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Prints and Drawings 155

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Smart, John, 1741–1811 10
Crosse, Richard, 1742–1810 8
Engleheart, George, 1753–1829 7
Plimer, Andrew, 1763–1837 7
Cosway, Richard, 1742–1821 6
Chinnery, George, 1774–1852 5
Lens, Bernard III, 1682–1740 5
Scouler, James, 1741–1812 5
Bone, Henry, 1755–1834 4
Hilliard, Nicholas, ca. 1547–1619 4
Hone, Nathaniel, 1718–1784 4
Hoskins, John, ca. 1590–1665 4
Spencer, Gervase, ca. 1715–1763 4
Cooper, Samuel, 1609–1672 3
Hazlehurst, Thomas, active 1740–1821 3
Hone, Horace, 1756–1825 3
Humphry, Ozias, 1742–1810 3
Meyer, Jeremiah, 1735–1789 3
Oliver, Isaac, ca. 1565–1617 3
Unknown artist 3
Zincke, Christian Friedrich, 1685–1767 3
Arlaud, Benjamin, ca. 1670–ca. 1721 2
Bogle, John, 1746–1804 2
Buck, Adam, 1759–1833 2
Buck, Frederick, 1771–ca. 1840 2
Copley, John Singleton, 1738–1815 2
Daniel, Abraham, died 1806 2
ENGLEHEART, John Cox Dillman, 1783–1862 2
Gibson, Richard, 1615–1690 2
Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497–1543 2

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 155

Image Use

Free to Use 155

Image Available

available 155

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures 155

Collective Title

Period

18th century 75
18th century-19th century 31
19th century 21
17th century 19
16th century 4
17th century-18th century 3
16th century-17th century 2

Materials & Techniques

watercolor 116
gouache 112
ivory 107
vellum (skin) 20
card 11
enamel 11
gold 8
porcelain 8
gum arabic 5
scraping 4
copper 3
graphite 3
oil paint 3
rose gold 3
scraping out 2
vellum 2
wove paper 2
black ink 1
copper enameling 1
emerald 1
enameling 1
gray ink 1
human hair 1
laid paper 1
panel 1
pearl 1
pen 1
playing card 1
plumbago 1
polychrome 1

Height [cm]

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Width [cm]

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Work Type

watercolor 139
miniature 136
drawing 24

Genre

portrait 153
figure study 4
genre subject 1
religious and mythological subject 1
sporting art 1

Subject Terms

portrait 140
man 24
oval 14
woman 14
nobility 11
coat 10
child 9
cravat 7
gentleman 6
ruffle 6
boy 5
collar 5
figure study 5
girl 5
male 5
hair 4
lace 4
pearls 4
wig 4
brother 3
costume 3
dress 3
jacket 3
lady 3
necklace 3
queen (person) 3
armor 2
blue 2
bonnet (hat) 2
children 2

Subject Period

Associated Places

Associated People

Quincey, William Penson De (born 1781/2), brother of Thomas Penson De Quincey (1785–1859) 2
Anne of Denmark (1574–1619), queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, consort of James VI and I 1
Bannister, John (1760–1836), actor 1
Berkeley, George (1685–1753), Church of Ireland bishop of Cloyne and philosopher 1
Blunt, Sir Charles Richard, fourth baronet (1775–1840), MP 1
Bradshaw, Elizabeth 1
Brisbane, Sir Thomas Makdougall, baronet (1773–1860), colonial governor and astronomer 1
Carew, Sir George (ca. 1504–1545), soldier and naval commander 1
Charles I (1600–1649), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1
Cleopatra VII Philopator (late 69 BC–30 BC), last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt 1
Clive, Robert, first Baron Clive of Plassey (1725–1774), army officer in the East India Company and administrator in India 1
Close, Sir Barry, baronet (1756–1813), army officer in the East India Company and political officer in India 1
Devereux, Robert, second earl of Essex (1565–1601), soldier and politician 1
Dormer, Elizabeth, Countess of Carnarvon (née Capel) (1633–1678), daughter of the first Baron Capel, and wife of Sir Charles Dormer, second Earl of Carnarvon 1
Edward IV (1442–1483), king of England and lord of Ireland 1
Elizabeth, Princess (1596–1662), queen of Bohemia and electress palatine, consort of Frederick 1
Hanger, George, fourth Baron Coleraine (1751–1824), army officer and writer 1
Henrietta Maria [Princess Henrietta Maria of France] (1609–1669), queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, consort of Charles I 1
James VI and I (1566–1625), king of Scotland, England, and Ireland 1
Johnstone, James Hope-, third earl of Hopetoun and de jure fifth earl of Annandale and Hartfell (1741–1816), landowner and army officer 1
Lens, Bernard (1682–1740), artist 1
Lyon, John (1788–1858), eldest son of David Lyon Esq. 1
Lyons, Samuel (1791–1851), pardoned convict, landowner, and businessman 1
Morland, George (1763–1804), landscape and genre painter 1
North, Dudley, third Baron North (bap. 1582, d. 1666), nobleman and poet 1
North, William, sixth Baron North, second Baron Grey of Rolleston, and Jacobite Earl North (1678–1734), army officer and Jacobite conspirator 1
Oliver, Peter (1589–1647), miniature painter 1
Percy, Anne (nee Goodriche), wife of Bishop Thomas Percy of Dromore 1
Quincey, Thomas Penson De (1785–1859), essayist 1
Sadler, Michael Thomas (1780–1835), social reformer and political economist 1

Exhibition History

English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17) 29
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 11
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 7
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 7
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 7
Company Culture (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-09-16 - 2004-01-05) 3
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) 3
Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2010-03-06 - 2010-07-04) 3
Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill (Yale Center for British Art, 2009-10-15 - 2010-01-03) 3
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 2
Artists of the Tudor Court - The Portrait Miniature Rediscovered (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983-07-06 - 1983-11-06) 2
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 2
Richard and Maria Cosway - Regency Artists of Taste and Fashion (National Portrait Gallery, 1996-11-17 - 1997-02-18) 2
Richard and Maria Cosway - Regency Artists of Taste and Fashion (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1995-08-11 - 1995-10-29) 2
Drawing in England from Hilliard to Hogarth (British Museum, 1987-06-18 - 1987-08-31) 1
Drawing in England from Hilliard to Hogarth (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-09-19 - 1987-11-08) 1
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 1
Francois Ier et l'art des Pay-Bas (Musée du Louvre, 2017-10-16 - 2018-01-15) 1
Identity and the Portrait - Tudor Royal Portraiture 1490-1600 (Philip Mould & Company, 2007-03-03 - 2007-03-18) 1
Ireland - Art on a World Stage 1690-1840 (The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015-03-17 - 2015-06-07) 1
Painted Ladies : Women at the Court of Charles II (National Portrait Gallery, 2001-10-11 - 2002-01-06) 1
Painted Ladies : Women at the Court of Charles II (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-01-26 - 2002-03-17) 1
Searching for Shakespeare (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-06-23 - 2006-09-17) 1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 112
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport 29
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 6
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 1
Yale Center for British Art, Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Collection, Gift of Alison Edwards Curwen 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Melville and Naomi Stone 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ormsbee N. Robinson 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert Bayne Powell 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger N. Radford 1
Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport 1

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Frederick Buck, 1771–ca. 1840

English Officer in a Scarlet Jacket

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Scouler, 1741–1812

Cleric in Powdered Wig and Black Robes

1777
Accessible in the Study Room
Adam Buck, 1759–1833

A Lady with Light Brown Hair Worn in Ringlets

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir Hubert von Herkomer, 1849–1914

A Bacchante

1897
Accessible in the Study Room
Frederick Buck, 1771–ca. 1840

Young officer in a Red Tunic

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Philip Jean, 1755–1802

Young Lady with Brown Hair in a Mauve Dress

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
John Turmeau, 1777–1846

Gentleman with Short Red Hair

1814
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Crosse, 1742–1810

Reverend with Powdered Hair and Black Coat

ca. 1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Henry Bone, 1755–1834

Young Woman

ca. 1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Crosse, 1742–1810

A Gentleman in a Blue Coat

ca. 1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Crosse, 1742–1810

Young Man in a Brown Jacket

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Kennedy, active 1823 to 1832

Young Actor

1832
Accessible in the Study Room
Pierre N. Violet, 1749–1819

Young Woman with a Yellow Hair Ribbon

ca. 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Peter Paillou the younger, active 1757–1831

Gentleman with short Brown Hair and a Blue Jacket

ca. 1815
Accessible in the Study Room
George Chinnery, 1774–1852

A Gentleman with Auburn Hair

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
George Francis Joseph, 1764–1846

Gentleman from a Pair of Miniatures, Possibly Husband and Wife

ca. 1798
Accessible in the Study Room
George Engleheart, 1753–1829

Portrait of a Gentleman

1787
Accessible in the Study Room
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740

Portrait of a Gentleman

ca. 1710
Accessible in the Study Room
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740

King Edward IV

1732
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Cooper, 1609–1672

Portrait of a Man in Armor

1650
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Cooper, 1609–1672

Charles Stuart, third Duke of Richmond and sixth Duke of Lennox

between 1661 and 1667
Accessible in the Study Room
Abraham Daniel, died 1806

Portrait of a Gentleman

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Cooper, 1609–1672

Portrait of a Gentleman

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Scouler, 1741–1812

Portrait of a Lady

1781
Accessible in the Study Room
Henry Bone, 1755–1834

Portrait of Samuel Lyons

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
James Scouler, 1741–1812

Portrait of a Cleric

1774
Accessible in the Study Room
Christian Friedrich Zincke, 1685–1767

Hon. George Berkeley

between 1706 and 1746
Accessible in the Study Room
Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810

Portrait of a Lady

between 1785 and 1787
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821

James Hope, third Earl of Hopetoun

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Alexander Gallaway, active 1794–1812

Gentleman with fair hair, wearing a blue coat with black collar

1802
Accessible in the Study Room
George Chinnery, 1774–1852

John Lyon

1812
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Hargreaves, 1774–1847

Gentleman in a Blue Jacket

ca. 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Langdon, active 1800

Bishop Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore

1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Langdon, active 1800

Anne Goodriche, Wife of Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore

1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821

Portrait of an Unknown Lady

ca. 1770
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert White, 1645–1703

One of Charles II's Bishops in Ecclesiastical Robes

ca. 1675
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821

Elizabeth, Countess of Hopetown

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Peter Oliver, 1589–1647

Self Portrait

ca. 1625
Accessible in the Study Room
Frederick Tatham, 1805–1878

William William's Second Wife

ca. 1830
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Andrews, ca. 1767–1807

Portrait of a Young Officer

1804
Accessible in the Study Room
J. Cooper, 1688–1720

Aaron Hill, Dramatist (1685-1750)

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to Francois Theodore Rochard, 1798–1858

A Young Girl

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Nicholas Hilliard, ca. 1547–1619

James I of England and VI of Scotland

ca. 1610
Accessible in the Study Room
Jean Clouet, ca. 1485–1540/41

Portrait of a Lady

ca. 1530
Accessible in the Study Room
attributed to Benjamin Arlaud, ca. 1670–ca. 1721

Portrait of a Lady Called Elizabeth Knight

between 1701 and 1719
Accessible in the Study Room
Benjamin Arlaud, ca. 1670–ca. 1721

William, second Lord Grey of Rolleston and sixth Baron North

1701-1719
Accessible in the Study Room
Henry Bone, 1755–1834

Robert Cathcart, Esq

1798
Accessible in the Study Room
Adam Buck, 1759–1833

Portrait of a Gentleman

1806
Accessible in the Study Room
George Chinnery, 1774–1852

Portrait of a Gentleman

ca. 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
John Bogle, 1746–1804

Robert Graham of Gartmore, later Cunninghame Graham

1792
Accessible in the Study Room
Henry Bone, 1755–1834

Sir Charles Blunt, fourth Baronet

1799
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Gibson, 1615–1690

Elizabeth Dormer, Countess of Carnarvon (née Capel)

ca. 1665
Accessible in the Study Room
Follower of Thomas Hazlehurst, active 1740–1821

Brother of Thomas DeQuincey

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Nicholas Hilliard, ca. 1547–1619

Portrait of a Lady

between 1600 and 1615
Accessible in the Study Room
Studio of Nicholas Hilliard, ca. 1547–1619

Anne of Denmark

ca. 1605
Accessible in the Study Room
Horace Hone, 1756–1825

Thomas Quincey

1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Horace Hone, 1756–1825

A Young Boy

1806
Accessible in the Study Room
Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810

Portrait of a Gentleman

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to Hans Holbein the Younger, ca. 1497–1543

Portrait of a man, probably Sir George Carew (ca.1504-1545)

ca. 1540
Accessible in the Study Room
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740

Portrait of a Lady

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810

Portrait of a Lady

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Jeremiah Meyer, 1735–1789

Portrait of a Young Man

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Isaac Oliver, ca. 1565–1617

Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex

ca. 1596
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to Andrew Plimer, 1763–1837

Portrait of a Lady

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Imitator of Andrew Plimer, 1763–1837

Portrait of a Lady

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Charles Robertson, 1759–1821

Portrait of a Gentleman

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Peter Oliver, 1589–1647

Charles I, when Prince of Wales

between 1618 and 1621
Accessible in the Study Room
Simon Jacques Rochard, 1788–1872

Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane

1819
Accessible in the Study Room
James Scouler, 1741–1812

Portrait of a Lady

1781
Accessible in the Study Room
James Scouler, 1741–1812

Portrait of a Gentleman

1796
Accessible in the Study Room
John Smart, 1741–1811

Captain Marriott

1777
Accessible in the Study Room
John Smart, 1741–1811

Portrait of a Gentleman

1766
Accessible in the Study Room
John Smart, 1741–1811

Portrait of an Elderly Lady

1767
Accessible in the Study Room
John Smart, 1741–1811

Portrait of a Young Man

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Smart, 1741–1811

Portrait of a Lady

1773
Accessible in the Study Room
Gervase Spencer, ca. 1715–1763

Portrait of a Lady

1761
Accessible in the Study Room
Gervase Spencer, ca. 1715–1763

Portrait of a Lady

1754
Accessible in the Study Room
Gervase Spencer, ca. 1715–1763

Portrait of a Gentleman

1757
Accessible in the Study Room
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787

Portrait of a Young Woman

1748
Accessible in the Study Room
Horace Hone, 1756–1825

Gentleman in a Blue Coat

1781
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Royal Sport, Pit Ticket

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
George Chinnery, 1774–1852

Portrait of a Gentleman Called Michael Thomas Sadler

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Collins, 1735–1768

Portrait of a Young Girl

1757
Accessible in the Study Room
Alfred Edward Chalon, 1780–1860

Mrs. Mary Cawse

1831
Accessible in the Study Room
John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815

Portrait of a Gentleman

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815

Portrait of a Gentleman

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821

Portrait of a Young Lady

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821

Portrait of a Gentleman

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Crosse, 1742–1810

Portrait of a Lady

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Cotes, 1734–1818

Portrait of an Infantry Officer

1767
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821

Portrait of a Man in Armour

1808
Accessible in the Study Room
Lawrence Crosse, ca. 1645–1724

Colonel James Griffin, Aged 15

1682
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Crosse, 1742–1810

Joseph de Lautour

1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Crosse, 1742–1810

Peter de Lautour

1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Abraham Daniel, died 1806

Portrait of a Gentleman

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Crosse, 1742–1810

Portrait of a Gentleman

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Henry Edridge, 1769–1821

John Bannister

1794
Accessible in the Study Room
George Engleheart, 1753–1829

Major André

between 1771 and 1780
Accessible in the Study Room
George Engleheart, 1753–1829

Lady Grace Burnaby

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Crosse, 1742–1810

Amelia de Lautour

1793

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