Collection: Prints and Drawings / Exhibition History: A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)

101. Shadow IV: Fuchsia Red

Creator:: Sir Anish Kapoor, born 1954
Date:: 2011
Materials & Techniques:: Color photogravure etching on 350g Hahnemuhle bright white paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 1/2 × 38 inches (72.4 × 96.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund, Smith Richardson Foundation, Iola S. Haverstick Fund

102. Thomas, Second Baron Bruce, Later First Earl of Ailesbury (1729-1814)

Creator:: Katharine Read, 1723–1778
Date:: ca. 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/8 × 14 1/2 inches (46.7 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

103. Lady Pringle, née Emilia Anne Macleod

Creator:: Archibald Skirving, 1749–1819
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel on moderately textured laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/4 × 16 inches (55.2 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)

104. The Colosseum from the Caelian Mount, with the Arch of Constantine and a View of the Forum, Rome.

Creator:: Carlo Labruzzi, 1748–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 inches (37.5 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

105. An Arcadian Landscape

Creator:: George Lambert, 1700–1765
Date:: 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 25 7/8 inches (49.5 x 65.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Brian Allen, Director of Studies, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (1993-2012)

106. The Sower

Creator:: George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches (35.2 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

107. Sepulchre on the Via Nomentana in the Roman Campagna

Creator:: Carlo Labruzzi, 1748–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 19 inches (29.5 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

108. Sir Francis Burdett

Creator:: Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:: After 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/8 × 14 1/8 inches (55 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

109. Charlotte Rampling

Creator:: Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:: 1963
Materials & Techniques:: Chromogenic color print on resin-coated photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 inches (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

110. Silver Bullet Teapot

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

111. Two Silver Candlesticks

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

112. Shadowy Pot

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

113. Silver Sugar Bowl

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

114. Broken Pot

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

115. Broken Tureen

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

116. Silver Basket

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

117. Broken Basket

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

118. Shadowy Candlesticks

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

119. Silver Tankard

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

120. Silver Tray

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

121. Coffee Pot Hit by a Hammer

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

122. Candlesticks with Slanting Shadows

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

123. Broken Jug

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

124. Joe Orton

Creator:: Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:: 1965
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on resin-coated photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 × 16 inches (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

125. Cecil Beaton

Creator:: Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:: taken 1960, printed 1993
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 16 inches (50.5 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

126. Morley in Mirror with Camera

Creator:: Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:: 1960s
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 12 inches (40.3 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

127. Marsha Hunt

Creator:: Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:: 1968
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 15 7/8 inches (29.8 × 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

128. Siobhan McKenna

Creator:: Lewis Morley, 1925–2013
Date:: 1960s
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 13 7/8 inches (25.7 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy

129. An Elderly Woman

Creator:: Archibald Skirving, 1749–1819
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel on vellum
Dimensions:: Frame: 39 × 34 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (99.1 × 87 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

130. Kent State

Creator:: Richard Hamilton, 1922–2011
Date:: 1970
Materials & Techniques:: Screen print on moderately thick, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 3/4 × 40 inches (73 × 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara Sunderman Hoerner

131. Three in One

Creator:: Allen Jones, born 1937
Date:: 1971
Materials & Techniques:: Screen print on thick, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 31 3/4 × 27 1/2 inches (80.6 × 69.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara Sunderman Hoerner

132. Harvest Scene with Stooks

Creator:: Hugh Owen, 1804–1881
Date:: before 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Albumen print from a paper negative on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 8 3/4 inches (17.2 × 22.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus

133. St. Paul's Cathedral in the Moonlight

Creator:: Bill Brandt, 1904–1983
Date:: 1944, printed 1955-60
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on medium, semi-gloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 7/8 inches (23.5 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

134. Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)

Creator:: Shaykh Zayn-al-Din, active 1777–1782
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 × 29 1/8 inches (54 × 74 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

135. Fake Death Picture (Death of Chatterton - Henry Wallis)

Creator:: Yinka Shonibare CBE, born 1962
Date:: 2011
Materials & Techniques:: Digital chromogenic print on photographic paper mounted on Diasec in black frame
Dimensions:: Frame: 58 5/8 × 71 1/4 × 1 5/8 inches (148.9 × 181 × 4.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Charitable Foundation, and Friends of British Art Fund

136. Four Silver Candlesticks

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

137. Jug on a Table

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

138. Silver Sauce Tureen

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

139. Silver Sauce Tureens

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

140. Silver Trophy

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

141. Silver Jug

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

142. Pierced Basket

Creator:: Print made by Cornelia Parker, born 1956
Date:: 2015
Materials & Techniques:: Polymer photogravure on Fabriano Tiepolo Bianco 290gsm white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/8 × 21 3/8 inches (66.3 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

143. Let a Thousand Parks Bloom

Creator:: Joe Tilson, 1928–2023
Date:: 1971
Materials & Techniques:: Screen print and collage on thick, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 40 × 27 3/4 inches (101.6 × 70.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara Sunderman Hoerner

144. Famine in India

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1866
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and pen and brown ink on very thin, smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 13 7/16 inches (24.3 × 34.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

145. Finn MacCool

Creator:: Print made by Richard Hamilton, 1922–2011
Date:: 1983
Materials & Techniques:: Heliogravure, lift-ground etching, spit-bite aquatint, line engraving and burnisher on medium, smooth, white Rives wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 7/8 × 22 3/8 inches (75.9 × 56.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Duncan, Yale BA 1975

146. Leopold Bloom

Creator:: Print made by Richard Hamilton, 1922–2011
Date:: 1983
Materials & Techniques:: Soft ground etching, roulette, line engraving and aquatint on medium, smooth, white Rives wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 30 × 22 3/8 inches (76.2 × 56.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Duncan, Yale BA 1975

147. On Strike

Creator:: Sir Hubert von Herkomer, 1849–1914
Date:: 1897
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on smooth, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (33.7 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Collection, Gift of Alison Edwards Curwen

148. Green Figures

Creator:: Nicholas Monro, born 1936
Date:: 1970
Materials & Techniques:: Screenprint on moderately thick, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 × 40 inches (63.5 × 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara Sunderman Hoerner

149. In Horne's House

Creator:: Print made by Richard Hamilton, 1922–2011
Date:: 1982
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, aquatint, soft-ground etching, stipple engraving, line engraving, lift-ground, and spit-bite on medium, smooth, white Rives wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 3/4 × 22 1/8 inches (75.6 × 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Duncan, Yale BA 1975

150. The Wellesley-Pole Sisters

Creator:: Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, red chalk and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 25 1/2 × 21 7/16 × 1 3/4 inches (64.8 × 54.5 × 4.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

151. A Man Leaning on a Staff

Creator:: Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately textured laid paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 22 7/8 × 18 1/4 × 2 inches (58.1 × 46.4 × 5.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

152. Two Bulls and a Male Nylghy

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 18 3/8 inches (32.4 × 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

153. The Heart of the Empire

Creator:: Niels Moller Lund, 1863–1916
Date:: 1905
Materials & Techniques:: Photogravure (artist's proof) on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 3/8 × 36 inches (74.6 × 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

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101. Shadow IV: Fuchsia Red

102. Thomas, Second Baron Bruce, Later First Earl of Ailesbury (1729-1814)

103. Lady Pringle, née Emilia Anne Macleod

104. The Colosseum from the Caelian Mount, with the Arch of Constantine and a View of the Forum, Rome.

105. An Arcadian Landscape

106. The Sower

107. Sepulchre on the Via Nomentana in the Roman Campagna

108. Sir Francis Burdett

109. Charlotte Rampling

110. Silver Bullet Teapot

111. Two Silver Candlesticks

112. Shadowy Pot

113. Silver Sugar Bowl

114. Broken Pot

115. Broken Tureen

116. Silver Basket

117. Broken Basket

118. Shadowy Candlesticks

119. Silver Tankard

120. Silver Tray

121. Coffee Pot Hit by a Hammer

122. Candlesticks with Slanting Shadows

123. Broken Jug

124. Joe Orton

125. Cecil Beaton

126. Morley in Mirror with Camera

127. Marsha Hunt

128. Siobhan McKenna

129. An Elderly Woman

130. Kent State

131. Three in One

132. Harvest Scene with Stooks

133. St. Paul's Cathedral in the Moonlight

134. Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)

135. Fake Death Picture (Death of Chatterton - Henry Wallis)

136. Four Silver Candlesticks

137. Jug on a Table

138. Silver Sauce Tureen

139. Silver Sauce Tureens

140. Silver Trophy

141. Silver Jug

142. Pierced Basket

143. Let a Thousand Parks Bloom

144. Famine in India

145. Finn MacCool

146. Leopold Bloom

147. On Strike

148. Green Figures

149. In Horne's House

150. The Wellesley-Pole Sisters

151. A Man Leaning on a Staff

152. Two Bulls and a Male Nylghy

153. The Heart of the Empire