Materials & Techniques: brown wash / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Subject Terms: figure study

1. Study of a Pilgrim

Creator:: attributed to Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, brown wash, white gouache, gold, black chalk, and graphite on slightly textured, medium, green wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 8 inches (27.3 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Memphis

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 x 7 11/16 inches (9.5 x 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

3. 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

4. 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

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. 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

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. Two Children Embracing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 1/8 inches (26.7 x 35.9 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. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Possibly a Fight Scene

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches (9.8 x 14 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. Standing Male Figure

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 3 7/8 inches (16.2 x 9.8 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. Satan Presiding over Hell

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches (11.7 x 24.1 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

19. Initiation of a Rustic Nymph

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash; verso: brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches (14.6 x 19.1 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

20. 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

21. 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

22. Female Figures

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches (15.9 x 14.3 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

23. Slight Group of Figures

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches (14.6 x 21.9 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

24. 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

25. Demonic Attack for the Temptation of Christ

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash; verso: brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 1/8 inches (13.7 x 20.6 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

26. Noah's Children Rejoicing

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: brown wash on medium, slightly textured, creamn wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 5 5/8 inches (12.7 x 14.3 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

27. 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

28. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: David Loggan, 1633–1692
Date:: 1666
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 4 3/4 inches (14.3 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: David Loggan, 1633–1692
Date:: 1684
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 inches (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Design for a portrait of an architect or a painter

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches (17.5 x 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. 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

32. Falstaff Disguised as Herne

Creator:: John Massey Wright, 1777–1866
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 10 3/16 inches (28.9 x 25.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

33. 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

34. Study of Three Men Holding Baskets for the `Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes'

Creator:: Sir Stanley Spencer, 1891–1959
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 3/4 inches (28.3 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

35. Classical Study of Three Figures

Creator:: Isaac Oliver, ca. 1565–1617
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 4 1/8 inches (6.8 × 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Standing Woman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 4 9/16 inches (9.5 × 11.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Study of a Girl for "Mary, Queen of Scots, Escaping from Loch Leven Castle"

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with brown wash on thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 × 11 3/8 inches (46 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Studies after Anthony van Dyck's Portrait of Arthur Goodwin

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 10 3/8 inches (17.8 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Page Boy Asleep

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 x 5 9/16 inches (21.4 x 14.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: William Blake Richmond, 1842–1921
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 5 7/8 inches (17.8 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. Male with Arms Spread Wide Seen from Behind

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, pen and brown ink, black chalk, graphite, and white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (50.2 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. A Good-bye

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (6.4 x 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. A Sheet of Slight Sketches

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (10.5 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. A Boy and Girl Conversing

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 2 7/8 inches (8.6 x 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. 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

49. 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

50. Seated Girl by an Urn

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/8 × 2 1/2 inches (6 × 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Relief Design of a Seated Female Figure

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (29.2 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

52. Standing Female Figure

Creator:: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, 1891–1915
Date:: between 1910 and 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (29.2 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

53. Standing Woman with Folded Hands

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 5 3/4in. (24.7 x 14.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

54. Man with Raised Hand

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash, and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/4 × 11 5/8 inches (52.7 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

55. Man and Two Women

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 8 1/16 inches (23 × 20.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

56. Sketch of a Sleeping Woman

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 × 8 1/8 inches (24.6 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

57. Adult and Child

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 7 15/16 inches (28.5 × 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

58. Wayfarers

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, and pen and brown ink on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 5 5/8 inches (15.2 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. A Sheet of Sketches - Theatrical Studies

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 7 inches (17.5 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Study of the Resurrection of Lazarus

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 5/8 inches (16.5 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Study of Christ Raising Lazarus

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 5 11/16 inches (9.2 × 14.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Study For, Christ's Entry into Jerusalem

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: 1814 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 3 1/2 inches (9 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Ferdinand Reunited with his Father

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 x 4 5/16 inches (15.1 x 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 x 4 7/16 inches (16.3 x 11.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Prospero Conjuring a Masque for Ferdinand and Miranda

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 15/16 x 6 9/16 inches (12.6 x 16.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Oberon and Puck

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 6 7/16 inches (19.1 x 16.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Ford in a Rage After Seeing Falstaff

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 x 4 1/2 inches (15.1 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 × 9 9/16 inches (11 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 9 1/2 inches (9.2 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Feste, as Sir Topas, addressing Malvolio

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil, partly varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 4 5/16 inches (16.7 x 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Malvolio abusing Maria, Fabian and Sir Toby

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partly varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 4 5/16 inches (15.5 x 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Capulet Railing at his Daughter, Juliet

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (16.1 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Katherina and Grumio

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, oil, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream beige paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 4 3/8in. (16.2 x 11.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (16.5 x 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Falstaff with Mistress Quickly and Bardolph

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 4 3/8 inches (15.3 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Isabella and Mariana Kneeling Before the Duke

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 4 inches (13 x 10.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (18.5 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 5 inches (16.8 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 x 4 5/16 inches (17.7 x 11 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Falstaff at Herne's Oak

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (18.6 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Launce with his Dog Crab

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: ca. 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 1/2in. (20.6 x 16.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. The Death of Ophelia

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 x 5 7/8 inches (12.2 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 15/16 × 9 3/8 inches (10 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Study for, Agony in the Garden

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 7 7/8 inches (31.4 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Lysander Awakening to See Helena

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (16.5 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. 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

87. Falstaff Instructing Bardolph

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 4 1/2 inches (15.2 x 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 4 15/16 inches (16.2 x 12.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Prospero and Ariel

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches (15 x 12 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Anne Page and Slender

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash and gouache over graphite with gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 4 7/16 inches (18.8 x 11.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Rustic Studies

Creator:: Henry James Brocas, ca. 1790–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 15 inches (23.8 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Anne W. and David T. Mininberg, Yale BA 1957

92. Figures in a Doorway

Creator:: William Mulready, 1786–1863
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 3 1/8 × 2 3/4 inches (7.9 × 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. A Carriage and Pair, with Coachman

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, white gouache and graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 4 1/16 × 4 15/16 inches (10.3 × 12.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Dismounted Rider Breaking Open a Fence for Foxhounds to Pass Through

Creator:: John Frederick Tayler, 1802–1889
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 8 3/16 inches (17.3 × 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Eagle on a Perch

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, black ink, graphite, and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 7 1/4 inches (30.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Horse and Rider Walking to Left in a Hilly Landscape

Creator:: Peter Tillemans, 1684–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, graphite, and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 13/16 × 13 5/16 inches (27.5 × 33.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. "Fearnought Going to Run Against The D: of Devon: Smart"

Creator:: James Seymour, 1702–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (21 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. 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

99. Full-length study of a Man carrying books

Creator:: Attributed to William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 3 3/4 inches (15.9 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Portrait Sketch of Two Men

Creator:: Charles Samuel Keene, 1823–1891
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 4 1/2 inches (10.2 × 11.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower

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1. Study of a Pilgrim

2. Memphis

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

4. Three Young Witches

5. Mythological Group of Women and Children

6. Studies of a Seated Woman

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

8. David Playing the Harp

9. Two Children Embracing

10. Two Lovers (Man Awakening from a Dream)

11. Mother and Son

12. Sketches of a Prostrate Woman

13. Possibly a Fight Scene

14. Standing Male Figure

15. Lord Salisbury, Standing by a Pillar

16. Prison Scene

17. David before Saul

18. Satan Presiding over Hell

19. Initiation of a Rustic Nymph

20. Shepherdess Cutting an Inscription on a Tree

21. Prostrate Woman

22. Female Figures

23. Slight Group of Figures

24. Pamela

25. Demonic Attack for the Temptation of Christ

26. Noah's Children Rejoicing

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

28. Portrait of a Lady

29. Portrait of a Gentleman

30. Design for a portrait of an architect or a painter

31. Portrait of a Young Lady as a Shepherdress

32. Falstaff Disguised as Herne

33. Macbeth and the Witches

34. Study of Three Men Holding Baskets for the `Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes'

35. Classical Study of Three Figures

36. Standing Woman

37. Study of a Girl for "Mary, Queen of Scots, Escaping from Loch Leven Castle"

38. Studies after Anthony van Dyck's Portrait of Arthur Goodwin

39. Page Boy Asleep

40. Portrait of a Gentleman

41. Figure studies

42. Two Wheeled Cart and Figures

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

44. Male with Arms Spread Wide Seen from Behind

45. A Good-bye

46. A Sheet of Slight Sketches

47. A Boy and Girl Conversing

48. The Stoning of St. Stephen

49. Woman and Child Holding a Doll

50. Seated Girl by an Urn

51. Relief Design of a Seated Female Figure

52. Standing Female Figure

53. Standing Woman with Folded Hands

54. Man with Raised Hand

55. Man and Two Women

56. Sketch of a Sleeping Woman

57. Adult and Child

58. Wayfarers

59. A Sheet of Sketches - Theatrical Studies

60. Study of the Resurrection of Lazarus

61. Study of Christ Raising Lazarus

62. Study For, Christ's Entry into Jerusalem

63. Ferdinand Reunited with his Father

64. Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife

65. Prospero Conjuring a Masque for Ferdinand and Miranda

66. Oberon and Puck

67. Ford in a Rage After Seeing Falstaff

68. Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape

69. Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape

70. Feste, as Sir Topas, addressing Malvolio

71. Malvolio abusing Maria, Fabian and Sir Toby

72. Capulet Railing at his Daughter, Juliet

73. Katherina and Grumio