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1. Cupid in the Character of a Link Boy

Cupid in the Character of a Link Boy
Creator:
Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:
1777
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 11/16 x 12 1/4 inches (42.4 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. Miss Frances Greville and her Brother as 'Hebe' and 'Cupid'

Miss Frances Greville and her Brother as 'Hebe' and 'Cupid'
Creator:
Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:
1762
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 1/2 × 13 3/4 inches (49.5 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

3. Cupid and Cephisa: "Cephisa says, we ought to cut the Wings of Love..."

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

4. Rinaldo and Armida

Rinaldo and Armida
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 7/8 x 14 15/16 inches (53 x 38 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Miss Morris as 'Hope Nursing Love'

Miss Morris as 'Hope Nursing Love'
Creator:
Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint ( 2nd state ) on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 26 1/2 × 19 1/4 inches (67.3 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. Cupid and Psyche

Cupid and Psyche
Creator:
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/16 x 20 3/8 inches (38.6 x 51.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid
Creator:
Print made by Charles Phillips, 1737– after 1783
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/16 × 14 3/16 inches (51 × 36 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Cupid in the Character of Bacchus

Cupid in the Character of Bacchus
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
1739
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 5/8 x 11 7/16 inches (39.7 x 29 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne

Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, brown ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 3/16 inches (24.8 x 33.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Cobham Hall, Kent: Wall Decoration

Cobham Hall, Kent: Wall Decoration
Creator:
James Wyatt, 1746–1813
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/4 × 21 1/8 inches (36.2 × 53.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Duchess of Manchester with Her Son George, Viscount Mandeville, as 'Diana and Cupid'

Duchess of Manchester with Her Son George, Viscount Mandeville, as 'Diana and Cupid'
Creator:
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 15/16 × 17 5/8 inches (65.9 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Cupid in the Character of a Link Boy

Cupid in the Character of a Link Boy
Creator:
Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:
1777
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 inches (38 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid
Creator:
Print made by John Greenwood, 1727–1792
Date:
ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 x 12 15/16 inches (44.4 x 32.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Venus Childing Cupid

Venus Childing Cupid
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/16 × 12 7/8 inches (43.3 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Design for a Ceiling

Design for a Ceiling
Creator:
James Wyatt, 1746–1813
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink, and watercolor; verso: pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches (50.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Hope Nursing Love

Hope Nursing Love
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 14 1/8 inches (50.5 × 35.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Venus And Cupid

Venus And Cupid
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Sir Godfrey Kneller

Sir Godfrey Kneller
Creator:
John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
1735
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/16 x 12 inches (45.9 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Cupid and Cephisa: "One Day as I was Walking in the Woods..."

Cupid and Cephisa: "One Day as I was Walking in the Woods..."
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 18 5/8 inches (49.8 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Venus Chiding Cupid

Venus Chiding Cupid
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 10 1/8 inches (29.6 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Hermes Leading Persephone out of the Underworld

Hermes Leading Persephone out of the Underworld
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 17 inches (35.9 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Deane Keller, B.A. 1923

22. Study of a sculptural group: Mars, Venus and Cupid

Study of a sculptural group: Mars, Venus and Cupid
Creator:
John Deare, 1759–1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, gray wash and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 4 5/8 inches (10.5 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Frontispiece design for John Fayram's "Eight Views after Nature"

Frontispiece design for John Fayram's "Eight Views after Nature"
Creator:
John Fayram, op.1713–1743
Date:
ca. 1739
Materials & Techniques:
Pen, black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 × 5 7/8 inches (18.1 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection