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Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Villa Salviati on the Arno

(between 1796 and 1797)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, graphite, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 7 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (18.4 x 23.5 cm), Mount: 12 3/4 x 15 inches (32.4 x 38.1 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Prints made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Thoughts on Outline, Sculpture, and the System that Guided the Ancient Artists... [Read more]

(1796)

• Materials & TechniquesBound volume of twenty-four plates, in 1/8 brown calf with marbled boards
• DimensionsSheet: 10 1/8 x 7 3/4in. (25.7 x 19.7cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

William Blake, 1757–1827

A Woody Landscape

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 5 7/8 x 9 inches (14.9 x 22.9 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

William Blake, 1757–1827

Landscape with Spire

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesGraphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 6 1/8 x 8 7/8 inches (15.6 x 22.5 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

George Romney, 1734–1802

Temptation of Christ

(1796)

• Materials & TechniquesGraphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 5 3/8 x 6 inches (13.7 x 15.2 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

George Romney, 1734–1802

Satan Presiding over Hell

(1796)

• Materials & TechniquesGraphite; verso: brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 4 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches (11.7 x 24.1 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois, 1756–1811

Coastal Landscape with a Ferry Boat

(1796)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions17 × 21 1/8 inches (43.2 × 53.7 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Maria Hadfield Cosway, 1759–1838

The Judgement of Korah, Dathan and Abiram

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesPen and ink and oil on canvas
• Dimensions14 3/4 × 11 1/2 inches (37.5 × 29.2 cm), Frame: 17 3/4 × 14 1/2 × 1 3/4 inches (45.1 × 36.8 × 4.4 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

unknown artist

Trentham Park

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on paper laid on canvas
• Dimensions10 3/8 × 13 3/8 inches (26.4 × 34 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thomas Hickey, 1741–1824

Purniya, Chief Minister of Mysore

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions50 × 39 1/2 inches (127 × 100.3 cm), Frame: 56 1/2 × 46 3/8 × 2 3/4 inches (143.5 × 117.8 × 7 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832

John Quick and John Fawcett in Thomas Moreton's "The Way to Get Married"

(1796)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions28 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches (73 x 65.4 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thomas Luny, 1759–1837

An Indiaman and a Two Decker Hove to, Said to be Thomas Dumar, Esq. in H.M. Ship... [Read more]

(1796)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions42 x 66 inches (106.7 x 167.6 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Benjamin West, 1738–1820

Milkmaids in St. James's Park, Westminster Abbey Beyond

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on panel
• Dimensions39 5/8 × 56 1/2 inches (100.6 × 143.5 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

The temple of taste

([1796])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[144] p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22714704390008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847

Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria

(1796-1803)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 volume (74 drawings) : watercolor and gouache over graphite ; 40 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22799215510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

The combat with the giant

(September 1st, 1796)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 game : hand-colored engraving ; 40 x 40 cm, folded to 13 x 13 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22675187680008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957

The magic ring

(November 1st, 1796)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 game : hand-colored engraving ; sheet 42 x 57 cm, folded to 19 x 13 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22958473930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957

Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794

Miscellaneous works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire

(MDCCXCVI [1796])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions3 volumes : illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables ; 30 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22948829200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Wells, William Frederick, 1762–1836

A new and compendious treatise of anatomy and proportions of the human figure

(1796)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4], 19, [1] page, [6] leaves of plates : illlustrations ; 28 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22709309620008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Reynolds, Frances, 1729–1807

Letter to Edward (!sic) Malone Esq. at Queen Anne Street East

([1796] December 8)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions
• CollectionArchives
• Credit line

Johnson, Elizabeth, 1721–1798

Letter to Frances Reynolds

(1796 December 4)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions
• CollectionArchives
• Credit line

Reynolds, Frances, 1729–1807

Letter to Mrs. Johnson, at Torrington, Devon

(1796 December 1)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions
• CollectionArchives
• Credit line

Newmarket, Mildenhall, and Swaffham stage waggons

(1796)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 handbill ; 11 x 16 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22628646690008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Boulton, George

The route of the mail & post coaches, George Boulton & Co. proprietors

([between 1796 and 1809])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 map : engraving ; 26 x 20 cm, on sheet 38 x 28 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22606087540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Stedman, John Gabriel, 1744–1797

Narrative, of a five years' expedition, against the revolted Negroes of Surinam,... [Read more]

(1796)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions2 v. : ill., maps, plans ; 27 cm.
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22822451250008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Garneray, Jean-François, 1755–1837

Collection des nouveaux costumes des autorités constituées, civils... [Read more]

([1796])

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions[4] pages, [26] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22667217330008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835

William Hoare

(1796)

• Materials & TechniquesMezzotint
• Dimensions
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Studio of Sir Jeffry Wyatville, 1766–1840

Wollaton Park, Nottingham: South Elevation

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesPen and black and brown ink, graphite, watercolor on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 15 5/8 × 21 3/4 inches (39.7 × 55.2 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Studio of Sir Jeffry Wyatville, 1766–1840

Wollaton Hall, Nottingham: Elevation

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 15 9/16 × 21 5/8 inches (39.5 × 55 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Studio of Sir Jeffry Wyatville, 1766–1840

Wollaton Park, Nottingham: South Elevation

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesGraphite, pen and black and brown ink, watercolor on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 14 1/8 × 20 5/8 inches (35.9 × 52.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Studio of Sir Jeffry Wyatville, 1766–1840

Wollaton Hall, Nottingham: Elevation

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesGraphite, pen and black ink, watercolor on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 20 5/8 × 27 5/8 inches (52.4 × 70.2 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Anthony Cardon, 1772–1813

A New Love Song only Ha' Penny a Piece

(1796)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching and aquatint; proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 17 1/8 x 13 5/8 inches (43.5 x 34.6 cm), Plate: 16 1/2 x 13 inches (41.9 x 33 cm), Image: 14 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (36.5 x 28.6 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Giovanni Vendramini, 1769–1839

Hot Spice Gingerbread, Smoking Hot

(1796)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching and aquatint, proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 17 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches (43.8 x 34.3 cm), Plate: 16 3/4 x 13 inches (42.5 x 33 cm), Image: 14 1/8 x 11 1/8 inches (35.9 x 28.3 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

The Billiard Room

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 4 11/16 x 7 3/4 inches (11.9 x 19.7 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesGraphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 3 15/16 x 8 1/16 inches (10 x 20.5 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Romantic Landscape

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 12 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches (31.1 x 52.1 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

St. Bride's, Fleet Street, London

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesGraphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 4 3/16 x 5 5/8 inches (10.6 x 14.3 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Studio of Sir Jeffry Wyatville, 1766–1840

Wollaton Park, Nottingham: East Elevation

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesPen and black and brown ink, watercolor, graphite on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 13 13/16 × 20 1/2 inches (35.1 × 52.1 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesGraphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 5 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches (14.6 x 21.3 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Studio of Sir Jeffry Wyatville, 1766–1840

Wollaton Park, Nottingham: Elevation

(ca. 1801)

• Materials & TechniquesPen and black ink with graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 20 1/8 × 28 1/2 inches (51.1 × 72.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection