On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: still life

1. May 2-54 (prelude)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: ca. 1954
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 16 3/4in. (29.2 x 42.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Block, Sr., class of 1936, and Mrs. Block

2. Two Bottles and Glass

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1967 (1973)
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 13in. (33 x 33cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Russell

3. Design for an Embroidered Stool

Creator:: Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 31 1/8 inches (27.9 x 79.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

4. A Haunted House

Creator:: Print made by Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961
Date:: 1921
Materials & Techniques:: Woodcut on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 4 3/4 inches (18.4 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mitchell Bobkin

5. Basket of Flowers

Creator:: Print made by Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961
Date:: ca. 1954
Materials & Techniques:: Linocut printed in blue ink on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 9 1/2 inches (30.5 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mitchell Bobkin

6. Dahlias

Creator:: Print made by Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961
Date:: 1918
Materials & Techniques:: Woodcut on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 6 3/4 inches (22.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mitchell Bobkin

7. Study for "The Shearers"

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: between 1833 and 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 19 5/16 × 15 7/8 × 1 1/16 inches (49 × 40.3 × 2.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Flowers in a Pitcher

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches (28.6 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Analysis of Beauty, Plate I: A Statuary's Yard

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 19in. (36.2 x 48.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Frontispiece

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; First published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 17 5/8 inches (29.2 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Study of Leaves 2

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 7 inches (12.1 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Leaves 1

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches (11.1 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Cave of the Golden Calf: Tree House, Design for Panels with Animals

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 inches (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick Gore

14. Unique Specimens of Mineralogy

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, and pen and gray ink on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 8 1/8 inches (31.8 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Design for a Vase

Creator:: Joseph Wilton, 1722–1803
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink on medium, smooth, crean wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 3 1/2 inches (15.9 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Design for an Urn

Creator:: Joseph Wilton, 1722–1803
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 16 3/4 inches (22.9 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Studies of a Suit of Armor

Creator:: Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: 1875
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, and gouache on thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches (42.5 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Effigy of a Crusader, Stisted Church

Creator:: George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:: 1824-1896
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white gouache on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 19 3/4 inches (34 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Medici Vase

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Allen, active 1830s
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 × 12 1/8 inches (44.1 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. A Grecian Drinking Cup

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Allen, active 1830s
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 × 12 1/8 inches (44.5 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. A Bacchanalian Vase

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Allen, active 1830s
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 × 12 1/8 inches (44.1 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. An Etruscan Vase

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Allen, active 1830s
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 × 12 inches (44.5 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Summer Lodden, Sept. 1832: A Still Life Study of Three Apples

Creator:: James Sillett, 1764–1840
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 7 13/16 inches (14.4 × 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. A Foliated Branch

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches (20 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Study of Sculpture: from the Elgin Marbles

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 7/8 inches (21.9 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. A Group of Trees by a Fence

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches (25.1 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Still Life with Gooseberries, Raspberries, Red Currants, Spring Onions, a Gherkin and Foliage

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1874
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 14 7/8 inches (25.1 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Study of a Coat and Breeches

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 6 inches (23.8 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. A Broad-Wheeled Road Waggon

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches (11.1 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. A Bell on a Notched Post

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 2 1/8 inches (17.5 x 5.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Study of a Thistle and Other Plants, Sept. 8

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches (11.1 x 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Plant Study

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 5 inches (17.8 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Boots, Etc. Cromwell's Time, Haddon Hall, Jan. 9, 1825

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on medium, smooth, 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

34. A Human Skeleton

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown ink and brown and gray wash; verso: watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches (25.1 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. A Human Skeleton

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown ink, brown and gray wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 10 1/2 inches (17.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. A Rowing Boat

Creator:: Hugh William "Grecian" Williams, 1773–1829
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor with gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper, pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches (20 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Gun and Limber, No. 7

Creator:: Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/16 × 7 3/16 inches (5.2 × 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Gun

Creator:: Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/4 × 4 1/16 inches (5.7 × 10.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. A Rowing Boat

Creator:: Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 3/8 × 5 13/16 inches (3.5 × 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. An Oat Cake

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches (7.9 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Letter with Designs for Signets (?)

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 7 1/4 inches (9.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

42. Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium Canadense, Calceolus Maria)

Creator:: Robert Blyth, 1750–1784
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 5/8 inches (37.8 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Banquet Piece with Lobsters, Fish, and Cat

Creator:: Print made by Robert Robinson, active 1674–1706
Date:: between 1683 and 1695
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 7 3/8 inches (22.9 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

44. Cave of the Golden Calf: Sketches of a Stage and Bar

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 inches (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick Gore

45. Cave of the Golden Calf: Study of Geometric Figures

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 inches (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick Gore

46. What's Humane Life, Where Nothing Long Can Stand? Time Flyes, Our Glory Fades, and Death's at Hand.

Creator:: Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 x 9 3/16 inches (18.5 x 23.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

47. Still Life with Broom

Creator:: attributed to Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 19 3/8 inches (36.2 x 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Study of a Thistle

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches (18.4 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Still Life with Tankard and Dessert Dish

Creator:: Print made by Robert Robinson, active 1674–1706
Date:: ca. 1685
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 8 3/4 inches (27.9 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

50. Flowers in a Glass Vase with Fruit and Butterflies

Creator:: Print made by Robert Robinson, active 1674–1706
Date:: 1682
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 6 9/16 inches (23 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. May 2-54 (prelude)

2. Two Bottles and Glass

3. Design for an Embroidered Stool

4. A Haunted House

5. Basket of Flowers

6. Dahlias

7. Study for "The Shearers"

8. Flowers in a Pitcher

9. Analysis of Beauty, Plate I: A Statuary's Yard

10. Frontispiece

11. Study of Leaves 2

12. Leaves 1

13. Cave of the Golden Calf: Tree House, Design for Panels with Animals

14. Unique Specimens of Mineralogy

15. Design for a Vase

16. Design for an Urn

17. Studies of a Suit of Armor

18. Effigy of a Crusader, Stisted Church

19. The Medici Vase

20. A Grecian Drinking Cup

21. A Bacchanalian Vase

22. An Etruscan Vase

23. The Summer Lodden, Sept. 1832: A Still Life Study of Three Apples

24. A Foliated Branch

25. Study of Sculpture: from the Elgin Marbles

26. A Group of Trees by a Fence

27. Still Life with Gooseberries, Raspberries, Red Currants, Spring Onions, a Gherkin and Foliage

28. Study of a Coat and Breeches

29. A Broad-Wheeled Road Waggon

30. A Bell on a Notched Post

31. Study of a Thistle and Other Plants, Sept. 8

32. Plant Study

33. Boots, Etc. Cromwell's Time, Haddon Hall, Jan. 9, 1825

34. A Human Skeleton

35. A Human Skeleton

36. A Rowing Boat

37. Gun and Limber, No. 7

38. Gun

39. A Rowing Boat

40. An Oat Cake

41. Letter with Designs for Signets (?)

42. Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium Canadense, Calceolus Maria)

43. Banquet Piece with Lobsters, Fish, and Cat

44. Cave of the Golden Calf: Sketches of a Stage and Bar

45. Cave of the Golden Calf: Study of Geometric Figures

46. What's Humane Life, Where Nothing Long Can Stand? Time Flyes, Our Glory Fades, and Death's at Hand.

47. Still Life with Broom

48. Study of a Thistle

49. Still Life with Tankard and Dessert Dish

50. Flowers in a Glass Vase with Fruit and Butterflies