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Design for a Ceiling
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 9/16 x 12 1/2 inches (14.1 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Design for a Mural Executed in the Salon at Roehampton House, Surrey: Apollo Carrying off Aeneas in a Cloud
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 inches (14 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sketch for the Oil Painting "The Conversion of St. Paul"
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brushed black ink, gray wash and gouache on medium, moderately textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (44.5 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design of Apollo and the Python for a Painted over-door Decoration
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper laid down on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches (21.3 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Angel appearing to the shepherds, the visitation, and the annunciation: a sheet of notes for a proposed decorative scheme with 3 sketches of paintings for overdoors
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, graphite, and gray wash on sheet: moderately thick, moderately textured beige laid paper; mount: moderately thick moderately textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 8in. (23.5 x 20.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sketch for "The Conversion of St. Paul" for the Dome of St. Paul's Cathedral
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
between 1709 and 1717
Materials & Techniques:
Red chalk on thin, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (24.1 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Moses and the Brazen Serpent - Design for the chapel at Dunster Castle
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 14 1/8 inches (22.9 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Wall Panel
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 inches (23.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Mythological Scene, with Jupiter and Juno
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches (13.7 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Blinding of Elymas
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
between 1709 and 1717
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk and gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches (20.6 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Ceiling
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with gray wash on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches (22.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Design for a Ceiling
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 x 8 1/8 inches (40.6 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Birth of Venus
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 5 7/8in. (18.4 x 14.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Classical Scene: Minerva as the Goddess of Arts and Sciences
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with black and red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/16 × 11 1/8 inches (38.5 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Fall of Phaeton: A Study for a Ceiling
Creator:
follower of Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 x 6 3/8 inches (15.2 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Neptune

Neptune
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 x 6 11/16 inches (18.7 x 17 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Diana and Actaeon: A Study for a Panel on a Staircase
Creator:
follower of Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 x 6 1/4in. (15.2 x 15.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Apollo and the Muses
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 15/16 inches (21.9 x 32.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection