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Reverend Zachariah Mudge, Prebend of Exeter
Creator:
James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 × 9 inches (33 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mrs. Sophia (née Heywood) Musters as Hebe
Creator:
Charles Howard Hodges, 1764–1837
Date:
1785
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 23 3/4 × 15 1/16 inches (60.3 × 38.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Right Reverent Thomas Newton, D.D.
Creator:
James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 5/16 × 14 1/16 inches (46.5 × 35.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Oliver Plunket
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on modertately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 13/16 × 9 1/2 inches (32.5 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Apotheosis of A Beautiful Female
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sunday Morning, A Cottage Family Going to Church
Creator:
William Nutter, 1754–1802
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, colored on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 7/8 × 25 inches (53 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Allegorical Subject
Creator:
Mauritius Lowe, 1746–1793
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (15.9 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

408. Ariadne

Ariadne
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gray wash with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (18.1 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (one of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (two of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 3/8 inches (35.9 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphis (four of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 × 8 3/8 inches (35.6 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Design for a Mural Executed in the Salon at Roehampton House, Surrey: Apollo Carrying off Aeneas in a Cloud
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 inches (14 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Moses and the Brazen Serpent - Design for the chapel at Dunster Castle
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 14 1/8 inches (22.9 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Peasant of Mount Erix
Creator:
Henry Tresham, 1751–1814
Date:
between 1783 and 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite; verso: pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (24.1 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Neptune and Coronis: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2
Creator:
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:
1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, and brown wash; squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted to medium, slightly textured white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/16 x 7 1/2in. (16.4 x 19.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Artist Assaulted by Time, Ignorance and Envy
Creator:
Mauritius Lowe, 1746–1793
Date:
between 1772 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 5/8 inches (21.3 x 27 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study of classical scultpure of Laocoon
Creator:
Giles Hussey, 1710–1788
Date:
between 1730 and 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream tracing paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/8 x 9 1/4in. (31.4 x 23.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study of classical sculpture of Faun with Pipes
Creator:
Giles Hussey, 1710–1788
Date:
between 1730 and 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream tracing paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 5/8in. (26 x 19.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
St Agnes (after Domenichino)
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 8 5/8 inches (28.6 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grantham Church
Creator:
Print made by Bartholomew Howlett, 1767–1827
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, 1st published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 3/8 inches (24.1 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sketch for "The Conversion of St. Paul" for the Dome of St. Paul's Cathedral
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
between 1709 and 1717
Materials & Techniques:
Red chalk on thin, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (24.1 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Angel appearing to the shepherds, the visitation, and the annunciation: a sheet of notes for a proposed decorative scheme with 3 sketches of paintings for overdoors
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, graphite, and gray wash on sheet: moderately thick, moderately textured beige laid paper; mount: moderately thick moderately textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 8in. (23.5 x 20.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Birth of Venus
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 5 7/8in. (18.4 x 14.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Gosain - A Tribe of Hindu Religious Beggars
Creator:
Sadanand Vyas, active late 18th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 × 6 inches (14.3 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Figure from Elephanta
Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, graphite and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 19 3/4 inches (30.5 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

429. Mahadeo

Mahadeo
Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 19 5/8 inches (30.2 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

430. Parishnant

Parishnant
Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 19 3/4 inches (30.5 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Adoration
Creator:
Hamlet Winstanley, 1698–1756
Date:
1723
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 × 9 1/4 inches (20.3 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, brown ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 3/16 inches (24.8 x 33.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Apollo and the Muses
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: 8 5/8 x 12 15/16 inches (21.9 x 32.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Three Marys
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen in brown ink.; verso: graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 3/16 x 8 1/4 inches (41.1 x 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Blinding of Elymas
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
between 1709 and 1717
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk and gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches (20.6 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Ceiling
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with gray wash on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches (22.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Stoning of St. Stephen
Creator:
Imitator of John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 20 1/8 inches (31.8 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ancient Crosses at Whalley
Creator:
Print made by James Basire the younger, 1769–1822
Date:
1800
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, Published State on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 1/4 inches (29.8 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Lewsa of Jettee - A Kind of Hindu Monk
Creator:
Sadanand Vyas, active late 18th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 × 5 3/4 inches (14.3 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Mohamatan Fakir
Creator:
Sadanand Vyas, active late 18th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 × 3 3/4 inches (15.9 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Jungum, a religious Hindu Beggar
Creator:
Sadanand Vyas, active late 18th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 3/8 inches (16.8 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Mohametan with his Parrot
Creator:
Attributed to Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 5 inches (16.8 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Portrait of a Priest of the Borahs [Bohras]
Creator:
Attributed to Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 6 inches (24.4 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

444. Calica

Calica
Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 19 5/8 inches (30.2 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sketch for the Oil Painting "The Conversion of St. Paul"
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brushed black ink, gray wash and gouache on medium, moderately textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (44.5 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Nymphs Bathing in a Wooded Glade
Creator:
William Taverner, 1703–1772
Date:
ca. 1765-1770
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 15 1/4 inches (30.5 × 38.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Krishna and Radha
Creator:
James Wales, ca.1747–1795
Date:
1792 to 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 × 13 1/2 inches (37.5 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Apollo and Daphne
Creator:
Master of the Giants, active 1779
Date:
between 1770 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray washes and graphite; verso: pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 x 21 inches (35.9 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design of Apollo and the Python for a Painted over-door Decoration
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper laid down on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches (21.3 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Hindu Austere
Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:
ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 5 1/4 inches (18.1 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ravana Shaking Mount Kailasa below Shiva and Parvati
Creator:
Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 1/8 inches (27.3 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Figure from Indus Sabha
Creator:
Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 3/4 inches (28.3 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Parsi Priest or Adam
Creator:
Sadanand Vyas, active late 18th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, and gouache, with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/16 × 5 7/8 inches (15.4 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Gujarat Brahmin
Creator:
Sadanand Vyas, active late 18th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 3 1/2 inches (17.1 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Rosebud, or the Judgement of Paris
Creator:
Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 15 inches (32.1 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Winchester Cross
Creator:
Print made by Joseph Powell, 1780–1834
Date:
1800
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, engraver's proof on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 5/8 × 10 1/2 inches (37.1 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Britannia in Distress
Creator:
Anthony Walker, 1726–1765
Date:
1756
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (32.1 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Anna lamenting the absence of Tobias (Tobit 10:7)
Creator:
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:
1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 7/8 x 4 5/8in. (12.4 x 11.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Ceiling Decoration
Creator:
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:
1723
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 × 5 inches (12.7 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Daughters of Cecrops discover Ericthonius: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2
Creator:
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:
1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 × 7 1/2 inches (12.7 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to Homer's Iliad
Creator:
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:
1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (13.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
An Allegory on the Plight of the Artist
Creator:
Mauritius Lowe, 1746–1793
Date:
between 1772 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches (23.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

463. Diana

Diana
Creator:
William Taverner, 1703–1772
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 7 5/8 inches (29.2 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 3/16 inches (38.7 × 28.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lord Archbishop of Canterbury
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (47 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Reverend Edward Fowler, Lord Bishop of Gloucester
Creator:
John Smith, 1652–1743
Date:
1717
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/16 × 11 9/16 inches (38.3 × 29.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lady Selina Hastings
Creator:
Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Date:
ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 7/8 inches (34.9 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lady Selina Hastings
Creator:
Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Date:
ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 11 1/8 inches (39.1 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Winchester
Creator:
James Basire the younger, 1769–1822
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 15/16 × 8 1/4 inches (32.9 × 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) Countess of Castlemaine
Creator:
Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 11/16 × 13 1/16 inches (42.4 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mary Hale (née Chaloner), as Euphrosyne in 'L'Allegro'
Creator:
Print made by Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 1/4 inches (34.9 × 26 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Regatta Ball at Ranelagh
Creator:
Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1727–1785
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mrs. Quarrington as St. Agnes
Creator:
Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/8 × 14 3/4 inches (49.2 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
William Robertson
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 4 3/4 inches (18.4 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Mighty Mother Sails Through the Air
Creator:
Print made by Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 5/8 inches (26.2 × 19.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury
Creator:
Jacobus Houbraken, 1698–1780
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/16 × 3 1/8 inches (13.8 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Dr. George Berkley, Bishop of Cloyne
Creator:
John Brooks, active 1730–1756
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 13/16 inches (35.2 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Hugh Boulter, Archbishop of Armagh
Creator:
Thomas Beard, op. 1728?
Date:
1728
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 1/4 inches (36.8 × 26 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Juvenis auscultans seni de divinis admonenti
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1764
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 3/8 x 14 5/16 inches (46.6 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Death of Alcestis
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Atalanta and Hippomanes
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1763
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 11/16 x 11 5/16 inches (42.4 x 28.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Virgin and Child
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, etching and stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 9 11/16 inches (33.7 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Saint Francis of Assisi
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1763
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/8 x 5 inches (17.5 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Bacchus and Ariadne
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Cupid and Hymen
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/4 × 10 9/16 inches (32.4 × 26.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 10 1/4 inches (22.2 × 26 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Nymphs Bathing
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 inches (36.5 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Market of Love
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 12 5/16 inches (27.8 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Mirror of Love
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 8 3/4 inches (18.4 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Paris and Oenone
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 7/16 inches (30.2 x 24 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Venus Chiding Cupid
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 10 1/8 inches (29.6 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Power of Beauty
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 8 5/16 inches (21.3 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

493. At Naples

At Naples
Creator:
Print made by Placido Columbani, born ca. 1744, active 1801
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 13/16 x 5 13/16 inches (22.4 x 14.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Gerolamo Tartarotti
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1763
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 1/4 inches (24.6 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ticket to Westminster Abbey
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
before 1791
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 7 3/8 inches (22.3 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Death on a Pale Horse
Creator:
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:
ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 5/8 x 18 1/2 inches (62.5 x 47 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sappho Embracing Love
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches (21.3 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
At the City of Albano
Creator:
Print made by Placido Columbani, born ca. 1744, active 1801
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 x 5 13/16 inches (22.3 x 14.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

500. St. Nil

St. Nil
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1762
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 9/16 x 12 15/16 inches (49.7 x 32.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection