Materials & Techniques: brown wash / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Period: 18th century

1. Benjamin Read

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (26.7 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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. A Procession of the Damned: Study for the Damned in Dante's "Inferno"

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches (15.9 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (36.8 x 54 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. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

17. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

18. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

19. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

20. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

21. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

22. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

23. Samson Overpowered

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: 19 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches (49.5 x 39.1 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

27. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

28. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

29. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

30. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

31. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

32. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

33. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

34. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

35. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

36. 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

37. [Small Sketchbook]

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Various media including: brown ink over graphite; graphite; brown and gray wash over graphite; gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 4 1/2 inches (11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

38. 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

39. Two Frigates

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray ink, gray wash, and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 13/16 × 5 1/16 inches (19.8 × 12.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

40. Figures in Boats

Creator:: Attributed to Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 10 7/8 inches (14 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Utensils

Creator:: Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 1/2 inches (21.9 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. A Farm near Windsor

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 17 1/2 inches (27.9 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Italian Landscape with Ruined Castle

Creator:: William Taverner, 1703–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 9 5/8 inches (12.1 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. A View at Lucerne

Creator:: William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray and brown ink over graphite with brown and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 × 23 1/8 inches (41.9 × 58.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. A Mother and Two Children

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 10 5/8 inches (29.5 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Man in Ragged Clothes Seated with Right Arm Over Another Chair

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 3/4 inches (11.4 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Anna lamenting the absence of Tobias (Tobit 10:7)

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 4 5/8in. (12.4 x 11.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. The Daughters of Cecrops discover Ericthonius: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 7 1/2 inches (12.7 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Illustration to Homer's Iliad

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (13.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. 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

51. 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

52. Design for a decoration incorporating motifs allusive to the Arts, Arms, and Religion

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches (17.1 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Characters in the Streets of London

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 15 13/16 inches (30.2 x 40.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. A Servant Bringing Water to Three Hunters

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 1/8 inches (17.5 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Neptune and Coronis: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash; squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted to medium, slightly textured white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 x 7 1/2in. (16.4 x 19.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. The Artist Assaulted by Time, Ignorance and Envy

Creator:: Mauritius Lowe, 1746–1793
Date:: between 1772 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 5/8 inches (21.3 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Sketch of a Half-Facade for a Royal Palace, Hyde Park, London

Creator:: Sir John Soane, 1753–1837
Date:: ca. 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (8.9 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. An Allegory on the Plight of the Artist

Creator:: Mauritius Lowe, 1746–1793
Date:: between 1772 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches (23.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Plans of Ancient Roman Church: 4. Terme di Tito

Creator:: Giovanni Stern, 1734–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash with pen and black ink, over graphite on medium, moderatedly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/2 x 35 1/4 inches (59.7 x 89.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. The Arrival of Prince Frederick from Hanover in 1728?

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1728
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, and pen and brown ink on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 15 1/8 inches (22.2 × 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Design for an Altarpiece with a drawing of St. Luke mounted at the center

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash, white gouache, graphite, and collage on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (31.8 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Margaret Ramsay, the Artist's Second Wife (Died 1782)

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (24.1 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. James Gandon and Family

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches (14.6 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Plan and Section of the Mikeas or Kiosc with the Pillar Where on Is Measured the Daily Increase of the Nile During Inundation

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 9 1/2 inches (30.8 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. 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

66. Group of Figures: A Dogfight

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches (11.1 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Old Man, Warrior and Boy in a Classical Landscape

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 9 1/8 inches (17.8 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Horseman Approaching Traveller Beside River

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 1/8 inches (18.1 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Three Figure Studies

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Image: 9 1/8 × 14 inches (23.2 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, brown ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 3/16 inches (24.8 x 33.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. A Valley

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: between 1775 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink, graphite, brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 12 3/8 inches (22.9 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Design for Wall Paper

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 9 3/4 inches (17.8 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. A Design for a Mural Executed in the Salon at Roehampton House, Surrey: Apollo Carrying off Aeneas in a Cloud

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 inches (14 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Sheet of Classical Figure Studies

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured beige laid paper and moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches (21.3 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. A Niche for Mr. Portman's House at Sherborne

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, black ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 10 1/8 inches (25.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. The Angel appearing to the shepherds, the visitation, and the annunciation: a sheet of notes for a proposed decorative scheme with 3 sketches of paintings for overdoors

The Angel appearing to the shepherds, the visitation, and the annunciation: a sheet of notes for a proposed decorative scheme with 3 sketches of paintings for overdoors

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite, and gray wash on sheet: moderately thick, moderately textured beige laid paper; mount: moderately thick moderately textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 8in. (23.5 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. The Virtuous Family

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite, blue wash, pink wash, and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 5/8 inches (33 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Crowcombe Court: a gentleman with his dog walking by the river

Creator:: Coplestone Warre Bampfylde, 1719–1791
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 18 3/16 inches (29.5 × 46.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Cascade of Buffalora

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (24.1 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. The Misses Sandby of Norwich

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches (13.3 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Portrait of a Lady at a Drawing Table

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured,cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (21 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. A Study of Agostino Cornacchini's Statue of Charlemagne, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome

Creator:: Joseph Wilton, 1722–1803
Date:: Between 1747 and 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, moderately textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 6 1/8 inches (25.4 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. 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

84. 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

85. Design for Ceiling Walls and Staircase

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: between 1712 and 1713
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 x 19 5/8 inches (38.7 x 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Troops Disembarking

Creator:: Attributed to Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: 1758-1793
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on Thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 × 20 7/8 inches (33.7 × 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Plans of Ancient Roman Baths - Terme de M Agrippa

Creator:: Giovanni Stern, 1734–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash with and pen and black ink, over graphite on medium, moderatedly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 3/8 x 35 1/4 inches (59.4 x 89.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Plans of Ancient Roman Baths: Terme Antoniane

Creator:: Giovanni Stern, 1734–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash with pen and black ink, over graphite on medium, moderatedly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/2 x 35 1/4 inches (59.7 x 89.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. An Underground Shrine with Two Figures Kneeling before a Pieta

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 5 9/16 inches (16.5 x 14.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Plans of Ancient Roman Baths: Terme del Imp. Diocleziano

Creator:: Giovanni Stern, 1734–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash with watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on medium, moderatedly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 3/8 x 35 1/4 inches (59.4 x 89.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. 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

92. Castell Dinas Brân, Wales

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 × 19 5/8 inches (33 × 49.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. 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

94. West Cowes, Isle of Wight

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown and gray wash and pen brown ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches (14.3 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Miss Elizabeth Manwaring

95. An Orchestra Rehearsing

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, brown wash, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 15 7/8 inches (26.7 × 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. View of Niagara Falls with the Falls in the Background, Right, and Landscape with Houses in the Foreground

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: between 1795 and 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 5/8 × 21 1/8 inches (65.1 × 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Landscape with Ruins

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black wash, brown wash, black chalk, graphite and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 18 1/8 inches (40.6 x 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

98. Bottom of Sword Sheath

Creator:: Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 9/16 × 3 1/8 inches (11.6 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Bottom of Sword Sheath

Creator:: Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 3 3/8 inches (8.9 × 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Statue from near the Cayish Pagoda in Gunnyghaum

Creator:: Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 19 5/8 inches (30.2 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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46. Man in Ragged Clothes Seated with Right Arm Over Another Chair

47. Anna lamenting the absence of Tobias (Tobit 10:7)

48. The Daughters of Cecrops discover Ericthonius: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2

49. Illustration to Homer's Iliad

50. Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind

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

52. Design for a decoration incorporating motifs allusive to the Arts, Arms, and Religion

53. Characters in the Streets of London

54. A Servant Bringing Water to Three Hunters

55. Neptune and Coronis: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2

56. The Artist Assaulted by Time, Ignorance and Envy

57. Sketch of a Half-Facade for a Royal Palace, Hyde Park, London

58. An Allegory on the Plight of the Artist

59. Plans of Ancient Roman Church: 4. Terme di Tito

60. The Arrival of Prince Frederick from Hanover in 1728?

61. Design for an Altarpiece with a drawing of St. Luke mounted at the center

62. Margaret Ramsay, the Artist's Second Wife (Died 1782)

63. James Gandon and Family

64. Plan and Section of the Mikeas or Kiosc with the Pillar Where on Is Measured the Daily Increase of the Nile During Inundation

65. Two Wheeled Cart and Figures

66. Group of Figures: A Dogfight

67. Old Man, Warrior and Boy in a Classical Landscape

68. Horseman Approaching Traveller Beside River

69. Three Figure Studies

70. Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne

71. A Valley

72. Design for Wall Paper

73. A Design for a Mural Executed in the Salon at Roehampton House, Surrey: Apollo Carrying off Aeneas in a Cloud