Period: 18th century-19th century / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: animal art

1. Mares and Foals, facing left

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: between 1790 and 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 x 27 1/2 inches (43.2 x 69.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Mares and Foals, facing right

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: between 1790 and 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 x 27 1/2 inches (43.2 x 69.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Kashmir Goats

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: between 1790 and 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 24 inches (74.9 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. A Border Leicester Ewe

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: between 1795 and 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches (31.1 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Horse Studies in Relief, after George Stubbs

Creator:: Edward Burch, 1730–1814
Date:: modeled 1788–1789
Materials & Techniques:: Wedgwood
Dimensions:: Overall: 13 3/4 × 18 3/4 × 1 1/4 inches (34.9 × 47.6 × 3.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Horses Fighting

Creator:: after George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 x 23 1/4 inches (43.5 x 59.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Studies of Gulls

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 5 inches (20 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Horse Cart

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pens, black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 4 3/4 inches (17.1 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

9. Coal Fish

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 12 5/8in. (20.3 x 32.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Reminiscence of Gainsborough

Creator:: Robert Hills, 1769–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: watercolor and graphite on medium, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (8.9 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. A Weasel

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 10 1/4 inches (18.1 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately think, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 × 9 11/16 inches (41.9 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. South American Porcupine

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 8 3/8 inches (29.8 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. A Coatimundi

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, wove cream paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 × 8 9/16 inches (27.5 × 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Bird of Paradise and Verso: Sketch of a Flower

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 10 1/4 inches (22.9 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Bird of Paradise

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 10 3/4 inches (21.6 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Heads of Two Proboscis Monkeys

Creator:: James de Carle Sowerby, 1787–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 5 3/16in. (8.6 x 13.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. A Chicken Eating?

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 13 1/2 inches (41.6 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. A Crow

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 16 3/8 inches (33 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. A Dove

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 13 1/8 inches (41.3 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. A Parrot

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 5/8 inches (24.1 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. A Redwing Thrush

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 1/4 inches (33 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Golden Eagle

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (16.5 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Common Blackbird

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 1/8 inches (33 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. A Hawk

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (34.3 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Woodlark

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 inches (33 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Partridge?

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 inches (33 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. A Fieldfare

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 inches (33 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. A Sea Eagle

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 inches (21 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. A Starling

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 8 1/4 inches (33.3 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. A Pheasant Wing

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 11 inches (43.2 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Three Swans

Creator:: Possibly James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 4 5/8 inches (20.3 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Head of a Swan

Creator:: Possibly James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.3 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. A House Sparrow

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 8 1/4 inches (34 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. A Goose

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (24.1 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. A Parrot

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches (21.6 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. A Lizard

Creator:: after James de Carle Sowerby, 1787–1871
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, pen and ink
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 8 1/2 inches (13.7 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Three Toucans

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 5 1/4 inches (21 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. A Crane

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 5 3/8 inches (21 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. A Shrew

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 8 5/8 inches (13.7 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. A Weasel

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 8 1/4 inches (13.7 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Elephant with Rider

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 1/2 inches (29.8 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Quagga Zebra

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: ca. 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 8 7/8in. (18.4 x 22.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Two Kingfishers beside a Lake

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 3/4 inches (26.7 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Studies of a Turkey

Creator:: Robert Hills, 1769–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches (5.7 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Grebes

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, white gouache, and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (19.7 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Head of a Racoon

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 inches (21.9 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Kinkajou

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 8 1/2in. (30.5 x 21.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Ferruginous Duck

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 5 3/4 inches (20.6 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. A Parrot

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 inches (19.7 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. A Snipe

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 1/8 inches (33 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Giant Antshrike

Creator:: James de Carle Sowerby, 1787–1871
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 5 1/4 inches (23.5 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. A European Goldfinch

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 8 1/4 inches (27.9 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. A Quail

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 5/8 inches (24.4 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. A European Goldfinch

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 3/8 inches (21 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Golden-winged Cacique

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 4 3/8 inches (18.1 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Meadow Pipit

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 1/4in. (20.6 x 15.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Common Linnet

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 5/8 inches (21 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Bearded Titmouse

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 1/8 inches (33 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Eurasian skylark

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 inches (16.5 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Two Walruses with Detail of Flippers

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 8 1/8 inches (16.2 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. A Bird

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 13 inches (20.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Two kangaroos with details

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 9 5/16 inches (30.5 × 23.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Walruses on Cliffs

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 9 1/2 inches (30.2 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Eurasian skylark

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 3/8 inches (16.8 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. A Kangaroo with three kangaroos in the background

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 × 8 1/2 inches (33.7 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Slight Sketch of a Kangaroo

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 9 1/2 inches (30.2 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. A Rhinoceros

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, 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, Paul Mellon Collection

69. A Porpoise?

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 12 3/4 inches (19.7 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. A Barbastelle Bat

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (18.1 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. A Three-fingered Sloth

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 9 1/2 inches (30.2 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. A Mouse

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 inches (16.5 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. A Shrew

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 7/8 inches (21 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. A Chimpanzee?

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 3/8 inches (20 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Two Sloths

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: 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

76. A mandrill

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 inches (32.1 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. A Dog

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 11 7/8 inches (23.5 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. A Dog

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 3/4 inches (21 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. A Lion

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 7/8 inches (24.1 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. A Dog's Head

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (11.4 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. A Cow

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 × 3 3/8 inches (5.1 × 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. A Bird's Egg

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/4 × 2 1/2 inches (7 × 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. A Bird's Egg

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 6 5/8 inches (13.7 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. European Green Woodpecker

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 8 1/8 inches (34.3 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Bantam Cock and Farmpails

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 8 7/8 inches (38.7 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Mistle Thrush

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 1/8 inches (33 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Elephant with Rider

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 3/8 inches (21 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Studies of Geese

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, oil, and graphite with scratching out on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 17 7/8 inches (27.3 x 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Ferrets

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 1/4 inches (25.1 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Studies of Pigs

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Study of a Sleeping Dog

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches (7.3 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. The Spanish Pointer

Creator:: John Buckler FSA, 1770–1851
Date:: ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 × 21 inches (39.5 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Studies of Horses

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 4 7/8 inches (10.5 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Study of a Calf

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches (27.6 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Study of the Head of a Ram

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and red chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 16 1/8 inches (29.8 x 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Three Cows Standing Under a Group of Trees

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 7 3/8 inches (16.8 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Head and Shoulders of a Cart Horse

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 10 3/4 inches (21.9 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Studies of a Carthorse

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 7 1/8 inches (15.2 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. How to Ride without a Bridle

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 7 1/8in. (22.2 x 18.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. A Porcupine Fish

Creator:: John Smart, 1741–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 9 9/16in. (17.8 x 24.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Mares and Foals, facing left

2. Mares and Foals, facing right

3. Kashmir Goats

4. A Border Leicester Ewe

5. Horse Studies in Relief, after George Stubbs

6. Horses Fighting

7. Studies of Gulls

8. Horse Cart

9. Coal Fish

10. Reminiscence of Gainsborough

11. A Weasel

12. Eurasian Sparrowhawk

13. South American Porcupine

14. A Coatimundi

15. Bird of Paradise and Verso: Sketch of a Flower

16. Bird of Paradise

17. Heads of Two Proboscis Monkeys

18. A Chicken Eating?

19. A Crow

20. A Dove

21. A Parrot

22. A Redwing Thrush

23. Golden Eagle

24. Common Blackbird

25. A Hawk

26. Woodlark

27. A Partridge?

28. A Fieldfare

29. A Sea Eagle

30. A Starling

31. A Pheasant Wing

32. Three Swans

33. Head of a Swan

34. A House Sparrow

35. A Goose

36. A Parrot

37. A Lizard

38. Three Toucans

39. A Crane

40. A Shrew

41. A Weasel

42. Elephant with Rider

43. Quagga Zebra

44. Two Kingfishers beside a Lake

45. Studies of a Turkey

46. Grebes

47. Head of a Racoon

48. Kinkajou

49. Ferruginous Duck

50. A Parrot

51. A Snipe

52. Giant Antshrike

53. A European Goldfinch

54. A Quail

55. A European Goldfinch

56. Golden-winged Cacique

57. Meadow Pipit

58. Common Linnet

59. Bearded Titmouse

60. Eurasian skylark

61. Two Walruses with Detail of Flippers

62. A Bird

63. Two kangaroos with details

64. Walruses on Cliffs

65. Eurasian skylark

66. A Kangaroo with three kangaroos in the background

67. Slight Sketch of a Kangaroo

68. A Rhinoceros

69. A Porpoise?

70. A Barbastelle Bat

71. A Three-fingered Sloth

72. A Mouse

73. A Shrew