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Exhibition History Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14)

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1. Lady Elizabeth Keppel and a Servant

Lady Elizabeth Keppel and a Servant
Creator:
Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1760s
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 1/2 × 15 5/8 inches (62.2 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. Beauty's Tribute (Elizabeth Cooper)

Beauty's Tribute (Elizabeth Cooper)
Creator:
Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Plate: 13 11/16 × 10 3/16 inches (34.8 × 25.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Exhibition of Royal Academy

Exhibition of Royal Academy
Creator:
Print made by Pietro Antonio Martini, 1738–1797
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 x 20 1/2in. (38.1 x 52.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Richard and Maria Cosway, and Ottobah Cugoano

Richard and Maria Cosway, and Ottobah Cugoano
Creator:
Print made by Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 15 3/8 inches (32 × 39 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Rt. Hon. John Manners, Marquess of Granby, and a Servant

Rt. Hon. John Manners, Marquess of Granby, and a Servant
Creator:
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 23 3/4 × 17 7/8 inches (60.3 × 45.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. African Hospitality

African Hospitality
Creator:
Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, printed in color, published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 1/4 x 29 1/4in. (56.5 x 74.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1787

The Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1787
Creator:
Print made by Pietro Antonio Martini, 1738–1797
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 × 20 9/16 inches (36.9 × 52.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Slave Trade

The Slave Trade
Creator:
Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, printed in color, published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 × 29 1/2 inches (55.9 × 74.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Portrait of a Young Man

Portrait of a Young Man
Creator:
Attributed to Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache on vellum
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/8 x 3 1/8 inches (8.6 x 7.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. A Lady and Her Children Relieving a Cottager

A Lady and Her Children Relieving a Cottager
Creator:
Engraved by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 5/16 × 21 3/4 inches (44 × 55.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Benevolent Effects of Abolishing Slavery, or the Planter instructing his Negro

The Benevolent Effects of Abolishing Slavery, or the Planter instructing his Negro
Creator:
Print made by W. Pyott, active late 18th century
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches (48.9 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Woman Holding a Mask

Woman Holding a Mask
Creator:
John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
between 1795 and 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Pastel on medium, moderately textured, wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 1/2 inches (33.7 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Atlas minor, or, A new and curious set of sixty two maps : in which are shewn all the empires, kingdoms, countries, states, in all the known parts of the earth : with their bounds, divisions, chief cities & towns, the whole composed & laid down agreable to modern history / by Herman Moll ...

Atlas minor, or, A new and curious set of sixty two maps : in which are shewn all the empires, kingdoms, countries, states, in all the known parts of the earth : with their bounds, divisions, chief cities & towns, the whole composed & laid down agreable to modern history / by Herman Moll ...
Creator:
Moll, Herman, -1732
Date:
[1763?]
Physical Description:
1 atlas ([2], [124] leaves (some folded)) : 62 maps ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Signet ring, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"

Signet ring, with motto "Am I not a man and a brother?"
Date:
not before 1787
Physical Description:
1 signet ring : gold with red stone (jasper?) ; face 28 x 21 mm, band 25 mm in diameter
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Susan M. Yecies, Yale BA 1971

15. Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J. G. Stedman ...

Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the wild coast of South America, from the year 1772, to 1777 : elucidating the history of that country ... with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea / by Captn. J. G. Stedman ...
Creator:
Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744–1797
Date:
1796
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The Gentleman's magazine.

The Gentleman's magazine.
Date:
1731-1907
Physical Description:
v. [plates (part col.) ports., maps (part fold.) facsims. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts