Materials & Techniques: laid paper / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / 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)

1. The First Stage of Cruelty

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches (39.4 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. 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

3. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: between 1790 and 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Black and gray wash with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 20 1/8 inches (31.8 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

4. The Norman Gate and Deputy Governor's House

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 21 1/4 inches (38.4 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Skating in St. James' Park

Creator:: John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 27 7/8 inches (32.4 × 70.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Hinton St. George, Somerset: View of the Saloon

Creator:: Sir John Soane, 1753–1837
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black and brown ink and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 15/16 inches (23.5 x 37.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Nîmes from the Tour Magne

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper (original mount)
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 1/4 × 23 7/8 inches (43.8 × 60.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Carlton House, Pall Mall, London: Section of the Portico, Hall and Tribune

Creator:: Henry Holland, 1745–1806
Date:: ca. 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over pen and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 15/16 x 28 1/4 inches (35.4 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Hilly Landscape with Figures Approaching a Bridge

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, on contemporary mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 inches (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, James W. and Mary C. Fosburgh Collection

10. Design for an Unidentified Town House: Elevation and Plan

Creator:: James Gibbs, 1682–1754
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/4 x 14 9/16 inches (47.6 x 37 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Men of War Lying off Sheerness

Creator:: John Harris, 1770–1834
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gouache and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 21 1/4 inches (41.3 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1771 or 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches (54 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 25 5/8 inches (36.8 × 65.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Margaret Nicholson Attempting to Assassinate His Majesty, George III, at the Garden Entrance of St. James's Palace, 2nd August 1786

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 1/8 inches (32.7 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. A View of Boxhill from Norbury Park, Surrey

Creator:: Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 39 1/8 inches (30.8 × 99.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. Donnybrook Fair, 1782

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with watercolor on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 21 1/2 inches (32.1 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Members of a Corinthian Temple in Ruins at Ephesus

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/16 x 15 3/16 inches (54.2 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. View of the Ruined Baths at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 5/16 inches (38.1 x 54.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Stromboli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 x 14 15/16 inches (54.3 x 37.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The South View of Berwick Upon Tweed

Creator:: Samuel Buck, 1696–1779
Date:: ca. 1743-1745
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 31 7/8 inches (31.1 x 81 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Nymphs Bathing in a Wooded Glade

Creator:: William Taverner, 1703–1772
Date:: ca. 1765-1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 15 1/4 inches (30.5 × 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury

Creator:: Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758
Date:: 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 1/4 × 23 1/2 inches (26 × 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Design for Ceiling Walls and Staircase

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: between 1712 and 1713
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 x 19 5/8 inches (38.7 x 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum

Creator:: Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros, 1748–1810
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 x 29 1/8 inches (53 x 74 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Self-Portrait

Creator:: James Jefferys, 1751–1784
Date:: between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 16 3/8 inches (54 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman (African Wild Banana): finished drawing

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: 1765-1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (31.8 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus

Creator:: Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Date:: between 1760 and 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 inches (17.5 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Andromache Mourning the Death of Hector

Creator:: Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Date:: between 1760 and 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with gray wash and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 9 inches (17.1 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. 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

30. Octagonal Temple at Shotover Park, Oxfordshire: Plan, Section and Elevation

Creator:: William Kent, ca.1686–1748
Date:: ca. 1738
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 12 3/8 inches (28.6 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. Roman Sketchbook

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Sketchbook with sketches in graphite, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, black wash, gouache and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, bound in vellum
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 5/8 inches (19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Lowther House, Westmorland: Elevation of the Garden Front

Creator:: Colen Campbell, 1676–1729
Date:: between 1718 and 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and wash within triple-ruled border on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 20 13/16 inches (35.2 x 52.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Self-Portrait

Creator:: Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Date:: ca. 1733
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/8 × 12 1/2 inches (46.7 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Interior of St. Paul's Cathedral

Creator:: Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on smooth, medium, cream laid paper laid down on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/4 x 36 1/8 inches (66.7 x 91.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The City of Westminster from Near the York Water Gate

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: between 1746 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, and pen and brown ink on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches (38.7 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, rough, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 16 9/16 inches (28.7 x 42.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Arbra Sacra on the Banks of Lake Nemi

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: between 1754 and 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, greened white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 × 22 inches (38.9 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. North West View of Wakefield Lodge in Whittlebury Forest, Northamptonshire

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink and touches of gold paint over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 x 33 1/4 inches (42.5 x 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Sketch for "The Conversion of St. Paul" for the Dome of St. Paul's Cathedral

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: between 1709 and 1717
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk on thin, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (24.1 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. The Great Gate of St. Augustine's Monastery, Canterbury

Creator:: Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758
Date:: 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on thick, textured, cream laid paper on contemporary mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 15 3/16 inches (20.6 × 38.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. A Lady Copying at a Drawing Table

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk, black chalk, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 6 inches (19.4 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Roslin Castle, Midlothian

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on medium laid paper, mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 25 1/8 inches (46 x 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Pont-y-Pair on the River Llugwy near Betws-y-Coed, Denbigh

Creator:: John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches (34.3 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Design for a Wall of the Chapel of Revealed Religion

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in gray and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 18 1/2 inches (29.2 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Kings Weston, Bristol: Entrance Front Elevation

Creator:: Sir John Vanbrugh, 1664–1726
Date:: ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 18 5/8 inches (36.8 × 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio

Creator:: William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite and black crayon on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 15/16 x 24 1/8 inches (45.5 x 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. Tom Conolly of Castletown Hunting with His Friends

Creator:: Robert Healy, 1743–1771
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, chalk, and white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 × 53 1/2 inches (51.4 × 135.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. A Dutch Packet in a Rising Breeze

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 13/16 inches (19.7 x 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. The Duchess of Devonshire and the Countess of Bessborough

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black and gray ink over graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 11/16 x 16 3/4 inches (50 x 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Vauxhall Gardens

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 1/16 x 20 11/16 inches (38.3 x 52.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. 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

59. An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 14 5/16 inches (23.8 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. 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

61. Lake Windermere

Creator:: Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown and gray ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches (15.6 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Place des Victoires, Paris

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor in pen and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream antique laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 21 inches (34.9 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. 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

64. 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

65. 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

66. 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

67. 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

68. 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

69. 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

70. 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

71. 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

72. 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

73. 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

74. 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

75. 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

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. 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

80. 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

81. 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

82. 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

83. 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

84. 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

85. 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

86. 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

87. 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

88. 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

89. 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

90. 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

91. 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

92. 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

93. 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

94. 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

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1. The First Stage of Cruelty

2. Study of a Female Nude

3. Howard Visiting a Prison

4. The Norman Gate and Deputy Governor's House

5. Skating in St. James' Park

6. Hinton St. George, Somerset: View of the Saloon

7. Nîmes from the Tour Magne

8. Carlton House, Pall Mall, London: Section of the Portico, Hall and Tribune

9. Hilly Landscape with Figures Approaching a Bridge

10. Design for an Unidentified Town House: Elevation and Plan

11. Men of War Lying off Sheerness

12. Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase

13. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor

14. Margaret Nicholson Attempting to Assassinate His Majesty, George III, at the Garden Entrance of St. James's Palace, 2nd August 1786

15. A View of Boxhill from Norbury Park, Surrey

16. Donnybrook Fair, 1782

17. The Members of a Corinthian Temple in Ruins at Ephesus

18. View of the Ruined Baths at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli

19. Stromboli

20. The South View of Berwick Upon Tweed

21. Nymphs Bathing in a Wooded Glade

22. Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury

23. Design for Ceiling Walls and Staircase

24. Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum

25. Self-Portrait

26. Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman (African Wild Banana): finished drawing

27. Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus

28. Andromache Mourning the Death of Hector

29. Portrait of a Divine

30. Octagonal Temple at Shotover Park, Oxfordshire: Plan, Section and Elevation

31. Head of a Young Woman

32. Study for the Portrait of William Guise

33. Portrait of a Man

34. Roman Sketchbook

35. Lowther House, Westmorland: Elevation of the Garden Front

36. Self-Portrait

37. Interior of St. Paul's Cathedral

38. The City of Westminster from Near the York Water Gate

39. Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

40. The Arbra Sacra on the Banks of Lake Nemi

41. North West View of Wakefield Lodge in Whittlebury Forest, Northamptonshire

42. Sketch for "The Conversion of St. Paul" for the Dome of St. Paul's Cathedral

43. The Great Gate of St. Augustine's Monastery, Canterbury

44. A Lady Copying at a Drawing Table

45. Roslin Castle, Midlothian

46. Pont-y-Pair on the River Llugwy near Betws-y-Coed, Denbigh

47. Design for a Wall of the Chapel of Revealed Religion

48. Kings Weston, Bristol: Entrance Front Elevation

49. A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio

50. Illustration to the Iliad

51. The Prize Fight

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

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

54. Tom Conolly of Castletown Hunting with His Friends

55. A Dutch Packet in a Rising Breeze

56. The Duchess of Devonshire and the Countess of Bessborough

57. Vauxhall Gardens

58. Sketchbook of Portrait Studies

59. An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre

60. Figures by a stream with cattle watering

61. Lake Windermere

62. Place des Victoires, Paris

63. Admiral Vernon's Monument in Westminster Abbey

64. Venus and Mars

65. Forest Scene

66. The Geographers

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

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

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

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

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

72. Design for a Writing Table

73. Mountainous Landscape