On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Period: 18th century / Genre: animal art

1. A Sleeping Leopard

Creator:: Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with roulette on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 13 3/4 inches (25.4 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. A Horse Affrighted by a Lion

Creator:: Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with roulette work, third state
Dimensions:: Plate: 9 7/8 x 13 inches (25.1 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. A Tiger and a Sleeping Leopard

Creator:: Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with roulette on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 1/2 inches (24.8 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. A Foxhound on the Scent

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 4 inches (9.2 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Bruiser

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 12 inches (40 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas S. Holman, New York, NY

6. Study of a Cow

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 7 inches (11.1 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Study of a Horse's Hooves

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches (19.1 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Introduction to the Fables, The Shepherd and the Philosopher

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

9. Fable XVI. The Pin and the Needle

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

10. Fable XXII. The Goat Without a Beard

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

11. Fable XXIV. The Butterfly and the Snail

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

12. Fable I. The Dog and the Fox

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

13. Fable XII. Pan and Fortune

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

14. Fable VI. The Miser and Plutus

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

15. Fable XIII. The Tame Stag

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

16. Fable XXVIII. The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

17. Fable XXX. The Setting-dog and the Partridge

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

18. Fable XLI. The Owl and the Farmer

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

19. Fable XVI. The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

20. Crowned Eagle and Two Birds

Creator:: Richard Brookes, 1721–1763
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 3 1/2 inches (14.3 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Hoopoe: Common Hoopoe

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth white vellum
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

22. Warbler: Reed Wren

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Falcon: Hen Krestel

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, smooth white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (21 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Roller: Garrulous Roller

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with gum arabic on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (21.6 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Tree Study with Stags (Landscape)

Creator:: George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 9 3/8 inches (27.9 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. A Crane

Creator:: William Hayes, active 1775–1794
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 × 13 1/8 inches (43.5 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Farmyard Animals: Tribulation

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 1/4 inches (21.9 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Jackdaw

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with gum arabic on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Owl: Little Owl

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with gum arabic on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (20.6 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. 2 birds "Aroust el Bahar"

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 × 13 1/2 inches (44.1 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Pelecanus onocrotalus (Great White Pelican)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 × 14 inches (53.3 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Unidentified Fish

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 16 inches (30.5 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Baby, a favorite horse belonging to Lt. Cobham

Creator:: Giles Hussey, 1710–1788
Date:: between 1730 and 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 9in. (26 x 22.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The Monk Seal-Monachus monachus

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 16 3/4 inches (21.9 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Trumpeter on Galloping Horse

Creator:: James Stuart, 1713–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 inches (25.1 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Unidentified Fish

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 16 1/4 inches (41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Bocorvus abyssinicus (Abyssinian Ground Hornbill)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 3/4 inches (31.4 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Threkiornis aethiopicus (African Sacred Ibis)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 7/8 inches (32.1 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Lophaetus occipitalis (Long-Crested Eagle)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (31.8 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Coracias abyssinicus (Abyssinian Roller)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 3/4 inches (31.4 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Binney: number one (a fish)

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly texture, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 9 3/4 inches (31.1 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Secretary Bird

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches (14.3 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Corvs crassirostris (Thick-Billed Raven)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Unidentified Ungulate

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 21 1/2 inches (36.8 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Unidentified Ungulate

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 15 inches (33.3 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Unidentified madogua (Dik-dik)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Felis caligata (Booted Lynx)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (29.8 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Madoqua (Dik-dik)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, over gaphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 5 3/4 inches (11.4 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Dik-dik

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 6 3/8 inches (14 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Jerboa

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, watercolor, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (29.8 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Heterohyrax brucei (Yellow-Spotted Rock Hyrax)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 5/8 × 4 3/4 inches (6.7 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Wolf

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 5/8 inches (23.8 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Heterohyrax brucei (Yellow-Spotted Rock Hyrax)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen iand brown ink, over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 3/4 inches (31.4 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Sagittarius serpentarius (Secretary Bird)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 10 3/8 inches (36.2 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Bee Cuckoo

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 11 1/2 inches (34 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Gypaetus barbatus (Bearded Vulture)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 9 7/8 inches (30.5 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. African Wildcat or Serval

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 16 inches (40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Chamaeler Chamaeleon

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and varnish on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (19.7 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Tortoise

Creator:: Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving, hand colored
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Treron waalia (Bruce's Green Pigeon)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 3/4 inches (31.4 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Unidentified Fish

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 × 16 inches (30.6 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Neophron percnopterus (Egyptian Vulture)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 18 inches (35.6 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Bostrychia carunculata (Wattled Ibis)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 1/4 inches (40.6 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Unidentified Madoqua (Dik-dik): study of head and skull

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Unidentified Madoqua (Dik-dik): study of head and skull

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Woodpecker and Two Birds

Creator:: Richard Brookes, 1721–1763
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 3 5/8 inches (14.3 × 9.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. The Humble Bee and Insects

Creator:: Richard Brookes, 1721–1763
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 3 1/2 inches (14.3 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Sheep, and Three Animals

Creator:: Richard Brookes, 1721–1763
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 3 3/8 inches (14.6 × 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Lady Catherine Powlet

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (first state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 15/16 × 15 7/16 inches (53.2 × 39.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

70. Colonel Tarleton

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (engraver's proof) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (62.2 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

71. John Wharton Tempest

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 5/16 × 15 5/8 inches (61.8 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

72. Duchess of Buccleuch with Her Daughter, Lady Mary Scott

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (first state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 × 15 3/4 inches (66 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

73. Lady Cockburn and Children

Creator:: Print made by Charles Wilkin, 1750–1814
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Engraved in stipple (first state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/8 × 16 inches (51.1 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

74. Master Crewe as 'Henry VIII'

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/8 × 14 3/4 inches (52.4 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

75. The Fair Tutoress

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 10 3/4 inches (38.4 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

76. Boy and a Parrot

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 9 1/2 inches (28.6 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

77. The Cottagers

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 × 16 1/4 inches (53.3 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

78. Muscipula

Creator:: Print made by John Jones, ca. 1745–1797
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, stipple engraving, and line engraving; first state on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 × 15 3/4 inches (46 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

79. The Clavering Children

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/2 × 16 3/8 inches (57.2 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

80. The Clavering Children

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (C.S.II) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 13 15/16 inches (50.5 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

81. Two Wood Pigeons

Creator:: Charles Collins, 1680–1744
Date:: 1736
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, brown ink on slightly textured, medium, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 × 15 1/8 inches (54 × 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. A Red Throated Diver, June 1742

Creator:: Charles Collins, 1680–1744
Date:: 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, brown ink on slightly textured, medium, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 inches (38.4 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. The Purple Heron

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: Undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, gouache, and graphite, on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper, mounted on card
Dimensions:: Mount: 20 11/16 × 26 9/16 inches (52.5 × 67.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Coach Horses

Creator:: Print made by Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1780s
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 × 28 inches (51.4 × 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

85. Plundering the Tower

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 14 3/4 inches (27 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

86. Mrs. Frances Ann Crewe as St. Genevieve

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (second state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 23 3/8 inches (50.5 × 59.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

87. A Brewhouse Yard

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 × 27 1/8 inches (54.3 × 68.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

88. The Enchantress

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/8 × 29 3/4 inches (54.9 × 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

89. The Enchantress

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/8 × 29 3/4 inches (54.9 × 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

90. The Brother's Farewell

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 10 1/8 inches (33 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

91. A Pair of Stints

Creator:: Charles Collins, 1680–1744
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and ink, watercolor, gouache on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 19 3/8 inches (34.3 × 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Miss Cholmondeley

Creator:: Print made by Giuseppe Marchi, ca. 1735–1808
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (second state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 7/8 × 16 1/4 inches (55.6 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

93. A Guillemot, June 1742

Creator:: Charles Collins, 1680–1744
Date:: 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, brown pen on slightly textured, medium, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 21 inches (37.8 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Miss Hone

Creator:: Print made by Charles Phillips, 1737– after 1783
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 12 3/16 inches (43.2 × 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

95. A Black and White Indian Bird, (one of a pair)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/8 × 18 1/8 inches (63.2 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Lady Caroline Montagu as 'Winter'

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 3/4 × 19 1/8 inches (65.4 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

97. A Shepherdess

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 1/8 inches (35.9 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

98. An Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gouache and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 7/16 × 17 5/16 inches (64.6 × 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. An Egyptian Vulture

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: Undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Mount: 20 9/16 × 26 7/16 inches (52.2 × 67.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. A Species of Wild Duck

Creator:: Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 6 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (15.6 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. A Sleeping Leopard

2. A Horse Affrighted by a Lion

3. A Tiger and a Sleeping Leopard

4. A Foxhound on the Scent

5. The Bruiser

6. Study of a Cow

7. Study of a Horse's Hooves

8. Introduction to the Fables, The Shepherd and the Philosopher

9. Fable XVI. The Pin and the Needle

10. Fable XXII. The Goat Without a Beard

11. Fable XXIV. The Butterfly and the Snail

12. Fable I. The Dog and the Fox

13. Fable XII. Pan and Fortune

14. Fable VI. The Miser and Plutus

15. Fable XIII. The Tame Stag

16. Fable XXVIII. The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud

17. Fable XXX. The Setting-dog and the Partridge

18. Fable XLI. The Owl and the Farmer

19. Fable XVI. The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm

20. Crowned Eagle and Two Birds

21. Hoopoe: Common Hoopoe

22. Warbler: Reed Wren

23. Falcon: Hen Krestel

24. Roller: Garrulous Roller

25. Tree Study with Stags (Landscape)

26. A Crane

27. Farmyard Animals: Tribulation

28. Jackdaw

29. Owl: Little Owl

30. 2 birds "Aroust el Bahar"

31. Pelecanus onocrotalus (Great White Pelican)

32. Unidentified Fish

33. Baby, a favorite horse belonging to Lt. Cobham

34. The Monk Seal-Monachus monachus

35. Trumpeter on Galloping Horse

36. Unidentified Fish

37. Bocorvus abyssinicus (Abyssinian Ground Hornbill)

38. Threkiornis aethiopicus (African Sacred Ibis)

39. Lophaetus occipitalis (Long-Crested Eagle)

40. Coracias abyssinicus (Abyssinian Roller)

41. Binney: number one (a fish)

42. Secretary Bird

43. Corvs crassirostris (Thick-Billed Raven)

44. Unidentified Ungulate

45. Unidentified Ungulate

46. Unidentified madogua (Dik-dik)

47. Felis caligata (Booted Lynx)

48. Madoqua (Dik-dik)

49. Dik-dik

50. Jerboa

51. Heterohyrax brucei (Yellow-Spotted Rock Hyrax)

52. Wolf

53. Heterohyrax brucei (Yellow-Spotted Rock Hyrax)

54. Sagittarius serpentarius (Secretary Bird)

55. Bee Cuckoo

56. Gypaetus barbatus (Bearded Vulture)

57. African Wildcat or Serval

58. Chamaeler Chamaeleon

59. Tortoise

60. Treron waalia (Bruce's Green Pigeon)

61. Unidentified Fish

62. Neophron percnopterus (Egyptian Vulture)

63. Bostrychia carunculata (Wattled Ibis)

64. Unidentified Madoqua (Dik-dik): study of head and skull

65. Unidentified Madoqua (Dik-dik): study of head and skull

66. Woodpecker and Two Birds

67. The Humble Bee and Insects

68. Sheep, and Three Animals

69. Lady Catherine Powlet

70. Colonel Tarleton

71. John Wharton Tempest

72. Duchess of Buccleuch with Her Daughter, Lady Mary Scott

73. Lady Cockburn and Children