Collection: Prints and Drawings / Period: 18th century / Genre: historical subject / Subject Terms: religious and mythological subject

1. George Taylor's Epitaph: George Taylor Breaking the Ribs of Death

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 3/4 inches (23.2 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 89, "The Triumphs of Owen."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Seven Bishops Going To Trial

Creator:: Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and black, brown, and gray ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches (34.3 x 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

4. Britannia in Distress

Creator:: Anthony Walker, 1726–1765
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (32.1 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall: The Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland

Creator:: Print made by Simon Gribelin, 1662–1733
Date:: 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 18 3/16 inches (32.7 × 46.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Ceiling in the Banqueting House at Whitehall

Creator:: Print made by Simon Gribelin, 1662–1733
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/16 × 18 5/16 inches (31.6 × 46.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Death of Dido

Creator:: Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755–1798
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 × 23 9/16 inches (49.8 × 59.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Manna maria est quia est subtilis et splendida suavis et virgo, quae veluti coelitus veniens, cunctis ecclesiaru populis cibum dulciorem melle defluxis

Manna maria est quia est subtilis et splendida suavis et virgo, quae veluti coelitus veniens, cunctis ecclesiaru populis cibum dulciorem melle defluxis

Creator:: Print made by Johann Lorenz Haid, 1702–1750
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/8 x 13 3/4 inches (48.5 x 35 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. S. Andreas

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/16 x 14 7/16 inches (53.8 x 36.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. S. Simon

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 11/16 inches (53.9 x 37.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. S. Philippus

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 x 14 13/16 inches (54.3 x 37.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. S. Judas Thaddaeus

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 11/16 x 14 3/4 inches (52.5 x 37.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. S. Bartholomaeus

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 11/16 inches (54 x 37.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. St. Paul

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 11/16 inches (34 x 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. St. Paul

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 9/16 inches (37.8 × 26.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. S. Matthaeus

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/8 x 15 1/4 inches (52.4 x 38.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. S. Jacobus Major

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 9/16 x 14 5/8 inches (54.7 x 37.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. S. Paulus

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 13/16 x 15 1/4 inches (52.8 x 38.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. 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

20. The Memorial of Lord Darnley

Creator:: Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: 1728
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum wrapped around panel
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 18 1/4 inches (28.6 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

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1. George Taylor's Epitaph: George Taylor Breaking the Ribs of Death

2. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 89, "The Triumphs of Owen."

3. The Seven Bishops Going To Trial

4. Britannia in Distress

5. The Ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall: The Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland

6. The Ceiling in the Banqueting House at Whitehall

7. The Death of Dido

8. Manna maria est quia est subtilis et splendida suavis et virgo, quae veluti coelitus veniens, cunctis ecclesiaru populis cibum dulciorem melle defluxis

9. S. Andreas

10. S. Simon

11. S. Philippus

12. S. Judas Thaddaeus

13. S. Bartholomaeus

14. St. Paul

15. St. Paul

16. S. Matthaeus

17. S. Jacobus Major

18. S. Paulus

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

20. The Memorial of Lord Darnley