On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Subject Terms: portrait and women / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. Five Visionary Heads of Women

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1819 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 12 3/4 inches (27 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Martha Gunn, Bather at Brighton

Creator:: John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 8 9/16 inches (13.8 × 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Faces

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 3 1/8 inches (9 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Matrimonial Fisticuffs, with a Portrait of the Pugilist John Broughton, in the Background

Creator:: attributed to Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches (7 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Head of a Young Woman

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: between 1838 and 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 5/8 x 11 1/4 inches (34.6 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Woman in Egyptian Dress

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on heavy card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches (42.2 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Woolwich Warren

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and pen and black ink on very thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 27 1/8 inches (49.5 x 68.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Mary, Queen of Scots

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 18 3/8 inches (25.7 x 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Costume Study for the Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with white chalk; verso: graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 9/16 x 8 1/8 inches (49.7 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Mrs. Martha Udney

Creator:: John Massey Wright, 1777–1866
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches (22.5 x 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Study for the Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches (21.9 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Head of a Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches (19.4 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Study for a Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (18.4 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Margaret Ramsay, the Artist's Second Wife (Died 1782)

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (24.1 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Portrait of Catherine Blake

Creator:: George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (34.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. A Girl with a Watering Can facing left: Sarah Hough, Mrs. T.P. Sandby's Nursery Maid

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and gray ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches (13.7 x 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Sara Hough, Mrs. T. P. Sandby's Nursery Maid

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 4 3/8 inches (14.3 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Portrait of Anne and Maria Russell

Creator:: John Russell, 1745–1806
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel and colored chalk on moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Drawing for the Frontispiece of Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden"

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches (22.2 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lowell Libson

20. Study for a Portrait of Two Women

Creator:: Augustus Edwin John, 1878–1961
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/16 × 18 1/2 inches (58.6 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower

21. The Duchess of Devonshire and the Countess of Bessborough

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black and gray ink over graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 11/16 x 16 3/4 inches (50 x 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Lady Francis Scott and Lady Elliot

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 5 1/8 inches (12.7 x 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Gwen John, Ida Nettleship and Ursula Tyrwhitt

Creator:: Augustus Edwin John, 1878–1961
Date:: ca. 1899
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 9 7/8 inches (33 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Sappho

Creator:: attributed to Maria Hadfield Cosway, 1759–1838
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 7 1/4 inches (22.9 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Wilton

25. Study for the Portrait of Princess Louisa and Queen Caroline Matilda of Denmark

Creator:: Francis Cotes, 1726–1770
Date:: ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2in. (23.5 x 19.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Family Portraits

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (14.6 x 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Three Sisters

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 11 inches (36 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Peter Arms Wick

28. Study of a Seated Woman

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and gray ink, gray wash, gouache, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 7 7/8 inches (30.5 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Miss Templeton, Mr. Holworthy and Miss Crewe, Sketching in a Wooded Landscape

Creator:: Attributed to James Holworthy, 1780–1841
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 7 7/8 inches (12.7 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Five Visionary Heads of Women

2. Martha Gunn, Bather at Brighton

3. Faces

4. Matrimonial Fisticuffs, with a Portrait of the Pugilist John Broughton, in the Background

5. Head of a Young Woman

6. Woman in Egyptian Dress

7. Woolwich Warren

8. Mary, Queen of Scots

9. Costume Study for the Portrait of a Lady

10. Mrs. Martha Udney

11. Study for the Portrait of a Woman

12. Head of a Woman

13. Study for a Portrait of a Woman

14. Margaret Ramsay, the Artist's Second Wife (Died 1782)

15. Portrait of Catherine Blake

16. A Girl with a Watering Can facing left: Sarah Hough, Mrs. T.P. Sandby's Nursery Maid

17. Sara Hough, Mrs. T. P. Sandby's Nursery Maid

18. Portrait of Anne and Maria Russell

19. Drawing for the Frontispiece of Erasmus Darwin's "The Botanic Garden"

20. Study for a Portrait of Two Women

21. The Duchess of Devonshire and the Countess of Bessborough

22. Lady Francis Scott and Lady Elliot

23. Gwen John, Ida Nettleship and Ursula Tyrwhitt

24. Sappho

25. Study for the Portrait of Princess Louisa and Queen Caroline Matilda of Denmark

26. Family Portraits

27. The Three Sisters

28. Study of a Seated Woman

29. Miss Templeton, Mr. Holworthy and Miss Crewe, Sketching in a Wooded Landscape