Materials & Techniques: mezzotint / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Subject Terms: animal art

1. A Tyger (Sleeping Leopard)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, second state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8 inches (15.2 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Newbus Ox

Creator:: Print made by William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with hand coloring on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/8 × 24 1/8 inches (51.1 × 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Two Durham Oxen

Creator:: Print made by Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 × 30 inches (61 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Tiger and Crocodile

Creator:: Print made by Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 24 inches (48.9 × 61 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Owl, Monkey and Cat from Mezzotintoes by Smith, Vol. III

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1730 and 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (14 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. Exotic Birds

Creator:: Print made by Robert Robinson, active 1674–1706
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, state before all letters on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 5 11/16 inches (17.9 × 14.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Henry Scott, Third Duke of Buccleugh and Fifth Duke of Queensberry

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/8 x 14 inches (48.5 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Gadshill

Creator:: Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Color printed mezzotint with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 3/16 inches (41.5 x 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Hawking: The Falconer. Mr. Sam'l. Northcote of Plymouth

Creator:: Print made by Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 13 7/8in. (50.2 x 35.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. [Animals: an eagle with a dead pheasant, watched by a fox]

Creator:: Print made by John Murphy, ca. 1748–1820
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/8 × 24 1/4 inches (49.2 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Portrait of the Short Horned Bull Patriot

Creator:: Print made by William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 23 5/8 inches (50.8 × 60 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. A Tigress

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 23 inches (48.3 × 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Harlech, no. 2

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, drypoint and mezzotint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 14 7/8 inches (27.5 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

14. An Early Riser

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1897
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 13 3/4 inches (26.5 x 35 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

15. The Chillington Oxen

Creator:: Print made by John Porter, active 1838
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and mezzotint with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches (46.4 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. West Highland Heifer Kyloe

Creator:: Print made by Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/8 x 22 5/8 inches (48.6 x 57.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Lion and Snake

Creator:: Print made by Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, etching, and roulette on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 24 inches (48.9 × 61 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Vulture and Lamb

Creator:: Print made by Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/8 × 24 1/8 inches (49.2 × 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Childers, the Fleetest Horse that Ever Run at Newmarket

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Portraiture of Babraham

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Portraiture of White-Nose

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Portraiture of the Fine Chesnut Arabian

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Portraiture of Dormouse

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Portraiture of the Famous Horse Old Partner

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. The Portraiture of Lamprey

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Portraiture of the Cullen Arabian

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Portraiture of Bay Bolton

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Portrature of Sedbury

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Portraiture of Bald Charlotte

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Portraiture of Crab, Late the Property of the Right Honorable Earl of Portmore

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Eclipse

Creator:: Thomas Burke, 1749–1815
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, third state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 22 1/4in. (46 x 56.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Bacchus

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 3/4 × 17 3/4 inches (60.3 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Master Wynn in the Character of St. John

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 17 13/16 inches (34.6 x 45.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. A Tyger (Sleeping Leopard)

2. The Newbus Ox

3. Two Durham Oxen

4. Tiger and Crocodile

5. Owl, Monkey and Cat from Mezzotintoes by Smith, Vol. III

6. Exotic Birds

7. Henry Scott, Third Duke of Buccleugh and Fifth Duke of Queensberry

8. Gadshill

9. Hawking: The Falconer. Mr. Sam'l. Northcote of Plymouth

10. [Animals: an eagle with a dead pheasant, watched by a fox]

11. Portrait of the Short Horned Bull Patriot

12. A Tigress

13. Harlech, no. 2

14. An Early Riser

15. The Chillington Oxen

16. West Highland Heifer Kyloe

17. Lion and Snake

18. Vulture and Lamb

19. Childers, the Fleetest Horse that Ever Run at Newmarket

20. The Portraiture of Babraham

21. The Portraiture of White-Nose

22. The Portraiture of the Fine Chesnut Arabian

23. The Portraiture of Dormouse

24. The Portraiture of the Famous Horse Old Partner

25. The Portraiture of Lamprey

26. The Portraiture of the Cullen Arabian

27. The Portraiture of Bay Bolton

28. The Portrature of Sedbury

29. The Portraiture of Bald Charlotte

30. The Portraiture of Crab, Late the Property of the Right Honorable Earl of Portmore

31. Eclipse

32. Bacchus

33. Master Wynn in the Character of St. John