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1. Doctor Ass (A Satire on the Law)

Doctor Ass (A Satire on the Law)
Creator:
Abraham van Diepenbeeck, 1596–1675
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown was and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/4 × 4 1/2 inches (14.6 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Aubertus Miræus

Aubertus Miræus
Creator:
Print made by Paulus Pontius, 1603–1658
Date:
ca. 1635
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 5/8 × 7 1/2 inches (27 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Illustration to Aesop's Fables: The Fox & the Crane

Illustration to Aesop's Fables: The Fox & the Crane
Creator:
Follower of Francis Barlow, 1622–1704
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 7/8 × 5 7/8 inches (12.4 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Sylvio and Dorinda

Sylvio and Dorinda
Creator:
Print made by William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:
between 1680 and 1703
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 12 5/8 inches (23.1 × 32 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Robin Hood and Clarinda hunting deer in a wooded landscape

Robin Hood and Clarinda hunting deer in a wooded landscape
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 × 3 1/8 inches (13.3 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Shakespeare Illustration: "Measure for Measure"

Shakespeare Illustration: "Measure for Measure"
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/8 × 4 inches (16.2 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942

7. Shakespeare Illustration: "Henry VIII"

Shakespeare Illustration: "Henry VIII"
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 inches (16.5 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942

8. A View of the Valley of Stones, Devon, with a scene in the Tempest, Act 1

A View of the Valley of Stones, Devon, with a scene in the Tempest, Act 1
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid down on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with drawn border
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 25 1/8 inches (41.3 × 63.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Fluellen Forcing Pistol to Eat His Leek

Fluellen Forcing Pistol to Eat His Leek
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 14 × 10 1/8 inches (35.6 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash and gray wash and gouache on medium, moderately textured, gray wove paper mounted to medium slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 1/4 inches (19.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Professor Richard L. Purdy

11. When Swift They Saw John Gilpin Ride, Bare-Headed as Before

When Swift They Saw John Gilpin Ride, Bare-Headed as Before
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and watercolor on thick, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 × 4 inches (9.5 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three of four)

Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (one of four)

Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (one of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (two of four)

Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (two of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 3/8 inches (35.9 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Jupiter and Callisto: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2

Jupiter and Callisto: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2
Creator:
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:
ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 5/16 x 3 3/4 inches (11 x 9.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948