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Exhibition History Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14)

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1. The Benevolent Effects of Abolishing Slavery, or the Planter instructing his Negro

The Benevolent Effects of Abolishing Slavery, or the Planter instructing his Negro
Creator:
Print made by W. Pyott, active late 18th century
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches (48.9 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. Rt. Hon. John Manners, Marquess of Granby, and a Servant

Rt. Hon. John Manners, Marquess of Granby, and a Servant
Creator:
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 23 3/4 × 17 7/8 inches (60.3 × 45.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. A Lady and Her Children Relieving a Cottager

A Lady and Her Children Relieving a Cottager
Creator:
Engraved by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 5/16 × 21 3/4 inches (44 × 55.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Lady Elizabeth Keppel and a Servant

Lady Elizabeth Keppel and a Servant
Creator:
Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1760s
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 1/2 × 15 5/8 inches (62.2 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Beauty's Tribute (Elizabeth Cooper)

Beauty's Tribute (Elizabeth Cooper)
Creator:
Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Plate: 13 11/16 × 10 3/16 inches (34.8 × 25.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1787

The Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1787
Creator:
Print made by Pietro Antonio Martini, 1738–1797
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 × 20 9/16 inches (36.9 × 52.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Slave Trade

The Slave Trade
Creator:
Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, printed in color, published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 × 29 1/2 inches (55.9 × 74.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Richard and Maria Cosway, and Ottobah Cugoano

Richard and Maria Cosway, and Ottobah Cugoano
Creator:
Print made by Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 15 3/8 inches (32 × 39 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. African Hospitality

African Hospitality
Creator:
Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, printed in color, published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 1/4 x 29 1/4in. (56.5 x 74.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Portrait of a Young Man

Portrait of a Young Man
Creator:
Attributed to Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache on vellum
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches (8.6 x 7.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Exhibition of Royal Academy

Exhibition of Royal Academy
Creator:
Print made by Pietro Antonio Martini, 1738–1797
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 x 20 1/2in. (38.1 x 52.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Woman Holding a Mask

Woman Holding a Mask
Creator:
John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
between 1795 and 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Pastel on medium, moderately textured, wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 inches (33.7 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Atlas minor, or, A new and curious set of sixty two maps : in which are shewn all the empires, kingdoms, countries, states, in all the known parts of the earth : with their bounds, divisions, chief cities & towns, the whole composed & laid down agreable to modern history / by Herman Moll ...

Atlas minor, or, A new and curious set of sixty two maps : in which are shewn all the empires, kingdoms, countries, states, in all the known parts of the earth : with their bounds, divisions, chief cities & towns, the whole composed & laid down agreable to modern history / by Herman Moll ...
Creator:
Moll, Herman, -1732
Date:
[1763?]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([2], [124] leaves (some folded)) : 62 maps ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Signet ring, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"

Signet ring, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"
Date:
not before 1787
Physical Description:
1 signet ring : gold with red stone (jasper?) ; face 28 x 21 mm, band 25 mm in diameter
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Susan M. Yecies, Yale BA 1971

15. Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J. G. Stedman ...

Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J. G. Stedman ...
Creator:
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744–1797
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The Gentleman's magazine.

The Gentleman's magazine.
Date:
1731-1907
Physical Description:
v. [plates (part col.) ports., maps (part fold.) facsims. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts