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Exhibition History The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)

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1. Human Figure, Anterior View, Undissected (Finished Study for Table VI)

Human Figure, Anterior View, Undissected (Finished Study for Table VI)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 16 inches (54 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Human Figure, Posterior View (Finished Study for an Unpublished Plate)

Human Figure, Posterior View (Finished Study for an Unpublished Plate)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with traces of well-defined platemarks along margins
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 x 16 inches (54.3 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel

Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper; squared in graphite for transfer
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

4. Human Skeleton, Lateral View (Close to the Final Study for Table III But Differs in Detail)

Human Skeleton, Lateral View (Close to the Final Study for Table III But Differs in Detail)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: Between 1795 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 x 16 inches (54.6 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Tiger Body, Lateral View (Finished Drawing for Unpublished Table; Shows the Third Stage in Dissection)

Tiger Body, Lateral View (Finished Drawing for Unpublished Table; Shows the Third Stage in Dissection)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 21 1/4 inches (40.6 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Highly Finished Study for an Unpublished Table; Shows the Last Stage in Dissection)

Fowl Body, Lateral View (Highly Finished Study for an Unpublished Table; Shows the Last Stage in Dissection)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1795 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper with traces of well-defined platemarks along margins
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 16 inches (54 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The First Stage of Cruelty

The First Stage of Cruelty

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches (39.4 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Study of a Female Nude

Study of a Female Nude

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (26 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Saint Augustine's Gate, Canterbury

Saint Augustine's Gate, Canterbury

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 19 3/8 inches (34.3 x 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 45, "The Progress of Poesy."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 45, "The Progress of Poesy."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 17, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 17, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Howard Visiting a Prison

Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: between 1790 and 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Black and gray wash with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 20 1/8 inches (31.8 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

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

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

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 17 1/2 inches (28.6 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Nymphs Bathing in a Wooded Glade

Nymphs Bathing in a Wooded Glade

Creator:: William Taverner, 1703–1772
Date:: ca. 1765-1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 15 1/4 inches (30.5 × 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Tassisudon

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and gouache on very thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 × 30 1/4 inches (51.8 × 76.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection