Materials & Techniques: watercolor / Genre: figure study / Subject Terms: portrait

1. Study of a Woman Sewing

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 × 17 inches (34.8 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

2. Portrait of Aazim Alomra

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 5 3/4 inches (21 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Moote Ram

Creator:: Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 5 inches (12.1 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Seated Turk

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: between 1840 and 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 11 5/8 inches (43.2 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Head of a Young Woman

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: between 1838 and 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 5/8 x 11 1/4 inches (34.6 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Martha Gunn, Bather at Brighton

Creator:: John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 8 9/16 inches (13.8 × 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Two Women in Colorful Costume

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: ca. 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 14 1/4in. (34 x 36.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Portuguese Boy (Madeira) January 25, 1868

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1868
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 7 inches (25.4 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. A Young Woman in a Pink Dress

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 4 1/2 inches (19.4 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. A Gentleman, full length, Holding a Paper and Pencil

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 × 9 inches (37.1 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. A Lady, full length, Wearing a Blue Sash and Holding a Fan

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 8 15/16 inches (38.4 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Uncle George in the Dress of a Highland Herdsman

Creator:: George Walker, active 1792–died 1795
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 3 inches (11.1 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. An Actress

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 9 1/4 inches (37.8 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 1 3/8 x 1 1/2 inches (3.5 x 3.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger N. Radford

15. Girl in a Pinafore

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: between 1840 and 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 10 1/8 inches (32.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Janie Ellice: Full Length Sketch

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: 1835 to 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 inches (29.8 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Study of Mrs. William Wilberforce

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: ca. 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 6 1/8 inches (29.5 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Joan Linnell Burton (Near Andover, Hants), 1983.

18. English Officer in a Scarlet Jacket

Creator:: Frederick Buck, 1771–ca. 1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Overall: 2 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 1/8 inches (6.4 × 3.8 × 0.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

19. Young Lady with Brown Hair in a Mauve Dress

Creator:: Philip Jean, 1755–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and white gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Overall: 2 3/8 × 1 7/8 × 1/8 inches (6 × 4.8 × 0.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

20. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Right

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black chalk and stumping over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 6 5/8 inches (20.3 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Woman with Folded Arms

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 5 inches (16.5 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. A Gentleman with Auburn Hair

Creator:: George Chinnery, 1774–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:: Overall: 3 5/8 × 3 1/4 inches (9.2 × 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

23. Sir Alexander Hood, Bart.

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 11/16 × 17 3/16 inches (52.5 × 43.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Left

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk with watercolor and stumping on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches (20 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Family Portraits

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (14.6 x 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Hon. George Pryse Cambell (1793-1858), as a Midshipman

Creator:: Henry Edridge, 1769–1821
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 × 19 inches (35.6 × 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Portrait of an Indian Prince

Creator:: Henry Edridge, 1769–1821
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 12 7/8 inches (24.4 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. A Young Lady Seated Wearing a White Dress

Creator:: Edward Edwards, 1738–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 3/8 inches (21.3 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Old Lady with Basket of flowers

Creator:: Edward Edwards, 1738–1806
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, pen, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 8 1/2 inches (26.4 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Figure Studies: A Farm Worker, Mr. Samuel, the Drawing Master Reclining and Dozing, and a Slight Sketch of a Man in a Hat

Creator:: Robert Hills, 1769–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 1/8 x 11 1/8 inches (38.4 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Blue Turban and Stomacher and Pink Dress

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink, and gray ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 5 1/16 inches (17.1 × 12.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Study of a Woman Sewing

2. Portrait of Aazim Alomra

3. Moote Ram

4. Seated Turk

5. Head of a Young Woman

6. Martha Gunn, Bather at Brighton

7. Two Women in Colorful Costume

8. Portuguese Boy (Madeira) January 25, 1868

9. A Young Woman in a Pink Dress

10. A Gentleman, full length, Holding a Paper and Pencil

11. A Lady, full length, Wearing a Blue Sash and Holding a Fan

12. Uncle George in the Dress of a Highland Herdsman

13. An Actress

14. Portrait of a Lady

15. Girl in a Pinafore

16. Janie Ellice: Full Length Sketch

17. Study of Mrs. William Wilberforce

18. English Officer in a Scarlet Jacket

19. Young Lady with Brown Hair in a Mauve Dress

20. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Right

21. Woman with Folded Arms

22. A Gentleman with Auburn Hair

23. Sir Alexander Hood, Bart.

24. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Left

25. Family Portraits

26. The Hon. George Pryse Cambell (1793-1858), as a Midshipman

27. Portrait of an Indian Prince

28. A Young Lady Seated Wearing a White Dress

29. Old Lady with Basket of flowers

30. Figure Studies: A Farm Worker, Mr. Samuel, the Drawing Master Reclining and Dozing, and a Slight Sketch of a Man in a Hat

31. Views in the Levant: Study of a Woman Wearing a Blue Turban and Stomacher and Pink Dress