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Exhibition History The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)

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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 17, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."
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
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
Roslin Castle, Midlothian
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache on medium laid paper, mounted on board
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/8 x 25 1/8 inches (46 x 63.8 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
Design for Ceiling Walls and Staircase
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
between 1712 and 1713
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/4 x 19 5/8 inches (38.7 x 49.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
View of Bath from Spring Gardens
Creator:
Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches (30.8 x 46 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus
Creator:
Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Date:
between 1760 and 1763
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, gray wash and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 inches (17.5 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Andromache Mourning the Death of Hector
Creator:
Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Date:
between 1760 and 1763
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with gray wash and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 9 inches (17.1 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Donnybrook Fair, 1782
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink with watercolor on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 x 21 1/2 inches (32.1 x 54.6 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
Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire
Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen in gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderatetly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/16 x 11 3/8 inches (38.3 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Dutch Packet in a Rising Breeze
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 13/16 inches (19.7 x 27.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Vauxhall Gardens
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 15 1/16 x 20 11/16 inches (38.3 x 52.5 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
Victorious Hero Takes Occasion to Conclude Peace
Creator:
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:
1720
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache heightened with gold on vellum
Dimensions:
Frame: 17 1/4 x 20 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (43.8 x 52.1 x 3.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Prize Fight
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/8 x 27 3/8 inches (46 x 69.5 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
Kennington Common
Creator:
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gray ink and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches (33.7 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Head of a Young Girl
Creator:
Prince Hoare, 1755–1834
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, red chalk and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/8 x 4 1/4 inches (17.5 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The French Lady in London
Creator:
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:
ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash black ink and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 inches (29.2 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The English Lady at Paris
Creator:
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches (31.8 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Matlock Baths, Derbyshire
Creator:
William Day, 1764–1807
Date:
ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 17 3/8 × 22 1/2 inches (44.1 × 57.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Venus and Mars
Creator:
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches (22.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection