Materials & Techniques: black chalk / Collection: Prints and Drawings / Period: 18th century / Work Type: watercolor

1. Gabriel Hunt

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches (26.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The River at Dusk, Oxford

Creator:: Rev. William Henry Barnard, 1767–1818
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black chalk and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 12 7/8 inches (20.3 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. A Dramatic Scene with Three Women in an Interior

Creator:: William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, pen and black ink, pen and blue ink, black chalk, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 13 5/8 inches (24.4 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. 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

5. Landscape with a man playing a pipe under an old tree

Creator:: style of Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, graphite, black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 3/8 inches (37.5 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Landscape with beech trees and man driving cattle and sheep

Creator:: style of Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper on blue wove paper mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Italianate Landscape with Castle, Cascade and Anglers

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: between 1780 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches (37.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Romantic Landscape - Peasants at the Foot of a Castle on a Crag

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 11 1/8 inches (38.1 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Temple at Ekvera (Karle)

Creator:: Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, watercolor, pen and black ink, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 33 1/4 inches (63.8 × 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Valley and Village of Verul taken from Donkhamb

Creator:: Attributed to Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/8 × 23 1/2 inches (48.6 × 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Exterior View of the Temple at Ekvera (Karle)

Creator:: Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, black chalk and gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 21 3/8 inches (41.6 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. London Cries: "Any Kitchen Stuff"

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches (19.1 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. My Pretty Little Ginny Tarters for a Ha'penny a Stick or a Penny a Stick, or a Stick to Beat Your Wives or Dust Your Clothes

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink , black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches (19.7 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Italianate Landscape Composition

Creator:: pupil of Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, and black chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 11 1/16 inches (20 x 28.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Study for the Portrait of William Guise

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: ca. 1761
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 12 inches (49.5 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. 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

21. Portrait of Lady Marjorie Jenkins

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with watercolor and stumping on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 8 1/2 inches (28 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift

22. Chukha Castle in Bhutan

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 18 7/16 × 24 3/8 inches (46.8 × 61.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. East View of West Wycombe House, Buckinghamshire

Creator:: John Donowell, active 1753–1786
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/4 × 26 3/8 inches (46.4 × 67 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Miss Nott

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black and red chalk with stumping on thin, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches (21.9 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Left

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk with watercolor and stumping on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches (20 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Italian Landscape

Creator:: Richard Cooper the Elder, 1701–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, and bistre wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 15in. (22.5 x 38.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Triton holding a Fish

Creator:: Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:: 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, black chalk and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 11 inches (24.8 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. Landscape with Horses by a Pool

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk and graphite on medium, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 1/4 inches (17.5 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache, black chalk and stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 5/8 inches (41.4 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Front

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black, red, yellow, and blue chalk over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 8 inches (24.4 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Portrait of a Divine Called Reverend John Wesley

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 x 7 1/2 inches (22.9 x 19 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Study of Hercules for 'Crowning the Victors at Olympia'

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: between 1777 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with brown wash over black chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 8 3/8 inches (38.6 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

33. A Temple in Harewood Park

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 7 inches (21.3 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Landscape with Cows

Creator:: imitator of Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown and gray wash with pen and brown ink over graphite or black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with embossed gold border
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 14 5/8 inches (27.6 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Miss Elizabeth Achelis

35. Cattle Watering by a Stream

Creator:: imitator of Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with black chalk over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 14 1/4 inches (29.5 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. A Woodland Pool with Rocks and Plants

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1765 and 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black and white chalk, and oil paint, with gum on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, backed with laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 11 3/8 inches (22.9 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Country Lane with Gypsies Resting

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1760 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite and black chalk; verso: graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream prepared wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (28.6 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Head of a Boy

Creator:: circle of Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and white chalk with stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 14 3/8 inches (43.2 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Wooded Landscape with Figures and Houses on the Hill

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with stumping, white chalk, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 16 1/8 inches (28.6 x 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Wooded Landscape with Figures

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and stumping, with touches of white and red chalk, gray and brown wash, heightened with gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.4 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Open Landscape with Horsemen and Covered Cart

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1780 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and black wash, with traces of black and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 inches (27.3 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Wooded Landscape with Country Cart and Figures

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1785 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk, gray wash and black wash on medium, slightly textured, antique buff wove paper prepared with gray
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 inches (24.8 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cows

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and black wash with black chalk, pen and black ink, heightened with white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, set into contemporary mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 14 1/4 inches (27.6 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Mountain Landscape with Figures, Sheep and Fountain

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1785 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black wash, white wash and black chalk with varnish on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid onto wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 11 7/8 inches (21.6 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Travellers on Horseback Approaching a Village with a Spire

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1765 and 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over black chalk and gum on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid down on (laminated wove paper) card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches (21.9 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Coastal Scene with Figures and Boats

Creator:: imitator of Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black ink, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 14 1/4 inches (27.6 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Wooded Landscape with Figures, Cottage and Cow

Creator:: imitator of Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1785 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and gray chalk, heightened with white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 15 1/4 inches (26.7 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. In Powis Parke

Creator:: John Malchair, 1730–1812
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 × 17 1/2 inches (29.4 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Gabriel Hunt

2. The River at Dusk, Oxford

3. A Dramatic Scene with Three Women in an Interior

4. The Blinding of Elymas

5. Landscape with a man playing a pipe under an old tree

6. Landscape with beech trees and man driving cattle and sheep

7. Italianate Landscape with Castle, Cascade and Anglers

8. Romantic Landscape - Peasants at the Foot of a Castle on a Crag

9. The Temple at Ekvera (Karle)

10. Valley and Village of Verul taken from Donkhamb

11. Exterior View of the Temple at Ekvera (Karle)

12. London Cries: "Any Kitchen Stuff"

13. My Pretty Little Ginny Tarters for a Ha'penny a Stick or a Penny a Stick, or a Stick to Beat Your Wives or Dust Your Clothes

14. London Cries: A Man with a Bottle

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

16. London Cries: Small Coal or Brushes

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

18. Italianate Landscape Composition

19. Study for the Portrait of William Guise

20. Classical Scene: Minerva as the Goddess of Arts and Sciences

21. Portrait of Lady Marjorie Jenkins

22. Chukha Castle in Bhutan

23. East View of West Wycombe House, Buckinghamshire

24. Miss Nott

25. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Left

26. Italian Landscape

27. A Triton holding a Fish

28. Landscape with Horses by a Pool

29. John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"

30. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Front

31. Portrait of a Divine Called Reverend John Wesley

32. Study of Hercules for 'Crowning the Victors at Olympia'

33. A Temple in Harewood Park

34. Landscape with Cows

35. Cattle Watering by a Stream

36. A Woodland Pool with Rocks and Plants

37. Country Lane with Gypsies Resting

38. Head of a Boy

39. Wooded Landscape with Figures and Houses on the Hill

40. Wooded Landscape with Figures

41. Open Landscape with Horsemen and Covered Cart

42. Wooded Landscape with Country Cart and Figures

43. Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cows

44. Mountain Landscape with Figures, Sheep and Fountain

45. Travellers on Horseback Approaching a Village with a Spire

46. Coastal Scene with Figures and Boats

47. Wooded Landscape with Figures, Cottage and Cow

48. In Powis Parke