Materials & Techniques: black chalk / Collection: Prints and Drawings / Period: 18th century / Genre: genre subject

1. Scene from a Play, possibly Benjamin Hoadley's "The Suspicious Husband"

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 6 3/4 inches (13 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. My Pretty Little Ginny Tarters for a Ha'penny a Stick or a Penny a Stick, or a Stick to Beat Your Wives or Dust Your Clothes

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink , black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches (19.7 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. London Cries: "Any Kitchen Stuff"

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches (19.1 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. London Cries: A Man with a Basket (Man Selling Pots and Pans)

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash, graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches (19.1 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Lady in a Bonnet

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: between 1760 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (19.1 x 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. A Lady Copying at a Drawing Table

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk, black chalk, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 6 inches (19.4 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Romantic Landscape - Peasants at the Foot of a Castle on a Crag

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 11 1/8 inches (38.1 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. 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

9. 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

10. Study of a Seated Lady

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Graphie, black chalk, and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches (34.6 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. A Dramatic Scene with Three Women in an Interior

Creator:: William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, pen and black ink, pen and blue ink, black chalk, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 13 5/8 inches (24.4 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. A River by a Rocky Bank with Figures, Possibly in India

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: between 1783 and 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 13 3/4 inches (27 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Study of a Woman Sewing and a Girl Reading

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (26.7 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Study of Sailors Raising a Flag for the Victory of Lord Duncan

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk on moderately textured, medium, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 1/8 inches (34.9 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. 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

16. Two Girls in a Landscape, One Riding a Lamb

Creator:: Thomas Hudson, 1701–1779
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (31.8 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. London Cries: A Man with a Bottle

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches (19.7 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. London Cries: Small Coal or Brushes

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 5 3/8 inches (20.3 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. London Cries: Throws for a Ha'penny Have You a Ha'penny

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, graphite, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches (19.7 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. A Dying Hindu Brought to the River Ganges

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches (27 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. An Evening Walk

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, graphite, red chalk, white chalk, and gray ground on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 8 1/8 inches (21 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. A Young Boy with Dogs

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 19 7/8 inches (30.5 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, aquatint, black chalk, white chalk, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 12 3/4 inches (25.5 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Study of a Woman in a Mob Cap

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches (19.4 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. 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

26. Design for a Medal: Concordia Victrix

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk, incised and squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 × 7 7/8 inches (27.9 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Young Girl Holding a Child

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and stumping; verso: black chalk and stumping on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 11 7/8 inches (39.4 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Open Landscape with Horsemen and Covered Cart

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1780 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and black wash, with traces of black and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 inches (27.3 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Studies of Girls Carrying Faggots

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and stumping, heightened with white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper inset into a sheet of moderately thick, slightly textured, cream paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (36.2 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading an Inscription on a Tombstone beside a Ruined Church, Figures, Donkey, Sheep and Distant Mountains

Creator:: attributed to Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 15 inches (29.2 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Country Lane with Gypsies Resting

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1760 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite and black chalk; verso: graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream prepared wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (28.6 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Wooded Landscape with Figures

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and stumping, with touches of white and red chalk, gray and brown wash, heightened with gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.4 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Wooded Landscape with Country Cart and Figures

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1785 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk, gray wash and black wash on medium, slightly textured, antique buff wove paper prepared with gray
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 inches (24.8 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Study of a Seated Woman

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

35. Design for a Medallion: Figure of a Woman

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink, border lines
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 1/8 × 7 7/8 inches (28.3 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Layout Design for a Bookplate

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, gray laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink border lines
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 x 7 7/8 inches (27.9 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Design for a Frontispiece: Group of Allegorical Figures

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink border lines
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 1/2 × 11 1/8 inches (39.4 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Scene from a Play, possibly Benjamin Hoadley's "The Suspicious Husband"

2. My Pretty Little Ginny Tarters for a Ha'penny a Stick or a Penny a Stick, or a Stick to Beat Your Wives or Dust Your Clothes

3. London Cries: "Any Kitchen Stuff"

4. London Cries: A Man with a Basket (Man Selling Pots and Pans)

5. Lady in a Bonnet

6. A Lady Copying at a Drawing Table

7. Romantic Landscape - Peasants at the Foot of a Castle on a Crag

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

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

10. Study of a Seated Lady

11. A Dramatic Scene with Three Women in an Interior

12. A River by a Rocky Bank with Figures, Possibly in India

13. Study of a Woman Sewing and a Girl Reading

14. Study of Sailors Raising a Flag for the Victory of Lord Duncan

15. Full-length Study of a Young Man

16. Two Girls in a Landscape, One Riding a Lamb

17. London Cries: A Man with a Bottle

18. London Cries: Small Coal or Brushes

19. London Cries: Throws for a Ha'penny Have You a Ha'penny

20. A Dying Hindu Brought to the River Ganges

21. An Evening Walk

22. A Young Boy with Dogs

23. A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool

24. Study of a Woman in a Mob Cap

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

26. Design for a Medal: Concordia Victrix

27. A Young Girl Holding a Child

28. Open Landscape with Horsemen and Covered Cart

29. Studies of Girls Carrying Faggots

30. Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading an Inscription on a Tombstone beside a Ruined Church, Figures, Donkey, Sheep and Distant Mountains

31. Country Lane with Gypsies Resting

32. Wooded Landscape with Figures

33. Wooded Landscape with Country Cart and Figures

34. Study of a Seated Woman

35. Design for a Medallion: Figure of a Woman

36. Layout Design for a Bookplate

37. Design for a Frontispiece: Group of Allegorical Figures