On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: religious and mythological subject / Subject Terms: genre subject

1. Sketch for Howard Scene

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches (14 x 16.8 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

2. The Quakers' Meeting

Creator:: Print made by Isaac Beckett, 1652/3–1719
Date:: between 1683 and 1688
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 1/16 inches (24.8 × 18 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

3. Vertumnus and Pomonae

Creator:: Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:: between 1690 and 1703
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 1/16 inches (29.8 × 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

4. Funeral Procession at Rome

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 14 13/16 inches (25.2 × 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Winchester Cross

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Powell, 1780–1834
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, engraver's proof on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 × 10 1/2 inches (37.1 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. St. Jerome in his Study

Creator:: Alexander Marshal, active 1651–died 1682
Date:: 1650
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, watercolor, and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches (18.7 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Le Ete - Der Sommer

Creator:: Print made by Johann Philip Koch, ca. 1716–1796
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 1/4 inches (40.3 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Le jeune devot

Creator:: Print made by Johann Lorenz Haid, 1702–1750
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches (41.2 x 29.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Adam and Eve

Creator:: Eric Gill, 1882–1940
Date:: 1926
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 1 1/4 inches (10.8 × 3.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Pilgrims Paying Their Devotion in St. Peters at Rome

Creator:: Print made by David Allan, 1744–1796
Date:: between 1773 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 6 15/16 inches (25.1 × 17.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. A Spanish Good Friday

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953
Date:: 1925
Materials & Techniques:: Drypoint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/16 x 13 inches (51 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

12. Sunday Morning, A Cottage Family Going to Church

Creator:: William Nutter, 1754–1802
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, colored on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 × 25 inches (53 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Study of Women and Men Saying Grace, Before a Meal

Creator:: Sir Hubert von Herkomer, 1849–1914
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk and pen and black ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 11 1/2 inches (25.4 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Collection, Gift of Alison Edwards Curwen

14. Nymphs at a Roman Bath

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 x 7 7/16 inches (22.4 x 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Devotees in India Sacrificing Themselves to the Idol Juggernaut

Creator:: Print made by T. Kelly, active ca. 1837
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.6 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan

16. A Muslim Wedding Procession by Night, Patna

Creator:: Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:: between 1820 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 22 3/4 inches (40 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. Widow with the Burning Corpse of her Husband Becoming a Sati, Patna

Creator:: Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:: between 1820 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 22 3/4 inches (40.3 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Pilgrims

Creator:: Print made by John Luard, 1790–1875
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 11 inches (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan

19. Descent from the Cross

Creator:: Alfred Stevens, 1817–1875
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 8 3/4 inches (13.3 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Robert Blair, The Grave, Title Page

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 14 1/2 inches (36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Soul Hovering over the Body reluctantly Parting with Life

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 14 1/2 inches (36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Soul Exploring the Recesses of the Grave

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 14 1/2 inches (36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 14 1/2 inches (36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Death's Door

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 14 1/2 inches (36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. The Reunion of the Soul & the Body

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 14 1/2 inches (36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Death of the Good Old Man

Creator:: Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 14 1/2 inches (36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Minister of the Mikado on a Religious Expedition

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Chromolithograph on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 1/4 inches (19.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas Kenny and Susan Phillips, In Memory of Richard Kressler and Leland Sweet

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1. Sketch for Howard Scene

2. The Quakers' Meeting

3. Vertumnus and Pomonae

4. Funeral Procession at Rome

5. Winchester Cross

6. St. Jerome in his Study

7. Le Ete - Der Sommer

8. Le jeune devot

9. Adam and Eve

10. Pilgrims Paying Their Devotion in St. Peters at Rome

11. A Spanish Good Friday

12. Sunday Morning, A Cottage Family Going to Church

13. Study of Women and Men Saying Grace, Before a Meal

14. Nymphs at a Roman Bath

15. Devotees in India Sacrificing Themselves to the Idol Juggernaut

16. A Muslim Wedding Procession by Night, Patna

17. Widow with the Burning Corpse of her Husband Becoming a Sati, Patna

18. Pilgrims

19. Descent from the Cross

20. Robert Blair, The Grave, Title Page

21. The Soul Hovering over the Body reluctantly Parting with Life

22. The Soul Exploring the Recesses of the Grave

23. The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death

24. Death's Door

25. The Reunion of the Soul & the Body

26. The Death of the Good Old Man

27. A Minister of the Mikado on a Religious Expedition