Period: 18th century / Genre: religious and mythological subject / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: clouds

1. Jacob's Dream

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 64 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches (163.8 x 69.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. The Rape of Proserpine, design for the staircase of Devonshire House, London

Creator:: Louis Laguerre, 1663–1721
Date:: ca. 1704
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 1/8 x 30 inches (107 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. A Sketch of Gratitude Crowned by Peace, with Other Allegorical Figures of Industry, Fame and Plenty

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: between 1712 and 1713
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 3/16 x 7 3/4 inches (36 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. The Angel Binding Satan

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (45.1 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. The Stowe Reliefs: Mercury conducting Tragic and Comic Poetry to the Hill of Parnassus

Creator:: Attributed to Michael Chuke, 1679–1742
Date:: ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:: Bronzed limewood
Dimensions:: Overall: 54 5/16 x 37 13/16 inches (138 x 96 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

6. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 1, "Swift on His Downy Pinion Flies from Woe"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 35, "Teaching, We Learn; and Giving, We Retain"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. America. A Prophecy, Plate 13, "Fiery the Angels Rose...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. America. A Prophecy, Plate 8, "The Morning Comes...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green-black ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 9, "Arise O Rintrah . . . ." (Bentley 11)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 95, "Ode for Music."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 49, "As If the Sun Could Envy, Check'd His Beam"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 83, "The Descent of Odin."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. America. A Prophecy, Plate 2, Title Page

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. America. A Prophecy, Plate 6, "Appear to the Americans...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 4, "Unwilling I look up . . . . " (Bentley 5)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper inlaid to size
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 12, "Albions Angel rose . . . . " (Bentley 14)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 24, "Time, in Advance, behind Him Hides His Wings"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 65, Night the Fourth, "The Christian Triumph."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 75, "The Sun Beheld it -- No, the Shocking Scene"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 115, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 63, "The Bard."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 65, "The Bard."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 99, "Ode for Music."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. America. A Prophecy, Plate 1, Frontispiece

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. America. A Prophecy, Plate 10, "The Terror Answered...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green-black ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. America. A Prophecy, Plate 16, "In the Flames Stood...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green-black ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 6, "The shrill winds wake . . . . " (Bentley 7)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 16, "Two Nostrils Bent Down to the Deep...." (Bentley 13)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 41, "One Radiant Mark; the Deathbed of the Just"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 86, "His Hand the Good Man Fastens on the Skies"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 59, "The Bard."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Moses Receiving the Law

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash, black wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 x 12 1/4 inches (66 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Satan Approaching the Court of Chaos

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1784 to 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and gray ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (23.5 x 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Mary Hale (née Chaloner) as Euphrosyne in 'L'Allegro'

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: between 1762 and 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 3/8 × 17 3/4 inches (67 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

36. Mrs. Jordan in the Character of the Comic Muse

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Park, ca. 1760–1834
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: handcolored, mezzotint (second state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 7/16 × 17 7/8 inches (69.7 × 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

37. Fortune

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 10 3/4 inches (40.3 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

38. The Triumph of Galatea

Creator:: Print made by John Smith, 1652–1743
Date:: 1701
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 9 7/8 inches (43.2 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. Miss Elliot

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 × 15 5/8 inches (63.5 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. Juno

Creator:: Print made by Alexander van Haecken, 1701–1758
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 6 3/4 inches (25.1 × 17.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

41. Sisters Contemplating on Mortality

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (first state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 14 1/4 inches (50.8 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

42. Mrs. Blake as Juno

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (third state) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 26 1/2 × 18 1/4 inches (67.3 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

43. Design for a Ceiling

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with gray wash on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches (22.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Design for a Ceiling Decoration

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 5 inches (12.7 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Illustration to Homer's Iliad

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (13.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (one of four)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. A Design for a Mural Executed in the Salon at Roehampton House, Surrey: Apollo Carrying off Aeneas in a Cloud

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 inches (14 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Sketch for the Oil Painting "The Conversion of St. Paul"

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brushed black ink, gray wash and gouache on medium, moderately textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (44.5 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Hebe

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobé, 1733–1797
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 × 21 1/4 inches (71.1 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

50. Hebe

Creator:: Print made by Charles Howard Hodges, 1764–1837
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/4 × 15 1/2 inches (61.6 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

51. Mrs. Sheridan as 'St. Cecilia'

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (first state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/8 × 15 inches (52.4 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

52. The Calling of Samuel

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (second state) on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/16 × 12 3/16 inches (41.4 × 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

53. Winchester Cross

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Powell, 1780–1834
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, engraver's proof on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 × 10 1/2 inches (37.1 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Hebe

Creator:: Print made by Charles Howard Hodges, 1764–1837
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 3/4 × 15 5/8 inches (62.9 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

55. Guardian Angels

Creator:: Print made by Charles Howard Hodges, 1764–1837
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (second state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 × 16 3/4 inches (54.6 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

56. The Infant Jupiter

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (third state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 × 14 15/16 inches (53 × 37.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

57. Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, brown ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 3/16 inches (24.8 x 33.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three of four)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. The Birth of Venus

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 5 7/8in. (18.4 x 14.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford, Part of Clouds From the Nativity Scene

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/16 × 18 7/16 inches (58.6 × 46.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford, Adoration of the Shepherds, From the Nativity Scene

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 15/16 × 18 1/8 inches (68.4 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford, Angel Contemplating the Mystery of the Cross

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 24 3/4 inches (50.5 × 62.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford, Clouds, Part of the Nativity Scene

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 3/16 × 18 1/16 inches (58.9 × 45.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Temperance

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/16 × 18 1/16 inches (63.7 × 45.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Hope

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 18 3/8 inches (63.8 × 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) Countess of Castlemaine

Creator:: Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 11/16 × 13 1/16 inches (42.4 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Mrs. Sophia (née Heywood) Musters as Hebe

Creator:: Charles Howard Hodges, 1764–1837
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 3/4 × 15 1/16 inches (60.3 × 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Faith

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 18 1/4 inches (63.8 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Justice

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/16 × 18 1/16 inches (63.7 × 45.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Venus Childing Cupid

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/16 × 12 7/8 inches (43.3 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Juvenis auscultans seni de divinis admonenti

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/8 x 14 5/16 inches (46.6 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Hebe

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 x 9 1/16 inches (29 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Ticket to Westminster Abbey

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: before 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 7 3/8 inches (22.3 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Death on a Pale Horse

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 5/8 x 18 1/2 inches (62.5 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. A Scene on Mount Olympus

Creator:: John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 1/4in. (21 x 28.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Ticket to Westminster Abbey

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: before 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 5 11/16 inches (22.2 × 14.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. The Virgin in the Clouds and Six Saints

Creator:: Print made by John Baptist Jackson, 1701–1780
Date:: 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Chiaroscuro woodcut
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Ralph Kirkpatrick, Yale MA (HON.) 1965

78. The Three Marys Going to the Sepulchre

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 7/16 x 9 5/8 inches (46.9 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Atalanta and Hippomanes

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 11/16 x 11 5/16 inches (42.4 x 28.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Venus Chiding Cupid

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 10 1/8 inches (29.6 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. St. Cecilia

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 15/16 inches (30.8 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Peter and John Going to the Sepulchre

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 9/16 x 9 5/8 inches (47.1 x 24.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Niobe

Creator:: Print made by William Sharp, 1749–1824
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 26 1/8 inches (50.2 x 66.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Drawing after The Transfiguration

Creator:: Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper mounted on linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 46 1/4 x 29 inches (117.5 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. Jacob's Dream

2. The Rape of Proserpine, design for the staircase of Devonshire House, London

3. A Sketch of Gratitude Crowned by Peace, with Other Allegorical Figures of Industry, Fame and Plenty

4. The Angel Binding Satan

5. The Stowe Reliefs: Mercury conducting Tragic and Comic Poetry to the Hill of Parnassus

6. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 1, "Swift on His Downy Pinion Flies from Woe"

7. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 35, "Teaching, We Learn; and Giving, We Retain"

8. America. A Prophecy, Plate 13, "Fiery the Angels Rose...."

9. America. A Prophecy, Plate 8, "The Morning Comes...."

10. Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 9, "Arise O Rintrah . . . ." (Bentley 11)

11. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 95, "Ode for Music."

12. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 49, "As If the Sun Could Envy, Check'd His Beam"

13. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 83, "The Descent of Odin."

14. America. A Prophecy, Plate 2, Title Page

15. America. A Prophecy, Plate 6, "Appear to the Americans...."

16. Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 4, "Unwilling I look up . . . . " (Bentley 5)

17. Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 12, "Albions Angel rose . . . . " (Bentley 14)

18. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 24, "Time, in Advance, behind Him Hides His Wings"

19. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 65, Night the Fourth, "The Christian Triumph."

20. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 75, "The Sun Beheld it -- No, the Shocking Scene"

21. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 115, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

22. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 63, "The Bard."

23. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 65, "The Bard."

24. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 99, "Ode for Music."

25. America. A Prophecy, Plate 1, Frontispiece

26. America. A Prophecy, Plate 10, "The Terror Answered...."

27. America. A Prophecy, Plate 16, "In the Flames Stood...."

28. Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 6, "The shrill winds wake . . . . " (Bentley 7)

29. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 16, "Two Nostrils Bent Down to the Deep...." (Bentley 13)

30. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 41, "One Radiant Mark; the Deathbed of the Just"

31. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 86, "His Hand the Good Man Fastens on the Skies"

32. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 59, "The Bard."

33. Moses Receiving the Law

34. Satan Approaching the Court of Chaos

35. Mary Hale (née Chaloner) as Euphrosyne in 'L'Allegro'

36. Mrs. Jordan in the Character of the Comic Muse

37. Fortune

38. The Triumph of Galatea

39. Miss Elliot

40. Juno

41. Sisters Contemplating on Mortality

42. Mrs. Blake as Juno

43. Design for a Ceiling

44. Design for a Ceiling Decoration

45. Illustration to Homer's Iliad

46. Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (one of four)

47. A Design for a Mural Executed in the Salon at Roehampton House, Surrey: Apollo Carrying off Aeneas in a Cloud

48. Sketch for the Oil Painting "The Conversion of St. Paul"

49. Hebe

50. Hebe

51. Mrs. Sheridan as 'St. Cecilia'

52. The Calling of Samuel

53. Winchester Cross

54. Hebe

55. Guardian Angels

56. The Infant Jupiter

57. Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne

58. Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three of four)

59. The Birth of Venus

60. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford, Part of Clouds From the Nativity Scene

61. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford, Adoration of the Shepherds, From the Nativity Scene

62. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford, Angel Contemplating the Mystery of the Cross

63. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford, Clouds, Part of the Nativity Scene

64. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Temperance

65. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Hope

66. Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) Countess of Castlemaine

67. Mrs. Sophia (née Heywood) Musters as Hebe

68. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Faith

69. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Justice

70. Venus Childing Cupid

71. Juvenis auscultans seni de divinis admonenti

72. Hebe