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William Pars, 1742–1782

A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio

(1776)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite and black crayon on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsMount: 17 15/16 x 24 1/8 inches (45.5 x 61.3 cm), Sheet: 15 1/16 x 21 1/8 inches (38.3 x 53.6 cm), Image: 15 1/16 x 21 1/8 inches (38.3 x 53.6 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828

Vessels in a Choppy Sea

(ca. 1824)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 5 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches (14 x 21.3 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

James Jefferys, 1751–1784

Self-Portrait

(between 1771 and 1775)

• Materials & TechniquesPen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 21 1/4 x 16 3/8 inches (54 x 41.6 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Sunset

(ca. 1861)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, gouache, gum, and graphite on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 10 5/8 x 15 1/4 inches (27 x 38.7 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833

Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye, Dawn

(between 1826 and 1832)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, gouache, scraping out and gum on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on card
• DimensionsSheet: 17 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches (45.1 x 65.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

John Russell, 1745–1806

John Collins of Devizes

(1799)

• Materials & TechniquesPastel on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on canvas
• DimensionsSheet: 30 x 25 1/4 inches (76.2 x 64.1 cm), Frame: 35 x 30 x 3 3/4 inches (88.9 x 76.2 x 9.5 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797

Portrait of a Man

(ca. 1768)

• Materials & TechniquesBlack chalk, white chalk and brown chalk on medium, slightly textured, white laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 14 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (36.8 x 28.6 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804

Interior of St. Paul's Cathedral

(ca. 1792)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on smooth, medium, cream laid paper laid down on card
• DimensionsSheet: 26 1/4 x 36 1/8 inches (66.7 x 91.8 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Peter Oliver, 1589–1647

Venus and Adonis

(1631)

• Materials & TechniquesGray wash, graphite, and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 7 9/16 x 8 13/16 inches (19.2 x 22.4 cm), Sheet: 7 3/8 × 8 3/4 inches (18.7 × 22.2 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Isaac Oliver, ca. 1565–1617

Leda and the Swan

(undated)

• Materials & TechniquesBrown wash, graphite, gouache, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 6 1/2 × 8 3/8 inches (16.5 × 21.3 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Francis Place, 1647–1728

Coquet Island

(undated)

• Materials & TechniquesBrown wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 3 1/4 x 16 5/8 inches (8.3 x 42.2 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

George Engleheart, 1753–1829

A Lady of the Blunt Family

(ca. 1795)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor and gouache on ivory
• DimensionsImage: 3 1/2 x 2 7/8 inches (8.9 x 7.3 cm), Frame: 4 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 5/8 inches (11.1 x 7.9 x 1.6 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Nicholas Hilliard, ca. 1547–1619

Portrait of a Lady

(between 1600 and 1615)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor and gouache on vellum laid onto card
• DimensionsSheet: 2 x 1 11/16 inches (5.1 x 4.3 cm), Frame: 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 1/2 inches (7 x 5.7 x 1.3 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

John Smart, 1741–1811

General Stevenson

(1796)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor and gouache on ivory
• DimensionsImage: 3 x 2 1/2 inches (7.6 x 6.4 cm), Frame: 3 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 1/4 inches (8.9 x 7 x 0.6 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, ca. 1533–before 1588

A Young Daughter of the Picts

(ca. 1585)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, gouache, and gold on parchment
• DimensionsSheet: 10 1/4 × 7 3/8 inches (26 × 18.7 cm), Frame: 20 3/8 × 15 3/8 × 1 inches (51.8 × 39.1 × 2.5 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876

A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai. 1842 - The Convent of St.... [Read more]

(1856)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, gouache and graphite on slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on board
• DimensionsSheet: 26 1/4 x 53 1/2 inches (66.7 x 135.9 cm), Frame: 32 x 59 x 2 3/4 inches (81.3 x 149.9 x 7 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

John Linnell, 1792–1882

Landscape in North Wales

(1813)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, white laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 9 3/8 x 14 5/8 inches (23.8 x 37.1 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864

Bird's Nest with Sprays of Apple Blossoms

(ca. 1847)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 10 x 12 inches (25.4 x 30.5 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

James Ward, 1769–1859

A Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus)

(undated)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 7 5/8 x 13 1/8 inches (19.4 x 33.3 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thomas Wyck, 1616–1677

View of the Waterhouse and Old St. Paul's, London

(ca. 1663)

• Materials & TechniquesGray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 9 × 13 1/2 inches (22.9 × 34.3 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

William Alexander, 1767–1816

City of Lin Tsin, Shantung, with a View of the Grand Canal

(1795)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 11 1/4 × 17 1/2 inches (28.6 × 44.5 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758

Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury

(1757)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsMount: 10 1/4 × 23 1/2 inches (26 × 59.7 cm), Sheet: 8 × 20 3/4 inches (20.3 × 52.7 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Ancient Trees, Lullingstone Park

(1828)

• Materials & TechniquesGraphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 10 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (26.7 x 37.1 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Isaac Oliver, ca. 1565–1617

Robert Devereux, Second Earl of Essex

(ca. 1596)

• Materials & TechniquesGouache and gray ink on parchment laid onto card
• DimensionsFrame: 3 x 2 1/2 x 5/8 inches (7.6 x 6.4 x 1.6 cm), Mount: 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches (5.4 x 4.4 cm), Sheet: 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches (5.4 x 4.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862

Donati's Comet

(between 1858 and 1859)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 10 1/8 x 14 3/8 inches (25.7 x 36.5 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898

Studies of a Suit of Armor

(1875)

• Materials & TechniquesGraphite, watercolor, and gouache on thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 16 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches (42.5 x 32.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848

The Triumph of Music

(ca. 1815)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 12 3/16 × 18 1/8 inches (31 × 46 cm), Mount: 14 13/16 × 21 1/4 inches (37.6 × 54 cm), Image: 11 3/16 × 17 3/16 inches (28.4 × 43.7 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

Roslin Castle, Midlothian

(ca. 1780)

• Materials & TechniquesGouache on medium laid paper, mounted on board
• DimensionsSheet: 18 1/8 x 25 1/8 inches (46 x 63.8 cm), Mount: 18 1/8 x 15 1/8 inches (46 x 38.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Francis Barlow, 1622–1704

Man Hunting with a Pointed Staff and a Hound

(ca. 1645-1650)

• Materials & TechniquesPen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 4 5/8 × 6 inches (11.7 × 15.2 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700

Staghunt

(undated)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 18 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches (47.6 x 32.7 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Canaletto, 1697–1768

The City of Westminster from Near the York Water Gate

(between 1746 and 1747)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, gray wash, and pen and brown ink on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 15 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches (38.7 x 71.8 cm), Frame: 32 × 42 × 1 1/4 inches (81.3 × 106.7 × 3.2 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

North West View of Wakefield Lodge in Whittlebury Forest, Northamptonshire

(1767)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor with pen and gray ink and touches of gold paint over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 16 3/4 x 33 1/4 inches (42.5 x 84.5 cm), Mount: 19 7/8 x 36 inches (50.5 x 91.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

James Ward, 1769–1859

Snowdon, an Approaching Storm

(1853)

• Materials & TechniquesGray wash with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 6 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches (17.1 x 32.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Robert Hills, 1769–1844

A Village Snow Scene

(1819)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor and gouache over graphite with scraping out on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 12 5/8 x 16 15/16 inches (32 x 43.1 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873

Mountain Panorama in Wales, Cader Idris

(1803)

• Materials & TechniquesGraphite with black chalk on medium, slightly-textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 10 7/16 x 17 1/16 inches (26.5 x 43.3 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Adam Buck, 1759–1833

The Artist and his Family

(1813)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink, and graphite, with gum arabic and scraping on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 17 9/16 × 16 11/16 inches (44.6 × 42.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801

The Rustic Lover

(1786)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 17 x 13 3/4 inches (43.2 x 34.9 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806

A Horse Affrighted by a Lion

(1788)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching with roulette work, third state
• DimensionsPlate: 9 7/8 x 13 inches (25.1 x 33 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Willem van de Velde the Elder, ca. 1611–1693

Celebration on the Thames near Whitehall

(1685)

• Materials & TechniquesPen and brown ink, graphite, and gray wash on two joined sheets of medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 11 1/8 x 17 3/8 inches (28.3 x 44.1 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Vera descriptio expeditionis nauticae Francisci Draci Angli, cognitis... [Read more]

(circa 1587)

• Materials & Techniques
• Dimensions1 map : pen and ink and watercolor ; 21.9 x 43 cm, on sheet 23.5 x 46 cm
• CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts
• Credit line22907248900008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection