Period: 18th century / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: letter

1. Alexander Pope

Creator:: Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Date:: 1738
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 33 inches (99.1 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. John Orde, His Wife, Anne Orde (née Marr), His Eldest Son, William, and an Unnamed Servant

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1754 and 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 x 37 7/8 inches (94 x 96.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Daniel Cunyngham

Creator:: Mason Chamberlin, 1722–1787
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 55 1/2 x 41 1/2 inches (141 x 105.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Portrait of an Unknown Man with an Attendant

Creator:: Arthur William Devis, 1762–1822
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 3/4 x 32 7/8 inches (106 x 83.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Lovers in a landscape

Creator:: Pieter Jan van Reysschoot, 1702–1772
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 21 inches (49.5 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Family Group

Creator:: James Millar, ca.1735–1805
Date:: between 1774 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 × 40 1/2 inches (127 × 102.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Messengers Before an Emperor

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 3 1/8 inches (12.7 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. John Bannister

Creator:: Henry Edridge, 1769–1821
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Image: 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 inches (6.7 x 5.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Robert Walker

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 1/16 inches (30.1 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. William Robert Fitzgerald, Second Duke of Leinster

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 13/16 × 14 1/16 inches (50.4 × 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. A French Petit Maître and His Valet

Creator:: Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, pasted on medium, moderately textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 1/4 x 11 5/16 inches (41.3 x 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Full of the Honeymoon

Creator:: Print made by Robert Laurie, 1755?–1836
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 × 19 7/8 inches (66 × 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Burchell Reading the Ballad

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 10 1/16 inches (36.5 x 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Lucilia

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 7 13/16 inches (26.5 x 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. Credulity

Creator:: Print made by Anthony Cardon, 1772–1813
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed etching and stipple engraving, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 × 9 5/16 inches (30 × 23.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Sir Nathaniel Bacon

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.8 x 24.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Sir Balthazar Gerbier

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 1/4 inches (29.8 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Sir Balthazar Gerbier

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stiplle engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 13/16 inches (29.5 × 22.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. William van der Velde, Junior

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 9 inches (30.3 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Sir Nathaniel Bacon

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 9 inches (30.3 x 22.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Love Letter

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 7 9/16 inches (27.9 x 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Alexander Pope

2. John Orde, His Wife, Anne Orde (née Marr), His Eldest Son, William, and an Unnamed Servant

3. Daniel Cunyngham

4. Portrait of an Unknown Man with an Attendant

5. Lovers in a landscape

6. Family Group

7. Messengers Before an Emperor

8. John Bannister

9. Robert Walker

10. William Robert Fitzgerald, Second Duke of Leinster

11. A French Petit Maître and His Valet

12. The Full of the Honeymoon

13. Burchell Reading the Ballad

14. Lucilia

15. Credulity

16. Sir Nathaniel Bacon

17. Sir Balthazar Gerbier

18. Sir Balthazar Gerbier

19. William van der Velde, Junior

20. Sir Nathaniel Bacon

21. The Love Letter