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Miss Duncan
Creator:
Charles Turner, 1774–1857
Date:
1809
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/4 x 9in. (27.3 x 22.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Henrietta Frances, Viscountess Duncannon (1761-1811) Sister to her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire
Creator:
Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755–1798
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 3/4in. (35.2 x 27.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

403. S. Ionnes

S. Ionnes
Creator:
Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/2 × 14 5/8 inches (54.6 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Benjamin West and His Son Raphael
Creator:
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 15/16 inches (39.1 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
Mrs. Abington As Thalia
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches (27.7 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Edward, Prince of Wales, Presenting the Captive King John of France and His Sons to His Father Edward the Third After the Battle of Poictiers
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper laid on mount
Dimensions:
Mount: 15 1/4 x 19 1/16 inches (38.8 x 48.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

407. Watteau

Watteau
Creator:
Print made by William Hibbart, active 1760–1800
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 13/16 x 9 1/8 inches (30 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Robert Williams
Creator:
Edward Harding, 1755–1840
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving with etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/16 × 6 13/16 inches (23.7 × 17.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Francis Wouters
Creator:
Alexander Bannerman, ca. 1730–1780
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/8 inches (30.5 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
John Wyck and Thomas Wyck
Creator:
Alexander Bannerman, ca. 1730–1780
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 1/8 inches (29.8 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
John Wyck and Thomas Wyck
Creator:
Alexander Bannerman, ca. 1730–1780
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 inches (22.5 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Frederick Zincke and Liotard
Creator:
Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:
1762
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige 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
Gerard Zoust, Edema and Grifiere
Creator:
Alexander Bannerman, ca. 1730–1780
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mary, Countess of Seaforth
Creator:
John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
1751
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 × 10 1/16 inches (35.5 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Henry, tenth Earl of Pembroke and seventh Earl of Montgomery
Creator:
John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/16 × 13 1/16 inches (45.8 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
His Royal Highness William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/16 × 9 1/16 inches (33.1 × 23 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Earl and Countess of Pembroke and Son
Creator:
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
1773
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Catherine Trapaud
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1762
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 × 8 15/16 inches (33 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Right Honorable Charles Townsend, Esquire, Late Chancellor of the Exchequer
Creator:
John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 9/16 × 10 7/8 inches (39.5 × 27.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Honorable Augustus Hervey, Captain in his Majesty's Navy
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1763
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 × 9 15/16 inches (35.5 × 25.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
General George Keppel, third Earl of Albemarle
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1762
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/16 × 9 15/16 inches (35.7 × 25.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Harriet Callander of Craigforth
Creator:
Attributed to William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:
ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, smooth, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 × 10 1/16 inches (35.5 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
An Italian Family
Creator:
Samuel Alken, 1756–1815
Date:
1785
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with aquatint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/4 x 21 3/4in. (41.3 x 55.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
William Augustus Bowles, Chief of the Embassy from the Creeke & Cherokee Nations
Creator:
Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755–1798
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 3/4 × 11 7/16 inches (42.5 × 29 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

425. Verrio

Verrio
Creator:
Alexander Bannerman, ca. 1730–1780
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/4 inches (30.5 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
George Vertue, Engraver
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 3/16 inches (30.3 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Robert van Voerst
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 9 1/8 inches (30.2 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Henry Cornelius Vroom
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 1/8 inches (30.2 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Robert White, P. Vansomer, Isaac Becket, John Start and William Elder
Creator:
Alexander Bannerman, ca. 1730–1780
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/4 inches (30.5 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Rev. Dr. Thomas Percy, Dean of Carlisle
Creator:
William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 15/16 inches (37.5 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Dr. William Markham, Head Master of Westminster School, Bishop of Chester
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1762
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 15/16 × 9 5/16 inches (32.9 × 23.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Portrait of a Gent Called Edmund Burke
Creator:
attributed to John Russell, 1745–1806
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pastel on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 23 x 19 inches (58.4 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph N. Hernon, Jr.
Portrait of Joseph Haydn
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 9/16 x 8 5/8 inches (29.4 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Bequest of Ralph Kirkpatrick, Yale MA (HON.) 1965

435. Omai

Omai
Creator:
Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:
1777
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches (31.8 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Chauncey B. Tinker, B.A. 1899
Self-portrait of Antonie van Dyck
Creator:
Jacques Christophe Le Blon, 1667–1741
Date:
1738
Materials & Techniques:
Color printed mezzotint; progress proof on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 1/4 × 18 5/16 inches (61.6 × 46.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Self-portrait of Antonie van Dyck
Creator:
Jacques Christophe Le Blon, 1667–1741
Date:
1738
Materials & Techniques:
Color printed mezzotint; progress proof on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 1/4 x 18 1/4in. (61.6 x 46.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Self-portrait of Antonie van Dyck
Creator:
Jacques Christophe Le Blon, 1667–1741
Date:
1738
Materials & Techniques:
Color printed mezzotint; progress proof on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 9/16 x 18 1/8in. (62.4 x 46cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
William Drummond of Hawthornden
Creator:
John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (39 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
White Kennett
Creator:
John Faber the Elder, ca. 1660–1721
Date:
1719
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/16 x 10 13/16 inches (38.3 x 27.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
His Royal Highness Frederick, Prince of Wales
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
after 1730
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/16 x 10 inches (35.7 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
His Royal Highness Prince Frederick
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
between 1716 and 1725
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (34.9 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
King Henry VII
Creator:
John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
1731
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/8 × 4 15/16 inches (17.4 × 12.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
Thomas Sutton
Creator:
John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
1714
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches (32 x 24.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
Knight 'Titian'
Creator:
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 5 5/8 inches (18.4 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
A Man of the Sandwich Islands
Creator:
John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:
ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:
Monotype on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 7 3/8 inches (22.9 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Rev. William Mason, M. A.
Creator:
Print made by William Doughty, 1757–1782
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/16 x 14 3/4 inches (48.8 x 37.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Frank Altschul, Yale BA 1908, Yale PhD (HON.) 1967
George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham
Creator:
Imitator of Renold Elstrack, 1570–1625(?)
Date:
between 1700 and 1720
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 6 13/16 inches (25.1 × 17.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George A. Douglass
Alexander Pope, Profile
Creator:
Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Date:
1738
Materials & Techniques:
Etching
Dimensions:
Plate: 5 3/4 x 4 1/2in. (14.6 x 11.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Florence and Maynard Mack
Alexander Pope
Creator:
John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
ca. 1744
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, pasted on very thick, smooth, brown card
Dimensions:
Mount: 16 7/8 x 12 5/16 inches (42.8 x 31.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Florence & Maynard Mack
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
Portrait of a Young Man Leaning on His Right Elbow
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:
1760
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 5/16 × 13 15/16 inches (49.1 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Joanni Wootton
Creator:
John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
1730
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 7/8 × 9 7/8 inches (32.7 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Valentine Green
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 × 15 inches (48.3 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Abyssinian Lady of Quality
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 × 3 5/8 inches (14.3 × 9.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mrs. Cosway
Creator:
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 9/16 x 13 9/16 inches (47.1 x 34.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Peter the Wild Boy
Creator:
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
between 1765 and 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/16 × 14 3/16 inches (50.9 × 36 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Content and Innocence
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Burke, 1749–1815
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored stipple engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 3/8 x 15 1/4 inches (51.7 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mr. John Joshua Kirby
Creator:
John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:
between 1765 and 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 15/16 inches (35.3 × 25.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Charles Watson Esq., Vice-Admiral of the White
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
between 1758 and 1782
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/8 x 12 3/8 inches (42.8 x 31.5 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
The British Naval Victors
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and line engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 1/4 x 20 1/4in. (64.1 x 51.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Mr. J. Richardson Dilworth
An Aga of the Janizaries
Creator:
Print made by Robert Blyth, 1750–1784
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 x 13 1/16 inches (40.6 x 33.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Henry Scott, Third Duke of Buccleugh and Fifth Duke of Queensberry
Creator:
John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 1/8 x 14 inches (48.5 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sir James Thornhill
Creator:
John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
1732
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper, pasted on contemporary mount of moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 13 7/8 x 9 15/16 inches (35.3 x 25.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
An Aga of the Janizaries
Creator:
Print made by Robert Blyth, 1750–1784
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 7/8 x 12 11/16 inches (40.3 x 32.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
John Hamilton Mortimer, Esq.
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 15/16 × 12 7/8 inches (45.5 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Portrait of a Young Woman
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:
1748
Materials & Techniques:
Oil and watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Frame: 2 3/8 x 2 1/8 x 3/8 inches (6 x 5.4 x 1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
George Stubbs: A Sketch
Creator:
Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 5 9/16 inches (19.4 × 14.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Gentleman in a Blue Coat
Creator:
Horace Hone, 1756–1825
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Frame: 2 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 inches (5.7 x 4.1 x 1.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Gentleman in a Plum-Colored Coat
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Frame: 1 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 3 inches (4.8 x 3.8 x 7.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Dr. George Berkley, Bishop of Cloyne
Creator:
John Brooks, active 1730–1756
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 13/16 inches (35.2 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Annabella, Lady Blake, as Juno, Receiving the Cestus from Venus
Creator:
John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 1/8 × 16 7/8 inches (63.8 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Joseph Deane Bourke, 3rd Earl of Mayo
Creator:
John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 9/16 × 15 11/16 inches (52.2 × 39.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Hugh Boulter, Archbishop of Armagh
Creator:
Thomas Beard, op. 1728?
Date:
1728
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 1/4 inches (36.8 × 26 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury
Creator:
Jacobus Houbraken, 1698–1780
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/16 × 3 1/8 inches (13.8 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mr. Thomas Gray
Creator:
Print made by William Doughty, 1757–1782
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/8 × 4 1/8 inches (15 × 10.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Portrait of a Man
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 6 inches (22.9 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
William Shakespeare
Creator:
George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:
1719
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 24 × 17 1/4 inches (61 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

480. Belisarius

Belisarius
Creator:
Print made by Robert Blyth, 1750–1784
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 x 10 3/16 inches (31.1 x 25.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

481. Silenus

Silenus
Creator:
Print made by Robert Blyth, 1750–1784
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 x 9 13/16 inches (27.9 x 25 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

482. Silenus

Silenus
Creator:
Print made by Robert Blyth, 1750–1784
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 x 9 13/16 inches (27.9 x 24.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

483. Belisarius

Belisarius
Creator:
Print made by Robert Blyth, 1750–1784
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/16 x 10 3/16 inches (31 x 25.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Samuel Johnson
Creator:
Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795
Date:
ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:
Black basalt
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 × 3 1/2 inches (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The Osborn Collection, Beinecke Library
The Captive
Creator:
Print made by Robert Blyth, 1750–1784
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 11/16 x 17 1/4 inches (34.8 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Nature and Genius introducing Garrick to the Temple of Shakespeare (Catalogue Mortimer Exhibition 1968 - number 83)
Creator:
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Mr. John Farley" Cook at the London Tavern
Creator:
Garnet Terry, active 1780–1796
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving on slightly textured, medium, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 5/16 inches (16.8 × 11 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington
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 1/8 inches (30.3 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
John Boydell, Engraver
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, modereately textured, cream laid paper, laid on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 3/8 x 13 5/16 inches (46.6 x 33.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mr. Thomas Gray
Creator:
James Basire the younger, 1769–1822
Date:
ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Peter Abelard (1079-1142), French scholastic philosopher
Creator:
Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 11/16 x 9 13/16 inches (32.2 x 24.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
T. Smollett, M. D.
Creator:
Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 inches (13.9 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
Reverend Edward Fowler, Lord Bishop of Gloucester
Creator:
John Smith, 1652–1743
Date:
1717
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/16 × 11 9/16 inches (38.3 × 29.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mr. Garrick in the Character of Kitely
Creator:
John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 9/16 × 12 5/16 inches (42.1 × 31.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
John Home, Esq.
Creator:
Print made by A. Birrell, ca.1770–ca. 1820
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/16 × 11 7/8 inches (43.4 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton) as Roxalana in "The Sultan"
Creator:
John Keyse Sherwin, c.1751–1790
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 9/16 inches (24.4 × 19.2 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
Mrs. Quarrington as St. Agnes
Creator:
Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/8 × 14 3/4 inches (49.2 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 1/4 × 15 1/8 inches (48.9 × 38.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection