Materials & Techniques: graphite / Period: 18th century / Associated Places: 3 selected / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. London Cries: A Milkmaid

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches (22.2 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Gunpowder Magazine, Hyde Park

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 19 3/8 inches (37.1 x 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Rotunda and Gardens, Ranelagh

Creator:: John Maurer, active 1713–1761
Date:: ca. 1744
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 16 11/16in. (25.4 x 42.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Cheesecake House, Hyde Park

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 1/4 inches (33.3 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. From Hampstead

Creator:: Peter Tillemans, 1684–1734
Date:: 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 15/16 × 6 1/8 inches (10 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. London Cries: "Turn your Copper into Silver Now before Your Eyes" (Title Page Design)

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 6 1/8 inches (19.7 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. London Cries: "Do You Want any Spoons..."

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, 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

8. London Cries: Shoe Cleaner

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Gray, pink, and blue wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 6 inches (19.7 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. London Cries: A Girl with a Basket on Her Head ("Lights for the Cats, Liver for the Dogs")

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches (19.7 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. London Cries: A Tinker and His Wife

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches (19.4 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Receipt for a Set of Six London Views

Creator:: Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798
Date:: ca. 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, and gray wash, incised for transfer on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 x 4 5/8in. (11.7 x 11.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. London Cries: "Any Kitchen Stuff"

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches (19.1 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. London Cries: "Black Heart Cherries..."

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 5 5/8 inches (17.8 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. My Pretty Little Ginny Tarters for a Ha'penny a Stick or a Penny a Stick, or a Stick to Beat Your Wives or Dust Your Clothes

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink , black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches (19.7 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. London Cries: A Fishmonger

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches (19.1 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. London Cries: A Man with a Basket (Man Selling Pots and Pans)

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash, graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches (19.1 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. London Cries: Fun upon Fun

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches (18.1 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. London Cries: Flowers

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and gray ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. London Cries: All Fire and No Smoke

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches (19.7 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. London Cries: Throws for a Ha'penny Have You a Ha'penny

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, graphite, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches (19.7 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. London Cries: A Man Swaggering

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (19.7 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. London Cries: A Lace Seller

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches (19.4 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. London Cries: Last Dying Speech and Confession

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 5 5/8 inches (17.5 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. London Cries: Boy with a Donkey

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 5 5/8 inches (17.8 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Ruins of the Savoy Palace, London

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen in black ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (21 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. View of the East Part of Southwark, Looking Towards Greenwich

Creator:: Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607–1677
Date:: ca. 1638
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and blue-black ink, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 12 1/8 inches (14.3 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Fountain's Boarding School, Marylebone

Creator:: James Miller, active 1773–1814
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid down on a contemporary mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 14 13/16in. (24.8 x 37.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. A Group of Men on Westminster Pier

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, moderatelty textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches (9.2 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. An Encampment in St. James Park

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 17 7/8 inches (30.2 x 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Whitehall Showing Holbein's Gate and Banqueting Hall

Creator:: Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches (39.4 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Holbein's Gateway and Jones's Banqueting House, Whitehall...

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 6 1/2in. (12.1 x 16.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden, after the fire

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 5 5/8 inches (8.9 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Skating on the Serpentine

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray and black ink and wash over graphite; verso: pen and black ink on repaired section on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 14 7/16 inches (22.5 x 36.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. St. Paul's Cathedral, from St. Martin's-le-Grand, London

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 15 5/16 inches (50.2 x 38.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 14 5/16 inches (23.8 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. 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

37. The Earthquake Scare in Piccadilly

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite, and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 5/8 × 16 1/2 inches (27 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Skating in Hyde Park

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 15/16 inches (25.2 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Christ Church, Blackfriars, London

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1792 and 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 13 3/16 inches (24.4 x 33.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Ruins of Savoy Palace

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 11 3/4 inches (21.7 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. A London Riot

Creator:: Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 12 inches (12.2 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Manning the Navy

Creator:: Samuel Collings, active 1784–1795
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (16.8 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. London Cries: A Milkmaid

2. The Gunpowder Magazine, Hyde Park

3. The Rotunda and Gardens, Ranelagh

4. The Cheesecake House, Hyde Park

5. From Hampstead

6. London Cries: "Turn your Copper into Silver Now before Your Eyes" (Title Page Design)

7. London Cries: "Do You Want any Spoons..."

8. London Cries: Shoe Cleaner

9. London Cries: A Girl with a Basket on Her Head ("Lights for the Cats, Liver for the Dogs")

10. London Cries: A Tinker and His Wife

11. Receipt for a Set of Six London Views

12. London Cries: "Any Kitchen Stuff"

13. London Cries: "Black Heart Cherries..."

14. My Pretty Little Ginny Tarters for a Ha'penny a Stick or a Penny a Stick, or a Stick to Beat Your Wives or Dust Your Clothes

15. London Cries: A Fishmonger

16. London Cries: A Man with a Basket (Man Selling Pots and Pans)

17. London Cries: Fun upon Fun

18. London Cries: Flowers

19. London Cries: All Fire and No Smoke

20. London Cries: Throws for a Ha'penny Have You a Ha'penny

21. London Cries: A Man Swaggering

22. London Cries: A Lace Seller

23. London Cries: Last Dying Speech and Confession

24. London Cries: Boy with a Donkey

25. Ruins of the Savoy Palace, London

26. View of the East Part of Southwark, Looking Towards Greenwich

27. Fountain's Boarding School, Marylebone

28. A Group of Men on Westminster Pier

29. An Encampment in St. James Park

30. Whitehall Showing Holbein's Gate and Banqueting Hall

31. Holbein's Gateway and Jones's Banqueting House, Whitehall...

32. St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden, after the fire

33. Skating on the Serpentine

34. St. Paul's Cathedral, from St. Martin's-le-Grand, London

35. An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre

36. Vauxhall Gardens

37. The Earthquake Scare in Piccadilly

38. Skating in Hyde Park

39. Christ Church, Blackfriars, London

40. Ruins of Savoy Palace

41. A London Riot

42. Manning the Navy