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The Destruction of the Children of Niobe
Creator:
Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:
1760
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
58 x 74 inches (147.3 x 188 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Apollo and Diana for "The Destruction of Niobe's Children"
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink and graphite on medium moderately textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches (32.1 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
The Destruction of Niobe's Children
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/4 x 20 5/8 inches (32.4 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

4. Samos

Samos
Creator:
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 1/4 inches (38 x 54 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Plan of the Temple of Juno at Samos and Details of a Column
Creator:
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 15 1/16 inches (54 x 38.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Landscape with Temple Ruins at Sunium
Creator:
William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Penand brown ink, gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 18 1/4 inches (29.5 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sketch of a Horseman, From the Parthenon Frieze
Creator:
William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches (19.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Figures with a Bull From Parthenon Frieze
Creator:
William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and pen and gray ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/8 x 10 1/16 inches (19.4 x 25.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Views in the Levant: View of a Walled Town and Harbour with Towers Seen From the Sea
Creator:
Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 14 5/16 inches (16.8 × 36.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Details of the Doric Order from the Athenian Temple of Apollo at Delos
Creator:
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:
1751
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 3/16 x 14 13/16 inches (53.8 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Part of the Portico of Philip at Delos
Creator:
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:
1751
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 13/16 inches (54 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
An Altar at Delos
Creator:
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:
1751
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 3/16 x 14 3/4 inches (53.8 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Pianta di Rodi
Creator:
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 7/8 x 21 7/16 inches (37.8 x 54.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Niobe

Niobe
Creator:
Print made by William Sharp, 1749–1824
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/4 x 26 1/8 inches (50.2 x 66.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Temple of Jupiter Panhellenios at Aegina
Creator:
William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:
between 1764 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 18 inches (29.2 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Views in the Levant: The Sacred Cave of Archidamus
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 20 1/16 inches (29.5 × 51 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study of Hercules for 'Crowning the Victors at Olympia'
Creator:
James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:
between 1777 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with brown wash over black chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/16 × 8 3/8 inches (38.6 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
An Arcadian Landscape
Creator:
George Lambert, 1700–1765
Date:
1742
Materials & Techniques:
Pastel on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 1/2 x 25 7/8 inches (49.5 x 65.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Brian Allen, Director of Studies, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (1993-2012)
Design for an Engraving: Battle of Troy with the Trojan Horse
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, red chalk, graphite, watercolor and gold leaf on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink, border lines
Dimensions:
Mount: 12 1/8 × 11 inches (30.8 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Antiquities of Ionia, by the Society of dilettanti. [pt. 1]-5.
Creator:
Society of Dilettanti (London, England)
Date:
1769-1915
Physical Description:
5 v. illus., plates, maps, plans, diagrs. 56 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
[Remains of the Spartan monuments seen from the opposite side]
Creator:
Tennant, Smithson, 1761–1815
Date:
[1790]
Physical Description:
1 drawing : watercolor ; sheet 16 x 26 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Stuart, James, 1713–1788
Date:
MDCCLXII-MDCCXXX [1762-1830]
Physical Description:
5 volumes : illustrations, maps, plans, portraits ; 57 cm (folio)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Smith, Francis, 1705–1778 or 1779
Date:
1768-1769
Physical Description:
[2] pages, XXIII leaves of plates : illustrations ; 49 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Chandler, Richard, 1738–1810
Date:
MDCCLXXVI [1776]
Physical Description:
4, xiv, [2], 304 p., [7] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : maps ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
Date:
1750-1778
Physical Description:
1 v. ([83] p.) : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Faden, William, 1749–1836
Date:
Jany. 11th, 1786
Physical Description:
1 map : mounted on linen ; 58 x 102 cm, on sheet 59 x 105 cm., folded to 19 x 14 cm. in folder 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Morritt, John B. S. (John Bacon Sawrey), 1772?-1843
Date:
1794-1796
Physical Description:
1 volume (230 leaves, some blank) : illustrations ; 32 x 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
No cover image available
Creator:
Stuart, James, 1713–1788
Date:
1968-
Physical Description:
v. illus., plans. 34 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library