Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Subject Terms: historical subject

1. The Grand Vizier giving Audience to the English Ambassador

Creator:: Francis Smith, active 1763–1780
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 5/8 x 26 1/2 inches (49.8 x 67.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Mrs. Letitia Anne Sage, in a Balloon

Creator:: John Francis Rigaud, 1742–1810
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 19 x 14 inches (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. The Surrender of the Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, to Sir David Baird

Creator:: Henry Singleton, 1766–1839
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 x 21 inches (43.2 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. The Passing of the Great Emancipation Act

Creator:: George Jones, 1786–1869
Date:: ca. 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (26.7 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Chelsea Pensioners Receiving the Gazette Announcing the Battle of Waterloo

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: ca. 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 x 17 inches (26.7 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. George I at Newmarket, 4 or 5 October, 1717

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1717
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 1/8 x 67 1/16 inches (127.3 x 170.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1590
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 45 × 71 3/4 inches (114.3 × 182.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Paetus and Arria

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 28 inches (91.4 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. The Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, Being Handed over as Hostages to General Cornwallis

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 3/4 x 14 inches (45.1 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. The Great Fire of London, with Ludgate and Old St. Paul's

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1670
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 53 × 43 5/8 inches (134.6 × 110.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. The Great Fire of London

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 5/8 × 32 inches (60 × 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. The Death of Buckingham

Creator:: Augustus Leopold Egg, 1816–1863
Date:: undated, exhibited 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 36 inches (74.9 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. The Last of the Mail Coaches at Newcastle upon Tyne

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: 1848
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 27 inches (45.7 x 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. The Life of Buckingham

Creator:: Augustus Leopold Egg, 1816–1863
Date:: undated, exhibited 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 36 inches (74.9 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Land, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1718
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Restoration Procession of Charles II at Cheapside

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. The Bard

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: ca. 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. John Locke

Creator:: Attributed to John Nost I, before 1660–1711/1712
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Lead (on stone base)
Dimensions:: Overall: 29 × 23 × 9 inches (73.7 × 58.4 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Cleopatra

Creator:: Peter Gaspar Scheemakers, 1691–1781
Date:: ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 12 x 28 x 11 1/4 inches (30.5 x 71.1 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 37, "Nurses Song" (Bentley 38)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 40, "The Angel" (Bentley 41)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Alas!; Plate 9

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. At Length for Hatching Ripe He Breaks the Shell; Plate 8

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. For Children. The Gates of Paradise, Title Page; Plate 2

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. I Found Him Beneath a Tree; Plate 3

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Air; Plate 6

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Aged Ignorance; Plate 13

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Traveller Hasteth in the Evening; Plate 16

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Death's Door; Plate 17

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Water; Plate 4

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Earth; Plate 5

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. What is Man!, Frontispiece; Plate 1

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Fire; Plate 7

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Help! Help!; Plate 12

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Does Thy God O Priest Take such Vengeance as This?; Plate 14

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Fear & Hope Are -- Vision; Plate 15

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. I Have Said to the Worm, Thou Art My Mother & My Sister; Plate 18

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 44, "A Little Girl Lost" (Bentley 51)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 48, "The Fly" (Bentley 40)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 45, "The Chimney Sweeper" (Bentley 37)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 47, "My Pretty Rose Tree" (Bentley 43)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 42, "The Tyger" (Bentley 42)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 38, "Holy Thursday" (Bentley 33)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 46, "The Human Abstract" (Bentley 47)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 2, Innocence Title Page (Bentley 3)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 3, "Introduction" (Bentley 4)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 12, "Spring" (Bentley 23)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 18, "The Lamb" (Bentley 8)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 28, "Infant Joy" (Bentley 25)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 34, "Introduction" (Bentley 30)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 6, "The Little Black Boy" (Bentley 10)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 10, "The Chimney Sweeper" (Bentley 12)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 14, "Laughing Song" (Bentley 15)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 20, "The Little Girl Lost" (Bentley 34)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 30, "Night" (Bentley 20)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 26, "A Cradle Song" (Bentley 16)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 33, Experience Title Page (Bentley 29)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 8, "The Ecchoing Green" (Bentley 6)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 24, "The Divine Image" (Bentley 18)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 35, "Earth's Answer" (Bentley 31)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 4, "The Shepherd" (Bentley 5)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 16, "The Little Boy Lost" (Bentley 13)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 22, "The Little Girl Found" (Bentley 36)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 32, Experience Frontispiece (Bentley 28)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 36, "The Clod & the Pebble" (Bentley 32)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 39, "London" (Bentley 46)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 41, "A Poison Tree" (Bentley 49)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 43, "A Little Boy Lost" (Bentley 50)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 91, "The Triumphs of Owen."

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

71. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 87, "The Triumphs of Owen."

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

72. Mary, Queen of Scots, Embarking

Creator:: William Lock II, 1767–1847
Date:: between 1785 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 3/4 inches (30.8 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Fall of a City

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. The House of Commons

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: after 1731
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (31.8 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. The Sermon on the Mount

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and gray wash on thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/8 x 12 inches (41 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Caricature of the Introduction of the Duke of Württemberg (afterwards King Frederick I) to George III and Queen Charlotte previous to his Marriage with Charlotte, Princess Royal of England

Caricature of the Introduction of the Duke of Württemberg (afterwards King Frederick I) to George III and Queen Charlotte previous to his Marriage with Charlotte, Princess Royal of England

Creator:: Anthony Pasquin, 1763–1818
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 8 3/4 inches (18.7 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Mary, Queen of Scots

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 18 3/8 inches (25.7 x 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. 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

79. Hercules Resting

Creator:: Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1775–1862
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 1/2in. (22.2 x 29.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. The Royal Rush Light

Creator:: George Moutard Woodward, ca. 1760–1809
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 13 3/8 inches (40 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Troops Returning to the Camp at Chobham

Creator:: George Bryant Campion, 1796–1870
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 27 1/2 inches (24.1 × 69.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Grand Field Day at Chobham Camp

Creator:: George Bryant Campion, 1796–1870
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 27 1/2 inches (24.1 × 69.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Hypatia Teaching at Alexandria

Creator:: Robert Trewick Bone, 1790–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 3/4 × 19 13/16 inches (34.9 × 50.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. The Spoiled Child, Scene VI

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 19 5/8 inches (38.1 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Newgate Prison, the Fire of London

Creator:: Thomas Wyck, 1616–1677
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 5 1/4 inches (9.5 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Leander Taking Leave of Hero Before Swimming Back Across the Hellespont

Creator:: Attributed to William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, pen and brown ink, red chalk, graphite, with scraping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 5/8 inches (35.9 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Tucumán, Argentina

Creator:: Godfrey Thomas Vigne, 1801–1863
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 13 inches (23.5 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Elephant Battery

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1864
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 1/4 inches (27 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. A Project for the Monument of the Apotheosis of Nelson

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink; verso: graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 3/4 × 12 1/2 inches (60.3 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. The Governor-General's and Commander-in-Chief's Camp at Jalandhar, 1 Febuary 1860

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: ca. 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (25.1 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. James II Receiving the Mathematical Scholars of Christ's Hospital

Creator:: Studio of Antonio Verrio, ca. 1639–1707
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, watercolor, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on canvas and nailed to wooden strainer
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/16 × 92 3/4 inches (45.9 × 235.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. No. 2. A. Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and black wash on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 7/8 inches (27.3 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. No.1 A Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (34.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Westminster, during Queen Caroline's Trial

Creator:: Robert Bremmel Schnebbelie, active 1803–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 13 15/16in. (21.9 x 35.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. The Hur Rangers Encamped at Colgong

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 × 26 9/16 inches (45.1 × 67.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match at Lucknow

Creator:: Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 x 28 7/8 inches (53.3 x 73.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Colonel Mordaunt's Cock Match at Lucknow

Creator:: Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 27 1/2 inches (54 x 69.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Embassy of Hyderbeck to Calcutta

Creator:: Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 x 26 1/4 inches (50.5 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. The Blessing of the Suez Canal, November 16, 1869

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: after 1869
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 17 1/4 inches (27.6 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. The Dinner in Mote Park, Maidstone, after the Royal Review of the Kentish Volunteers

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 5/8 × 24 3/4 inches (44.8 × 62.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Grand Vizier giving Audience to the English Ambassador

2. Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Mrs. Letitia Anne Sage, in a Balloon

3. The Surrender of the Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, to Sir David Baird

4. The Passing of the Great Emancipation Act

5. Chelsea Pensioners Receiving the Gazette Announcing the Battle of Waterloo

6. George I at Newmarket, 4 or 5 October, 1717

7. An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII

8. Paetus and Arria

9. The Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, Being Handed over as Hostages to General Cornwallis

10. The Great Fire of London, with Ludgate and Old St. Paul's

11. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

12. The Great Fire of London

13. The Death of Buckingham

14. The Last of the Mail Coaches at Newcastle upon Tyne

15. The Life of Buckingham

16. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Land, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

17. Restoration Procession of Charles II at Cheapside

18. The Bard

19. John Locke

20. Cleopatra

21. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 37, "Nurses Song" (Bentley 38)

22. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 40, "The Angel" (Bentley 41)

23. Alas!; Plate 9

24. At Length for Hatching Ripe He Breaks the Shell; Plate 8

25. For Children. The Gates of Paradise, Title Page; Plate 2

26. I Found Him Beneath a Tree; Plate 3

27. Air; Plate 6

28. Aged Ignorance; Plate 13

29. The Traveller Hasteth in the Evening; Plate 16

30. Death's Door; Plate 17

31. Water; Plate 4

32. Earth; Plate 5

33. What is Man!, Frontispiece; Plate 1

34. Fire; Plate 7

35. Help! Help!; Plate 12

36. Does Thy God O Priest Take such Vengeance as This?; Plate 14

37. Fear & Hope Are -- Vision; Plate 15

38. I Have Said to the Worm, Thou Art My Mother & My Sister; Plate 18

39. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 44, "A Little Girl Lost" (Bentley 51)

40. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 48, "The Fly" (Bentley 40)

41. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 45, "The Chimney Sweeper" (Bentley 37)

42. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 47, "My Pretty Rose Tree" (Bentley 43)

43. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 42, "The Tyger" (Bentley 42)

44. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 38, "Holy Thursday" (Bentley 33)

45. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 46, "The Human Abstract" (Bentley 47)

46. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 2, Innocence Title Page (Bentley 3)

47. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 3, "Introduction" (Bentley 4)

48. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 12, "Spring" (Bentley 23)

49. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 18, "The Lamb" (Bentley 8)

50. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 28, "Infant Joy" (Bentley 25)

51. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 34, "Introduction" (Bentley 30)

52. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 6, "The Little Black Boy" (Bentley 10)

53. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 10, "The Chimney Sweeper" (Bentley 12)

54. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 14, "Laughing Song" (Bentley 15)

55. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 20, "The Little Girl Lost" (Bentley 34)

56. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 30, "Night" (Bentley 20)

57. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 26, "A Cradle Song" (Bentley 16)

58. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 33, Experience Title Page (Bentley 29)

59. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 8, "The Ecchoing Green" (Bentley 6)

60. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 24, "The Divine Image" (Bentley 18)

61. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 35, "Earth's Answer" (Bentley 31)

62. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 4, "The Shepherd" (Bentley 5)

63. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 16, "The Little Boy Lost" (Bentley 13)

64. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 22, "The Little Girl Found" (Bentley 36)

65. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 32, Experience Frontispiece (Bentley 28)

66. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 36, "The Clod & the Pebble" (Bentley 32)

67. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 39, "London" (Bentley 46)

68. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 41, "A Poison Tree" (Bentley 49)

69. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 43, "A Little Boy Lost" (Bentley 50)

70. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 91, "The Triumphs of Owen."

71. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 87, "The Triumphs of Owen."

72. Mary, Queen of Scots, Embarking

73. Fall of a City

74. The House of Commons