Creator Gender: female / Genre: figure study / Image Use: Under Certain Circumstances

1. Study of a Nun

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board laid to panel
Dimensions:: 23 15/16 × 15 15/16 inches (60.8 × 40.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Portrait with Folded Arms

Creator:: Phoebe Unwin, born 1979
Date:: 2009
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 57 × 47 inches (144.8 × 119.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Craig Jacobson
On View:: Not on view

3. Girlfriends

Creator:: Celia Paul, born 1959
Date:: 2000
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 1/4 × 10 inches (26 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, LLP
On View:: Not on view

4. Seated Woman in a Broad-Brimmed Hat

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 16 3/4 × 13 5/8 inches (42.5 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

5. Two Figures

Creator:: Dame Barbara Hepworth, 1903–1975
Date:: 1951
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and pencil on panel
Dimensions:: Frame: 22 1/2 × 27 inches (57.2 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Oliver Radford, Yale BA 1982, in honor of his parents Roger and Jennifer Radford
On View:: Not on view

6. Untitled (White Dungarees on Blue Background)

Creator:: Lucy Jones, born 1955
Date:: 1999
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 47 × 35 inches (119.4 × 88.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, LLP
On View:: Not on view

7. Annela

Creator:: Celia Paul, born 1959
Date:: 2000 to 2001
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 × 18 1/8 inches (46.4 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, LLP
On View:: Not on view

8. Brave

Creator:: Nicola Hicks, born 1960
Date:: 2012
Materials & Techniques:: Bronze
Dimensions:: Overall: 26 3/8 × 19 11/16 × 23 5/8 inches (67 × 50 × 60 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist and Friends of British Art Fund
On View:: Not on view

9. Woman in an Armchair

Creator:: Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961
Date:: ca. 1921
Materials & Techniques:: Woodcut; proof on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 1/4 inches (19.1 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mitchell Bobkin

10. Seated Nude

Creator:: Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961
Date:: ca. 1924
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 inches (36.5 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mitchell Bobkin

11. Head of a Young Woman

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 × 8 3/4 inches (28.1 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

12. Two Nuns and a Girl in Church

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: between 1920 and 1929
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches (16.5 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower

13. Three Figures Resting by a Roadside

Creator:: Evelyn Gibbs, 1905–1991
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, pen and black ink and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 9 inches (21 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Study of a Nun

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: between 1916 and 1918
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 4 7/8 inches (15.9 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Girl with Large Hat and Straw-Colored Hair

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1910
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 9/16 inches (21 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Girl Sewing

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: between 1895 and 1898
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 13/16 inches (19.7 × 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Little Boy with Hands Clasped, wearing a Hat, by Lamplight

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1916
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 8 1/4 inches (24.8 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Study of a Nude Girl

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: between 1916 and 1919
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on thin,slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8in. (31.8 x 24.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Gentleman and a Lady

Creator:: Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 7 1/4 inches (21 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Girl in an Apron with a Cat on her Lap

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: between 1916 and 1924
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 6 1/16 inches (24.3 × 15.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Miss Mac - Gardening

Creator:: Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to thick, red card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 3 1/4in. (17.1 x 8.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Sketch for Whiskers

Creator:: Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 2 1/4 inches (8.6 × 5.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Gentleman with Whiskers

Creator:: Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 4 1/2 inches (17.8 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Racing Scene: three racehorses with jockeys up

Creator:: Tessa Pullan, born 1953
Date:: 1994
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 22 3/4 inches (39.4 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Besuto (Lesotho) Bride, 1941

Creator:: Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1914–2000
Date:: 1941, printed 1993
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Marie Céline Martin (Sister Genevieve of the Holy Face) and Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin (St. Thérèse of Lisieux)

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 inches (12.1 × 9.5 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

27. Girl in Church

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 6 inches (17.1 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

28. The Big Secret IV

Creator:: Barbara Walker, born 1964
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Conté crayon and white paint on thick, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 62 5/8 × 76 3/4 inches (159 × 195 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

29. Seated Woman

Creator:: Jessica Dismorr, 1885–1939
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and graphite on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 15/16 × 2 13/16 inches (7.5 × 7.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The William K. Rose and Eugene A. Carroll Collection

30. Nun with a Group of Orphans

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1910
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, watercolor and graphite; verso: graphite
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 4 7/8 inches (15.9 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Basuto (Lesotho) Herd Boy Dancing, 1941

Creator:: Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1914–2000
Date:: 1947, printed 1993
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. South African Soldier, Grezzana, Italy, 1944

Creator:: Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1914–2000
Date:: 1944, printed 1993
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

33. Young Miner Watchin the Sunday Mine Dancers, near Johannesburg, 1948

Creator:: Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1914–2000
Date:: 1948, printed 1993
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. All Silence

Creator:: Freya Payne, born 1968
Date:: 2005
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, aquatint, and roulette on moderately thick, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 21 × 18 × 1 5/8 inches (53.3 × 45.7 × 4.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Driek and Michael Zirinsky

35. The Big Secret II

Creator:: Barbara Walker, born 1964
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Conté crayon on thick, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 56 1/4 × 71 inches (142.9 × 180.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

36. Goggled Head

Creator:: Print made by Dame Elisabeth Frink, 1930–1993
Date:: 1974
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed etching and aquatint on moderately thick, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 36 1/4 × 25 5/8 inches (92.1 × 65.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields

37. A Study of a Venetian Cobbler

Creator:: Helen Allingham, 1848–1926
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 6 5/8 inches (13 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Study of a Nun

2. Portrait with Folded Arms

3. Girlfriends

4. Seated Woman in a Broad-Brimmed Hat

5. Two Figures

6. Untitled (White Dungarees on Blue Background)

7. Annela

8. Brave

9. Woman in an Armchair

10. Seated Nude

11. Head of a Young Woman

12. Two Nuns and a Girl in Church

13. Three Figures Resting by a Roadside

14. Study of a Nun

15. Girl with Large Hat and Straw-Colored Hair

16. Girl Sewing

17. Little Boy with Hands Clasped, wearing a Hat, by Lamplight

18. Study of a Nude Girl

19. Gentleman and a Lady

20. Girl in an Apron with a Cat on her Lap

21. Miss Mac - Gardening

22. Sketch for Whiskers

23. Gentleman with Whiskers

24. Racing Scene: three racehorses with jockeys up

25. Besuto (Lesotho) Bride, 1941

26. Marie Céline Martin (Sister Genevieve of the Holy Face) and Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin (St. Thérèse of Lisieux)

27. Girl in Church

28. The Big Secret IV

29. Seated Woman

30. Nun with a Group of Orphans

31. Basuto (Lesotho) Herd Boy Dancing, 1941

32. South African Soldier, Grezzana, Italy, 1944

33. Young Miner Watchin the Sunday Mine Dancers, near Johannesburg, 1948

34. All Silence

35. The Big Secret II

36. Goggled Head

37. A Study of a Venetian Cobbler