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Study of a Pilgrim
Creator:
attributed to Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, brown wash, white gouache, gold, black chalk, and graphite on slightly textured, medium, green wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/4 x 8 inches (27.3 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Country Girl in the Lake District
Creator:
John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:
1806
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches (17.1 x 7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Figure Studies: Boy Standing
Creator:
Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 7/16 × 6 1/4 inches (11.3 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mechanical Grinder with Figures
Creator:
Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 × 4 1/16 inches (9.6 × 10.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Classical Study of Three Figures
Creator:
Isaac Oliver, ca. 1565–1617
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 11/16 × 4 1/8 inches (6.8 × 10.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Woman Seated and Holding an Image
Creator:
Peter Oliver, 1589–1647
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 15/16 × 3 11/16 inches (7.5 × 9.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Seated Woman
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, black chalk, and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 11/16 x 9 3/4in. (34.8 x 24.8cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Classical Study with Numerous Nude Figures
Creator:
Isaac Oliver, ca. 1565–1617
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Blue wash and graphite with pen and blue ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/8 × 5 11/16 inches (7.9 × 14.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Man and Children with a Street Organ and a Monkey
Creator:
Thomas Heaphy, 1775–1835
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 9/16 × 12 3/4 inches (37 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Wayfarers

Wayfarers
Creator:
Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash, gray wash, and pen and brown ink on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 × 5 5/8 inches (15.2 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Gossips
Creator:
Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches (11.4 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Uncle George in the Dress of a Highland Herdsman
Creator:
George Walker, active 1792–died 1795
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/8 × 3 inches (11.1 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
An Old Fisherwoman with Two Women Digging for Bait
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink with watercolor; verso: graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches (8.6 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Italian Peasants
Creator:
John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash with pen and black ink and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 5/16 x 7in. (11 x 17.8cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Page Boy Asleep
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/16 x 5 9/16 inches (21.4 x 14.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Portrait of a Monk
Creator:
Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:
1857
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches (19.1 x 11.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Jeytie Lifting Weights
Creator:
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: 8 × 7 1/4 inches (20.3 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Air Man, July 10, 1828
Creator:
John Gantz, 1772–1853
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 3/8 inches (23.5 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Two Jeyties Fighting
Creator:
Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:
ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 10 inches (17.1 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Two Jeyties
Creator:
Gangaram Chintaman Tambat, active 1790s
Date:
ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 × 9 3/8 inches (17.8 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Woman Bending over Basket
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 1/4 × 6 9/16 inches (15.9 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study for a Portrait Group
Creator:
Samuel Shelley, 1750–1808
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 5 1/4 inches (19.1 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Boy Carrying a Pail on His Head
Creator:
James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 2 3/8 inches (13.7 x 6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Woman Rescued from the Sea and Assisted Ashore, Rowing Boat and Rescuers in Background
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 5/8 inches (16.5 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Woodcutter and Other Studies
Creator:
Robert Hills, 1769–1844
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches (29.8 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Two Wheeled Cart and Figures
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches (5.7 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study of Figures at Ulm
Creator:
Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 5/16 × 4 7/16 inches (8.4 × 11.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Election Scene
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 7/8 x 4 5/8 inches (7.3 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Good-bye
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches (6.4 x 8.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Boy and Girl Conversing
Creator:
James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/8 x 2 7/8 inches (8.6 x 7.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Highlander Seated
Creator:
Thomas Miles Richardson Sr., 1784–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 5 3/4 inches (17.1 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Woman and Child
Creator:
James Roberts, active 1766–1809
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 × 3 7/8 inches (15.2 × 9.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Woman and Child Holding a Doll
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
between 1758 and 1760
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, brown wash, gouache and pen and brown ink on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 x 3 7/8 inches (17.8 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Two Women holding a Basket
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches (16.8 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Groom on Horseback, Drinking
Creator:
Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 x 4 inches (15.6 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study of Figures at Schaffhausen
Creator:
Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:
before 1841
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 7/16 × 4 7/16 inches (8.7 × 11.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Laborer Seen From Behind Operating a Machine
Creator:
Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:
before 1841
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 15/16 × 2 1/2 inches (10 × 6.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Group of Four Seated Men
Creator:
Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 9/16 × 2 1/2 inches (4 × 6.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Seated Peasant Woman
Creator:
Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:
before 1841
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 7/8 × 1 11/16 inches (4.8 × 4.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sketches of Peasants and Work-Horses
Creator:
Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 × 8 1/2 inches (15.3 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Two Boys

Two Boys
Creator:
Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 9/16 × 3 1/16 inches (11.6 × 7.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Figures Outside a Doorway, possibly painted in Brittany
Creator:
James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:
ca. 1893
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/4 × 9 1/4 inches (14.6 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Light Dragoon, Mounted, Facing Left
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 7/8 × 2 5/16 inches (7.3 × 5.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Standing Figure of a Young Man
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 × 1 13/16 inches (10.2 × 4.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Pony and Hooded Gig
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 1/2 × 4 3/4 inches (6.4 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Study of Children
Creator:
John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:
1811
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Contemporary drawn border: 8 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches (21.9 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Nun with a Group of Orphans
Creator:
Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:
ca. 1910
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache, watercolor and graphite; verso: graphite
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 × 4 7/8 inches (15.9 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Full-length study of a Man carrying books
Creator:
Attributed to William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown and gray wash 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
Group of Figures, Gadshill
Creator:
David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:
1862
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, green wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 7/16 × 6 7/8 inches (11.3 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Man Toasting Another Man . . .
Creator:
George Walker, active 1792–died 1795
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink; verso: graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 × 4 1/2 inches (9.5 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Morning

Morning
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 × 5 7/8 inches (10.2 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Mid-Day

Mid-Day
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/16 × 5 7/8 inches (10.3 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Duke of Somerset on Horseback
Creator:
Peter Tillemans, 1684–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/16 × 6 1/2 inches (13.5 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Young Woman playing a Violin
Creator:
Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:
between 1897 and 1898
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gray wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 1/4 inches (19.7 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Studies of Peasants, Diligences, and Hay Wagons
Creator:
Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 5 7/8 inches (10.4 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Evening

Evening
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 × 5 13/16 inches (10.2 × 14.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Welsh Peasant Women
Creator:
Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Contemporary drawn border: 4 9/16 × 3 3/8 inches (11.6 × 8.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Peasant of Miradero, Tenerife
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
between 1823 and 1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 1/8 inches (22.5 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Peasant of Hierro
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 1/2 inches (21.9 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Gomero, Orchilla Gatherer
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 6 3/8 inches (22.9 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Canary Fisherman
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (23.2 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Nun of the Order of Santa Clara
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 5 5/8 inches (23.5 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ladies' Church dress
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 inches (23.2 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Girl from Hierro
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 inches (21.3 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Man of El Miradero
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 × 6 1/2 inches (20.3 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Member of the Brotherhood El Gran Poder de Dios
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 3/8 inches (23.5 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Franciscan Friar
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Firewood Seller, Tenerife
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 7/8 inches (21.3 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Man and woman of Chasna-Tenerife
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 7 1/2 inches (22.9 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Parish Priest
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 3/8 inches (21.9 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grand Canary-Man on a Donkey
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Dominican Friar
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 inches (23.8 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Tenerife - Woman of Tacoronte
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 1/2 inches (20 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Manner of carrying children
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 5 7/8 inches (22.9 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Man standing on seashore - Hierro
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
after 1826
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Peasant Woman with Staff, La Palma
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/8 inches (24.4 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Tenerife-Women of Candelaria
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (23.8 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Native of Tacocronte, Tenerife
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (24.1 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Peasants of Ycod el alto, Tenerife
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/8 inches (23.8 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Peasants of Hierro
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 1/8 inches (21.9 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Boatman and Medianero of Garachics, Tenerife
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 9/16 inches (24.1 × 19.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Passengers aboard the Nile steamer
Creator:
Charles Dyce, active 1848
Date:
ca. 1849
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and black chalk over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 13 3/4 inches (24.4 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Man With a Gun
Creator:
William Evans of Eton, 1798–1877
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, white gouache, and graphite on very thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 11 7/8 inches (33.7 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study of Country Boys
Creator:
William Evans of Bristol, 1809–1858
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and scratching out over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 6 5/8 inches (18.7 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Fantastic Figures Seated on a Mound
Creator:
John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:
ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches (18.4 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Portrait of a Girl
Creator:
Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:
1838
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, smooth, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 5 5/8 inches (19.4 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. La Palma

La Palma
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 7/8 inches (22.5 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Charcoal seller, Tenerife
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 1/8 inches (22.5 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Peasants of Chasna, Tenerife
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1825
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Peasant woman with basket on her head - La Palma, 1828
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 × 5 7/8 inches (20.3 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Female huckster of Port Orotava
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/4 inches (24.4 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Tenerife-Man of Tacoronte
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 inches (24.1 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Charcoal Seller, Tenerife
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 5/8 inches (24.8 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Huckster of Port Orotava, Tenerife
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 3/8 inches (21.3 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Barandilles, a woman on a donkey
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 1/8 inches (23.5 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Woman of El Miradero, Tenerife
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 5/8 inches (24.8 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Woman of Victoria, Tenerife
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 3/8 inches (23.2 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Hand-mill for grinding Gofio, Tenerife
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 5/8 inches (21.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Woman of Ycod el Alto, Tenerife
Creator:
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:
1828
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (23.8 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Woman with Folded Arms
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 5 inches (16.5 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection