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Prints and Drawings 121

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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 20
Green, Valentine, 1739–1813 8
Smith, John Raphael, 1752–1812 8
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 8
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797 8
Ward, James, 1769–1859 6
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815 5
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 5
Mercier, Philippe, 1691–1760 5
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 5
Wheatley, Francis, 1747–1801 5
McArdell, James, ca. 1729–1765 4
Morland, George, 1763–1804 4
Ward, William, 1766–1826 4
Watson, Thomas, 1743–1781 4
Woollett, William, 1735–1785 4
Barry, James, 1741–1806 3
Boydell, John, 1720–1804 3
Dickinson, William, 1746–1823 3
Earlom, Richard, 1743–1822 3
Faber, John the Younger, ca. 1695–1756 3
Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785–1841 3
Birchall, James, active 1781–died in 1794 2
Bond, William, active 1772–1831, died 1842 2
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793 2
Copley, John Singleton, 1738–1815 2
Dawe, Philip, ca.1750–ca.1790 2
Dodsley, Robert, 1704–1764 2
Farington, Joseph, 1747–1821 2
Gardner, Daniel, 1750–1805 2

Date

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To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 119
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery 2

Image Use

Free to Use 121

Image Available

available 99
unavailable 22

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Prints 121

Collective Title

English History Delineated 2
The Alchemist 1
The Cries of London 1
The Mayor of Garratt 1
The Tragedy of Macbeth 1

Period

18th century 101
19th century 19
18th century-19th century 1

Materials & Techniques

mezzotint 64
laid paper 41
etching (printing process) 22
stipple engraving 11
wove paper 11
line engraving 6
hand coloring 5
color printing 4
aquatint 3
engraving (printing process) 3
watercolor 3
soft-ground etching 2
brown ink 1
colored ink 1
drypoint 1
silk (textile) 1

Height [cm]

From

To

Width [cm]

From

To

Work Type

intaglio print 89

Genre

genre subject 32
portrait 32
historical subject 12
literary theme 12
animal art 8
religious and mythological subject 6
architectural subject 3
figure study 3
military art 3
cityscape 2
landscape 1
marine art 1
sporting art 1

Subject Terms

genre subject 14
literary theme 12
portrait 10
costume 6
trees 6
book 5
death 5
dog (animal) 5
historical subject 5
interior 5
man 5
men 5
religious and mythological subject 5
animal art 4
children 4
drapery 4
figure study 4
swords 4
table 4
woman 4
women 4
King Lear, play by William Shakespeare 3
armor 3
branches 3
chair 3
cloak 3
coats 3
collar 3
columns 3
curtain 3

Subject Period

Associated Places

England 2
London 2
United Kingdom 2
Banqueting House 1
City of Westminster 1
Greater London 1
Somerset House 1
Tower of London 1
Westminster Abbey 1
Whitehall 1

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 11
Cordelia (character in King Lear) 3
King Lear (character in King Lear) 3
Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–1792), portrait and history painter and art theorist 3
The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth) 2
West, Benjamin (1738–1820), American history painter active in Britain 2
Ananias 1
Arden, Richard Pepper, 1st Baron of Alvanley (1745–1804), Master of the Rolls 1
Bampfylde (née Moore), Lady Catherine (1754–1832), Wife of Sir Charles Bampfylde; mother of 1st Lord Poltimore 1
Baretti, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio (1719–1789), writer 1
Barret, George (1732?–1784), landscape painter 1
Bartolozzi, Francesco (1728–1815), engraver 1
Beaufort, Henry [called the Cardinal of England] (1375?–1447), bishop of Winchester and cardinal 1
Bottom (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream) 1
Boydell, John (1720–1804), engraver and printseller 1
Burch, Edward (bap. 1730, d. 1814), gem-engraver 1
Burke, Edmund (1729/30–1797), politician and author 1
Carlini, Agostino (c.1718–1790), sculptor 1
Catton, Charles, the younger (1756–1819), landscape painter and book illustrator 1
Chamberlin, Mason (bap. 1722, d. 1787), portrait painter 1
Chambers, Sir William (1722–1796), architect 1
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista (1727–1785), decorative painter and draughtsman 1
Clive, Catherine [Kitty] (1711–1785), actress 1
Cosway, Richard (bap. 1742, d. 1821), artist and collector 1
Ferry, Lady Jane (1750–1802) 1
Fitzgerald, William Robert, second duke of Leinster (1749–1804), landowner and political reformer 1
Fitzwilliam, Lady Charlotte (1746–1833) 1
Fool (character in King Lear) 1
Foote, Samuel (bap. 1721, d. 1777), actor and playwright 1
Fuseli, Henry [formerly Johann Heinrich Füssli] (1741–1825), painter and writer 1

Exhibition History

Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22) 121

The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01) 14
The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09) 12
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15) 6
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05) 6
The Creative Printmaker (Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1986-03-05 - 1986-04-20) 5
The Creative Printmaker (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-07-09 - 1985-09-01) 5
Francis Wheatley (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-08-31 - 2006-02-05) 4
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 4
Circa 1800 - The Beginnings of Modern Printmaking (Rutgers University Art Gallery, 1981-03-08 - 1981-04-19) 3
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 3
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 3
Rembrandt in Eighteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-10-19 - 1983-12-30) 3
Art in Focus : Joseph Wright and the Spectacle of Science (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-03-30 - 2007-06-11) 2
Captive Bodies: British Prisons, 1750-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-08-27 - 2018-12-17) 2
James Barry - Tate (Tate Britain, 1983-02-09 - 1983-03-20) 2
Joseph Wright of Derby in Liverpool (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-05-22 - 2008-08-30) 2
Printing Darkness (Yale University Art Gallery, 2025-06-20 - 2025-12-07) 2
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) 2
The Anglo-American Artist in Italy 1750-1820 (University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, 1982-04-07 - 1982-05-09) 2
The Engraved Work of George Stubbs (1724-1806) (Ferens Art Gallery, 2005-09-24 - 2005-11-06) 2
The Engraved Work of George Stubbs (1724-1806) (The British Sporting Art Trust, 2005-07-25 - 2005-08-17) 2
Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31) 1
Benjamin West : Fidelia and Speranza (Timken Museum of Art, 2004-11-05 - 2005-02-27) 1
Benjamin West and his American Students (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian, 1980-10-06 - 1981-01-05) 1
Benjamin West and his American Students (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1981-01-30 - 1981-04-19) 1
British Comic Art 1730 - 1830 (Museum of Art and Archaelogy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1988-10-14 - 1988-12-04) 1
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) 1
Deluge (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-12-18 - 2019-03-24) 1
Fame and Friendship : Pope , Roubiliac , and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait Bust (Waddesdon (NT), 2014-06-18 - 2014-10-26) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 81
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 34
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alexander 2
Yale Center for British Art 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth 1
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of David Alexander 1
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of David Bindman 1

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Exhibition History: Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
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On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Print made by John Martin, 1789–1854

The Deluge

1828
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790

The Pretty Ballad Singer

1769
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806

A Horse Affrighted by a Lion

1788
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806

A Sleeping Leopard

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Tygers at Play

1780
Accessible in the Study Room
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Dog [A Foxhound on the Scent]

1788
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806

A Tiger and a Sleeping Leopard

1788
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831

Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene II: " The Road by Gadshill - Prince Henry, Poins,... [Read more]

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764

Griffin and Johnson

1748
Accessible in the Study Room
David Martin, 1736/7–1798

Lord Mansfield

1775
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Robert Strange, 1721–1792

The Apotheosis of Princes Alfred and Octavius

1786
Accessible in the Study Room
George Townly Stubbs, 1748–1815

'Anvil'

1794
Accessible in the Study Room
Jacob Hogg, active 1751

The Hand Maid

1785
Accessible in the Study Room
William Ward, 1766–1826

The Mouse's Petition

1805
Accessible in the Study Room
William Ward, 1766–1826

The Mouse's Petition

1805
Accessible in the Study Room
William Sharp, 1749–1824

King Lear: Act III, Scene IV

1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by John Hall, 1739–1797

William Penn's Treaty with the Indians

1775
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848

Richard III: Act IV, Scene III, Tower of London

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Charles Turner, 1774–1857

The Wellesley Arabian

ca. 1810
Accessible in the Study Room
William Woollett, 1735–1785

Dido and Aeneas

1787
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822

Life School at the Royal Academy

1773
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Constantine Stadler, active 1780–1812

The Royal Review in Hatfield Park

1802
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815

Shakespeare Sacrificed; or, The Offering to Avarice

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Marie C. Prestel, 1747–1794

A Country Churchyard. Verse from Gray's Elegy

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
William Woollett, 1735–1785

The Scene Before Gilbraltar on the Morning of 14th September 1782

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis David Soiron, Born 1764

A Tea Garden

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis David Soiron, Born 1764

St. James's Park

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Charles Knight, 1743–c.1826

Scarcity in India

1794
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Charles Knight, 1743–c.1826

British Plenty

1794
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834

The Riot in Broad Street on the Seventh of June 1780

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Middiman, ca. 1750–1831

Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene II: " The Road by Gadshill - Prince Henry, Poins,... [Read more]

1797
Accessible in the Study Room
John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812

George Morland

1805
Accessible in the Study Room
Valentine Green, 1739–1813

Sir Joshua Reynolds

1780
Accessible in the Study Room
William Woollett, 1735–1785

The Death of General Wolfe

1776
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Andrew Lawrence, 1708–1747

The Death of the Stag

1753
Accessible in the Study Room
Abraham Raimbach, 1784–1868

The Village Politicians

1814
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822

A Blacksmith's Shop

1771
Accessible in the Study Room
John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812

The Indian Widow

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812

The Lady in Milton's Comus

1789
Accessible in the Study Room
John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756

Samuel Scott

between 1731 and 1733
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Gainsborough Dupont, 1754–1797

Elizabeth Ann (Linley) Sheridan

between 1787 and 1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812

Agostino Carlini, Fransescho Bartolozzi, Giovan Battista Cipriani

1778
Accessible in the Study Room
L. Truchy, 1721–1764

Leap-Frog

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Dodd, 1748–1816

A View of the Royal Dockyard at Deptford

ca. 1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Frye, 1710–1762

Self-portrait

ca. 1760
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Death of the Great Wolf

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Abraham Raimbach, 1784–1868

Key To The Figures In "The Death Of Chatham"

1794
Accessible in the Study Room
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815

The Death of Chatham

1788
Accessible in the Study Room
Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767

Mr. Foote in the Character of Major Sturgeon in "The Mayor of Garratt"

1765
Accessible in the Study Room
Jacques Christophe Le Blon, 1667–1741

Narcissus

c.1714

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