Creator Gender: male / Subject Terms: putti / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. Two Nude Children

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (21.6 x 24.1 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

2. River God

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 20 1/4 inches (40 x 51.4 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

3. Design for a Ceiling

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 x 12 1/2 inches (14.1 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Relief Design for a Silver Salt Cellar

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 8 3/8 inches (11.4 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Neptune

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 6 11/16 inches (18.7 x 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Diana and Actaeon: A Study for a Panel on a Staircase

Creator:: follower of Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 6 1/4in. (15.2 x 15.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Date:: 1871
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on wood panel
Dimensions:: Sheet: 41 x 28 inches (104.1 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Design for a Temporary Arch Ornamented with Putti and Allegorical Figures of Music and War

Creator:: Inigo Jones, 1573–1652
Date:: ca. 1622
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (24.1 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Female Figures and Putti Playing Musical Instruments

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 3/4 inches (26.7 × 19.7 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

10. St. Agnes (after Domenichino)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/8 × 12 1/8 inches (44.8 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Birth of Christ (Luke 2:15)

Creator:: Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:: before 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches (10.8 x 4.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Classical Scene: Minerva as the Goddess of Arts and Sciences

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 11 1/8 inches (38.5 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Sculpted Plinth in the Villa Medici

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white gouache on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches (19.1 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Leda and the Swan

Creator:: Isaac Oliver, ca. 1565–1617
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, gouache, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 3/8 inches (16.5 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. 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

16. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slight textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 3 3/4 inches (14.9 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. Town and Country Magazine - Frontispiece for 1769 (1st issue therefore no Vol. no.)

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, laid wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 3 15/16 inches (16 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Pan, Spying, From Behind a Tree, at Putti, Shooting Arrows

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and red ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.3 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Frontispiece Vol. VII, No. I for 1775 from Town and Country Magazine

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 inches (17 × 9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Frontispiece for Town and Country Magazine, for Vol. II, No. 1

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 3 15/16 inches (16 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Study of a Woman, being Taken Away by a Winged Being

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 4 7/16 inches (6.4 × 11.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 3 3/4 inches (16.2 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 × 9 9/16 inches (11 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Allegorical Scene

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Image: 2 1/16 × 9 3/4 inches (5.2 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Victorious Hero Takes Occasion to Conclude Peace

Creator:: Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache heightened with gold on vellum
Dimensions:: Frame: 17 1/4 x 20 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (43.8 x 52.1 x 3.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Cupid Overpowering a Satyr

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches (27.6 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld

27. Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 3/4 x 10 1/8 inches (22.2 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld

28. Sappho

Creator:: attributed to Maria Hadfield Cosway, 1759–1838
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 7 1/4 inches (22.9 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Wilton

29. Frontispiece design for John Fayram's "Eight Views after Nature"

Creator:: John Fayram, op.1713–1743
Date:: ca. 1739
Materials & Techniques:: Pen, black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 5 7/8 inches (18.1 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Venus and Mars

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches (22.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Two Nude Children

2. River God

3. Design for a Ceiling

4. Relief Design for a Silver Salt Cellar

5. Neptune

6. Diana and Actaeon: A Study for a Panel on a Staircase

7. Apotheosis of Shakespeare's Characters

8. Design for a Temporary Arch Ornamented with Putti and Allegorical Figures of Music and War

9. Female Figures and Putti Playing Musical Instruments

10. St. Agnes (after Domenichino)

11. The Birth of Christ (Luke 2:15)

12. Classical Scene: Minerva as the Goddess of Arts and Sciences

13. Sculpted Plinth in the Villa Medici

14. Leda and the Swan

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

16. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

17. Town and Country Magazine - Frontispiece for 1769 (1st issue therefore no Vol. no.)

18. Pan, Spying, From Behind a Tree, at Putti, Shooting Arrows

19. Frontispiece Vol. VII, No. I for 1775 from Town and Country Magazine

20. Frontispiece for Town and Country Magazine, for Vol. II, No. 1

21. Study of a Woman, being Taken Away by a Winged Being

22. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

23. Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape

24. Allegorical Scene

25. Victorious Hero Takes Occasion to Conclude Peace

26. Cupid Overpowering a Satyr

27. Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ

28. Sappho

29. Frontispiece design for John Fayram's "Eight Views after Nature"

30. Venus and Mars