Period: 18th century - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

1. Beauties of the Dutch school.

Creator:: [Apostool]
Date:: 1793
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's guide, or, Repository of designs for every article of household furniture : in the newest and most approved taste, displaying a great variety of patterns ... : also the plan of a room, shewing the proper distribution of the furniture ... / from drawings by A. Heppelwhite and Co. cabinet-makers.

Creator:: A. Hepplewhite and Co
Date:: MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
Physical Description:: iv, 24, [1] p., 125 plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Windsor Castle

Creator:: Print made by Pieter van der Aa, 1659–1733
Date:: 1727
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 6 7/8 inches (15.6 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection

4. The House at Chiswick in the County of Middlesex

Creator:: Print made by Pieter van der Aa, 1659–1733
Date:: 1727
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (15.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection

5. Vue de la Bibliotheque Bodléienne du Côté interieur de l'occident

Creator:: Print made by Pieter van der Aa, 1659–1733
Date:: 1707
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 6 1/4 inches (12.7 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection

6. La Bibliotheque Bodleinne & les Auditoires des Arts Liberaux a Oxford, vus du cote du Midi

Creator:: Print made by Pieter van der Aa, 1659–1733
Date:: 1707
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 6 3/16 inches (13 × 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection

7. Vûës des villes de Londres, de Canterbury, de Colchester, et autres lieux circonvoisens : avec leur principales eglises, palais, edifices, maison de campagne & autres choses remarquables. Representées en taille-douces tres exactes, avec un courte description sous chaque figure ...

Creator:: Aa, Pieter van der, 1659–1733
Date:: [ca. 1710]
Physical Description:: 2 v. in 1 : all ill. ; 19 x 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Vûës des villes de Yorck, de Lancaster et autres lieux circonvoisins : avec leurs principales maisons de campagne & autre choses remarquables : representées en taille-douces tres exactes, avec une courte description sous chaque figure.

Creator:: Aa, Pieter van der, 1659–1733
Date:: [ca. 1710]
Physical Description:: [100] p. : all ill. ; 19 x 24 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Bibliotheca exquisitissima, sive Librorum selectissimorum collectio in omni facultate, arte, scientia & lingua, nitidissime compactorum ... : Quos ... collegit, et magnam eorum partem propriis studiis / designavit Petrus vander Aa ... ; Horum publica auctio habebitur in ejus ædibus in Academia Lugduno Batava, ad diem 20 Septembris stili novi 1729. & seqq.

Creator:: Aa, Pieter van der, 1659–1733
Date:: [1729]
Physical Description:: 3 v. ([10], 903, [1] p.) ; 20 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. Slate Quarry at Widecombe, Devon

Creator:: John White Abbott, 1763–1851
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (23.8 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Mouth of the Cavern at Castleton in the Peak of Derby

Creator:: John White Abbott, 1763–1851
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (26.7 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Admiral Lord Bridport

Creator:: Lemuel Francis Abbott, ca. 1760–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. A set of new designs for coach & chariot bodies = Receuil de diverse nouveau desseins en carosses et carosses coupé / by Edw. Abbott, painter.

Creator:: Abbott, Edward, 1737–1791
Date:: 1763
Physical Description:: [13] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 26 x 38 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. Suite du Neptune françois, ou, Atlas nouveau des cartes marines : levées par ordre expres des roys de Portugal, sous qui on a fait la découverture de l'Afrique &c., et données au public par les soins de feu Monsieur d'Ablancourt ... / le tout fait sur les observations & l'experience des plus habiles ingenieurs & pilotes.

Creator:: Ablancourt, sieur d', 1621–1696
Date:: MDCC [1700]
Physical Description:: 1 atlas (5, [1] pages, [80] leaves of plates (some folded)) : illustrations, 37 maps ; 65 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. Explication des peintures, sculptures, et autres ouvrages de messieurs de l'Academie royale; dont l'exposition a été ordonnée, suivant l'intention de Sa Majeste', par M. Le Normand de Tournehem ...

Creator:: Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (France)
Date:: 1748
Physical Description:: 14 p. 17 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Seven conferences held in the King of France's cabinet of paintings, between Mr. Le Brun, Mr. Bourdon, Mr. de Champagne, Mr. Perrault, &c. on some of the most celebrated pictures of Raphael, Titian, Paulo Veronese, Poussin, &c. in which the method of forming a judgment on paintings, is laid down with the greatest elegance and perspicuity. Translated from the French of Felibien. With a curious preface.

Creator:: Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (France)
Date:: 1740
Physical Description:: 2 p.., [iii]-lxii, 170, [2] p. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A fourth book, containing twelve imitations of drawings, of modern carriages : on a half inch scale to a foot.

Creator:: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Date:: [1797]
Physical Description:: 4 p., 12 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 23 x 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. Watercolor box.

Creator:: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Date:: between 1799 and 1827
Physical Description:: 1 watercolor box : wood ; 10 x 26 x 4 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. Lessons for beginners in the fine art / by R. Ackermann.

Creator:: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Date:: [1796]
Physical Description:: [10] p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 x 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Fifth book containing nine imitations of drawings of fashionable carriage : on a half inch scale to a foot.

Creator:: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834
Date:: 1799
Physical Description:: [2] p., 9 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 24 x 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. The history of the American Indians : particularly those nations adjoining to the Mississippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia : containing an account of their origin, language, manners, religious and civil customs, laws, form of government, punishments, conduct in war and domestic life, their habits, diet, agriculture, manufactures, diseases, and method of cure, and other particulars, sufficient to render it a complete Indian system with observations on former historians, the conduct of our colony governors, superintendents, missionaries, &c. : also an appendix, containing a description of the Floridas, and the Mississippi lands, with their productions, the benefits of colonising Georgiana, and civilizing the Indians, and the way to make all the colonies more valuable to the Mother Country : with a new map of the country referred to in the history / by James Adair, Esquire, a trader with the Indians, and resident in their country for forty years.

Creator:: Adair, James, approximately 1709–1783
Date:: MDCCLXXV [1775]
Physical Description:: [12], 464 pages, ([1] folded leaf of plates) : map ; 28 cm (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. The history of the American Indians : particularly those nations adjoining to the Missis[s]ippi, East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia: containing an account of their origin, language, manners, religious and civil customs, laws, form of government, punishments, conduct in war and domestic life, their habits, diet, agriculture, manufactures, diseases and method of cure ... : with observations on former historians, the conduct of our colony governors, superintendents, missionaries, & c. : also an appendix, containing a description of the Floridas, and the Missis[s]ippi lands, with their productions--the benefits of colonizing Georgiana, and civilizing the Indians--and the way to make all the colonies more valuable to the mother country ... / By James Adair.

Creator:: Adair, James, ca. 1709–1783
Date:: 1775
Physical Description:: 6 p. l., 464 p. front. (fold map) 28 x 22cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Landscape with River and Figures

Creator:: James Adam, 1732–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink on thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 16 inches (30.5 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Headfort House: Ceiling Rose in Staircase

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 15/16 x 25 11/16 inches (53.2 x 65.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Headfort House: Lady's Room Ceiling

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/16 x 26 1/8 inches (53.5 x 66.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 9/16 x 25 9/16 inches (37 x 65 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Castle with Figures in a Classical Landscape

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 inches (24.2 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Study for a Stable Court of Kirkdale, Wigtownshire, Scotland

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: between 1770 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 18 5/8 inches (30.2 × 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Design for a Door-knocker

Creator:: Attributed to office of Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and brown ink on slightly textured, moderately thin, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 × 9 1/8 inches (37.6 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Headfort House, Ireland: Ceiling of the Eating Parlor

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 15 1/2 inches (31.4 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevations of the Front Hall

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Pen with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:: Sheet: 36 1/8 x 23 15/16 inches (91.8 x 60.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of One End of the Parlor

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.4 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Headfort House, Ireland: Eating Parlor Ceiling

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 7/8 x 25 5/8 inches (47.9 x 65.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black and brown ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 11/16 x 14 9/16 inches (65.2 x 37 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 5/8 inches (54 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches (54 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1771 or 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches (54 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Headfort House, Ireland: Detail of Entablature in the Staircase

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/8 x 25 15/16 inches (53.6 x 65.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Langford House, Dublin, Ireland: Elevations of Room Facing the Garden

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 7/16 x 20 9/16 inches (72.3 x 52.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Headfort House, Ireland: Lady's Room Ceiling

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Graphic, watercolor with pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 22 3/16 inches (44.1 x 56.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Langford House, Dublin, Ireland: Elevations of Room Facing Mary Street

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 x 28 15/16 inches (51.8 x 73.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Headfort House, Ireland: Section of One End of the Parlor

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 20 inches (36.8 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Headfort House, Ireland: Section of One End of the Parlor

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 20 inches (36.8 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 7/8 x 24 1/2 inches (45.4 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 25 5/8 inches (36.8 × 65.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Langford House, Dublin, Ireland: Great Room Ceiling

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 16 1/4 inches (28.9 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 5/8 inches (54 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Headfort House, Ireland: Staircase Ceiling

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 5/8 inches (54 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Headfort House, Ireland: Detail of the Lady's Room Ceiling

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 x 21 1/4 inches (33.7 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Headfort House, Ireland: Ceiling of the Front Hall

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black and brown ink with gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 20 inches (36.5 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Headfort House, Ireland: Saloon Ceiling

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, pen and black and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/16 x 25 3/16 inches (49.3 x 64 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Headfort House: Staircase Moldings

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 15/16 x 12 7/8 inches (53.2 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Headfort House: Great Room Pilaster

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black and brown ink, graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 12 3/8 inches (48.9 x 31.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Headfort House: Moldings in the Hall

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black and brown ink, graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 x 12 15/16 inches (53.1 x 32.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Headfort House: Staircase Moldings

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 15/16 x 21 1/16 inches (32.8 x 53.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Headfort House: Lady's Room Ceiling Rose

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black and brown ink, graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 15/16 x 20 7/8 inches (32.9 x 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Headfort House: Staircase Entablature

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 15/16 x 21 1/4 inches (65.9 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Headfort House: Lady's Room Moldings

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/16 x 13 1/8 inches (54.2 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Headfort House: Cornice and Frieze

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black and brown ink, graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 13/16 x 25 1/2 inches (52.9 x 64.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Headfort House: Moldings

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, rough, gray wove paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/2 x 21 1/8 inches (62.3 x 53.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Headfort House: Moldings in the Great Room

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black and brown ink, graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 x 12 5/8 inches (53.3 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. British, Neoclassical frame

Creator:: Design Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 2nd half of 18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Wood and compo, later gilding over original gilding
Collection:: Frames
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art

63. Headfort House: Great Room Door and Panel

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black and brown ink, graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 20 13/16 inches (37.4 x 52.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. British, Neoclassical frame

Creator:: workshop of Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 4th quarter of 18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Carved wood, original matt and burnished water gilding
Collection:: Frames
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art

65. British, Neoclassical frame

Creator:: workshop of Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 4th quarter of 18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Carved wood, original matt and burnished water gilding
Collection:: Frames
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art

66. Figures in a Rocky Romantic Landscape

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches (14.6 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Kirkdale House, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: ca. 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches (27.3 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Figures in a Lakeside Romantic Landscape

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 9 inches (14.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Works in architecture.

Creator:: Adam, Robert, 1728–1792
Date:: 1778-1779
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

70. Heyday! Is This My Daughter Anne!

Creator:: Print made by Francis E. Adams, active ca.1760–1775
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately 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 Fund

71. Miss Carpenters

Creator:: Print made by Francis E. Adams, active ca.1760–1775
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 9 3/4in. (35.2 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Index villaris, or, An exact register, alphabetically digested, of all the cities, market-towns, parishes, villages, ... the bishopricks, deanries [sic], churches, chapels, hospitals : with the rectories and vicarages in England and Wales, ... the private seats of the king, nobility and gentry, the number of Parliament men sent by cities or burroughs, the inns of court, colleges, inns of chancery, or other societies ... : hereto is added a perfect catalogue of the nobility of England and Wales, to the present time, Feb. 20 1700, with their respective seats and the counties wherein they are situate.

Creator:: Adams, Mr. (John), -1738
Date:: 1700
Physical Description:: [8], 420 [i.e. 416] p. ; 39 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

73. Geometrical and graphical essays : containing a description of the mathematical instruments used in geometry, civil and military surveying, levelling and perspective; with many new problems, illustrative of each branch / by George Adams, ...

Creator:: Adams, George, 1750–1795
Date:: 1791
Physical Description:: [4], xvi, 500 p., [1], 32 leaves of plates (some folded) ; 22 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

74. To Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales : with the tragedy of Cato, Nov. 1714 : to Sir Godfrey Kneller on his picture of the King.

Creator:: Addison, Joseph, 1672–1719
Date:: 1716
Physical Description:: [2], 9 p. ; 34 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

75. The poetical works of Joseph Addison. : With the life of the author.

Creator:: Addison, Joseph, 1672–1719
Date:: 1796
Physical Description:: [2], xxxii, 146, [2] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., port. ; 15 cm. (12 mo.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

76. The works of the late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq; : ... With a complete index.

Creator:: Addison, Joseph, 1672–1719
Date:: 1761
Physical Description:: 4 v. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

77. The British cabinet : containing portraits of illustrious personages, engraved from original pictures, with biographical memoirs / by John Adolphus ...

Creator:: Adolphus, John, 1768–1845
Date:: 1799-1800
Physical Description:: 2 v. : ports. ; 36 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

78. London and Westminster in the reign of Queen Elizabeth anno dom. 1563 [cartographic material] / Radulphus Aggus.

Creator:: Agas, Ralph, 1545–1621
Date:: October 30th, 1789
Physical Description:: 1 map ; 38 x 104 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Study of a Grey Horse

Creator:: Jacques-Laurent Agasse, 1767–1849
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 8 1/2 x 12 1/8 inches (21.6 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

80. Choice observations upon the art of painting : together with Vasari's Lives of the most eminent painters, from Cimabue to the time of Raphael and Michael Angelo : with an explanation of the difficult terms.

Creator:: Aglionby, William, d. 1705
Date:: 1719
Physical Description:: [36], 374 [i.e. 387], [2] p. ; 25 cm. (4to)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. A general treatise of architecture : in five books ... / by John Aheron, architect.

Creator:: Aheron, John
Date:: MDCCLIV [1754]
Physical Description:: vi, 110, 8, [20] pages, [82] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 42 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

82. Letters from a father to his son, on various topics, relative to literature and the conduct of life. Written in the years 1792 and 1793, by J. Aikin, M.D.

Creator:: Aikin, John, 1747–1822
Date:: 1794
Physical Description:: xii, 348 p. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

83. A description of the country from thirty to forty miles round Manchester : containing its geography, natural and civil; principal productions; river and canal navigations; a particular account or its towns and chief villages; their history, population, commerce, and manufactures; buildings, government, &c. / The materials arranged, and the work composed by J. Aikin, M.D. embellished and illustrated with seventry-three plates.

Creator:: Aikin, John, 1747–1822
Date:: [1795]
Physical Description:: [2], xvi, [8], 624 pages, [62] leaves of plates ([4] folded) : illustrations, maps, plans, portraits ; 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. An Unfinished Study of the Head of James Thomson

Creator:: William Aikman, 1682–1731
Date:: ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 7/16 x 15 5/16 inches (49.4 x 38.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

85. The poems of Mark Akenside, M. D.

Creator:: Akenside, Mark, 1721–1770
Date:: 1772
Physical Description:: xii, 402 p. 21 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

86. The architecture of Leon Battista Alberti in ten books : of painting in three books and of statuary in one book : translated into Italian by Cosimo Bartoli : and now first into English, and divided into three volumes / by James Leoni, Venetian, architect ; to which are added several designs of his own, for buildings both public and private.

Creator:: Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404–1472
Date:: MDCCXXVI [1726]
Physical Description:: 3 volumes : illustrations ; 45 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

87. Privet Hawk Moths and Callajoppa Exaltatoria

Creator:: Eleazar Albin, active 1713–1759
Date:: 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 8 1/4 inches (27 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Bernardi Siegfried Albini Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani.

Creator:: Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1697–1770
Date:: 1749
Physical Description:: [94] pages, XXV [i.e. 40] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 72 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. The anatomy of painting, or, A short and easy introduction to anatomy : being a new edition, on a smaller scale, of six tables of Albinus, with their linear figures ; also, a new translation of Albinus's history of that work, and of his index to the six tables : to which are added the anatomy of Celsus, with notes, and the physiology of Cicero : with an introduction, giving a short view of picturesque anatomy / by John Brisbane ...

Creator:: Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1697–1770
Date:: 1769
Physical Description:: xxvi, [5]-76 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 40 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. Tables of the skeleton and muscles of the human body / by Bernard Siegfried Albinus ; translated from the Latin.

Creator:: Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried, 1697–1770
Date:: 1777-1778
Physical Description:: vi, 32, [3], 32-86 p. : ill. ; 46 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

91. Portia and Shylock, from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", IV, i

Creator:: Edward Alcock, active 1750–ca. 1778
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 x 20 inches (66 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

92. Elementa architecturae civilis ad Vitruvii veterumque disciplinam, et recentiorum praesertim a Paladii exempla probatiora concinnata. Auctore Henrico Aldrich.

Creator:: Aldrich, Henry, 1648–1710
Date:: 1789
Physical Description:: [viii], 54 p., illus., plans 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

93. The elements of civil architecture according to Vitruvius and other ancients and the most approved practice of modern authors, especially Palladio by Henry Aldrich, translated by Philip Smyth.

Creator:: Aldrich, Henry, 1648–1710
Date:: 1789
Physical Description:: lxvi, 66 p. 55 plates (incl. plans) 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

94. George Jameson

Creator:: Print made by John Alexander, 1686–before 1768
Date:: 1728
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Lot and His Family

Creator:: Print made by John Alexander, 1686–before 1768
Date:: ca. 1718
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 15 1/16 inches (28.8 x 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

96. Abraham's Offering

Creator:: John Alexander, 1686–before 1768
Date:: 1718
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 18 1/4in. (27.3 x 46.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Dedicatory page, The Stanza d'Eliodoro

Creator:: John Alexander, 1686–before 1768
Date:: 1718
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 16 1/4in. (32.1 x 41.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Jacob and the Heavenly Ladder

Creator:: John Alexander, 1686–before 1768
Date:: 1718
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 18 3/4in. (27.9 x 47.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. The Command to Jacob to Depart

Creator:: John Alexander, 1686–before 1768
Date:: 1717
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 20 1/8in. (29.2 x 51.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. The Blessing of Abraham

Creator:: John Alexander, 1686–before 1768
Date:: 1717
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 19 5/8in. (28.9 x 49.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Beauties of the Dutch school.

3. Windsor Castle

4. The House at Chiswick in the County of Middlesex

5. Vue de la Bibliotheque Bodléienne du Côté interieur de l'occident

6. La Bibliotheque Bodleinne & les Auditoires des Arts Liberaux a Oxford, vus du cote du Midi

7. Vûës des villes de Londres, de Canterbury, de Colchester, et autres lieux circonvoisens : avec leur principales eglises, palais, edifices, maison de campagne & autres choses remarquables. Representées en taille-douces tres exactes, avec un courte description sous chaque figure ...

8. Vûës des villes de Yorck, de Lancaster et autres lieux circonvoisins : avec leurs principales maisons de campagne & autre choses remarquables : representées en taille-douces tres exactes, avec une courte description sous chaque figure.

10. Slate Quarry at Widecombe, Devon

11. The Mouth of the Cavern at Castleton in the Peak of Derby

12. Admiral Lord Bridport

13. A set of new designs for coach & chariot bodies = Receuil de diverse nouveau desseins en carosses et carosses coupé / by Edw. Abbott, painter.

15. Explication des peintures, sculptures, et autres ouvrages de messieurs de l'Academie royale; dont l'exposition a été ordonnée, suivant l'intention de Sa Majeste', par M. Le Normand de Tournehem ...

17. A fourth book, containing twelve imitations of drawings, of modern carriages : on a half inch scale to a foot.

18. Watercolor box.

19. Lessons for beginners in the fine art / by R. Ackermann.

20. Fifth book containing nine imitations of drawings of fashionable carriage : on a half inch scale to a foot.

23. Landscape with River and Figures

24. Headfort House: Ceiling Rose in Staircase

25. Headfort House: Lady's Room Ceiling

26. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor

27. Castle with Figures in a Classical Landscape

28. Study for a Stable Court of Kirkdale, Wigtownshire, Scotland

29. Design for a Door-knocker

30. Headfort House, Ireland: Ceiling of the Eating Parlor

31. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevations of the Front Hall

32. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of One End of the Parlor

33. Headfort House, Ireland: Eating Parlor Ceiling

34. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor

35. Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase

36. Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase

37. Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase

38. Headfort House, Ireland: Detail of Entablature in the Staircase

39. Langford House, Dublin, Ireland: Elevations of Room Facing the Garden

40. Headfort House, Ireland: Lady's Room Ceiling

41. Langford House, Dublin, Ireland: Elevations of Room Facing Mary Street

42. Headfort House, Ireland: Section of One End of the Parlor

43. Headfort House, Ireland: Section of One End of the Parlor

44. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor

45. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor

46. Langford House, Dublin, Ireland: Great Room Ceiling

47. Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase

48. Headfort House, Ireland: Staircase Ceiling

49. Headfort House, Ireland: Detail of the Lady's Room Ceiling

50. Headfort House, Ireland: Ceiling of the Front Hall

51. Headfort House, Ireland: Saloon Ceiling

52. Headfort House: Staircase Moldings

53. Headfort House: Great Room Pilaster

54. Headfort House: Moldings in the Hall

55. Headfort House: Staircase Moldings

56. Headfort House: Lady's Room Ceiling Rose

57. Headfort House: Staircase Entablature

58. Headfort House: Lady's Room Moldings

59. Headfort House: Cornice and Frieze

60. Headfort House: Moldings

61. Headfort House: Moldings in the Great Room

62. British, Neoclassical frame

63. Headfort House: Great Room Door and Panel

64. British, Neoclassical frame

65. British, Neoclassical frame

66. Figures in a Rocky Romantic Landscape

67. Kirkdale House, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

68. Figures in a Lakeside Romantic Landscape

69. Works in architecture.

70. Heyday! Is This My Daughter Anne!

71. Miss Carpenters

73. Geometrical and graphical essays : containing a description of the mathematical instruments used in geometry, civil and military surveying, levelling and perspective; with many new problems, illustrative of each branch / by George Adams, ...

74. To Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales : with the tragedy of Cato, Nov. 1714 : to Sir Godfrey Kneller on his picture of the King.

75. The poetical works of Joseph Addison. : With the life of the author.

76. The works of the late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Esq; : ... With a complete index.

77. The British cabinet : containing portraits of illustrious personages, engraved from original pictures, with biographical memoirs / by John Adolphus ...

78. London and Westminster in the reign of Queen Elizabeth anno dom. 1563 [cartographic material] / Radulphus Aggus.

79. Study of a Grey Horse

80. Choice observations upon the art of painting : together with Vasari's Lives of the most eminent painters, from Cimabue to the time of Raphael and Michael Angelo : with an explanation of the difficult terms.

81. A general treatise of architecture : in five books ... / by John Aheron, architect.

82. Letters from a father to his son, on various topics, relative to literature and the conduct of life. Written in the years 1792 and 1793, by J. Aikin, M.D.