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1. The Blind Man

Creator:: Sir John Everett Millais, 1829–1896
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 14 inches (25.4 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. Death

Creator:: Newton Limbird Smith Fielding, 1799–1856
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving, hand-colored
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 7 3/4in. (15.2 x 19.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Melville & Naomi Stone

3. Snowdon, an Approaching Storm

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches (17.1 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Camp at Chobham, 1853 with Officers and Sentry

Creator:: George Bryant Campion, 1796–1870
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, black chalk, gum arabic, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 21 1/2 inches (35.2 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Alicante, Spain

Creator:: Harry John Johnson, 1826–1884
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 16 3/4 inches (20.3 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Accepted

Creator:: Sir John Everett Millais, 1829–1896
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 6 7/8 inches (25.1 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Rejected

Creator:: Sir John Everett Millais, 1829–1896
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches (25.1 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Fort Snelling

Creator:: Godfrey Thomas Vigne, 1801–1863
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 14 7/8 inches (23.2 × 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Reading out the List of the Aberdeen Ministry

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches (17.1 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Coastal Landscape

Creator:: Frank W. Warwick Topham, 1838–1924
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and gum arabic on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 5/8 inches (38.1 x 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Margate, Great Cloud

Creator:: George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (14.3 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Venice - the Piazzetta

Creator:: Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:: 1853-1874
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Venice - the Piazzetta

Creator:: Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:: 1853-1874
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving; engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Farne Island - Shipwreck

Creator:: Print made by James T. Willmore, 1800–1863
Date:: 1853-1874
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Farne Island - Shipwreck

Creator:: Print made by James T. Willmore, 1800–1863
Date:: 1853-1874
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Abergavenny Steeple Chase: "Taking the Brook" / Dearest Mae, The Nun, Pontiff, General, Physician, Thurgarton, Ploughboy

Creator:: Charles Denton, active 1853
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 20 1/2in. (40.3 x 52.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Two Huntsmen

Creator:: John Frederick Tayler, 1802–1889
Date:: 1853
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 5in. (8.9 x 12.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Autolycus' Song - A Winter's Tale, Act 4, Scene 2 and 3 songs

Creator:: Thomas Webster, 1800–1886
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: India paper proof
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 x 5in. (7.9 x 12.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Funeral of the Duke of Wellington. The Funeral Car Passing the Archway at Apsley House, November 18th 1852.

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Picken, active 1838–died 1870
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Colored lithograph on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 28 3/4in. (54 x 73cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Abergavenny Steeple Chase: "Taking the Wall" / Pontiff, General, Thurgarton, Dearest Mae, Ploughboy

Creator:: Charles Denton, active 1853
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 20 1/2in. (40.3 x 52.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Abergavenny Steeple Chase: "The Finish" / (1) General (2) Dearest Mae (3) Ploughboy

Creator:: Charles Denton, active 1853
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 20 1/2in. (40.3 x 52.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Loch Achray (Vignette)

Creator:: Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:: 1853 reprint
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 4 7/8 inches (20.3 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Landscape with Windmill

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches (16.8 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Renée and Geoffrey Hartman, Yale PhD 1953

24. The Artist's Wife Emma, on her Wedding Day

Creator:: Ford Madox Brown, 1821–1893
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk, white chalk, and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 13 5/8 inches (41.3 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. The Procession of the Lewes Bonfire Boys

Creator:: Thomas Henwood, 1797–1861
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 19 1/2in. (31.1 x 49.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Awful Protection Against Midges

Creator:: Sir John Everett Millais, 1829–1896
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, smooth, laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 3/8 inches (16.5 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. Fox-hunting: Thomas Assheton Smith Esq.

Creator:: David George Thompson, active 1852–died 1870
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 13/16 x 28in. (52.9 x 71.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Abergavenny Steeple Chase: The Start / Doe, Harkaway, Nun, Pontiff, General, Thurgarton, Physician, Dearest Mae, Ploughboy

Creator:: Charles Denton, active 1853
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 20 1/2in. (40.3 x 52.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. A Mythological Battle

Creator:: George C. Finden, 1811–1885
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, stipple engraving and etching on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 19 15/16 inches (34.8 x 50.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Rose in Fenchurch St. - Taken down in 1730

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Old Assembly House, Kentish Town

Creator:: William B. Rye, active 1851–1853
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Archdeacon Forster

Creator:: William Haydon Fuge, active ca. 1849–1866
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, red chalk, and blue chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/4 × 18 5/8 inches (61.6 × 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Professor S.W. Jackman in recognition of his friendship with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, April 1994.

33. Where the Bee Sucks. The Tempest, Act V, Scene I, Ariel on a Hammock of Convolvulus

Creator:: Print made by Henry J. Townsend, 1810–1890
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 5 5/8 inches (10.2 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Venice, the Piazzetta

Creator:: Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:: 1853-1874
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Westminster Bridge

Creator:: James Baylis Allen, 1803–1876
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 12 3/8in. (20.3 x 31.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Kentish Town Chapel

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 6 3/4in. (13 x 17.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. London Bridge, 1745

Creator:: James Baylis Allen, 1803–1876
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 1/2in. (18.1 x 26.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Australia, News from Home

Creator:: Print made by George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Baxter print on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

39. Sketch to Illustrate the Passions: Treachery

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches (36.5 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Descent of the Ganges, Mamallapuram

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1858
Materials & Techniques:: Albumenized salted paper print from wet collodion negative on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 8 3/4 inches (17.5 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro

41. Study of Foreground near Betws-y-Coed

Creator:: Henry White, 1819–1903
Date:: ca. 1858
Materials & Techniques:: Albumen print from wet collodion negative on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 3/4 inches (17.5 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro

42. The Lone Pine Tree

Creator:: Horatio Ross, 1801–1886
Date:: ca. 1858
Materials & Techniques:: Albumen print from waxed paper negative on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 3/8 inches (34.3 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro in honor of Amy Meyers

43. The Lone Pine Tree

Creator:: Horatio Ross, 1801–1886
Date:: ca. 1858
Materials & Techniques:: Waxed paper negative on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 11 inches (34.9 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro in honor of Amy Meyers

44. Ganesha Ratha, Mamallapuram

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1858
Materials & Techniques:: Albumenized salted paper print from wet collodion negative on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 8 7/8 inches (17.5 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro

45. Sketch for the Passions: Jealousy

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, light blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 1/8 inches (35.5 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

46. Juvenile Members of the Yacht Club

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, slightly textured, greened white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches (35.9 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Sketch for the Passions: Love

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, light blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches (35.9 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund