On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: portrait / Work Type: watercolor / Subject Terms: figure study

1. Young Boy in Blue Shirt

Creator:: Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 6 inches (17.8 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker

2. Study of a Woman Sewing

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 × 17 inches (34.8 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

3. Duke of Dorset (So-called)

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 13 5/8 inches (52.1 x 34.6 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

4. Lord Salisbury, Standing by a Pillar

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches (50.2 x 33.7 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

5. Pamela

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches (37.1 x 23.2 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

6. Full Length Study of Mr. Gardner

Creator:: Sir Walter Thomas Monnington, 1902–1976
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/16 × 9 3/4 inches (40.8 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Bearded Man

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 9 3/4in. (34.6 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Study for the Head of Christ and an Apostle

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 6 1/4 inches (19.7 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black, red, and white chalk over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (41.9 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Portrait of a Young Man with a Slate

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 1/8 inches (15.9 x 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: David Loggan, 1633–1692
Date:: 1684
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 inches (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Head of a Young Woman

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: between 1838 and 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 5/8 x 11 1/4 inches (34.6 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. An Old Market Woman Grinning and Gesturing with her Left Hand

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 4 5/8 inches (18.1 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: David Loggan, 1633–1692
Date:: 1666
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 4 3/4 inches (14.3 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Martha Gunn, Bather at Brighton

Creator:: John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 8 9/16 inches (13.8 × 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. 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

17. Girl in a Pinafore

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: between 1840 and 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 10 1/8 inches (32.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. 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

19. Self-portrait of Gangaram as a Devotee

Creator:: Attributed to Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, 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 Collection

20. Sioux Chieftain

Creator:: Juan Buckingham Wandesforde, 1817–1902
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown ink and pen black ink on very thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 4 1/8 inches (11.7 × 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. John Hill Morgan.

21. Janie Ellice: Full Length Sketch

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: 1835 to 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 inches (29.8 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 1 3/8 x 1 1/2 inches (3.5 x 3.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger N. Radford

23. Lord Salisbury

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 1/8 inches (20 × 15.6 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

24. Lady Betty Compton

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 5 1/2 inches (23.8 × 14 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

25. Mrs. Mingay

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 5 inches (17.1 × 12.7 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

26. Benedetta Ramus

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (24.8 x 16.5 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

27. Portrait of an Unknown Lady

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gum arabic on ivory in gold pendant frame with hanger, surrounded by seed pearls and emeralds
Dimensions:: Frame: 1 15/16 × 1 9/16 inches (5 × 4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

28. A Gentleman with Auburn Hair

Creator:: George Chinnery, 1774–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:: Overall: 3 5/8 × 3 1/4 inches (9.2 × 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

29. Lady Hamilton as Sybil

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 5 3/4 inches (23.5 × 14.6 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

30. Young Lady with Brown Hair in a Mauve Dress

Creator:: Philip Jean, 1755–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and white gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Overall: 2 3/8 × 1 7/8 × 1/8 inches (6 × 4.8 × 0.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

31. English Officer in a Scarlet Jacket

Creator:: Frederick Buck, 1771–ca. 1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Overall: 2 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1/8 inches (6.4 × 3.8 × 0.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

32. Young Woman with Coral Necklace and Crucifix

Creator:: Anne Mee, ca. 1760–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:: Overall: 3 1/8 × 2 1/2 × 1/4 inches (7.9 × 6.4 × 0.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

33. Study of Mrs. William Wilberforce

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: ca. 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 6 1/8 inches (29.5 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Joan Linnell Burton (Near Andover, Hants), 1983.

34. Mrs. Crouch

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (25.1 × 16.8 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

35. Turkish Dress or Contemplation

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, and white chalk; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 6 7/16 inches (24.1 × 16.4 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

36. Lord Hamilton

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 1/2 inches (23.5 × 19.1 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

37. Mrs. Carwardine and Child

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.8 × 18.4 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

38. Family Portraits

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (14.6 x 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. The Hon. George Pryse Cambell (1793-1858), as a Midshipman

Creator:: Henry Edridge, 1769–1821
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 × 19 inches (35.6 × 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. A Young Indian

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 4 inches (20.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Figure Studies: A Farm Worker, Mr. Samuel, the Drawing Master Reclining and Dozing, and a Slight Sketch of a Man in a Hat

Creator:: Robert Hills, 1769–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 1/8 x 11 1/8 inches (38.4 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. 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

43. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Blue Turban and Stomacher and Red Dress

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 7/16 inches (19.7 × 13.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Pink Turban and White Dress

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and gray ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 4 11/16 inches (17.3 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Young Boy in Blue Shirt

2. Study of a Woman Sewing

3. Duke of Dorset (So-called)

4. Lord Salisbury, Standing by a Pillar

5. Pamela

6. Full Length Study of Mr. Gardner

7. Bearded Man

8. Study for the Head of Christ and an Apostle

9. Portrait of a Gentleman

10. Portrait of a Young Man with a Slate

11. Portrait of a Gentleman

12. Head of a Young Woman

13. An Old Market Woman Grinning and Gesturing with her Left Hand

14. Portrait of a Lady

15. Martha Gunn, Bather at Brighton

16. Study for the Portrait of William Guise

17. Girl in a Pinafore

18. Warren Hastings on his Arabian Horse

19. Self-portrait of Gangaram as a Devotee

20. Sioux Chieftain

21. Janie Ellice: Full Length Sketch

22. Portrait of a Lady

23. Lord Salisbury

24. Lady Betty Compton

25. Mrs. Mingay

26. Benedetta Ramus

27. Portrait of an Unknown Lady

28. A Gentleman with Auburn Hair

29. Lady Hamilton as Sybil

30. Young Lady with Brown Hair in a Mauve Dress

31. English Officer in a Scarlet Jacket

32. Young Woman with Coral Necklace and Crucifix

33. Study of Mrs. William Wilberforce

34. Mrs. Crouch

35. Turkish Dress or Contemplation

36. Lord Hamilton

37. Mrs. Carwardine and Child

38. Family Portraits

39. The Hon. George Pryse Cambell (1793-1858), as a Midshipman

40. A Young Indian

41. Figure Studies: A Farm Worker, Mr. Samuel, the Drawing Master Reclining and Dozing, and a Slight Sketch of a Man in a Hat

42. Portrait of a Man

43. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Blue Turban and Stomacher and Red Dress

44. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Pink Turban and White Dress