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101. Mountain Landscape, Macugnaga

Creator:: John Ruskin, 1819–1900
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, graphite and scraping out on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches (29.8 x 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

102. 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

103. Street Scene in Chelsea, possibly depicting the Tobacconist, J. W. Nicholas, located at No. 75, Cheyne Walk

Creator:: James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:: ca. 1888
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 8 7/8 inches (13.3 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

104. Girl with Large Hat and Straw-Colored Hair

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1910
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 9/16 inches (21 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

105. Woman Dressing

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1907
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 9 1/8 inches (27.6 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

106. 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

107. Tangier

Creator:: Joseph Crawhall, 1861–1913
Date:: 1887
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on very thick, rough, beige cardboard
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 × 16 15/16 inches (39.7 × 43 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

108. Horse Fair in East Anglia

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959
Date:: 1899
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache, over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches (34.6 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

109. 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

110. King Lear and Cordelia

Creator:: Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint with India ink, published state
Dimensions:: Plate: 21 7/8 x 21 5/8 inches (55.6 x 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

111. Warren Hastings on his Arabian Horse

Creator:: George Townly Stubbs, 1748–1815
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor; extensive retouching of design on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper; previously all over mounted to canvas and wood strainer with black and gold residual accretion around edges from eglomise glass
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 x 19 1/4 inches (61 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

112. Celebration on the Thames near Whitehall

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Elder, ca. 1611–1693
Date:: 1685
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite, and gray wash on two joined sheets of medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 17 3/8 inches (28.3 x 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

113. View and Plan of the Theater of Hierapolis (now Pamukkale)

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 x 14 15/16 inches (54.3 x 38 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

114. Ophelia: Portrait Imaginé

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1910
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, gray wash, and white gouache on thin, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 8 1/8 inches (25.2 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

115. Study of a Plunging Eagle

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Varnish over graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 13 5/8 inches (36.8 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

116. Study of a Goat

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: late 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and stumping, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper, laid down on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (16.8 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

117. A Tiger Resting: the frontispiece for "Oriental Field Sports"

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 13 inches (23.2 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

118. The Tiger at Bay: an illustration for Captain Thomas Williamson's "Oriental Field Sports"

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/8 × 19 1/8 inches (35.9 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

119. The Connoisseurs

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red, brown and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

120. A Worn Out Debauchée

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1790 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and yellow and gray-black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 7 13/16 inches (30 x 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

121. 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

122. The Bass Rock at Dawn

Creator:: Edward Duncan, 1803–1882
Date:: 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, graphite, gouache, and scratching out on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/16 × 19 15/16 inches (20.8 × 50.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

123. 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

124. Dido and Aeneas Sheltering in a Cave

Creator:: Francis Cleyn, 1582–1658
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (26 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

125. L'Institut de France, Paris

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen in brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 7/16 inches (35.6 x 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

126. A View of Snowdon from the Sands of Traeth Mawr, taken at the Ford Between Pont Aberglaslyn and Tremadoc

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, blue chalk, graphite, and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/2 x 36 1/4 inches (64.8 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

127. A Girl Peeling Vegetables

Creator:: Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847
Date:: between 1810 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 11/16 x 14 inches (45 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

128. In Rokeby Park

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1800 to 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 9 inches (33 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

129. 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

130. 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

131. Death of Abimelech at Thebez

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches (35.9 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

132. Wankaka

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, black ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 × 19 3/16 inches (34.8 × 48.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

133. Galleria di Sopra, Albano

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 18 3/8 x 24 1/2 inches (46.7 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

134. 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

135. Wooded Landscape with Castle

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1785 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and stumping with white chalk on medium, slightly textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 12 7/8 inches (26.4 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

136. The Villa Medici, Rome

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 20 1/4 inches (34.6 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

137. 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

138. Back View of a Standing Female, Called Mrs. Fuseli

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches (36.5 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

139. Portrait of a Man

Creator:: Thomas Forster, ca. 1677–after 1712
Date:: 1699
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 3 inches (12.7 x 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

140. The East End and South Side of the Parthenon

Creator:: John Foster, ca. 1787–1846
Date:: ca. 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 18 1/4 inches (29.8 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

141. Domfront, Looking to the South East

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 16 1/2 inches (28.3 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

142. A Summer Day

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1827 to 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on Medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches (31.8 x 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

143. 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

144. A View of Chatham from the West

Creator:: Jacob Esselens, 1626–1687
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 12 1/4 inches (18.7 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

145. 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

146. Mountain Landscape with Figures, Sheep and Fountain

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1785 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black wash, white wash and black chalk with varnish on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid onto wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 11 7/8 inches (21.6 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

147. Crossing Lancaster Sands

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: mid-1830s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite and scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 5/16 × 20 1/16 inches (36.4 × 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

148. 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

149. A Yorkshire Road

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 16 7/8 inches (19.4 x 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

150. Letter to John Thomas Smith.

Creator:: Constable, John, 1776–1837
Date:: 1797, between January 16 and March 23
Physical Description:: 1 item (1 p.) : ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

151. The works of Geoffrey Chaucer : now newly imprinted.

Creator:: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Date:: Finished on the 8th day of May, 1896]
Physical Description:: 4 blank l., ii p., 1 l., 554 p. illus. 43 x 30 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

152. John Porter manuscript.

Creator:: Porter, John, fl. 1445–1485
Date:: circa 1450
Physical Description:: 1 v. (72 leaves) ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

153. Claudii Ptolemei viri Alexandrini mathematic[ae] disciplin[ae] philosophi doctissimi Geographi[ae] opus nouissima traductione e Gr[ae]corum archetypis castigatissime pressum, c[ae]teris ante lucubratorum multo pr[ae]stantius ...

Claudii Ptolemei viri Alexandrini mathematic[ae] disciplin[ae] philosophi doctissimi Geographi[ae] opus nouissima traductione e Gr[ae]corum archetypis castigatissime pressum, c[ae]teris ante lucubratorum multo pr[ae]stantius ...

Creator:: Ptolemy, active 2nd century
Date:: anno Christi Opt. Max. MDXIII. Marcii XII [1513]
Physical Description:: [2], 5-60, [32] leaves (last leaf blank), [92] leaves of plates : ill., 47 maps (woodcuts) ; 45 cm. (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

154. Vera descriptio expeditionis nauticae Francisci Draci Angli, cognitis aurati qui quinq[ue] navibus probe instructis, ex occidentali Anglia parte anchoras soluens, tertio post decimo Decembris An[n]o MDLXXVII, terraru[m] orbis ambitum circumnavigans, unica tantu[m] navi reliqua (alijs fluctibus, alijs flamma correptis) redux factus, sexto supra vigesimo Sep. 1580.

Vera descriptio expeditionis nauticae Francisci Draci Angli, cognitis aurati qui quinq[ue] navibus probe instructis, ex occidentali Anglia parte anchoras soluens, tertio post decimo Decembris An[n]o MDLXXVII, terraru[m] orbis ambitum circumnavigans, unica tantu[m] navi reliqua (alijs fluctibus, alijs flamma correptis) redux factus, sexto supra vigesimo Sep. 1580.

Date:: circa 1587
Physical Description:: 1 map : pen and ink and watercolor ; 21.9 x 43 cm, on sheet 23.5 x 46 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

155. Helmingham herbal and bestiary.

Date:: circa 1500
Physical Description:: 1 v. ([20] leaves, with 1 blank leaf) : ill. ; 45 x 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

156. Trattato di architectura civile e militare.

Creator:: Martini, Francesco di Giorgio, 1439–1502
Date:: not after 1521
Physical Description:: 1 volume (178 pages) : illustrations ; 44 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

157. Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching landscape.

Creator:: Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
Date:: circa 1790
Physical Description:: 1 v. (44 leaves, with blanks) : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

158. The Canterbury tales.

Creator:: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Date:: 1483]
Physical Description:: [312] leaves : ill. ; 27 cm. (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

159. Oriental field sports : being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the wild sports of the East : and exhibiting, in a novel and interesting manner, the natural history of the elephant, the rhinoceros, the tiger, the leopard, the bear, the deer, the buffalo, the wolf, the wild hog, the jackall, the wild dog, the civet, and other undomesticated animals, as likewise the different species of feathered game, fishes and serpents : the whole interspersed with a variety of original, authentic, and curious anecdotes ... the scenery gives a faithful representation of the picturesque country, together with the manners and customs of both the native and European inhabitants : the narrative is divided into forty heads, forming collectively a complete work, but so arranged that each part is a detail of one of the forty coloured engravings ... / the whole taken from the manuscript and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson ... ; the drawings by Samuel Howett [sic] ...

Oriental field sports : being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the wild sports of the East : and exhibiting, in a novel and interesting manner, the natural history of the elephant, the rhinoceros, the tiger, the leopard, the bear, the deer, the buffalo, the wolf, the wild hog, the jackall, the wild dog, the civet, and other undomesticated animals, as likewise the different species of feathered game, fishes and serpents : the whole interspersed with a variety of original, authentic, and curious anecdotes ... the scenery gives a faithful representation of the picturesque country, together with the manners and customs of both the native and European inhabitants : the narrative is divided into forty heads, forming collectively a complete work, but so arranged that each part is a detail of one of the forty coloured engravings ... / the whole taken from the manuscript and designs of Captain Thomas Williamson ... ; the drawings by Samuel Howett [sic] ...

Creator:: Williamson, Thomas
Date:: 1807
Physical Description:: [4], ii, [2], 150 p., 41 leaves of plates : ill. ; 47 x 60 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

160. The famouse West Indian voyadge made by the Englishe fleete of 23 shippes and barkes [cartographic material] : wherin weare gotten the townes of St . Iago, Sto. Domingo, Cartagena and St. Augustines : the same beinge begon from Plimmouth in the moneth of September 1585 and ended at Portesmouth in Iulie 1586 : the whole course of the saide viadge beinge plainlie described by the pricked line / newlie come forth by Baptista B.

The famouse West Indian voyadge made by the Englishe fleete of 23 shippes and barkes [cartographic material] : wherin weare gotten the townes of St . Iago, Sto. Domingo, Cartagena and St. Augustines : the same beinge begon from Plimmouth in the moneth of September 1585 and ended at Portesmouth in Iulie 1586 : the whole course of the saide viadge beinge plainlie described by the pricked line / newlie come forth by Baptista B.

Creator:: Boazio, Baptista
Date:: [1589?]
Physical Description:: [5] sheets : maps (engravings)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

161. Charles Dashwood diaries and commissions relating to Xalapa and Guatemala City.

Creator:: Dashwood, Charles, 1787–1832
Date:: 1826-1830
Physical Description:: 2 v. + (2 commissions) : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

162. St. George and the dragon.

Creator:: Marshal, Alexander
Date:: circa 1630-1682
Physical Description:: 1 painting : watercolor, pen and ink, on paper ; image 204 x 192 mm., on sheet 220 x 199 mm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

163. Here in thys boke afore ar contenyt the bokys of haukyng and huntyng with other plesuris dyuerse as in the boke apperis and also of cootarmuris a nobull werke. ...

Here in thys boke afore ar contenyt the bokys of haukyng and huntyng with other plesuris dyuerse as in the boke apperis and also of cootarmuris a nobull werke. ...

Creator:: Berners, Juliana, 1388?-
Date:: [1486]
Physical Description:: [180] p. : ill. ; 29 cm. (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

164. Record books.

Creator:: Roberts, David, 1796–1864
Date:: 1829-1864
Physical Description:: 2 volumes (171, 60 leaves) : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

165. Account of the last voyage of Thomas Cavendish.

Creator:: Cavendish, Thomas, 1560–1592
Date:: 1592
Physical Description:: 1 v. (38 leaves) ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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101. Mountain Landscape, Macugnaga

102. An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre

103. Street Scene in Chelsea, possibly depicting the Tobacconist, J. W. Nicholas, located at No. 75, Cheyne Walk

104. Girl with Large Hat and Straw-Colored Hair

105. Woman Dressing

106. Tom Conolly of Castletown Hunting with His Friends

107. Tangier

108. Horse Fair in East Anglia

109. The Norman Gate and Deputy Governor's House

110. King Lear and Cordelia

111. Warren Hastings on his Arabian Horse

112. Celebration on the Thames near Whitehall

113. View and Plan of the Theater of Hierapolis (now Pamukkale)

114. Ophelia: Portrait Imaginé

115. Study of a Plunging Eagle

116. Study of a Goat

117. A Tiger Resting: the frontispiece for "Oriental Field Sports"

118. The Tiger at Bay: an illustration for Captain Thomas Williamson's "Oriental Field Sports"

119. The Connoisseurs

120. A Worn Out Debauchée

121. Queen Square, London

122. The Bass Rock at Dawn

123. The Geographers

124. Dido and Aeneas Sheltering in a Cave

125. L'Institut de France, Paris

126. A View of Snowdon from the Sands of Traeth Mawr, taken at the Ford Between Pont Aberglaslyn and Tremadoc

127. A Girl Peeling Vegetables

128. In Rokeby Park

129. Mountainous Landscape

130. James Hope, third Earl of Hopetoun

131. Death of Abimelech at Thebez

132. Wankaka

133. Galleria di Sopra, Albano

134. A Woodland Pool with Rocks and Plants

135. Wooded Landscape with Castle

136. The Villa Medici, Rome

137. Bay Scene in Moonlight

138. Back View of a Standing Female, Called Mrs. Fuseli

139. Portrait of a Man

140. The East End and South Side of the Parthenon

141. Domfront, Looking to the South East

142. A Summer Day

143. The Lake of Albano and Castle Gandolfo

144. A View of Chatham from the West

145. The Creation of the Heavens

146. Mountain Landscape with Figures, Sheep and Fountain

147. Crossing Lancaster Sands

148. Elizabeth, Countess of Hopetown

149. A Yorkshire Road

150. Letter to John Thomas Smith.

151. The works of Geoffrey Chaucer : now newly imprinted.

152. John Porter manuscript.

153. Claudii Ptolemei viri Alexandrini mathematic[ae] disciplin[ae] philosophi doctissimi Geographi[ae] opus nouissima traductione e Gr[ae]corum archetypis castigatissime pressum, c[ae]teris ante lucubratorum multo pr[ae]stantius ...

155. Helmingham herbal and bestiary.

156. Trattato di architectura civile e militare.

157. Hints to form the taste & regulate ye judgment in sketching landscape.

158. The Canterbury tales.

161. Charles Dashwood diaries and commissions relating to Xalapa and Guatemala City.

162. St. George and the dragon.

163. Here in thys boke afore ar contenyt the bokys of haukyng and huntyng with other plesuris dyuerse as in the boke apperis and also of cootarmuris a nobull werke. ...

164. Record books.

165. Account of the last voyage of Thomas Cavendish.