Materials & Techniques: laid paper / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: religious and mythological subject / Subject Terms: Old Testament

1. The Fifth Plague of Egypt

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 11 1/8 inches (20.3 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Tenth Plague of Egypt

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 17 inches (30.2 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. 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

4. The Bath of Bath-sheba

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 9 inches (27.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Samson Overpowered

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on medium slightly textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches (49.5 x 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

6. Samson Overpowered

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches (11.7 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

7. Jeptha and His Daughter

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches (13 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

8. The Angel appearing to the shepherds, the visitation, and the annunciation: a sheet of notes for a proposed decorative scheme with 3 sketches of paintings for overdoors

The Angel appearing to the shepherds, the visitation, and the annunciation: a sheet of notes for a proposed decorative scheme with 3 sketches of paintings for overdoors

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite, and gray wash on sheet: moderately thick, moderately textured beige laid paper; mount: moderately thick moderately textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 8in. (23.5 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Veni Inebriemus Eum Vino Dormiamusque Cum Eo

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1681 and 1688
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Judah and Tamar

Creator:: Print made by John Smith, the mezzotinter, 1652–1743
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 8 1/8 inches (18.3 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Die Unschuldige Susana - Susanna Innocens

Creator:: Print made by Johann Philip Koch, ca. 1716–1796
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint printed in blue ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 19 1/2 inches (40.6 × 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Daniel in the Lyons Denn

Creator:: Print made by John Smith, the mezzotinter, 1652–1743
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 7 5/8 inches (25.4 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Abraham and Isaac (Abraham grasping Isaac's arm)

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and brown ink on moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 1/2in. (11.4 x 8.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Tobias and the Angel

Creator:: Print made by John Smith, the mezzotinter, 1652–1743
Date:: ca. 1685
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/16 x 6 9/16 inches (12.8 x 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Pharaoh and Moses

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/16 × 7 inches (11.3 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Deluge

Creator:: Print made by J. P. Quilley, active 1828
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Samson Overcome by the Philistines

Creator:: Print made by Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: ca. 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches (17.5 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Hiram King of Tyre, Sends Presents to King Solomon

Creator:: Print made by John Murphy, ca. 1748–1820
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/16 × 25 1/2 inches (49.1 × 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. The Brothers of Joseph Showing his Bloody Coat

Creator:: Print made by John Murphy, ca. 1748–1820
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 9/16 × 25 3/4 inches (54.8 × 65.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Bathsheba Bringing Abishag to David

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 5/8 × 19 3/8 inches (65.1 × 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Joseph Sold by his Brethren

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 × 25 inches (54.3 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Samuel Declareth to Eli the Judgements of God Upon his House

Creator:: Print made by James Daniell, active ca. 1780–1820
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 × 20 1/8 inches (66 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 8 inches (26.4 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Tobit and the Angel

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 6 3/4 inches (21.7 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. Tobit and the Angel

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 13 inches (26 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Tobit and the Angel

Creator:: Print made by John Smith, the mezzotinter, 1652–1743
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 6 3/8 inches (12.4 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. Meeting of Jacob and Esau

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (proof before all letters) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 × 23 3/4 inches (52.1 × 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. Susanne, surprise dans le bain par les deux vieillards

Creator:: Print made by Jacob Gole, 1660–1737
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 7 11/16 inches (26.5 x 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. Abraham's Servant Presenteth Rebekah

Creator:: Print made by John Simon, 1675–1751
Date:: between 1700 and 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 × 8 15/16 inches (31 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Creator:: Print made by John Smith, the mezzotinter, 1652–1743
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 15/16 inches (16.8 × 12.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. Judith with Head of Holofernes

Creator:: Print made by Wallerant Vaillant, 1623–1677
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 11/16 × 10 5/16 inches (42.4 × 26.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. Jonah Escaping from the Mouth of the Whale

Creator:: Print made by Wallerant Vaillant, 1623–1677
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 × 15 7/16 inches (30 × 39.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

33. Der Keusche Joseph - Joseph Castus

Creator:: Print made by Johann Philip Koch, ca. 1716–1796
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint printed in blue ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 19 3/4 inches (40.6 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. Elijah

Creator:: Print made by Robert Robinson, active 1674–1706
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 5 5/16 inches (17.8 × 13.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. Absalom's Submission to his Father, King David

Creator:: Print made by Johann Gottfried Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 13/16 × 14 1/8 inches (50.4 × 35.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

36. The Marriage of Moses

Creator:: Print made by Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 12 7/8 inches (25.6 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

37. Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Creator:: Print made by Anton Joseph von Prenner, 1683–1761
Date:: 1728
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 13/16 inches (23.2 × 17.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

38. David with the Head of Goliath

Creator:: Print made by Wallerant Vaillant, 1623–1677
Date:: ca. 1641
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (19.7 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Creator:: Print made by Jacob Mannl, 1654–1712
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 15/16 inches (27.8 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. 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

41. Raphael receiving the money of Tobias from Gabael: Tobit 9:5

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 x 9 9/16 inches (17.8 x 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

42. Flight into Egypt

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray ink, gray wash, watercolor, black chalk, red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (23.5 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld

43. Absalom

Creator:: Stephen Frederick Gooden, 1892–1955
Date:: 1923
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with etching on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 x 8 3/16 inches (18.5 x 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Lydia Evans Tunnard

44. The Return of Tobias

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 27 inches (50.8 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

45. Tobias and the Angel

Creator:: Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 × 13 15/16 inches (46 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. The Fifth Plague of Egypt

2. Tenth Plague of Egypt

3. Moses Receiving the Law

4. The Bath of Bath-sheba

5. Samson Overpowered

6. Samson Overpowered

7. Jeptha and His Daughter

8. The Angel appearing to the shepherds, the visitation, and the annunciation: a sheet of notes for a proposed decorative scheme with 3 sketches of paintings for overdoors

9. Veni Inebriemus Eum Vino Dormiamusque Cum Eo

10. Judah and Tamar

11. Die Unschuldige Susana - Susanna Innocens

12. Daniel in the Lyons Denn

13. Abraham and Isaac (Abraham grasping Isaac's arm)

14. Tobias and the Angel

15. Pharaoh and Moses

16. The Deluge

17. Samson Overcome by the Philistines

18. Hiram King of Tyre, Sends Presents to King Solomon

19. The Brothers of Joseph Showing his Bloody Coat

20. Bathsheba Bringing Abishag to David

21. Joseph Sold by his Brethren

22. Samuel Declareth to Eli the Judgements of God Upon his House

23. Judith with the Head of Holofernes

24. Tobit and the Angel

25. Tobit and the Angel

26. Tobit and the Angel

27. Meeting of Jacob and Esau

28. Susanne, surprise dans le bain par les deux vieillards

29. Abraham's Servant Presenteth Rebekah

30. Judith with the Head of Holofernes

31. Judith with Head of Holofernes

32. Jonah Escaping from the Mouth of the Whale

33. Der Keusche Joseph - Joseph Castus

34. Elijah

35. Absalom's Submission to his Father, King David

36. The Marriage of Moses

37. Judith with the Head of Holofernes

38. David with the Head of Goliath

39. Judith with the Head of Holofernes

40. The Calling of Samuel

41. Raphael receiving the money of Tobias from Gabael: Tobit 9:5

42. Flight into Egypt

43. Absalom

44. The Return of Tobias

45. Tobias and the Angel