Period: 18th century / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: head

1. Sketch of a Young Girl

Creator:: Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches (28.9 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. The Head of a Young Boy

Creator:: Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches (28.9 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Philip Dormer Stanhope, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)

Creator:: Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Plaster
Dimensions:: Overall: 28 x 21 x 11 inches (71.1 x 53.3 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. William Hayley

Creator:: Thomas Alphonso Hayley, 1780–1800
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 inches (10.8 x 8.9 x 5.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Gift of Charles Ryskamp
On View:: Not on view

5. Figure with Head Covering

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches (13.3 x 11.7 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

6. Head

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches (11.1 x 11.1 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

7. Woman Resting Her Head on a Bent Arm

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/4 x 3 5/8 inches (5.7 x 9.2 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

8. Two Heads Looking Up

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (8.3 x 14 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

9. Study of the Head of a Young Man

Creator:: attributed to George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches (8.3 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Profile of a Grotesque Head Facing Right

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 5 3/8 inches (16.8 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Bolingbroke and Head of a Fiend

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 15 inches (51.4 x 38.1 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

12. Head in Profile

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink; verso: gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches (17.5 x 11.4 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

13. The Accusation of Susanna

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: ca. 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 18 1/8 inches (30.5 x 46 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

14. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 6, "Muster around the Bleak Desarts...." (Bentley 4)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Head of a Man

Creator:: Attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723
Date:: 1732
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 11 1/8in. (42.9 x 28.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. London Cries: A Girl with a Basket on Her Head ("Lights for the Cats, Liver for the Dogs")

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches (19.7 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Head of a Man with Stubble Beard, Facing Right

Creator:: Giles Hussey, 1710–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 2 7/8 inches (9.5 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with black ink and brown wash, verso: pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 5 5/8 inches (16.8 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Standing Woman, Head of Man

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 4 15/16 inches (20.6 × 12.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Head of a Lion

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 7 1/4 inches (21.7 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Studies of Human Head with Canine Features

Creator:: Peter Paul Lens, 1714–1750
Date:: 1728
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 12 3/4in. (20.6 x 32.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Head of a Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches (19.4 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Head of a Young Woman or Man

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk, white chalk, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches (26.4 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Portrait of a Young Girl

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, with stumping on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 11 inches (40.6 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Head of a Young Woman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (31.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Creator:: Print made by Anton Joseph von Prenner, 1683–1761
Date:: 1728
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 13/16 inches (23.2 × 17.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. 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

28. Head of a Lady

Creator:: John Russell, 1745–1806
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, white chalk, black chalk, and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (31.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Salvator Mundi

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 11 1/2 inches (40.3 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. William Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (24.8 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. Portrait of a Man Wearing Turban

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/16 × 14 1/8 inches (51.6 × 35.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. John Henderson as Iago

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: before 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 inches (27.8 × 21.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Views in the Levant: Back View of the Head of the Sphinx

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: 9 7/8 × 12 5/16 inches (25.1 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Head of a Cat

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 1/8 inches (22.2 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. West, Geschichts mahler

Creator:: Johann Elias Haid, 1739–1809
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches (32.7 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban, Leaning on Book

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 11/16 × 14 1/8 inches (52.6 × 35.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Views in the Levant: Faceless Bust of Statue Supporting a Broken Capital on Her Head

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 1/4 inches (29.5 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Head of a Young Girl

Creator:: Prince Hoare, 1755–1834
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 4 1/4 inches (17.5 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Head of a Woman, Study for The Bible Lesson

Creator:: formerly attributed to Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with red chalk and black chalk on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches (16.5 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 × 13 inches (40.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Sketch of a Young Girl

2. The Head of a Young Boy

3. Philip Dormer Stanhope, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)

4. William Hayley

5. Figure with Head Covering

6. Head

7. Woman Resting Her Head on a Bent Arm

8. Two Heads Looking Up

9. Study of the Head of a Young Man

10. Profile of a Grotesque Head Facing Right

11. Bolingbroke and Head of a Fiend

12. Head in Profile

13. The Accusation of Susanna

14. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 6, "Muster around the Bleak Desarts...." (Bentley 4)

15. Head of a Man

16. London Cries: A Girl with a Basket on Her Head ("Lights for the Cats, Liver for the Dogs")

17. Head of a Man with Stubble Beard, Facing Right

18. Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind

19. Standing Woman, Head of Man

20. Head of a Lion

21. Studies of Human Head with Canine Features

22. Head of a Woman

23. Head of a Young Woman or Man

24. Portrait of a Young Girl

25. Head of a Young Woman

26. Judith with the Head of Holofernes

27. Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three of four)

28. Head of a Lady

29. Salvator Mundi

30. William Shakespeare

31. Portrait of a Man Wearing Turban

32. John Henderson as Iago

33. Views in the Levant: Back View of the Head of the Sphinx

34. Head of a Cat

35. West, Geschichts mahler

36. Portrait of a Man Wearing a Turban, Leaning on Book

37. Views in the Levant: Faceless Bust of Statue Supporting a Broken Capital on Her Head

38. Head of a Young Girl

39. Head of a Woman, Study for The Bible Lesson

40. The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth