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

1. Ship in a Storm

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Ship in a Storm

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1820 to 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; 1873 impression
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Evening Gun

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint ; engraver's proof d on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Study of Sea and Sky

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1820 to 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, (Engraver's proof a)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Ship and Cutter

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1820 to 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; 1873 impression
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Ship and Cutter

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1820 to 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; Engraver's proof (b) 1873 impression
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Bridge and Monument

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1820 to 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (Engraver's proof b)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Beggar and his Dog

Creator:: Henry Kingsbury, active 1750–1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Samuel Richardson

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

10. Sir Robert Harland

Creator:: Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

11. Lady

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Mrs. Knight a Famous Singer and Favourite of King Charles II

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Lady taking tea

Creator:: Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Katharine Countess of Lincoln

Creator:: James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Mrs. Litchfield

Creator:: William Say, 1768–1834
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Miss Elizabeth Appleton

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16in. (25.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Eloisa

Creator:: Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Helena Forman

Creator:: William Pether, ca. 1738–1821
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Lady Helena Forman

Creator:: James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Lady Fortescue

Creator:: James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Mrs. Frederick

Creator:: Robert Laurie, 1755?–1836
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Her Grace the Duchess of Grafton

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Mrs Mary Ann Granville

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Miss Greenway

Creator:: Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Lady Harriot Grosvenor

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Eleanor Gwynn

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Mrs Grosvenor Laundry Woman to the Queen

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Portraits of Ladies

Creator:: John Smith, 1652–1743
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Miss Haffey

Creator:: Robert Laurie, 1755?–1836
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Mrs. Hale

Creator:: Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. A Bachante (Emma Hart, later Lady Hamilton)

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Mrs Hamilton

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Miss Harriote

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1750s
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Miss Hill

Creator:: John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Mrs. Rachel How

Creator:: John Smith, 1652–1743
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Lady Amelia Hume

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Frances Countess of Jersey

Creator:: Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Mrs. Imhoff and Child

Creator:: William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Madam Mary Kirk

Creator:: Alexander Browne, active 1660–1683
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Anne Killigrew

Creator:: Print made by Abraham Blooteling, 1640–1690
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Miss Lumsdon

Creator:: Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Luisa...Queen of Denmark and Norway

Creator:: John Simon, 1675–1755
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. The Boy and Pigeons

Creator:: Print made by Charles Phillips, 1737– after 1783
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Portrait, James Heath

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Orion over the Thames at Ranelagh

Creator:: Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1914
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

46. Dr. Samuel Johnson

Creator:: Charles Townley, 1746–c.1800
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

47. Hippolytus

Creator:: Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection, Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund

48. Rev. George Whitfield

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Garvan

49. General Washington

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection, the James & Mary C. Fosburgh Collection

50. At Market

Creator:: Print made by William T. Annis, active 1798–1811
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, printed in colors
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Returned from Market

Creator:: Print made by William T. Annis, active 1798–1811
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, printed in colors
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Evening Return from the Fair

Creator:: John Yeatherd, active 1795–1796
Materials & Techniques:: Colored mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Juvenile Reluctance

Creator:: Print made by Juan Alais, 1790–1848
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. The Bread and Butter Manufactory or the Humours of Bagnigge Wells

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with hand coloring in watercolor
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Major Robert Rogers, Commander in Chief of the Indians in the Back Settlements of America

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

56. Laurence, Earl of Rochester

Creator:: Robert Williams, active 1680–1704
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
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

57. M . . . the Tennis Player from Paris

Creator:: Richard Brookshaw, 1736–1804
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection, Whitney Collection of Sporting Art

58. Cumberland

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
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

59. Agrippina Surrounded by her Children

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection, Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901, Fund

60. The Dying Usurer or the Wife Physician

Creator:: Butler Clowes, active 1768, died 1782
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Sir Joshua Reynolds

Creator:: Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Clarkson Stanfield

Creator:: William Say, 1768–1834
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Ancient Rome

Creator:: Print made by Arthur Willmore, 1814–1888
Date:: 1879
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, mezzotint and etching
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. The Right Hon'able Peter Lord King

Creator:: John Simon, 1675–1755
Date:: 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons

Creator:: John Smith, 1652–1743
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Collection of Prints by Notable Dilettanti

Creator:: Print made by George Powle, active 1674–1771
Date:: 1633
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, etching, and drypoint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Sir Hildebrand Oakes

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1820s
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2in. (54.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Mrs. Thomas F. Oakes

68. The Adoration of the Shepherds

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, mezzotint, and etching, with brown wash
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. The Nativity

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, mezzotint, and etching, with brown wash
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. The Adoration of the Shepherds

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, mezzotint, and etching, with brown wash
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Adoration of the Magi

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, mezzotint, and etching, with brown wash
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Flight Into Egypt

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, mezzotint, and etching, with brown wash
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Raising of Lazarus

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, mezzotint, and etching, with brown wash
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. The Death of Adonis

Creator:: Print made by Elisha Kirkall, ca. 1682–1742
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Chiaroscuro woodcut, etching, and mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Ralph Kirkpatrick, Yale MA (HON.) 1965

75. To the Society of Goffers at Blackheath

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Francis P. Garvan, Yale BA 1897, in memory of Harry Payne Whitney, Yale BA 1894, and Payne Whitney, Yale BA 1898, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery, Whitney Collections of Sporting Art

76. Amelia Surprising Her Husband and Miss Matthews

Creator:: Robert Laurie, 1755?–1836
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

77. The Mouth of the Thames, Isle of Sheppey in Distance

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1891
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

78. Jane, Countess of Harrington, Viscount Petersham . . .

Creator:: Print made by Richard Smythe, Born 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore

79. William III

Creator:: John Smith, 1652–1743
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
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

80. Mary II, Queen of William III

Creator:: John Smith, 1652–1743
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
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

81. Portrait of Brigadier General Simon Fraser

Creator:: James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection (found in storage)

82. Pascal Paoli

Creator:: Carington Bowles, 1724–1793
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Chauncey B. Tinker, B.A. 1899

83. A Blacksmith's Shop

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. William L. Harkness

84. Juvenile Opposition

Creator:: Print made by Juan Alais, 1790–1848
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Samuel Johnson

Creator:: James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
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