Period: 18th century / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: costume and figure study

1. Portrait of John Phillippo Nighorus

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 3/8 × 28 inches (92.4 × 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. A Sportsman

Creator:: Edward Haytley, active 1740–1761
Date:: 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/8 x 14 3/8 inches (51.8 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Gentleman with a Cannon

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 12 3/4 inches (45.7 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of John Davis Skilton, Jr.
On View:: Not on view

4. A Whole Length of a Lady of Petrella, in the Kingdom of Naples

Creator:: George James, active from 1755–died 1795
Date:: Exhibited 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 76 x 59 1/2 inches (193 x 151.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

5. Two Sketches of Man

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, verso: red chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/16 × 8 5/16 inches (33.2 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. Study for a Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches (21.6 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. A Lady in a Picture Hat

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured. cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 3 1/2 inches (16.8 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Costume Study for a Portrait of a Man

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 5 5/8 inches (20.3 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Scotsman with Sword; Modern Dress of a Highland Chieftan

Creator:: George Walker, active 1792–died 1795
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 2 15/16 inches (11.1 × 7.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Seamstresses, St. Kitts, Carribean

Creator:: William Hay, active 1776–1797
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 7/8 inches (16.8 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. A Study for "Seeing -- La Vue" ( One of the Five Senses)

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 × 5 3/4 inches (9.8 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Unidentified Sitter

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and oil paint on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 7/8 inches (23.8 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

13. An Old Fisherwoman with Two Women Digging for Bait

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with watercolor; verso: graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches (8.6 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Uncle George in the Dress of a Highland Herdsman

Creator:: George Walker, active 1792–died 1795
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 3 inches (11.1 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Night

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 10 1/8 inches (36.2 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. Noon

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. Evening

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 10 1/4 inches (36.2 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Study of a Man with Stick Wearing the Order of the Garter

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches (23.8 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Mittag

Creator:: Print made by Johann Simon Negges, 1726–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (36.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. The St. James's Macaroni

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 x 9 7/16 inches (32.3 x 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Study of a Lady

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 8 15/16 inches (31.4 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Swain's Amusement

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: between 1748 and 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 10 1/4 inches (36 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing Turkish Costume

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 7 11/16 inches (34.4 × 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Figure Costume Study: Persian Lady in 1568

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1793 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 inches (11.4 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Double Portrait of a Figure in Both Male and Female Attire

Creator:: Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 6 3/4 inches (14.6 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Figure Costume Study: English Nobleman

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1793 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches (10.8 x 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Figure Costume Study of Henry VIII

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1793 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 x 2 7/8 inches (10.8 x 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Seated Woman with a Book

Creator:: Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:: 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 7 7/8 inches (30.5 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Ingamells

29. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with stumping on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 7 3/16 inches (22.9 x 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Front

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black, red, yellow, and blue chalk over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 8 inches (24.4 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. A Seated Man

Creator:: Attributed to John Dunthorne, active 1783–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 1/8 inches (20 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. A Lady and a Gentleman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 5 3/8 inches (15.9 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. A Woman Seated

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 8 3/4 inches (32.4 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Portrait of John Phillippo Nighorus

2. A Sportsman

3. Gentleman with a Cannon

4. A Whole Length of a Lady of Petrella, in the Kingdom of Naples

5. Two Sketches of Man

6. Study for a Portrait of a Woman

7. A Lady in a Picture Hat

8. Costume Study for a Portrait of a Man

9. Scotsman with Sword; Modern Dress of a Highland Chieftan

10. Seamstresses, St. Kitts, Carribean

11. A Study for "Seeing -- La Vue" ( One of the Five Senses)

12. Unidentified Sitter

13. An Old Fisherwoman with Two Women Digging for Bait

14. Uncle George in the Dress of a Highland Herdsman

15. Night

16. Noon

17. Evening

18. Study of a Man with Stick Wearing the Order of the Garter

19. Mittag

20. The St. James's Macaroni

21. Study of a Lady

22. The Swain's Amusement

23. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing Turkish Costume

24. Figure Costume Study: Persian Lady in 1568

25. Double Portrait of a Figure in Both Male and Female Attire

26. Figure Costume Study: English Nobleman

27. Figure Costume Study of Henry VIII

28. Seated Woman with a Book

29. Portrait of a Lady

30. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Front

31. A Seated Man

32. A Lady and a Gentleman

33. A Woman Seated