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Exhibition History Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

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The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 109, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."
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 45, "The Progress of Poesy."
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 55, "The Bard."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink, graphite and gouache 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
Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 7/8 x 24 1/2 inches (45.4 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Rosebud, or the Judgement of Paris
Creator:
Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 15 inches (32.1 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
North West View of Wakefield Lodge in Whittlebury Forest, Northamptonshire
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
1767
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and gray ink and touches of gold paint over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 3/4 x 33 1/4 inches (42.5 x 84.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio
Creator:
William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite and black crayon on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 17 15/16 x 24 1/8 inches (45.5 x 61.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Rustic Lover
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 x 13 3/4 inches (43.2 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Acanthus Sennii Chiov. : finished drawing with added details
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Interior of St. Paul's Cathedral
Creator:
Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804
Date:
ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on smooth, medium, cream laid paper laid down on card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 26 1/4 x 36 1/8 inches (66.7 x 91.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Lady of the Blunt Family
Creator:
George Engleheart, 1753–1829
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:
Image: 3 1/2 x 2 7/8 inches (8.9 x 7.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
General Stevenson
Creator:
John Smart, 1741–1811
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:
Image: 3 x 2 1/2 inches (7.6 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
View from Skiddaw over Derwentwater
Creator:
Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:
between 1772 and 1782
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 10 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches (27.3 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Claudian Aqueduct and Colosseum
Creator:
Thomas Jones, 1742–1803
Date:
1778
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with gum on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 16 1/4 inches (27.3 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
City of Lin Tsin, Shantung, with a View of the Grand Canal
Creator:
William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 17 1/2 inches (28.6 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury
Creator:
Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758
Date:
1757
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 10 1/4 × 23 1/2 inches (26 × 59.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Ambleside

Ambleside
Creator:
Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and brown and gray ink over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches (23.5 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
A View on the Island of Antigua: the English Barracks and Saint John's Church Seen from the Hospital
Creator:
Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:
ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/4 x 29 inches (51.4 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lyme Regis, Dorset
Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 17 1/16 inches (22.1 x 43.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
The Duchess of Devonshire and the Countess of Bessborough
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black and gray ink over graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 11/16 x 16 3/4 inches (50 x 42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
No cover image available
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 3/8 inches (24.8 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 3/16 inches (40.5 × 31 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection