Materials & Techniques: mezzotint / Collection: Prints and Drawings / Exhibition History: Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)

1. The Right Honorable Admiral Lord Viscount Duncan When Victorious off Camperdown

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Plate: 17 7/8 x 25 3/4in. (45.4 x 65.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

2. A Midnight Modern Conversation

Creator:: Print made by Elisha Kirkall, ca. 1682–1742
Date:: ca. 1733, printed after 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 × 17 3/4 inches (37.1 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

3. Omai

Creator:: Johann Jacobé, 1733–1797
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, published state
Dimensions:: Plate: 24 1/2 x 15in. (62.2 x 38.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches (39.7 x 29.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. A Shepherd Boy

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 11/16 x 11 15/16 inches (42.4 x 30.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade

Creator:: Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches (42.8 x 28.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. The Cow House

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, printed in color
Dimensions:: Plate: 20 1/8 x 23 3/4in. (51.1 x 60.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art

8. Tiger and Crocodile

Creator:: Print made by Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 24 inches (48.9 × 61 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Colonel Tarleton

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 3/16 × 16 1/4 inches (64 × 41.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Catherine, Lady Bampfylde

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 7/8 × 15 3/4 inches (65.7 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. James Boswell of Auchinleck, Esq.

Creator:: Print made by John Jones, ca. 1745–1797
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on very thin, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 7/8 × 12 1/4 inches (45.4 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. The Honorable Augustus Keppel, Admiral of the Blue

Creator:: Print made by William Doughty, 1757–1782
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/4 x 13 5/16 inches (46.3 x 33.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Mrs. Michael Angelo Taylor as 'Miranda'

Creator:: Print made by James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/4 × 18 1/8 inches (64.1 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Lady Rushout and her Children

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 1/2 × 21 5/8 inches (49.5 × 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. Devotion in Such Looks Does Gracefull Shine, and Forces Us to Own Her Pow'r Divine...

Creator:: Print made by John Smith, 1652–1743
Date:: 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 1/16 inches (34.9 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. The Morning Rose, What Shall Poor Harpax Do!

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1744
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 14 5/16 inches (31.1 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. Kitty Clive as Lady Easy in "The Careless Husband"

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1739
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 13 inches (27.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. The Children in the Wood

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (first state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/8 × 15 1/8 inches (49.2 × 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. The Clavering Children

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/2 × 16 3/8 inches (57.2 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Miss Jacobs

Creator:: Print made by John Spilsbury, 1730–1795
Date:: ca. 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 20 × 14 inches (50.8 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. William Robert, second Duke of Leinster

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 × 15 1/2 inches (58.4 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Master Lambton

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Cousins, 1801–1887
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (first published state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 × 14 1/4 inches (47 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. The Spottiswoode Ox

Creator:: Print made by James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 × 25 1/2 inches (51.4 × 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. The Pretty Ballad Singer

Creator:: Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (42.6 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. Narcissus

Creator:: Jacques Christophe Le Blon, 1667–1741
Date:: c.1714
Materials & Techniques:: Color mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (56.5 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. A Boy Employed in Burning Weeds

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, partially printed in colors
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 x 23 7/8in. (48.3 x 60.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Mrs. Pelham

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (only state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 1/4 × 21 inches (71.8 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. Domestic Amusement: Playing on the Guitar

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16 inches (32.1 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Self-portrait

Creator:: Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 7/8 x 13 3/4in. (50.5 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Alehouse Politicians

Creator:: William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Image: 18 x 23 7/8in. (45.7 x 60.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. George Morland

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 1/8 x 14in. (48.6 x 35.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Deluge

Creator:: Print made by John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with etching; engraver's proof on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 9/16 × 33 3/16 inches (64.9 × 84.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Oysterinda (Native Meltons)

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: ca. 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Plate: 12 7/8 x 8 7/8in. (32.7 x 22.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Griffin and Johnson

Creator:: Print made by Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764
Date:: 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 5/16 x 12 3/8 inches (46.5 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. Sir Joshua Reynolds

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 x 15in. (48.3 x 38.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. The Mouse's Petition

Creator:: William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, printed in colors
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 x 23 3/4in. (48.3 x 60.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. The Mouse's Petition

Creator:: William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, proof before all letters
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 x 23 3/4in. (48.3 x 60.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Sailor's Orphans or Young Ladies' Subscription

Creator:: William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint printed in color
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 1/8 x 23 3/4in. (48.6 x 60.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. The Soldier's Widow; or Schoolboys' Collection

Creator:: Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, colored impression
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 1/8 x 23 7/8in. (48.6 x 60.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Agostino Carlini, Fransescho Bartolozzi, Giovan Battista Cipriani

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Image: 16 1/8 x 19 7/8in. (41 x 50.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Elizabeth Ann (Linley) Sheridan

Creator:: Print made by Gainsborough Dupont, 1754–1797
Date:: between 1787 and 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (unpublished) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 14 1/4 inches (48.9 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

42. The Indian Widow

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, published state
Dimensions:: Plate: 17 3/4 x 21 3/4in. (45.1 x 55.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. The Lady in Milton's Comus

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Plate: 17 3/4 x 21 3/4in. (45.1 x 55.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. A Blacksmith's Shop

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Plate: 22 7/8 x 17 1/8in. (58.1 x 43.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Mr. Foote in the Character of Major Sturgeon in "The Mayor of Garratt"

Creator:: Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches (44.8 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Life School at the Royal Academy

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/8 x 28 1/2 inches (51.1 x 72.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. The Wellesley Arabian

Creator:: Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:: ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, proof before letters
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 1/4 x 22 5/8in. (48.9 x 57.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Samuel Scott

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: between 1731 and 1733
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/16 × 9 7/16 inches (31.6 × 23.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. The Promenade at Carlisle House

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, proof on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 12 3/4 x 15 3/8in. (32.4 x 39.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. A Philosopher Shewing an Experiment on the Air Pump

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, scratched letter proof
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 x 23 1/8in. (48.3 x 58.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. David Garrick with a Bust of Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 24 1/2 x 15 1/8in. (62.2 x 38.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

52. Lady Charlotte Fitzwilliam

Creator:: Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 15/16 × 9 1/4 inches (32.9 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

53. The Children of Joseph Bradshaw of Holbrook

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (first published state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 × 21 inches (71.1 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

54. Boy Spinning Top

Creator:: Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 9 inches (33.3 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

55. Lady Jane Halliday

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, scratched letter proof, before title on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 3/8 × 18 5/8 inches (67 × 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

56. A Farrier's Shop

Creator:: Print made by William Pether, ca. 1738–1821
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, printed in brown ink
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 7/8 x 13 7/8in. (50.5 x 35.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. The Horse and Lion

Creator:: George Townly Stubbs, 1748–1815
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, published state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 15/16 x 21 13/16in. (45.5 x 55.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Horace Walpole, Youngest Son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Oxford

Creator:: Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Plate: 14 x 9 7/8in. (35.6 x 25.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. John Earl of Rothes

Creator:: James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, proof before all letters
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 7/8 x 13 7/8in. (50.5 x 35.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. The Cave of Despair, from Spenser

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, scratched letter proof
Dimensions:: Plate: 17 1/2 x 20 7/8in. (44.5 x 53cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Joseph and John Gulston

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Plate: 16 3/4 x 20 1/8in. (42.5 x 51.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Joseph Baretti, Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy

Creator:: John Watts, active 1766–1786
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/4 × 13 1/4 inches (46.4 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Miss Kitty Dressing

Creator:: Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, 1st state, proof before title
Dimensions:: Plate: 17 7/8 x 13in. (45.4 x 33cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Miravan Breaking open the Tomb of his Ancestors

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 7/8 x 14in. (50.5 x 35.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Right Honorable Admiral Lord Viscount Duncan When Victorious off Camperdown

2. A Midnight Modern Conversation

3. Omai

4. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

5. A Shepherd Boy

6. Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade

7. The Cow House

8. Tiger and Crocodile

9. Colonel Tarleton

10. Catherine, Lady Bampfylde

11. James Boswell of Auchinleck, Esq.

12. The Honorable Augustus Keppel, Admiral of the Blue

13. Mrs. Michael Angelo Taylor as 'Miranda'

14. Lady Rushout and her Children

15. Devotion in Such Looks Does Gracefull Shine, and Forces Us to Own Her Pow'r Divine...

16. The Morning Rose, What Shall Poor Harpax Do!

17. Kitty Clive as Lady Easy in "The Careless Husband"

18. The Children in the Wood

19. The Clavering Children

20. Miss Jacobs

21. William Robert, second Duke of Leinster

22. Master Lambton

23. The Spottiswoode Ox

24. The Pretty Ballad Singer

25. Narcissus

26. A Boy Employed in Burning Weeds

27. Mrs. Pelham

28. Domestic Amusement: Playing on the Guitar

29. Self-portrait

30. Alehouse Politicians

31. George Morland

32. The Deluge

33. Oysterinda (Native Meltons)

34. Griffin and Johnson

35. Sir Joshua Reynolds

36. The Mouse's Petition

37. The Mouse's Petition

38. The Sailor's Orphans or Young Ladies' Subscription

39. The Soldier's Widow; or Schoolboys' Collection

40. Agostino Carlini, Fransescho Bartolozzi, Giovan Battista Cipriani

41. Elizabeth Ann (Linley) Sheridan

42. The Indian Widow

43. The Lady in Milton's Comus

44. A Blacksmith's Shop

45. Mr. Foote in the Character of Major Sturgeon in "The Mayor of Garratt"

46. Life School at the Royal Academy

47. The Wellesley Arabian

48. Samuel Scott

49. The Promenade at Carlisle House

50. A Philosopher Shewing an Experiment on the Air Pump

51. David Garrick with a Bust of Shakespeare

52. Lady Charlotte Fitzwilliam

53. The Children of Joseph Bradshaw of Holbrook

54. Boy Spinning Top

55. Lady Jane Halliday

56. A Farrier's Shop

57. The Horse and Lion

58. Horace Walpole, Youngest Son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Oxford

59. John Earl of Rothes

60. The Cave of Despair, from Spenser

61. Joseph and John Gulston

62. Joseph Baretti, Secretary for Foreign Correspondence to the Royal Academy

63. Miss Kitty Dressing

64. Miravan Breaking open the Tomb of his Ancestors