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Exhibition History The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)

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The First Stage of Cruelty
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches (39.4 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Howard Visiting a Prison
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
between 1790 and 1794
Materials & Techniques:
Black and gray wash with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 20 1/8 inches (31.8 x 51.1 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
The Meteor of August 18, 1783, as seen from the East Angle of the North Terrace, Windsor Castle
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream laid apper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 19 inches (31.8 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Norman Gate and Deputy Governor's House
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/8 x 21 1/4 inches (38.4 x 54 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Lady Copying at a Drawing Table
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:
Red chalk, black chalk, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/8 x 6 inches (19.4 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Portrait of a Man
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk, white chalk and brown chalk on medium, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (36.8 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
City of Lin Tsin, Shantung, with a View of the Grand Canal
Creator:
William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 17 1/2 inches (28.6 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Donnybrook Fair, 1782
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink with watercolor on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 x 21 1/2 inches (32.1 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Chapel of the Greyfriars Monastery, Winchester
Creator:
Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:
between 1790 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 11 1/8 inches (22.9 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Nîmes from the Tour Magne
Creator:
William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:
ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper (original mount)
Dimensions:
Mount: 17 1/4 × 23 7/8 inches (43.8 × 60.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Figures by a stream with cattle watering
Creator:
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, graphite, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 × 20 inches (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
A Game of Bowls on the Bowling Green Outside the Bunch of Grapes Inn, Hurst, Berkshire
Creator:
Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches (21 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Place des Victoires, Paris
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor in pen and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream antique laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/4 x 21 inches (34.9 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Matlock Baths, Derbyshire
Creator:
William Day, 1764–1807
Date:
ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 17 3/8 × 22 1/2 inches (44.1 × 57.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
The French Lady in London
Creator:
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:
ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash black ink and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 inches (29.2 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Kennington Common
Creator:
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gray ink and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches (33.7 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The English Lady at Paris
Creator:
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches (31.8 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Drawing for a Frontispiece: "The Toast"
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
1735
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches (21.3 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Vauxhall Gardens
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 15 1/16 x 20 11/16 inches (38.3 x 52.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Connoisseurs
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and red, brown and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Queen Square, London
Creator:
Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/16 x 23 1/2 inches (43.4 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Haweswater, Westmoreland
Creator:
Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 13/16 x 17 5/8 inches (30 x 44.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Geographers
Creator:
John Brown, 1749–1787
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink, pen and black ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches (18.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, white gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 × 33 1/2 inches (55.9 × 85.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection