Materials & Techniques: soft-ground etching / Period: 18th century / Classification: Prints

1. A Sleeping Leopard

Creator:: Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with roulette on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 13 3/4 inches (25.4 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. A Tiger and a Sleeping Leopard

Creator:: Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with roulette on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 1/2 inches (24.8 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Two Monks

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 x 10 3/16 inches (32.4 x 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Ariccia

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: between 1783 and 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 7 3/8 inches (13.3 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Spruce Fir

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 21 1/4 inches (36.5 × 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. Willow

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/4 × 21 inches (36.2 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Elm

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 21 1/4 inches (36.5 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Palm

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 21 1/4 inches (36.5 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Oak

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 21 1/4 inches (36.5 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Wooded Landscape with Two Country Carts and Figures

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: 1779 to 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and soft-ground etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 15 1/8 inches (29.2 × 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Louisa

Creator:: Print made by William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and softground etching (1st state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 × 10 1/2 inches (38.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Wooded Landscape with Herdsman Driving Cattle over a Bridge, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Castle

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1779 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and soft-ground etching on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 15 3/8 inches (30.5 × 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading Tombstone, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Church

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: 1779 to 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching in gray ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 9/16 inches (30.2 × 39.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cows

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1785 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching with aquatint, in gray ink on thick, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 14 1/4 inches (29.5 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cows

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 13 3/4 inches (27.9 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Richard and Maria Cosway, and Ottobah Cugoano

Creator:: Print made by Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 15 3/8 inches (32 × 39 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, aquatint, black chalk, white chalk, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 12 3/4 inches (25.5 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Weeping Willows

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 21 1/4 inches (36.5 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Poplar

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/4 × 21 inches (36.2 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Horse Chestnut

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/4 × 21 inches (36.2 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Aspin

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 21 1/4 inches (36.5 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Cedar

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 21 1/4 inches (36.5 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Italian Pine and Cypress

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/2 × 21 3/8 inches (36.8 × 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Birch

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/4 × 21 1/4 inches (36.2 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. Hawthorn

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/8 × 21 1/8 inches (36.5 × 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Beech

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on contemporary moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with soft-ground etched border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/4 × 21 1/4 inches (36.2 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales

Creator:: Print made by Louis Sailliar, 1748–1795
Date:: 1786-1787
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and soft-ground etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 × 10 3/4 inches (37.1 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. A Sleeping Leopard

2. A Tiger and a Sleeping Leopard

3. Two Monks

4. Ariccia

5. Spruce Fir

6. Willow

7. Elm

8. Palm

9. Oak

10. Wooded Landscape with Two Country Carts and Figures

11. Louisa

12. Wooded Landscape with Herdsman Driving Cattle over a Bridge, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Castle

13. Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading Tombstone, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Church

14. Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cows

15. Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cows

16. Richard and Maria Cosway, and Ottobah Cugoano

17. A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool

18. Weeping Willows

19. Poplar

20. Horse Chestnut

21. Aspin

22. Cedar

23. Italian Pine and Cypress

24. Birch

25. Hawthorn

26. Beech

27. His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales