Materials & Techniques: white chalk / Period: 18th century / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. Study of a Female Nude

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (26 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Landscape with a Distant Classical Building and a Man Fishing

Creator:: William Taverner, 1703–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 11 3/16 inches (32.4 × 28.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. A River by a Rocky Bank with Figures, Possibly in India

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: between 1783 and 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 13 3/4 inches (27 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Head of a Young Woman or Man

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk, white chalk, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches (26.4 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Head of a Young Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (31.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert, Wife of George IV

Creator:: James Sharples, ca. 1751–1811
Date:: between 1782 and 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 3/4 inches (24.8 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Study of a Man

Creator:: Nathaniel Smith, 1740–1787
Date:: 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 10 1/2 inches (43.2 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Study of a Woman

Creator:: Nathaniel Smith, 1740–1787
Date:: 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 10 1/4 inches (42.5 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Study of a Hand Holding a Hat

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 7 1/2 inches (12.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Study for a Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (18.4 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Study for the Portrait of William Guise

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: ca. 1761
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 12 inches (49.5 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Man Standing, Leaning on Left Elbow, Full-Length

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 12 inches (48.9 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Head of a Lady

Creator:: John Russell, 1745–1806
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, white chalk, black chalk, and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (31.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Full-length Study of a Young Man

Creator:: attributed to Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 11 3/16 inches (49.5 x 28.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Arthur Gore, first Earl of Arran

Creator:: attributed to Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches (39.4 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Portrait of a Divine

Creator:: Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1739–1808
Date:: after 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, black chalk, white chalk, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (26.7 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Henry Reveley

Creator:: Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1739–1808
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, white chalk, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 10 inches (31.1 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Portrait of John Locke, The Philosopher

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1704
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 9 5/8 inches (30.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Unidentified Sitter

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 1/2 inches (31.4 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

20. Head of a Man

Creator:: Attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723
Date:: 1732
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 11 1/8in. (42.9 x 28.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Self-Portrait

Creator:: Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 5/8 inches (35.6 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Peter Arms Wick

22. Study of a Seated Lady

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Graphie, black chalk, and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches (34.6 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Two Girls in a Landscape, One Riding a Lamb

Creator:: Thomas Hudson, 1701–1779
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (31.8 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Portrait study of John Inigo Richards, R.A.

Creator:: Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:: ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 5 15/16 inches (14 × 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Park Scene with Deer, Cattle, and a Group of Figures

Creator:: George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and gray ground on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 × 23 5/8 inches (42.9 × 60 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. John Flaxman

Creator:: Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 9/16 × 13 11/16 inches (31.9 × 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk, graphite, black chalk, and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 4 3/4 inches (19.1 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. 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

29. Portrait of a Man

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk and brown chalk on medium, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (36.8 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. 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

31. Costume Study for a Portrait of a Man

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 5 5/8 inches (20.3 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Figure Study for the Painting of Victory of Lord Duncan: Study for the Figure of Admiral de Winter

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (30.2 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Figure Study for the Painting of the Victory of Lord Duncan: Study for Sailor Bearing the Dutch Flag

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches (27 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Woman wearing a Feathered Headdress

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 8 inches (24.8 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. In the Gardens at Stourhead

Creator:: Coplestone Warre Bampfylde, 1719–1791
Date:: after 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 1/4 inches (19.7 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. A Dying Hindu Brought to the River Ganges

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches (27 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Study for the Central Group in the "Death of Earl of Chatham"

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches (26.4 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Study for Captain William George Fairfax for the Painting "The Victory of Lord Duncan"

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and red chalk, squared for transfer on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches (31.4 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Study for a Portrait of a Seated Gentleman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk, with stumping on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (42.2 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Shepherd Seated Under a Tree

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, rough, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 18 x 12 inches (45.7 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Study of Sailors Raising a Flag for the Victory of Lord Duncan

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk on moderately textured, medium, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 1/8 inches (34.9 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Falls at Tivoli

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: between 1752 and 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 1/8 inches (23.5 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Portrait of Jonathan Richardson the Younger

Creator:: Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Date:: 1733
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk, white chalk and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches (48.9 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Self-Portrait

Creator:: Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Date:: ca. 1733
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/8 × 12 1/2 inches (46.7 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. The Arbra Sacra on the Banks of Lake Nemi

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: between 1754 and 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, greened white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 × 22 inches (38.9 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Head of a Boy

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1750 and 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, graphite, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 12 5/8 inches (40 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, rough, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 16 9/16 inches (28.7 x 42.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. The Via Nomentana

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk with stumping on medium, moderately textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 16 5/8 inches (27.6 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. He Goeth after Her straightway as an Ox Goeth to the Slaughter (Proverbs, Chapter VII, Verse 22)

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, white chalk, and red chalk with gray ground on thick, textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 1/8in. (35.6 x 25.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. So She Caught Him and Kissed Him (Proverbs, Chapter VII, Verse 13)

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, white chalk, red chalk, and gray ground on thick, textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 10 1/4in. (35.9 x 26cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Reclining Female Nude

Creator:: John Opie, 1761–1807
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 3/4in. (29.5 x 42.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon

52. Standing Classical Female Figure

Creator:: John Opie, 1761–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 9 1/8in. (46 x 23.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon

53. Study of a Goat

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: late 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and stumping, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper, laid down on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (16.8 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Standing Classical Male Figure with Spear

Creator:: John Opie, 1761–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and red chalk with touches of white chalk on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 x 11 1/2in. (45.7 x 29.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon

55. Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen and Cattle, Buildings on a Hill, and Rustic Lovers

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, gray wash and stumping on thin, slightly textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 13 inches (26.7 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and Iola S. Haverstick Fund

56. Study of a Woman in a Mob Cap

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches (19.4 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. The Charmer

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and gray ground on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 1/2 inches (36.5 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. An Evening Walk

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, graphite, red chalk, white chalk, and gray ground on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 8 1/8 inches (21 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. A Life Drawing

Creator:: Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:: ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (34.3 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Diane Nixon in honor of Lowell Libson

60. Landscape with Horses by a Pool

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk and graphite on medium, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 1/4 inches (17.5 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Elephants Fighting

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: between 1784 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Black, white and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 16 5/16 inches (23 × 41.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

62. Simon Fraser, Twelfth Lord Lovat (1667-1747)

Creator:: Richard Cooper the Elder, 1701–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (37.1 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Sketches of Mother and Child and Sketch of an Arm

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 10 3/4 inches (22.2 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore

64. Landscape with Castle

Creator:: Nicholas Thomas Dall, op.1748–, d.1777
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk over graphite on moderately thick, rough, blue laid paper, pasted on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 18 7/8in. (31.1 x 47.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Head of a Boy

Creator:: circle of Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and white chalk with stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 14 3/8 inches (43.2 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Wooded Landscape with Figures outside a Cottage Door

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1775 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and gray ink, heightened with white on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 13 1/2 inches (23.8 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Wooded Landscape with Figures on Horseback Crossing a Bridge

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1775 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and gray ink, white gouache, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 13 5/8 inches (26.4 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Wooded Landscape with Figures and Houses on the Hill

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with stumping, white chalk, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 16 1/8 inches (28.6 x 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. A Woman Seated

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 8 3/4 inches (32.4 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. A Woodland Pool with Rocks and Plants

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1765 and 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black and white chalk, and oil paint, with gum on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, backed with laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 11 3/8 inches (22.9 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Wooded Landscape with Castle

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1785 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and stumping with white chalk on medium, slightly textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 12 7/8 inches (26.4 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Wooded Landscape with Figures

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and stumping, with touches of white and red chalk, gray and brown wash, heightened with gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.4 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Wooded Landscape with Gypsy Encampment

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1775 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and gray wash, with stumping and scraping on moderately thick, moderately textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 12 7/8 inches (26.4 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Wooded Landscape with Country Cart and Figures

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1785 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk, gray wash and black wash on medium, slightly textured, antique buff wove paper prepared with gray
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 inches (24.8 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Study of a Cow

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1755 and 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches (14.3 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Wooded Landscape with Herdsman, Cows and Cottage

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1785 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, brown chalk, blue chalk, and stumping on moderately thick, slightly textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches (32.7 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Open Landscape with Horsemen and Covered Cart

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1780 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and black wash, with traces of black and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 inches (27.3 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Studies of Girls Carrying Faggots

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and stumping, heightened with white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper inset into a sheet of moderately thick, slightly textured, cream paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (36.2 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cows

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and black wash with black chalk, pen and black ink, heightened with white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, set into contemporary mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 14 1/4 inches (27.6 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading an Inscription on a Tombstone beside a Ruined Church, Figures, Donkey, Sheep and Distant Mountains

Creator:: attributed to Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 15 inches (29.2 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Open Landscape with Figures, Cows and Cottage

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1785 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Brown chalk, white chalk with gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 12 3/8 inches (26 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Coastal Scene with Figures and Boats

Creator:: imitator of Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black ink, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 14 1/4 inches (27.6 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. The Peasant's Dream, Paradise Lost, Book 1, 781-8

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: 1793 to 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, white chalk and white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 20 3/8 inches (31.4 x 51.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Sir Joshua Reynolds

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, white chalk on thick, rough, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 14in. (40.6 x 35.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Joseph Hickey, Jr.

Creator:: Thomas Hickey, 1741–1824
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, white chalk, black chalk, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 7 7/8 inches (25.4 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. A Man Leaning on a Staff

Creator:: Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately textured laid paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 22 7/8 × 18 1/4 × 2 inches (58.1 × 46.4 × 5.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

87. Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban

Creator:: Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: between 1760 and 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 13 1/8 inches (43.2 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

88. Gov. Thomas Pownall

Creator:: Daniel Gardner, 1750–1805
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, gouache, white chalk, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 10 inches (30.5 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Edward B. Greene, B.A. 1900

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1. Study of a Female Nude

2. Landscape with a Distant Classical Building and a Man Fishing

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5. Head of a Young Woman

6. Portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert, Wife of George IV

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24. Portrait study of John Inigo Richards, R.A.

25. Park Scene with Deer, Cattle, and a Group of Figures

26. John Flaxman

27. Thomas Gainsborough, R.A.

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

29. Portrait of a Man

30. Landscape with Ruins

31. Costume Study for a Portrait of a Man

32. Figure Study for the Painting of Victory of Lord Duncan: Study for the Figure of Admiral de Winter

33. Figure Study for the Painting of the Victory of Lord Duncan: Study for Sailor Bearing the Dutch Flag

34. Woman wearing a Feathered Headdress

35. In the Gardens at Stourhead

36. A Dying Hindu Brought to the River Ganges

37. Study for the Central Group in the "Death of Earl of Chatham"

38. Study for Captain William George Fairfax for the Painting "The Victory of Lord Duncan"

39. Study for a Portrait of a Seated Gentleman

40. Shepherd Seated Under a Tree

41. Study of Sailors Raising a Flag for the Victory of Lord Duncan

42. The Falls at Tivoli

43. Portrait of Jonathan Richardson the Younger

44. Self-Portrait

45. The Arbra Sacra on the Banks of Lake Nemi

46. Head of a Boy

47. Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

48. The Via Nomentana

49. He Goeth after Her straightway as an Ox Goeth to the Slaughter (Proverbs, Chapter VII, Verse 22)

50. So She Caught Him and Kissed Him (Proverbs, Chapter VII, Verse 13)

51. Reclining Female Nude

52. Standing Classical Female Figure

53. Study of a Goat

54. Standing Classical Male Figure with Spear

55. Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen and Cattle, Buildings on a Hill, and Rustic Lovers

56. Study of a Woman in a Mob Cap

57. The Charmer

58. An Evening Walk

59. A Life Drawing

60. Landscape with Horses by a Pool

61. Elephants Fighting

62. Simon Fraser, Twelfth Lord Lovat (1667-1747)

63. Sketches of Mother and Child and Sketch of an Arm

64. Landscape with Castle

65. Head of a Boy

66. Wooded Landscape with Figures outside a Cottage Door

67. Wooded Landscape with Figures on Horseback Crossing a Bridge

68. Wooded Landscape with Figures and Houses on the Hill

69. A Woman Seated

70. A Woodland Pool with Rocks and Plants

71. Wooded Landscape with Castle

72. Wooded Landscape with Figures

73. Wooded Landscape with Gypsy Encampment