Materials & Techniques: brown wash / Period: 18th century / Image Available: Available / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. Benjamin Read

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (26.7 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. A Procession of the Damned: Study for the Damned in Dante's "Inferno"

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches (15.9 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Studies for the Head of a Lady (Studies of a Woman's Head)

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 15 1/4 inches (25.7 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. A Mother with Her Child in Her Arms Flying upon the Ramparts of a City in Flames

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 16 inches (49.5 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Mythological Group of Women and Children

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 16 1/2 inches (26.4 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Studies of a Seated Woman

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on medium slightly textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 11 5/8 inches (27.6 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Three Young Witches

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 17 1/2 inches (34.6 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

8. David Playing the Harp

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches (41.3 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

9. Mother and Son

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 13 7/8 inches (38.1 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

10. Sketches of a Prostrate Woman

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 22 3/4 inches (39.4 x 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

11. Two Lovers (Man Awakening from a Dream)

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches (32.4 x 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

12. Lord Salisbury, Standing by a Pillar

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches (50.2 x 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

13. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (36.8 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

14. David before Saul

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash with gray and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 22 3/8 inches (41.9 x 56.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

15. Prison Scene

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 18 1/4 inches (28.3 x 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

16. Lady Leaning on a Column: (Possibly a Sketch for "Miss Woodley")

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 8 1/8 inches (34 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Chauncey B. Tinker, B.A. 1899

17. Samson Overpowered

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on medium slightly textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches (49.5 x 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

18. Shepherdess Cutting an Inscription on a Tree

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink; verso: gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 16 3/8 inches (32.1 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

19. Prostrate Woman

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 16 5/8 inches (26 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

20. Pamela

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches (37.1 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

21. Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus

Creator:: Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Date:: between 1760 and 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 inches (17.5 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Classical Composition

Creator:: Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 17 5/8 inches (33.3 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Andromache Mourning the Death of Hector

Creator:: Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Date:: between 1760 and 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with gray wash and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 9 inches (17.1 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Classical Composition

Creator:: Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 15 1/2 inches (31.1 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. On the Rhone

Creator:: Mary Harcourt, 1750–1833
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed brown ink, brown wash, gray wash, graphite, brown ground and varnish on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 11 5/8 inches (17.8 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Jupiter and Callisto: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 x 3 3/4 inches (11 x 9.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

27. Ceres and Abas: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 5

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 11/16 x 8 3/4 inches (14.5 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

28. Two Prize Fighters

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: ca. 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, pen and brown ink and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/2 × 10 inches (24.1 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Mary, Queen of Scots, Embarking

Creator:: William Lock II, 1767–1847
Date:: between 1785 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 3/4 inches (30.8 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Stowe House, Buckinghamshire: Elevation and Section of Chimney Piece in the Hall

Creator:: William Kent, ca.1686–1748
Date:: ca. 1733
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (29.2 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Old Man, Warrior and Boy in a Classical Landscape

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 9 1/8 inches (17.8 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Man in Ragged Clothes Seated with Right Arm Over Another Chair

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 3/4 inches (11.4 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Anna lamenting the absence of Tobias (Tobit 10:7)

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 4 5/8in. (12.4 x 11.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Neptune and Coronis: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash; squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted to medium, slightly textured white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 x 7 1/2in. (16.4 x 19.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Illustration to Homer's Iliad

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (13.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with black ink and brown wash, verso: pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 5 5/8 inches (16.8 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Group of Figures: A Dogfight

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches (11.1 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Portrait of a Man Wearing a Full-Bottomed Wig

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 inches (7.3 x 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Design for an Altarpiece with a drawing of St. Luke mounted at the center

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash, white gouache, graphite, and collage on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (31.8 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Daughters of Cecrops discover Ericthonius: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 7 1/2 inches (12.7 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Two Wheeled Cart and Figures

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches (5.7 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Artist Assaulted by Time, Ignorance and Envy

Creator:: Mauritius Lowe, 1746–1793
Date:: between 1772 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 5/8 inches (21.3 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. An Allegory on the Plight of the Artist

Creator:: Mauritius Lowe, 1746–1793
Date:: between 1772 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches (23.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. A View at Lucerne

Creator:: William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray and brown ink over graphite with brown and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 × 23 1/8 inches (41.9 × 58.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Margaret Ramsay, the Artist's Second Wife (Died 1782)

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (24.1 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Design for a decoration incorporating motifs allusive to the Arts, Arms, and Religion

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches (17.1 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Characters in the Streets of London

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 15 13/16 inches (30.2 x 40.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. 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

49. 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

50. James Gandon and Family

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches (14.6 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Plans of Ancient Roman Church: 4. Terme di Tito

Creator:: Giovanni Stern, 1734–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash with pen and black ink, over graphite on medium, moderatedly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/2 x 35 1/4 inches (59.7 x 89.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Plan and Section of the Mikeas or Kiosc with the Pillar Where on Is Measured the Daily Increase of the Nile During Inundation

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 9 1/2 inches (30.8 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. A Servant Bringing Water to Three Hunters

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 1/8 inches (17.5 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Horseman Approaching Traveller Beside River

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 1/8 inches (18.1 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Bottom of Sword Sheath

Creator:: Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 3 3/8 inches (8.9 × 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. A Farm near Windsor

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 17 1/2 inches (27.9 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Bottom of Sword Sheath

Creator:: Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 9/16 × 3 1/8 inches (11.6 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Utensils

Creator:: Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 1/2 inches (21.9 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Two Frigates

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray ink, gray wash, and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 13/16 × 5 1/16 inches (19.8 × 12.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

60. Macbeth and the Witches

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831
Date:: between 1777 and 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches (32.4 x 41.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

61. Portrait of John Saxby

Creator:: attributed to John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 7 inches (21 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. 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

63. London Cries: All Fire and No Smoke

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, and graphite 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

64. 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

65. London Cries: A Man Swaggering

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (19.7 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. A Valley

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: between 1775 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink, graphite, brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 12 3/8 inches (22.9 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Portrait of a Lady at a Drawing Table

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured,cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (21 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. The Misses Sandby of Norwich

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches (13.3 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Celadon and Amelia from Thomson's 'The Seasons'

Creator:: Alexander Runciman, 1736–1785
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches (15.6 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Figure studies

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 12 7/8in. (22.9 x 32.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Portrait of a Young Lady as a Shepherdress

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 6 7/8 inches (26.4 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Preparatory Study for the decoration "Equestrian Portrait of George I"

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 12 3/8 inches (28.3 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Design for Ceiling Walls and Staircase

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: between 1712 and 1713
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 x 19 5/8 inches (38.7 x 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. View near Aldenham, Herts

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 7 3/8 inches (12.4 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Woman and Child Holding a Doll

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: between 1758 and 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash, gouache and pen and brown ink on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 3 7/8 inches (17.8 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. The Stoning of St. Stephen

Creator:: Imitator of John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 20 1/8 inches (31.8 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Castell Dinas Brân, Wales

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 × 19 5/8 inches (33 × 49.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Troops Disembarking

Creator:: Attributed to Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: 1758-1793
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on Thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 × 20 7/8 inches (33.7 × 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Italian Landscape with Ruined Castle

Creator:: William Taverner, 1703–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 9 5/8 inches (12.1 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. The Arrival of Prince Frederick from Hanover in 1728?

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1728
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, and pen and brown ink on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 15 1/8 inches (22.2 × 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Convent at Valmontone. November 1790

Creator:: Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 1758–1838
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 x 22 5/8 inches (41.6 x 57.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Three Figure Studies

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Image: 9 1/8 × 14 inches (23.2 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. An Underground Shrine with Two Figures Kneeling before a Pieta

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 5 9/16 inches (16.5 x 14.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, brown ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 3/16 inches (24.8 x 33.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. A Mother and Two Children

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 10 5/8 inches (29.5 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Study of a Classical Female Figure

Creator:: John Opie, 1761–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite; verso: watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 9 1/4 inches (35.9 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon

87. Figure Costume Study: Noble Virgin of Bologna

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1793 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 3 inches (11.1 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Pigs at a Trough

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 9/16 x 6 1/4 inches (9 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Light Dragoon, Mounted, Facing Left

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/8 × 2 5/16 inches (7.3 × 5.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Two Girls Seated

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/4 × 4 inches (7 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Two Laden Hay Carts With Horses

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches (9.8 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Ducal Palace of Urbino in Marche, Italy

Creator:: Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Date:: 1777 to 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 3/8 × 11 1/8 inches (41.6 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Château Fort de Lourdes

Creator:: Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brwon ink, and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 3/8 × 11 1/16 inches (41.6 × 28.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Venus and Cupid

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and gray wash and gouache on medium, moderately textured, gray wove paper mounted to medium slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 1/4 inches (19.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Professor Richard L. Purdy

95. Original Drawings for Choix de Vues de L'Inde and Others, Volume I

Creator:: William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:: between 1780 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Album of drawings on sheets of medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper on 19th century wash mounts
Dimensions:: Spine: 30 inches (76.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Raphael receiving the money of Tobias from Gabael: Tobit 9:5

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 x 9 9/16 inches (17.8 x 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

97. A Poor Man's Burial

Creator:: Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:: 1704
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 11 3/8 inches (12.1 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Design for an Ornamental Cartouche: Samuel Garth

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 11/16 x 2 15/16 inches (6.8 x 7.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Tournon Opposite to Teint on the Rhone

Creator:: Mary Harcourt, 1750–1833
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed brown ink, brown wash, varnish and brown ground on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches (19.7 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Lake Morat from Avenches

Creator:: Mary Harcourt, 1750–1833
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed brown ink, brown wash, graphite and brown ground on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches (21.6 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Benjamin Read

2. A Procession of the Damned: Study for the Damned in Dante's "Inferno"

3. Studies for the Head of a Lady (Studies of a Woman's Head)

4. A Mother with Her Child in Her Arms Flying upon the Ramparts of a City in Flames

5. Mythological Group of Women and Children

6. Studies of a Seated Woman

7. Three Young Witches

8. David Playing the Harp

9. Mother and Son

10. Sketches of a Prostrate Woman

11. Two Lovers (Man Awakening from a Dream)

12. Lord Salisbury, Standing by a Pillar

13. Howard Visiting a Prison

14. David before Saul

15. Prison Scene

16. Lady Leaning on a Column: (Possibly a Sketch for "Miss Woodley")

17. Samson Overpowered

18. Shepherdess Cutting an Inscription on a Tree

19. Prostrate Woman

20. Pamela

21. Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus

22. Classical Composition

23. Andromache Mourning the Death of Hector

24. Classical Composition

25. On the Rhone

26. Jupiter and Callisto: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2

27. Ceres and Abas: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 5

28. Two Prize Fighters

29. Mary, Queen of Scots, Embarking

30. Stowe House, Buckinghamshire: Elevation and Section of Chimney Piece in the Hall

31. Old Man, Warrior and Boy in a Classical Landscape

32. Man in Ragged Clothes Seated with Right Arm Over Another Chair

33. Anna lamenting the absence of Tobias (Tobit 10:7)

34. Neptune and Coronis: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2

35. Illustration to Homer's Iliad

36. Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind

37. Group of Figures: A Dogfight

38. Portrait of a Man Wearing a Full-Bottomed Wig

39. Design for an Altarpiece with a drawing of St. Luke mounted at the center

40. The Daughters of Cecrops discover Ericthonius: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2

41. Two Wheeled Cart and Figures

42. The Artist Assaulted by Time, Ignorance and Envy

43. An Allegory on the Plight of the Artist

44. A View at Lucerne

45. Margaret Ramsay, the Artist's Second Wife (Died 1782)

46. Design for a decoration incorporating motifs allusive to the Arts, Arms, and Religion

47. Characters in the Streets of London

48. London Cries: Small Coal or Brushes

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

50. James Gandon and Family

51. Plans of Ancient Roman Church: 4. Terme di Tito

52. Plan and Section of the Mikeas or Kiosc with the Pillar Where on Is Measured the Daily Increase of the Nile During Inundation

53. A Servant Bringing Water to Three Hunters

54. Horseman Approaching Traveller Beside River

55. Bottom of Sword Sheath

56. A Farm near Windsor

57. Bottom of Sword Sheath

58. Utensils

59. Two Frigates

60. Macbeth and the Witches

61. Portrait of John Saxby

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

63. London Cries: All Fire and No Smoke

64. London Cries: A Man with a Bottle

65. London Cries: A Man Swaggering

66. A Valley

67. Portrait of a Lady at a Drawing Table

68. The Misses Sandby of Norwich

69. Celadon and Amelia from Thomson's 'The Seasons'

70. Figure studies

71. Portrait of a Young Lady as a Shepherdress

72. Preparatory Study for the decoration "Equestrian Portrait of George I"