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1. George Taylor's Epitaph: George Taylor Breaking the Ribs of Death

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 3/4 inches (23.2 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Columbus Breaking the Egg

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 7 5/8 inches (20.6 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker

3. Copyright - Act of Parliament

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Letterpress with engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker

4. Scarborough

Creator:: after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Materials & Techniques:: Photogravure
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Burning of the Houses of Parliament

Creator:: after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Materials & Techniques:: Photolithograph
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Le Depart de la Flotte des Troyens

Creator:: after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Materials & Techniques:: Photolithograph
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Carisbrooke Castle

Creator:: after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Materials & Techniques:: Photolithograph
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Aerial Group: The Tempest

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches (9.2 x 16.2 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

9. Major Thomas Pearson and the Brahman

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches (20 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, Yale BA 1938, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

10. Execution of Mary Stuart

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 6 1/4 inches (15.2 x 15.9 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

11. Farewell of Mary Stuart

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches (20 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

12. Execution of Mary Stuart

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 inches (14 x 15.2 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

13. Major Thomas Pearson and the Brahman

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches (20 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, Yale BA 1938

14. Bolingbroke and Head of a Fiend

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 15 inches (51.4 x 38.1 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

15. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 19 5/8 inches (30.2 x 49.8 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

16. Wolgemuth Rescuing the Shipwrecked off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (14 x 22.2 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

17. Wolgemuth Rescuing the Shipwrecked off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (14 x 19.4 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

18. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 7 7/8 inches (13 x 20 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

19. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (13 x 19.7 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

20. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium,slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 7 inches (12.1 x 17.8 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

21. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 inches (14 x 17.8 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

22. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 7 1/4 inches (12.7 x 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

23. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches (11.4 x 18.7 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

24. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 7 1/8 inches (12.7 x 18.1 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

25. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 20 inches (34 x 50.8 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

26. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches (14 x 18.7 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

27. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 7 5/8 inches (12.7 x 19.4 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

28. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 6 1/2 inches (12.7 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

29. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 8 inches (12.7 x 20.3 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. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (36.8 x 54 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

31. Rape Scene: Hell

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (8.9 x 21.6 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

32. Demon Ruler and Subjects: "The Miserable Effects of War on John Bull..."

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches (14 x 22.5 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

33. Birth of Man

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (14 x 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

34. Newton and the Prism

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink; verso: gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 7 3/8 inches (14.3 x 18.7 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

35. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches (11.4 x 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

36. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 7 inches (11.4 x 17.8 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

37. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches (11.7 x 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

38. Birth of Man

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 7 inches (12.1 x 17.8 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

39. Birth of Man

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches (16.8 x 24.8 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

40. Birth of Man

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/8 inches (14 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

41. Birth of Man

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (16.5 x 24.8 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

42. Birth of Man

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 7 1/8 inches (13 x 18.1 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

43. Rape

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 5 5/8 inches (10.5 x 14.3 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

44. Muscious Scaevola

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (15.9 x 19.7 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

45. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and gray ink over graphite on medium moderately textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 21 1/2 inches (36.5 x 54.6 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

46. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: between 1749 and 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with watercolor over graphite on moderately thick moderately textured white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 21 inches (36.2 x 53.3 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

47. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 21 inches (35.6 x 53.3 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

48. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 40, "The Angel" (Bentley 41)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Water; Plate 4

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Fire; Plate 7

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. George Taylor's Epitaph: George Taylor Breaking the Ribs of Death

2. Columbus Breaking the Egg

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4. Scarborough

5. Burning of the Houses of Parliament

6. Le Depart de la Flotte des Troyens

7. Carisbrooke Castle

8. Aerial Group: The Tempest

9. Major Thomas Pearson and the Brahman

10. Execution of Mary Stuart

11. Farewell of Mary Stuart

12. Execution of Mary Stuart

13. Major Thomas Pearson and the Brahman

14. Bolingbroke and Head of a Fiend

15. Howard Visiting a Prison

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48. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 40, "The Angel" (Bentley 41)

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