 9 7/8 inches (33 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

132. Study of a Seated Woman

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and gray ink, gray wash, gouache, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 7 7/8 inches (30.5 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

133. Seated Woman with a Flower Hat

Creator:: Sir William Orpen, 1878–1931
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 11 1/8 inches (38.1 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

134. Profile of Woman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 7 3/8 inches (23 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

135. Man in 17th Century Costume

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, verso, black chalk on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 7 15/16 inches (16.5 × 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

136. Sir Joshua Reynolds

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, white chalk on thick, rough, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 14in. (40.6 x 35.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

137. Jonathan Richardson, Jr.

Creator:: Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Date:: ca. 1728
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, black chalk, and graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 3/4 inches (28.9 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

138. Portrait Study of a Young Man, possibly Frank Issom

Creator:: attributed to John Hoppner, 1758–1810
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, red chalk, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 inches (38.7 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

139. Portrait of Edwin Austin Abbey at Work

Creator:: George Percy Jacomb-Hood, 1857–1929
Date:: 1898
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 11 1/8 inches (37.8 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, The Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Collection

140. 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

141. Portrait of an Unknown Man in a Full-Bottomed Wig

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 10 3/8 inches (33 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

142. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, black chalk, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 9 1/4 inches (29.2 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

143. A Man Leaning on a Staff

Creator:: Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately textured laid paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 22 7/8 × 18 1/4 × 2 inches (58.1 × 46.4 × 5.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

144. Study of Man with Turban

Creator:: Sir Frank William Brangwyn, 1867–1956
Date:: 1897
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper mounted to board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 10 inches (50.2 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

145. Self-Portrait, 1931

Creator:: David Bomberg, 1890–1957
Date:: 1931
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 14 inches (50.8 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

146. Ella Forster

Creator:: Mary Newton Severn, 1832–1866
Date:: ca. 1862
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and pastel on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 × 14 1/4 inches (49.8 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Professor S.W. Jackman in recognition of his friendship with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

147. Edith Forster

Creator:: Mary Newton Severn, 1832–1866
Date:: ca. 1862
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and pastel on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 14 1/4 inches (50.2 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Professor S.W. Jackman in recognition of his friendship with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

148. Old Bearded Man

Creator:: Sir Frank William Brangwyn, 1867–1956
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on beige board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 12 3/4 inches (50.5 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

149. Head of a Woman Called Ruth Herbert

Creator:: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828–1882
Date:: 1876
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and black chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige 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

150. Mrs. Jane Mounsey and Child

Creator:: Daniel Gardner, 1750–1805
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, pastel, gouache, red chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 8 1/4 inches (26.4 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

151. 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

152. Portrait Study of a Young Woman

Creator:: Attributed to Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 inches (40 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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101. Dorelia Asleep

102. Portrait of James Joyce

103. Portrait of a Man

104. Study for the Portrait of Hannah, Countess of Roseberry

105. Study for the Portrait of a Lady

106. An Evening Walk

107. Anastasia Gliddon Laurence

108. Lord Louis Mountbatten

109. Male Nude

110. The Charmer

111. Sketchbook of Portrait Studies

112. Sir Francis Burdett

113. The Wellesley-Pole Sisters

114. Portrait of a Youth (The Painter's Eldest Son)

115. Portrait of a Lady

116. Portrait of a Lady

117. Miss Nott

118. Portrait of a Divine Called Reverend John Wesley

119. Robert, Duke of Normandy

120. Portrait of a Girl Holding a Garland

121. Miss Campbell

122. Simon Fraser, Twelfth Lord Lovat (1667-1747)

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

124. Portrait Study of Thomas Hearne

125. Head of Christopher Dark

126. Portrait of James Sheridan Knowles

127. Angus Davidson Sleeping

128. Jonathan Richardson, Jr.

129. Study for the Portrait of William Inglis

130. Portrait of Miss Lysons

131. Gwen John, Ida Nettleship and Ursula Tyrwhitt

132. Study of a Seated Woman

133. Seated Woman with a Flower Hat

134. Profile of Woman

135. Man in 17th Century Costume

136. Sir Joshua Reynolds

137. Jonathan Richardson, Jr.

138. Portrait Study of a Young Man, possibly Frank Issom

139. Portrait of Edwin Austin Abbey at Work

140. Joseph Hickey, Jr.

141. Portrait of an Unknown Man in a Full-Bottomed Wig

142. Portrait of a Lady

143. A Man Leaning on a Staff

144. Study of Man with Turban

145. Self-Portrait, 1931

146. Ella Forster

147. Edith Forster

148. Old Bearded Man

149. Head of a Woman Called Ruth Herbert

150. Mrs. Jane Mounsey and Child

151. Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban

152. Portrait Study of a Young Woman