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1. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 1, "The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre"

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 1, "The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre"
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 103, "Epitaph on Mrs. Clarke."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 103, "Epitaph on Mrs. Clarke."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 105, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 105, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 107, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 107, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 29, "A Long Story."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 29, "A Long Story."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 37, "Ode to Adversity."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 37, "Ode to Adversity."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 63, "The Bard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 63, "The Bard."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 113, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 113, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 5, "Ode on the Spring."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 5, "Ode on the Spring."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Moses Receiving the Law

Moses Receiving the Law
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash, black wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 26 x 12 1/4 inches (66 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Thomas Alphonso Hayley, Half-Length Drawing

Thomas Alphonso Hayley, Half-Length Drawing
Creator:
attributed to William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (17.1 x 13.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Charles Rosenbloom

12. Sibyl

Sibyl
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches (14.6 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

13. Couple Examining a Book

Couple Examining a Book
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (19.7 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

14. Sophy Steadman Reading

Sophy Steadman Reading
Creator:
William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:
ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches (19.7 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Two Little Girls

Two Little Girls
Creator:
John Glover, 1767–1849
Date:
ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with pen and gray ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 6 1/2 inches (22.9 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. A Child Seated

A Child Seated
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 3 13/16 inches (15.9 x 9.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Original Frontispiece for 'Book of Ballads' (Bon Gaultier)

Original Frontispiece for 'Book of Ballads' (Bon Gaultier)
Creator:
Alfred Henry Forrester, 1804–1872
Date:
ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 5 3/8 inches (18.7 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument

She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1827
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink with brown wash and gouache and oil on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (13 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Allegory of Painting and Literature

Allegory of Painting and Literature
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 7 inches (21 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

20. The Misses Van and Lady Salisbury

The Misses Van and Lady Salisbury
Creator:
Lady Salesbury, active 1791
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (16.5 x 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Frontispiece for Town and Country Magazine, for Vol. III for 1771, No. 1

Frontispiece for Town and Country Magazine, for Vol. III for 1771, No. 1
Creator:
Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/16 × 3 15/16 inches (15.7 × 10 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Costume Study for the Portrait of a Lady

Costume Study for the Portrait of a Lady
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk with white chalk; verso: graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 9/16 x 8 1/8 inches (49.7 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Studies of a Seated Draped Figure with a Book

Studies of a Seated Draped Figure with a Book
Creator:
George Frederic Watts, 1817–1904
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, smooth, blue wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 9/16 × 8 1/16 inches (34.4 × 20.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Title Page from The Weekend Book

Title Page from The Weekend Book
Creator:
Edward Bawden, 1903–1989
Date:
1938
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, graphite, and collage on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 9 1/8 inches (29.2 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. A Lady Reading

A Lady Reading
Creator:
William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:
ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Contemporary drawn border: 11 1/2 x 8 inches (29.2 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Seated Woman with a Book

Seated Woman with a Book
Creator:
Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:
1725
Materials & Techniques:
Red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 7 7/8 inches (30.5 x 20 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Ingamells

27. Benedetta Ramus

Benedetta Ramus
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (24.8 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

28. Dr. Syntax Soliloquising

Dr. Syntax Soliloquising
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
between 1812 and 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite; verso: graphite, traced and incised for transfer on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 7/8 x 8 inches (12.4 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Olivia and Maria

Olivia and Maria
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1822
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink with brown wash, gouache and oil on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/16 x 3 3/8 inches (10.7 x 8.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Cardinal Bentivoglio

Cardinal Bentivoglio
Creator:
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted to moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 10 5/8 × 8 inches (27 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

31. Christ Disputing with the Elders in the Temple

Christ Disputing with the Elders in the Temple
Creator:
Louis Laguerre, 1663–1721
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 × 10 inches (14.3 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Geographers

The Geographers
Creator:
John Brown, 1749–1787
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink, pen and black ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches (18.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Juvenile Members of the Yacht Club

Juvenile Members of the Yacht Club
Creator:
Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:
1853
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on thick, slightly textured, greened white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches (35.9 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Portrait of Maria Elizabeth Dadd, the Artist's Sister

Portrait of Maria Elizabeth Dadd, the Artist's Sister
Creator:
Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:
1839
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue-green wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 5 5/8 inches (16.8 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. A Young Chinese Scholar

A Young Chinese Scholar
Creator:
attributed to William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:
1792 to 1794
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches (21.9 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Seated Lady with Book

Seated Lady with Book
Creator:
William Hoare, 1706/7–1792/99
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Red chalk and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 × 6 5/8 inches (25.4 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Going to School

Going to School
Creator:
John Augustus Atkinson, 1775–1831
Date:
between 1801 and 1810
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 6 1/8 inches (19.1 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Portrait of Master Cornelius Stovey, at Doncaster

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Creator:
John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
1810
Materials & Techniques:
Pastel on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper, mounted on canvas
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 8 inches (24.4 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection