Materials & Techniques: white chalk / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: figure study

1. Study of a Female Nude

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (26 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Seated Woman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black chalk, and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 9 3/4in. (34.8 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Lady with a Veil

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 7/16 inches (24.8 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Portrait

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 8 15/16in. (30.3 x 22.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Head of a Man

Creator:: Attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723
Date:: 1732
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 11 1/8in. (42.9 x 28.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Head of a Young Man

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 10 7/16in. (31.1 x 26.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. A Head Keeper, Windsor Castle, 1826

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, conté crayon, graphite and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches (28.6 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black, red, and white chalk over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (41.9 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Unidentified Sitter

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 1/2 inches (31.4 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

10. Millbank

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches (21.9 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: William Blake Richmond, 1842–1921
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 5 7/8 inches (17.8 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Figure Study for the Painting of the Victory of Lord Duncan: Study for Sailor Bearing the Dutch Flag

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches (27 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Figure Study for the Painting of Victory of Lord Duncan: Study for the Figure of Admiral de Winter

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (30.2 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Study for Captain William George Fairfax for the Painting "The Victory of Lord Duncan"

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and red chalk, squared for transfer on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches (31.4 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Man Sitting

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white chalk on moderately thick, rough, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 10 3/8 inches (15.6 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Costume Study for a Portrait of a Man

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 5 5/8 inches (20.3 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Woman with Square Hat

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, white chalk, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 6 9/16 inches (21.4 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. So She Caught Him and Kissed Him (Proverbs, Chapter VII, Verse 13)

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, white chalk, red chalk, and gray ground on thick, textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 10 1/4in. (35.9 x 26cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Rear View Sstudy of a Nude Figure

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Blackk chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 4 3/4 inches (14.3 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Figure Study of a Man in a Formal Suit

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, white chalk, and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 2 7/8 inches (9.5 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Daggers

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 8 5/8 inches (14.4 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Study of a Man in a Long Robe

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, red chalk, and graphite, on moderely thick, rough, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 11 5/8 inches (40 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Study for Boy Leaning on a Basket

Creator:: Sir Frank William Brangwyn, 1867–1956
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 9 1/2 inches (38.1 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Study of Furnace Workers

Creator:: Sir Frank William Brangwyn, 1867–1956
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 9 1/2 inches (38.1 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. Study for an Allegorical Figure of Religion

Creator:: Edward John Poynter, 1836–1919
Date:: 1895
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and graphite, squared for transfer on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 9 5/8 inches (36.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower

26. Study for the Central Group in the "Death of Earl of Chatham"

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches (26.4 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Study for a Portrait of a Seated Gentleman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk, with stumping on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (42.2 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Child's Broken Cart and Fiddler's Wife's Arm

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with red and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 5 inches (11.4 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Study of a Woman

Creator:: Nathaniel Smith, 1740–1787
Date:: 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 10 1/4 inches (42.5 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. Study of a Man

Creator:: Nathaniel Smith, 1740–1787
Date:: 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 10 1/2 inches (43.2 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. Studies for a Hand in The Godhead Fires

Creator:: Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 12 7/8 inches (31.1 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of John Goolet

32. Portrait of a Judge

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 11 3/8 inches (36.2 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. John A. Gee, from Estate of Chauncey B. Tinker, B.A. 1899

33. Studies of Hands

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 x 6 7/8 inches (10.8 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Study of a Pianist and Bass Player

Creator:: Walter Richard Sickert, 1860–1942
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 11 1/4 inches (40.3 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Deposition

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 8 inches (13 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

36. Full-length Study of a Young Man

Creator:: attributed to Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 11 3/16 inches (49.5 x 28.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. 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

38. Study of a Group of Children

Creator:: Circle of William James Muller, 1812–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, graphite, and white chalk; verso: black chalk, white chalk, blue chalk, and brown chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 inches (17.8 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. He Goeth after Her straightway as an Ox Goeth to the Slaughter (Proverbs, Chapter VII, Verse 22)

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, white chalk, and red chalk with gray ground on thick, textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 1/8in. (35.6 x 25.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Study for an Allegorical Figure of Religion

Creator:: Edward John Poynter, 1836–1919
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and graphite, squared for transfer on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 7 1/2 inches (42.5 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Portrait of Charles Conder at the Academie Julian, 1890

Creator:: Sir William Rothenstein, 1872–1945
Date:: 1890
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 9 3/8 inches (36.8 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

42. Study for the Portrait of William Guise

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: ca. 1761
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 12 inches (49.5 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Man Standing, Leaning on Left Elbow, Full-Length

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 12 inches (48.9 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. 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

45. Study from Nature, One of the Children of Charity for the Large Picture of the Waterloo Allegory

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white and red chalk over graphite on thick, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 13 3/8 inches (38.1 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. The Wood Cutter

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches (14.3 x 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Study for the Magus

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 1/4 inches (21.6 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

48. Study of a Hand Holding a Hat

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 7 1/2 inches (12.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Portrait bust of a man in full-length wig

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 3 1/8 inches (10.8 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Head of a Young Woman or Man

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk, white chalk, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches (26.4 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Head of a Young Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (31.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Artist's Son Writing

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (13.3 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Sketch of Two Figures in an Interior: One Seated, One Standing

Creator:: William Mulready, 1786–1863
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 3 1/4 inches (11.7 × 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. A Gentleman Standing, Seen Full Face, Wearing a Driving or Riding Coat

Creator:: Heywood Hardy, 1843–1933
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, with white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 8 5/16 inches (34 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. A Gentleman Standing, Seen Back View, Wearing a Driving or Riding Coat ...

Creator:: Heywood Hardy, 1843–1933
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/16 × 8 3/8 inches (34.1 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Study of an Antique Head

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/4 × 17 1/2 inches (56.5 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

57. Standing Classical Male Figure with Spear

Creator:: John Opie, 1761–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk with touches of white chalk on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 x 11 1/2in. (45.7 x 29.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon

58. Sleeping Girl

Creator:: Edward John Poynter, 1836–1919
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 13 7/8 inches (25.4 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower

59. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: Attributed to Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 5/16in. (24.4 x 18.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Reclining Female Nude

Creator:: John Opie, 1761–1807
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 3/4in. (29.5 x 42.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon

61. Standing Classical Female Figure

Creator:: John Opie, 1761–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 9 1/8in. (46 x 23.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon

62. Sketches of Mother and Child and Sketch of an Arm

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 10 3/4 inches (22.2 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore

63. A Life Drawing

Creator:: Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:: ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (34.3 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Diane Nixon in honor of Lowell Libson

64. Head of a Girl: Probably a Study of Mrs. De Wint

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches (35.2 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Study after Joshua Reynolds's Portrait of Cornet Nehemiah Winter, 11th Dragoons

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, white chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 4 3/4 inches (17.8 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

66. Reclining Figure

Creator:: Henry Moore, 1898–1986
Date:: 1939
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, graphite, gray wash and crayon on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 30 3/4 x 35 1/2 x 3 inches (78.1 x 90.2 x 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962, in memory of Harriet Loria Popowitz

67. Sketch of Man and Horse and Rider

Creator:: Walter Richard Sickert, 1860–1942
Date:: ca. 1888
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 9 5/8 inches (22.9 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia Cornwell

68. Studies of Hands

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, rough wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 inches (34.9 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Italian sketchbook

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with white and black chalk on medium, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches (28.3 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. The Charmer

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and gray ground on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 1/2 inches (36.5 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Fencers

Creator:: Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 x 10 1/8in. (19.2 x 25.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Drawings of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 11 3/8 inches (35.6 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

73. Drawings of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 3/4 inches (33.3 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

74. Drawings of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 10 inches (27.9 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

75. Drawings of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 × 10 5/8 inches (34.6 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

76. Drawing of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 10 1/2 inches (23.2 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

77. Drawing of a Hand

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 10 3/4 inches (21.3 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

78. Drawings of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 10 1/4 inches (32.4 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

79. Drawings of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 11 1/2 inches (37.8 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

80. Drawing of a Hand

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 6 3/8 inches (13.7 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

81. Drawings of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 9 3/8 inches (30.5 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

82. Drawing of a Hand

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on thin, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 3 3/4 inches (10.2 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

83. Head of a Boy

Creator:: circle of Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and white chalk with stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 14 3/8 inches (43.2 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Half-Length Study of a Seated Woman

Creator:: attributed to John Hoppner, 1758–1810
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 5 1/8in. (15.9 x 13cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Study for Solitude

Creator:: Frederic Leighton, 1830–1896
Date:: ca. 1890
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 11 1/4in. (36.8 x 28.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. A Woman Seated

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 8 3/4 inches (32.4 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. The Return from Labor

Creator:: William Powell Frith, 1819–1909
Date:: ca. 1846
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 7 3/8 inches (25.4 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

88. Study of a Back of a Female Nude, Standing

Creator:: attributed to Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 3 5/8 inches (16.5 x 9.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Portrait of Edwin Austin Abbey at Work

Creator:: George Percy Jacomb-Hood, 1857–1929
Date:: 1898
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 11 1/8 inches (37.8 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, The Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Collection

90. Study of Workman

Creator:: Sir Frank William Brangwyn, 1867–1956
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 22 1/8 inches (38.7 × 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

91. Study of Woman with Outstretched Arm

Creator:: Sir Frank William Brangwyn, 1867–1956
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper mounted to board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/4 × 17 inches (55.2 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

92. Figure Studies of Woman with Folded Arms

Creator:: Sir Frank William Brangwyn, 1867–1956
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove 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

93. Studies of Worker on Ladder

Creator:: Sir Frank William Brangwyn, 1867–1956
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, green wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 5/8 inches (38.7 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

94. Standing Girl Holding an Object

Creator:: William Blake Richmond, 1842–1921
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 × 13 5/8 inches (58.4 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. A Group of Thirteen Drawings of Hands

Creator:: Sir Peter Lely, 1618–1680
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 11 3/8 inches (35.6 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

96. Drawing of a Hand

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (21 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

97. Drawing of a Hand Holding a Blossom

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1650s-1660s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 10 3/8 inches (24.1 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

98. Study of a Boy Holding a Horse's Head

Creator:: Charles West Cope, 1811–1890
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, white chalk, graphite, and pink gouache on medium, slightly textured, green wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 8 3/4 inches (37.8 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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7. A Head Keeper, Windsor Castle, 1826

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12. Figure Study for the Painting of the Victory of Lord Duncan: Study for Sailor Bearing the Dutch Flag

13. Figure Study for the Painting of Victory of Lord Duncan: Study for the Figure of Admiral de Winter

14. Study for Captain William George Fairfax for the Painting "The Victory of Lord Duncan"

15. Man Sitting

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17. Woman with Square Hat

18. So She Caught Him and Kissed Him (Proverbs, Chapter VII, Verse 13)

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21. The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Daggers

22. Study of a Man in a Long Robe

23. Study for Boy Leaning on a Basket

24. Study of Furnace Workers

25. Study for an Allegorical Figure of Religion

26. Study for the Central Group in the "Death of Earl of Chatham"

27. Study for a Portrait of a Seated Gentleman

28. Child's Broken Cart and Fiddler's Wife's Arm

29. Study of a Woman

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31. Studies for a Hand in The Godhead Fires

32. Portrait of a Judge

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34. Study of a Pianist and Bass Player

35. Deposition

36. Full-length Study of a Young Man

37. Study for a Portrait of a Woman

38. Study of a Group of Children

39. He Goeth after Her straightway as an Ox Goeth to the Slaughter (Proverbs, Chapter VII, Verse 22)

40. Study for an Allegorical Figure of Religion

41. Portrait of Charles Conder at the Academie Julian, 1890

42. Study for the Portrait of William Guise

43. Man Standing, Leaning on Left Elbow, Full-Length

44. Costume Study for the Portrait of a Lady

45. Study from Nature, One of the Children of Charity for the Large Picture of the Waterloo Allegory

46. The Wood Cutter

47. Study for the Magus

48. Study of a Hand Holding a Hat

49. Portrait bust of a man in full-length wig

50. Head of a Young Woman or Man

51. Head of a Young Woman

52. Artist's Son Writing

53. Sketch of Two Figures in an Interior: One Seated, One Standing

54. A Gentleman Standing, Seen Full Face, Wearing a Driving or Riding Coat

55. A Gentleman Standing, Seen Back View, Wearing a Driving or Riding Coat ...

56. Study of an Antique Head

57. Standing Classical Male Figure with Spear

58. Sleeping Girl

59. Portrait of a Lady

60. Reclining Female Nude

61. Standing Classical Female Figure

62. Sketches of Mother and Child and Sketch of an Arm

63. A Life Drawing

64. Head of a Girl: Probably a Study of Mrs. De Wint

65. Study after Joshua Reynolds's Portrait of Cornet Nehemiah Winter, 11th Dragoons

66. Reclining Figure

67. Sketch of Man and Horse and Rider

68. Studies of Hands

69. Italian sketchbook

70. The Charmer

71. Fencers

72. Drawings of Hands

73. Drawings of Hands