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George Taylor's Epitaph: George Taylor Breaking the Ribs of Death
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, graphite, and red chalk 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
Aerial Group: The Tempest
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches (9.2 x 16.2 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
Bolingbroke and Head of a Fiend
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/4 x 15 inches (51.4 x 38.1 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
Howard Visiting a Prison
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/8 x 20 inches (34 x 50.8 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
Howard Visiting a Prison
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 19 5/8 inches (30.2 x 49.8 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
Wolgemuth Rescuing the Shipwrecked off the Cape of Good Hope
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (14 x 22.2 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
Howard Visiting a Prison
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray and brown wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (36.8 x 54 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
Howard Visiting a Prison
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 x 21 inches (35.6 x 53.3 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
Howard Visiting a Prison
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and gray ink over graphite on medium moderately textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/8 x 21 1/2 inches (36.5 x 54.6 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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 87, "The Triumphs of Owen."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 89, "The Triumphs of Owen."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 91, "The Triumphs of Owen."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Messengers Before an Emperor
Creator:
Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 × 3 1/8 inches (12.7 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits
Creator:
Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:
between 1761 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches (18.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Seven Bishops Going To Trial
Creator:
Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gouache and black, brown, and gray ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches (34.3 x 46.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
Mary, Queen of Scots, Embarking
Creator:
William Lock II, 1767–1847
Date:
between 1785 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 3/4 inches (30.8 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Royal Rush Light
Creator:
George Moutard Woodward, ca. 1760–1809
Date:
1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/4 x 13 3/8 inches (40 x 34 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
No.1 A Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (34.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No. 2. A. Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and black wash on thick, moderately textured, beige 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
Bruce at the Source of the Blue Nile
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 × 9 inches (17.8 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Classical Composition
Creator:
Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/8 × 17 5/8 inches (33.3 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Classical Composition
Creator:
Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 15 1/2 inches (31.1 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
A Dramatic Scene with Three Women in an Interior
Creator:
William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gray wash, pen and black ink, pen and blue ink, black chalk, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 13 5/8 inches (24.4 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Flight of James II
Creator:
Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 13 1/2 inches (21.3 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Britannia in Distress
Creator:
Anthony Walker, 1726–1765
Date:
1756
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (32.1 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Interior of the Brandenburg House Theatre, Hammersmith
Creator:
Henry Wigstead, ca. 1745–ca. 1800
Date:
ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite with pen and black on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 13 1/2 inches (22.9 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The House of Commons
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
after 1731
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and brown wash with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (31.8 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Sermon on the Mount
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, and gray wash on thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/8 x 12 inches (41 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Preparatory Study for the decoration "Equestrian Portrait of George I"
Creator:
John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite with brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 12 3/8 inches (28.3 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Body of Lucretia Exposed to the Romans
Creator:
James Jefferys, 1751–1784
Date:
between 1777 and 1778
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 7/8 x 37 inches (63.2 x 94 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
View of the Plains on Both Sides of the Ofanto River, Where the Battle of Cannae was Fought
Creator:
Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Date:
1777 to 1778
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 16 1/4 × 11 1/8 inches (41.3 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A London Riot
Creator:
Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 13/16 × 12 inches (12.2 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Figures with a Bull From Parthenon Frieze
Creator:
William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and pen and gray ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/8 x 10 1/16 inches (19.4 x 25.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sketch of a Horseman, From the Parthenon Frieze
Creator:
William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches (19.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Views in the Levant: Death of Wolfe, Study of a Gem
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper,
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 13/16 × 6 13/16 inches (22.4 × 17.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Earthquake Scare in Piccadilly
Creator:
Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:
1750
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, graphite, and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 10 5/8 × 16 1/2 inches (27 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Scene from Roman History
Creator:
circle of Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/16 x 8 15/16 inches (33.2 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Anne W. and David T. Mininberg, Yale BA 1957
Embarkation at Southampton, June 20th 1794
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and brown, gray, and red-brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 6 9/16 x 14 inches (16.7 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1790
Creator:
James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink, and gray and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 × 8 inches (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Medal: Frederick and Augusta, Prince and Princess of Wales
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, pen and red ink, graphite, red chalk and gold leaf on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper; with gold leaf, watercolor, and pen, with black and red ink, border lines
Dimensions:
Mount: 11 × 7 5/8 inches (27.9 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection