Period: 19th century / Genre: figure study / Subject Terms: portrait

1. Woman in Japanese Dress

Creator:: Sir John Lavery, 1856–1941
Date:: 1883
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 11 × 8 3/8 inches (27.9 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

2. A Greek Boxer Waiting His Turn

Creator:: Joseph Gott, 1786–1860
Date:: ca. 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 20 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (52.1 x 41.9 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

3. Mary Constable Reading

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 3 5/8 inches (15.6 x 9.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Thomas Hayley (1780-1800)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 1/8 inches (22.3 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Charles J. Rosenbloom, B.A. 1920

5. Sheet from the Blake-Varley Sketchbook of 1819, Pages 37 and 38

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 8 inches (15.6 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Keith C., Yale BA 1968, and Mildred B. Marshall

6. Thomas Hayley (1780-1800)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 8 11/16 inches (28.7 x 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Faces

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 3 1/8 inches (9 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Woman with Square Hat

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, white chalk, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 6 9/16 inches (21.4 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Seated Turk

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: between 1840 and 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 11 5/8 inches (43.2 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Lady

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 inches (26.7 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Lady with a Veil

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 7/16 inches (24.8 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Studies after Anthony van Dyck's Portrait of Arthur Goodwin

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 10 3/8 inches (17.8 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Study for the Head of Christ and an Apostle

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 6 1/4 inches (19.7 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Study of J.M.W. Turner Sketching

Creator:: George Jones, 1786–1869
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash on medium, slightly textured, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 6 7/16in. (16.8 x 16.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Head of a Young Woman

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: between 1838 and 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 5/8 x 11 1/4 inches (34.6 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Study of Facial Expressions

Creator:: Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 6 3/4 inches (19.4 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Portuguese Boy (Madeira) January 25, 1868

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1868
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 7 inches (25.4 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Sketchbook

Creator:: Charles Samuel Keene, 1823–1891
Date:: between 1846 and 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and blue colored pencil on ruled, medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 6 5/8 inches (16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Wayfarers

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, and pen and brown ink on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 5 5/8 inches (15.2 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black, red, and white chalk over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (41.9 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Queen Anne

Creator:: Attributed to Queen Victoria, 1819–1901
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 5 5/16 inches (17.1 × 13.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. An Actress

Creator:: Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 9 1/4 inches (37.8 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Two Women in Colorful Costume

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: ca. 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 14 1/4in. (34 x 36.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Girl in a Pinafore

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: between 1840 and 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 10 1/8 inches (32.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Head of a Woman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 3/4 inches (21.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James B. Richardson, Jr.

26. Woman with a Headdress

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 7/8 inches (21.9 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James B. Richardson, Jr.

27. Portrait of Charles Conder at the Academie Julian, 1890

Creator:: Sir William Rothenstein, 1872–1945
Date:: 1890
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on thin, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 9 3/8 inches (36.8 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. Portrait Head of Samuel Palmer

Creator:: George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 × 3 3/8 inches (11 × 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Study of Mrs. William Wilberforce

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: ca. 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 6 1/8 inches (29.5 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Joan Linnell Burton (Near Andover, Hants), 1983.

30. After the Manner of Raphael

Creator:: Julia Margaret Cameron, 1815–1879
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Albumen print on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted to board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 3/16 inches (31.4 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Melville Chapin, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

31. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Right

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black chalk and stumping over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 6 5/8 inches (20.3 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Sir Alexander Hood, Bart.

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 11/16 × 17 3/16 inches (52.5 × 43.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Study of a Peasant Girl

Creator:: Sidney Richard Percy, 1821–1886
Date:: ca. 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Albumen print from wet collodion negative on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 6 3/8 inches (12.7 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro

34. Janie Ellice: Full Length Sketch

Creator:: Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
Date:: 1835 to 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 inches (29.8 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Study of Children

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 10 3/4 inches (19.4 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Woman with Folded Arms

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 5 inches (16.5 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Family Portraits

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (14.6 x 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Hon. George Pryse Cambell (1793-1858), as a Midshipman

Creator:: Henry Edridge, 1769–1821
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 × 19 inches (35.6 × 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Portrait of Edwin Austin Abbey at Work

Creator:: George Percy Jacomb-Hood, 1857–1929
Date:: 1898
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 11 1/8 inches (37.8 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, The Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Collection

40. Man in cap, probably a portrait of Jim Lush

Creator:: George Housman Thomas, 1824–1868
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of three Australian sisters - Gwendoline Ewens, Jean Parkin, and Joyce Wilson

41. Head of a Woman Called Ruth Herbert

Creator:: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828–1882
Date:: 1876
Materials & Techniques:: Red chalk and black chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige 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

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1. Woman in Japanese Dress

2. A Greek Boxer Waiting His Turn

3. Mary Constable Reading

4. Thomas Hayley (1780-1800)

5. Sheet from the Blake-Varley Sketchbook of 1819, Pages 37 and 38

6. Thomas Hayley (1780-1800)

7. Faces

8. Woman with Square Hat

9. Seated Turk

10. Lady

11. Lady with a Veil

12. Studies after Anthony van Dyck's Portrait of Arthur Goodwin

13. Study for the Head of Christ and an Apostle

14. Study of J.M.W. Turner Sketching

15. Head of a Young Woman

16. Study of Facial Expressions

17. Portuguese Boy (Madeira) January 25, 1868

18. Sketchbook

19. Wayfarers

20. Portrait of a Gentleman

21. Queen Anne

22. An Actress

23. Two Women in Colorful Costume

24. Girl in a Pinafore

25. Head of a Woman

26. Woman with a Headdress

27. Portrait of Charles Conder at the Academie Julian, 1890

28. Portrait Head of Samuel Palmer

29. Study of Mrs. William Wilberforce

30. After the Manner of Raphael

31. Portrait of a Lady, Facing Right

32. Sir Alexander Hood, Bart.

33. Study of a Peasant Girl

34. Janie Ellice: Full Length Sketch

35. Study of Children

36. Woman with Folded Arms

37. Family Portraits

38. The Hon. George Pryse Cambell (1793-1858), as a Midshipman

39. Portrait of Edwin Austin Abbey at Work

40. Man in cap, probably a portrait of Jim Lush

41. Head of a Woman Called Ruth Herbert