Materials & Techniques: aquatint and open biting / Collection: Prints and Drawings

1. Picasso's Meninas

Creator:: Print made by Richard Hamilton, 1922–2011
Date:: 1973
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, soft-ground etching, stipple engraving, open-bite, lift-ground, aquatint, line engraving, drypoint, and burnishing; artist's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 13/16 x 22 3/8 inches (75.8 x 56.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Russell

2. VII

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching and aquatint with crayon resist, openbite, hardground and various stages of burnishing and polishing on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

3. XVIII

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Hardground etching, aquatint, openbite, and burnishing on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

4. XIX

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Initial faint hardground drawing, then aquatint and openbite etching on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. XX

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, openbite, sugarlift, and hardground etching on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. XXVII

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching, aquatint, openbite through varnish and brasso, and burnishing: the plate was then cut in half at state 7 on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. XXII

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint bitten evenly to black, acid brushed onto open plate in several stages, then openbite etching through varnish and burnishing on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. XXVIII

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Openbite etching and aquatint: the plate was cut in half after 6 states on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. XXIX

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Hardground etching, sugarlift, openbite and aquatint on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. XXXIII

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Sugarlift etching in 3 stages, the first bitten in 2 stages on coarse grain aquatint, second bitten in 3 states on fine aquatint, third bitten once only, then two openbites through varnish on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. XXXII

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, openbite etching, hardground, and hand-shaken aquatint: the plate cut down following state 12 on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. XXXIX

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Hardground etching, aquatint, openbite, drypoint scraping, burnishing, and polishing on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. XLI

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, burnishing, openbite etching and drypoint on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. XLIX

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Initial faint hardground, aquatint to 7 states and creeping aquatint bite, openbite etching, burnishing, sugarlift, softground and drypoint on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. XLIII

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Openbite etching, hardground, 5 sugarlifts, creeping aquatint bite, scraping, burnishing, and drypoint on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. XLVI

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching, hardground, aquatint, burnishing, and openbite: the plate was cut in half at state 7, the other half made XXVII on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. Fifty Etchings

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Portfolio of 50 etchings on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Untitled

Creator:: Print made by Stephen Buckley, born 1944
Date:: 1979
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed etching, aquatint, and open-bite; artist's proof on moderately thick, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 9 5/8 inches (27.9 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Untitled

Creator:: Print made by Stephen Buckley, born 1944
Date:: 1979
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed etching; artist's proof on moderately thick, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 9 5/8 inches (27.9 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Untitled

Creator:: Print made by Stephen Buckley, born 1944
Date:: 1979
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed etching; artist's proof on moderately thick, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 9 5/8 inches (27.9 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. IV

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, burnishing, sugarlift, openbite and softground etching on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. V

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and openbite etching on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. VI

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching with aquatint, hardground openbite, sugarlift, drypoint and burnishing on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. III

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Openbite etching and aquatint on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. VIII

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching, aquatint, openbite, lavender oil on hardground and burnishing on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. XXI

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint bitten evenly to black over whole plate then burnished back, hardground etching and openbite on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. XXIII

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, openbite etching and sugarlift on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. XXVI

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Coarse aquatint bitten in 3 states, then 5 stages of openbite etching: the plate was then cut down from a square format on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. XLII

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Openbite etching, creeping aquatint bite, and polishing back on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. XLIV

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Softground etching, openbite, creeping aquatint bite, and drypoint on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. XLV

Creator:: Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951
Date:: 1990
Materials & Techniques:: Hardground etching, aquatint and openbite: the plate was cut in half, the other half used for plate L on white 300gsm Somerset TP Textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 16 1/2 inches (50.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. Babylon

Creator:: Print made by William Walcot, 1874–1943
Date:: 1918
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, open biting, and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/8 × 29 3/4 inches (53.7 × 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

33. The Trojan Horse

Creator:: Print made by William Walcot, 1874–1943
Date:: 1914
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, open biting, and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 3/4 × 34 1/2 inches (70.5 × 87.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

34. A Court of Justice, Ancient Rome

Creator:: Print made by William Walcot, 1874–1943
Date:: 1913
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, open biting, and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 34 1/2 × 27 inches (87.6 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

35. In the Days of Justinian

Creator:: Print made by William Walcot, 1874–1943
Date:: 1925
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, open biting, and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/4 × 30 5/8 inches (56.5 × 77.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

36. Untitled

Creator:: Print made by Stephen Buckley, born 1944
Date:: 1977
Materials & Techniques:: Color printed aquatint and open-bite from six plates; artist's proof on moderately thick, moderately textured, white Arches wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 1/2 × 19 1/2 inches (69.9 × 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

37. Untitled

Creator:: Print made by Stephen Buckley, born 1944
Date:: 1977
Materials & Techniques:: Color printed aquatint and open-bite from two plates; artist's proof on moderately thick, moderately textured, white Arches wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 1/2 × 19 1/2 inches (69.8 × 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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