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Lady Sarah Bunbury
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 23 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (59.1 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Flight Into Egypt
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Flight Into Egypt
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
LVI - The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Resting On The Flight Into Egypt
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Innocentes et Recti Adhaeserunt Michi
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Judgement of Solomon
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1764
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
LXXXVI (Christ Blessing Bread At A Table With Two Men)
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Etching
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Samson Breaking His Bands
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
St. Cicilia
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1774
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Bma Virgo S.S. Nilum, et Bartholomaeum pomo aureo donat
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1762
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
S. Joannis Nepomuceni Martyris
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
St. Luke Painting The Virgin
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1777
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
LXXIV - Angel Appearing To Sleeping Christ in The Garden of Gethsemane
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Tityus' Liver being Attacked by Vulture
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

416. Magdalen

Magdalen
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/16 x 15in. (26.5 x 38.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Nativity
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, stipple engraving, mezzotint, and etching, with brown wash
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, stipple engraving, mezzotint, and etching, with brown wash
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Raising of Lazarus
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, stipple engraving, mezzotint, and etching, with brown wash
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Annunciation
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Flight Into Egypt
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, stipple engraving, mezzotint, and etching, with brown wash
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Resurrection
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Crucifixion
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Christ Appearing to the Marys
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Annunciation
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ahijah, Foretelling To the Wife of Jeroboam, Of The Death Of Their Son, Abijah
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ecce Ancilla Domini
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Presentatio B.M.V. ad Templum
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John the Evangelist
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Virgin Hushing John the Baptist as Christ Sleeps
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Adoration of the Magi
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, stipple engraving, mezzotint, and etching, with brown wash
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ester Accusing Haman
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Adam and Eve in Paradise
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Cherubim and Seraphim
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving and etching
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Departure of Hagar
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Adoratio Reg. Magorum
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Adoratio Pastorum
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Filius Et Genitrix Sibi Dulciter Oscula Miscent: Utrum Tu, Possit, Dulcius Esse, Pete
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Holy Family
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1798
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Virgin and Child and John the Baptist
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1778
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Virgin Kneeling on Floor With Christ and John the Baptist Reading a Book
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1785
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Virgin and Child and Tobias and the Archangel Raphael
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, stipple engraving and etching
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Angel Gesticulating
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Woman carrying Chalice and Crucifix surrounded by Cherubim, Cherubs, and Angels
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Vignette with Cherubs carrying a Crozier, a Staff, and a Tablet: Woman carries Chalice and holds a Bishop's mitre above a Coat of Arms
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sancti Joannis Apostoli et Evangelistae Imaginem
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
My Son attend unto my Wisdom, and Bow Thine ear to my Understanding; Proverbs, Chapter V
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Three Domincan Saints
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Justina of Padua
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

450. St. Paul

St. Paul
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, stipple engraving, mezzotint, and etching, with brown wash
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Pilgrims Paying Their Devotion in St. Peters at Rome
Creator:
Print made by David Allan, 1744–1796
Date:
between 1773 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 6 15/16 inches (25.1 × 17.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Thomas Ashton D.D.
Creator:
James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:
1756
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 1/4 inches (37.5 × 26 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Johannes Potter, Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis
Creator:
George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:
1741
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/16 × 11 3/4 inches (41.8 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
William Robertson
Creator:
John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 7/8 × 15 3/8 inches (53 × 39.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Richard Robinson, Bishop of Kildare
Creator:
Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:
1764
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 11 13/16 inches (41.3 × 30 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Henricus Sacheverell
Creator:
John Smith, 1652–1743
Date:
1710
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 15 1/4 × 11 3/16 inches (38.7 × 28.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Isaac Watts
Creator:
Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 11/16 inches (23.2 × 17 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Philoctetes in the Island of Lemnos
Creator:
James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:
1777
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 8 x 14 1/2in. (20.3 x 36.8cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Repose in Egypt
Creator:
Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 9/16 inches (20.6 x 26.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Repose in Egypt
Creator:
Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 × 10 3/8 inches (20.3 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Noble Behavior of Caractacus, before the Emperor Claudius
Creator:
Print made by Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:
1751
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 15 7/16in. (41.9 x 39.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Cupid and Cephisa: "Cephisa says, we ought to cut the Wings of Love..."
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Burke, 1749–1815
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 5/8 x 14 13/16 inches (49.8 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Reverend John Moore, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury
Creator:
John Jones, ca. 1745–1797
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/8 × 14 11/16 inches (49.2 × 37.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Reverend Zachariah Mudge, Prebend of Exeter
Creator:
James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 × 9 inches (33 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mrs. Sophia (née Heywood) Musters as Hebe
Creator:
Charles Howard Hodges, 1764–1837
Date:
1785
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 23 3/4 × 15 1/16 inches (60.3 × 38.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Right Reverent Thomas Newton, D.D.
Creator:
James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 5/16 × 14 1/16 inches (46.5 × 35.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Oliver Plunket
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on modertately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 13/16 × 9 1/2 inches (32.5 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Apotheosis of A Beautiful Female
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sunday Morning, A Cottage Family Going to Church
Creator:
William Nutter, 1754–1802
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, colored on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 7/8 × 25 inches (53 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Allegorical Subject
Creator:
Mauritius Lowe, 1746–1793
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (15.9 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

473. Ariadne

Ariadne
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gray wash with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (18.1 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
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
Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphis (four of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 × 8 3/8 inches (35.6 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Design for a Mural Executed in the Salon at Roehampton House, Surrey: Apollo Carrying off Aeneas in a Cloud
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 inches (14 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Moses and the Brazen Serpent - Design for the chapel at Dunster Castle
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 14 1/8 inches (22.9 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Peasant of Mount Erix
Creator:
Henry Tresham, 1751–1814
Date:
between 1783 and 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite; verso: pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (24.1 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Neptune and Coronis: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2
Creator:
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:
1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, and brown wash; squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted to medium, slightly textured white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/16 x 7 1/2in. (16.4 x 19.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Artist Assaulted by Time, Ignorance and Envy
Creator:
Mauritius Lowe, 1746–1793
Date:
between 1772 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 x 10 5/8 inches (21.3 x 27 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study of classical scultpure of Laocoon
Creator:
Giles Hussey, 1710–1788
Date:
between 1730 and 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream tracing paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/8 x 9 1/4in. (31.4 x 23.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study of classical sculpture of Faun with Pipes
Creator:
Giles Hussey, 1710–1788
Date:
between 1730 and 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream tracing paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 5/8in. (26 x 19.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Classical Scene: Minerva as the Goddess of Arts and Sciences
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with black and red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/16 × 11 1/8 inches (38.5 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
St. Agnes (after Domenichino)
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 5/8 × 12 1/8 inches (44.8 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
St Agnes (after Domenichino)
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 8 5/8 inches (28.6 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Grantham Church
Creator:
Print made by Bartholomew Howlett, 1767–1827
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, 1st published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 3/8 inches (24.1 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ceres and Abas: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 5
Creator:
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:
ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 5 11/16 x 8 3/4 inches (14.5 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
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
The Seven Bishops Going To Trial
Creator:
Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gouache and black, brown, and gray ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches (34.3 x 46.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
Samson Overcome by the Philistines
Creator:
Print made by Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:
ca. 1758
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches (17.5 x 27 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Sketch for "The Conversion of St. Paul" for the Dome of St. Paul's Cathedral
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
between 1709 and 1717
Materials & Techniques:
Red chalk on thin, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (24.1 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Angel appearing to the shepherds, the visitation, and the annunciation: a sheet of notes for a proposed decorative scheme with 3 sketches of paintings for overdoors
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, graphite, and gray wash on sheet: moderately thick, moderately textured beige laid paper; mount: moderately thick moderately textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 8in. (23.5 x 20.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Birth of Venus
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 5 7/8in. (18.4 x 14.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Gosain - A Tribe of Hindu Religious Beggars
Creator:
Sadanand Vyas, active late 18th century
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 × 6 inches (14.3 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Figure from Elephanta
Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, graphite and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 19 3/4 inches (30.5 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

498. Mahadeo

Mahadeo
Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 19 5/8 inches (30.2 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

499. Parishnant

Parishnant
Creator:
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 19 3/4 inches (30.5 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Deucalion and Pyrrha after the Flood
Creator:
Print made by Lydia Bates, active 1784
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches (29.2 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund