Materials & Techniques: mezzotint / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: portrait

1. Mrs. Siddons

Creator:: Print made by William Say, 1768–1834
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 34 1/16 × 21 3/4 inches (86.5 × 55.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. Portrait of Whistler

Creator:: Henri Charles Guérard, 1846–1897
Date:: ca. 1888
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, drypoint, and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 12 5/8 inches (42.8 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jeanne K. Welcher

3. Portrait of Whistler

Creator:: Henri Charles Guérard, 1846–1897
Date:: ca. 1888
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, drypoint, and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige Japanese paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 5/8 x 12 13/16 inches (47.3 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jeanne K. Welcher

4. Mrs. Cosway

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 9/16 x 13 9/16 inches (47.1 x 34.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Charles Watson Esq., Vice-Admiral of the White

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: between 1758 and 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 12 3/8 inches (42.8 x 31.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Joanni Wootton

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 9 7/8 inches (32.7 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. John Hamilton Mortimer, Esq.

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 15/16 × 12 7/8 inches (45.5 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Hugh Boulter, Archbishop of Armagh

Creator:: Thomas Beard, op. 1728?
Date:: 1728
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 1/4 inches (36.8 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Mr. John Joshua Kirby

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: between 1765 and 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 15/16 inches (35.3 × 25.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Maria Siddons

Creator:: Print made by George Clint, 1770–1854
Date:: between 1800 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 13/16 inches (35 x 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Right Honorable Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland

Creator:: Print made by Alexander Browne, active 1660–1683
Date:: between 1681 and 1685
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/16 × 9 7/8 inches (34.1 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Robert Burns

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Cousins, 1801–1887
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, published state
Dimensions:: Plate: 20 1/2 x 16 7/16in. (52.1 x 41.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Thomas Sutton

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1714
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches (32 x 24.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

14. His Royal Highness Prince Frederick

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: between 1716 and 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (34.9 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

15. Thomas Shadwell, Esquire, Poet Laureat & Historiographer

Creator:: Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:: between 1690 and 1703
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 13/16 x 11 1/8 inches (40.1 x 28.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

16. Hester Maria Thrale

Creator:: Giuseppe Marchi, ca. 1735–1808
Date:: ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 5/8 x 14 1/8 inches (47.3 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. William Blakeney, Esq.

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 × 10 3/16 inches (36.3 × 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles

18. Shakespeare in His Study

Creator:: James Faed Sr., 1821–1911
Date:: 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, stipple engraving, etching, and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 5/8 x 18 1/8 inches (62.6 x 46.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches (39.7 x 29.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Rev'd Jonathan Swift D.D. Dean of St. Patrick's Dublin

Creator:: Andrew Miller, Died 1763
Date:: 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 13 15/16in. (50.2 x 35.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Dr. John Thomas, Lord Bishop of Rochester

Creator:: Thomas Park, ca. 1760–1834
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/8 × 14 9/16 inches (52.4 × 37 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Hon. James Yorke, Bishop of Ely

Creator:: Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 × 14 9/16 inches (52.1 × 37 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Anthony van Dyck, Eques Pictor

Creator:: Print made by Jan van der Bruggen, 1649–1714
Date:: 1682
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 9 inches (29.2 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. West, Geschichts mahler

Creator:: Johann Elias Haid, 1739–1809
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches (32.7 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Hamlet Winstanley

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1731
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 × 9 15/16 inches (34.6 × 25.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Joanni Wootton

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 13/16 inches (35 × 25 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Sir Joshua Reynolds

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 x 15in. (48.3 x 38.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Earl and Countess of Pembroke and Son

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Henry Bunbury Esqr.

Creator:: Print made by John Blackmore, active 1740–1780
Date:: ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 15/16 × 9 15/16 inches (35.4 × 25.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 inches (37.9 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Sir Thomas Harrison

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 inches (38 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Most Noble Granville Leveson, Earl Gower

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 1/16 inches (38.7 × 28.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Lord Cardross

Creator:: John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 × 11 inches (38.2 × 28 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Sir Robert Fletcher

Creator:: William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 × 11 inches (37.6 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke, and the Rt. Honble. George, Lord Herbert

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 15/16 × 13 inches (45.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. William Robertson, D.D.

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 14 1/16 inches (50.5 × 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: between 1759 and 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 × 14 15/16 inches (53.1 × 37.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Right Honorable Elizabeth Lady Melbourne

Creator:: John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 13/16 × 13 15/16 inches (50.3 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. The Right Honourable Sir Charles Pratt Knight, (now Lord Camden) Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas

Creator:: Johann Gottfried Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 15/16 × 13 7/8 inches (50.7 × 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Mrs. Abington

Creator:: James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 3/8 × 15 1/16 inches (61.9 × 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Rt. Hon. John Manners, Marquess of Granby, and a Servant

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 3/4 × 17 7/8 inches (60.3 × 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Sir Anthony Van Dyck

Creator:: William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 13/16 × 9 7/8 inches (35.1 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Mary, Countess of Seaforth

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 1/16 inches (35.5 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Her Royal Highness, Augusta, Hereditary Princess of Brunswick and Lunenburg

Creator:: James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 11/16 x 13 15/16 inches (50 x 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. William Robert Fitzgerald, Second Duke of Leinster

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 13/16 × 14 1/16 inches (50.4 × 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. The Honorable Augustus Hervey, Captain in his Majesty's Navy

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 9 15/16 inches (35.5 × 25.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Sir Jeffery Amherst

Creator:: James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Miss Wynyard

Creator:: John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 9/16 × 13 13/16 inches (49.7 × 35.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. In Her Love-Darting Eyes Awakes the Fires

Creator:: Alexander van Haecken, 1701–1758
Date:: between 1735 and 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 7/8 × 11 13/16 inches (45.4 × 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Samuel Foote Esq.

Creator:: Print made by John Blackmore, active 1740–1780
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 13/16 × 13 inches (45.3 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Henry, tenth Earl of Pembroke and seventh Earl of Montgomery

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/16 × 13 1/16 inches (45.8 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. His Royal Highness William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/16 × 9 1/16 inches (33.1 × 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Rev. Dr. Thomas Percy, Dean of Carlisle

Creator:: William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 15/16 inches (37.5 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. General George Keppel, third Earl of Albemarle

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 × 9 15/16 inches (35.7 × 25.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Harriet Callander of Craigforth

Creator:: Attributed to William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, smooth, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 1/16 inches (35.5 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. John Armstrong, M.D.

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: between 1760 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 15/16 x 11 1/8 inches (43 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Lady Charles Spencer

Creator:: John Pott, active ca. 1767
Date:: ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Admiral Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 13/16 × 13 15/16 inches (50.3 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. The Honorable George Seymour Conway

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 14 1/8 inches (50.8 × 35.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Dr. George Berkley, Bishop of Cloyne

Creator:: John Brooks, active 1730–1756
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 13/16 inches (35.2 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Annabella, Lady Blake, as Juno, Receiving the Cestus from Venus

Creator:: John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 16 7/8 inches (63.8 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Portrait of a Man Wearing Turban

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/16 × 14 1/8 inches (51.6 × 35.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Portrait of a Young Man Leaning on His Right Elbow

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/16 × 13 15/16 inches (49.1 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Peter the Wild Boy

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: between 1765 and 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/16 × 14 3/16 inches (50.9 × 36 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. The British Naval Victors

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and line engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/4 x 20 1/4in. (64.1 x 51.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Mr. J. Richardson Dilworth

66. Miss Macdonald

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Cousins, 1801–1887
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, stipple engraving, and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 11 1/8 inches (35.8 x 28.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Frank Altschul, Yale BA 1908, PhD (HON.) 1967, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

67. Benjamin West, Esqr.

Creator:: Print made by George Dawe, 1781–1829
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/16 x 11 3/4 inches (41.1 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

68. Juliette Récamier

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Arlent Edwards, 1861–1938
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint in colored ink on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/16 x 13 5/16 inches (41.1 x 33.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Yale Stevens from her Father's (Richard V, Sharpe, B.S. 1873) Collection

69. Alexander Pope

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: ca. 1744
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, pasted on very thick, smooth, brown card
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 7/8 x 12 5/16 inches (42.8 x 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Florence & Maynard Mack

70. Elizabeth, Countess Grosvenor

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Cousins, 1801–1887
Date:: 1883
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, stipple engraving, and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/8 x 15 3/16 inches (46.7 x 38.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Bequest of Frank Altschul, Yale BA 1908, Yale PhD (HON.) 1967

71. The Rev. William Mason, M. A.

Creator:: Print made by William Doughty, 1757–1782
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/16 x 14 3/4 inches (48.8 x 37.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Frank Altschul, Yale BA 1908, Yale PhD (HON.) 1967

72. Beatrice d'Este

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Arlent Edwards, 1861–1938
Date:: between 1895 and 1923
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint in colored ink on very thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 x 9 3/16 inches (33.7 x 23.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Lyall Dean, Mrs. Borden Helmer, and the Estate of Bliss Reed Crocker in memory of Mr and Mrs. Edward Bliss Reed, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

73. Profile Portrait of a Renaissance Maiden

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Arlent Edwards, 1861–1938
Date:: 1905
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint in colored ink on very thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (33.6 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Estate of Bliss Reed Crocker in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bliss Reed, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

74. White Kennett

Creator:: John Faber the Elder, ca. 1660–1721
Date:: 1719
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 10 13/16 inches (38.3 x 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

75. His Royal Highness Frederick, Prince of Wales

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: after 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 x 10 inches (35.7 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

76. King Henry VII

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1731
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 4 15/16 inches (17.4 × 12.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

77. William Drummond of Hawthornden

Creator:: John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (39 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

78. Circe

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/16 × 10 inches (33.5 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

79. S. Ionnes

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 × 14 5/8 inches (54.6 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

80. Thomas Smith, Esq.

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 10 1/8 inches (36.2 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

81. The Right Honorable Sir Charles Wager

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1737
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 13in. (24.4 x 33cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

82. Philip Affleck, Esq.

Creator:: John Young, 1755–1825
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 19 7/8in. (34.9 x 50.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

83. James Hawkins Whitshed Esq.

Creator:: Print made by Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 14in. (25.4 x 35.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

84. Man Playing Instrument

Creator:: Print made by Jan Broedelet, active 1690
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 7 1/16 inches (21.8 x 17.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

85. Edward Bruce

Creator:: Print made by Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 7/8in. (25.1 x 35.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

86. Samuel Barrington

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 11 inches (37.8 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

87. Mrs. Montagu

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper set in mount
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 5/8 x 9 7/16 inches (32 x 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker