Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund / Period: 18th century / Creator: Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793

1. The Old Beau in an Extasy

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 x 11 1/8 inches (38.7 x 28.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. The Pretty Ballad Singer

Creator:: Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches (42.6 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

3. Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade

Creator:: Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches (42.8 x 28.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

4. French Privateers, Cruising in the English Channel

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 11 5/8 inches (41.3 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. The Lover's Disguise

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 10 1/4 inches (36.2 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. Welladay! Is This my Son Tom!

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 × 11 3/8 inches (44.1 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Lady Gorget raising Recruits for Cox Heath

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 1/2 inches (35.9 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Deny It If You Can - Nine Taylors Makes a Man

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 11 inches (41.3 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Ha! Ha! Hah! - I've Got the Chink!

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1770 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 3/4 inches (37.5 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. A True Town Picture; or an Old Hag of Drury Presenting a Chicken to his Lordship

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 × 11 1/4 inches (44.1 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. The Modern Beau in Distress

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1770 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 7/8 inches (37.5 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Doctor Blowbladder Discovering the Perpetual Motion

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 × 11 1/4 inches (44.1 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. The Feathered Fair, Feeding the Feathered Fowl

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 × 11 5/8 inches (47 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. The Double Attack, or French Politeness not a Match for English Assurance

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 × 11 1/4 inches (44.1 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. A Greek Lady - Une Dame Greque

Creator:: Print made by G de Köning, active ca. 1740
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 9/16 × 11 3/4 inches (47.1 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. Spring

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 × 11 1/8 inches (39.5 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. Autumn

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 × 11 5/16 inches (39.5 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Summer

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches (39.4 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Winter

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 11 3/8 inches (39.4 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Jockey and Jenny

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (47 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. The Wife's Fortune Told

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 9 3/4 x 13 3/4in. (24.8 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. The Bread and Butter Manufactory, or the Humors of Bagnigge Wells

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 9 7/8 x 13 3/4in. (25.1 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. The Husband's Fortune Told

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 10 x 13 7/8in. (25.4 x 35.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (47 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. Miss Tipapin Going for All Nine

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 11 inches (41.6 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. The Pretty Maid Buying a Love Song

Creator:: Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 7/8 inches (35.2 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. The Old Beau in an Extasy

2. The Pretty Ballad Singer

3. Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade

4. French Privateers, Cruising in the English Channel

5. The Lover's Disguise

6. Welladay! Is This my Son Tom!

7. Lady Gorget raising Recruits for Cox Heath

8. Deny It If You Can - Nine Taylors Makes a Man

9. Ha! Ha! Hah! - I've Got the Chink!

10. A True Town Picture; or an Old Hag of Drury Presenting a Chicken to his Lordship

11. The Modern Beau in Distress

12. Doctor Blowbladder Discovering the Perpetual Motion

13. The Feathered Fair, Feeding the Feathered Fowl

14. The Double Attack, or French Politeness not a Match for English Assurance

15. A Greek Lady - Une Dame Greque

16. Spring

17. Autumn

18. Summer

19. Winter

20. Jockey and Jenny

21. The Wife's Fortune Told

22. The Bread and Butter Manufactory, or the Humors of Bagnigge Wells

23. The Husband's Fortune Told

24. Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger

25. Miss Tipapin Going for All Nine

26. The Pretty Maid Buying a Love Song