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America. A Prophecy, Plate 7, "Albions Angel stood...."
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 7, "Now comes the night . . . . " (Bentley 8)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Jerusalem, Plate 11, "To labours mighty...."
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Jerusalem, Plate 12, "Why wilt thou give to her...."
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Jerusalem, Plate 24, "What have I said?...."
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Jerusalem, Plate 71, "And above Albions Land...."
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Jerusalem, Plate 74, "The Four Zoa's clouded rage...."
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Jerusalem, Plate 77, "To the Christians...."
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Jerusalem, Plate 75, "And Rahab Babylon the Great...."
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Jerusalem, Plate 35, "Then the Divine hand...."
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Jerusalem, Plate 48, "These were his last words...."
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Jerusalem, Plate 14, "One hair nor particle of dust...."
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Introduction to the Fables, The Shepherd and the Philosopher
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XXVIII. The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable VI. The Miser and Plutus
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XIII. The Tame Stag
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XXIV. The Butterfly and the Snail
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XXX. The Setting-dog and the Partridge
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XLI. The Owl and the Farmer
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XII. Pan and Fortune
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XVI. The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-Worm
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XVI. The Pin and the Needle
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XXII. The Goat Without a Beard
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable I. The Dog and the Fox
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
MacBeth: Banquet Scene
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 x 6 3/4 inches (14.3 x 17.1 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
The Abandonment and Rescue of Perdita from "The Winter's Tale"
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (14 x 17.1 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
Falstaff in the Boar's Head
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1807
Materials & Techniques:
Oil with brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches (19.7 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Falstaff at Herne's Oak
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
1807
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink, oil, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches (15.6 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for Midsummer Night's Dream
Creator:
Thomas Grieve, 1799–1882
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite, squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 × 6 1/2 inches (55.9 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Little Executioner
Creator:
Print made by Prince Rupert, 1619–1682
Date:
ca. 1662
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 × 6 3/4 inches (15.2 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
St. Herbert's Chapel
Creator:
Print made by Henry Le Keux, 1787–1868
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, creame wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 12 inches (44.5 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Loch Lomond
Creator:
Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, early engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper, with cream chine collé
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, Paul Mellon Collection
The Descent of Man into the Vale of Death
Creator:
Print made by Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810
Date:
1808, published 1813
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 × 11 3/8 inches (38.1 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
St. Herbert's Chapel
Creator:
Print made by Henry Le Keux, 1787–1868
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 5/16 × 11 13/16 inches (44 × 30 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Faust and Margaret
Creator:
Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, watercolor and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 6 1/2 inches (24.8 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lady Elizabeth Cavendish (née Hervey), Duchess of Devonshire
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 3/16 inches (23.2 × 18.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
London. A Street: 'Henry IV Part II,' Act II, Scene I
Creator:
Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:
after 1857
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/8 × 8 1/8 inches (14.9 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
London. The Boar's-head Tavern in Eastcheap: 'Henry IV Part II,' Act II, Scene IV
Creator:
Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:
after 1857
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/16 × 8 1/8 inches (16.4 × 20.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Gloucestershire. Before Shallow's house: 'Henry IV Part II,' Act III, Scene II
Creator:
Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:
after 1857
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/16 × 8 9/16 inches (16.1 × 21.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Isaac Watts
Creator:
Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 11/16 inches (23.2 × 17 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Dr. Joseph Warton
Creator:
Anthony Cardon, 1772–1813
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 13/16 inches (28.3 × 22.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Junction of the Greta and the Tees
Creator:
Print made by John Pye, 1782–1874
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving; early, touched engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/2 × 6 3/4 inches (11.4 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Bermerside
Creator:
John Horsburgh, 1791–1869
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving; touched engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (22.5 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration
Creator:
Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 15/16 × 6 11/16 inches (10 × 17 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Venice, The Rialto - Moonlight
Creator:
Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, 1st state on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 6 1/2 inches (29.5 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Vision of Columbus
Creator:
Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 6 1/2 inches (29.5 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
St. Sophia, Constantinople
Creator:
Print made by Edward Francis Finden, 1791–1857
Date:
1833
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, third state on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 7/16 inches (27.3 × 21.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. A Garden

A Garden
Creator:
Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, 1st state on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 6 5/8 inches (29.2 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. A Garden

A Garden
Creator:
Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, 1st state on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 6 5/8 inches (29.5 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The School of Homer, Scio
Creator:
Print made by Edward Francis Finden, 1791–1857
Date:
1833
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving, third state on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 5/8 inches (28.9 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Scio (Fontana de Melek, Mehmet Pasha)
Creator:
Print made by Edward Francis Finden, 1791–1857
Date:
1833
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving, third state on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 3/4 inches (28.9 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks Takes a Ride at St. Cloud'
Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 9/16 inches (10.5 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities:" 'Mr. Jorrocks Renounces the Acquaintance of the Yorkshireman'
Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 9/16 inches (10.5 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": "Water, I do Declare with Worms in it"
Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (10.5 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks's Surprize on Seeing the Paris Diligence, "My Vig, Here's Wombwell's Wildbeast show" '
Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/16 × 6 9/16 inches (10.3 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Lift me Up! Tie me in my Chair! Fill my Glass'
Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/16 × 6 9/16 inches (10.3 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities": 'Mr. Jorrocks Beats the Baron for Speed'
Creator:
Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 9/16 inches (10.5 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sophia, Honour, and the Chambermaid
Creator:
James Gillray, 1756–1815
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 5/8 x 10 7/8 inches (39.7 x 27.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection
An Old Manor House
Creator:
Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, 1st state on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 6 5/8 inches (29.5 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Loch Lomond
Creator:
Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
line engraving, 1st state on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/8 × 6 1/2 inches (29.5 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mrs. Abington as Thalia
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, with hand colored ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/16 × 7 1/8 inches (23.4 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Tancred and Clorinda
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1785
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 9 3/16 inches (28.3 x 23.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Faim, Soif, Cris, Danse, Danse, Danse
Creator:
Keith Vaughan, 1912–1977
Date:
1949
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (26.7 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
Jane Shore
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (22.2 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Alphonso and Aciloe
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/16 x 11 inches (38.5 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ticket for the Benefit of Madame Banti
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (13.7 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Launce with his Dog Crab
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
ca. 1821
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 1/2in. (20.6 x 16.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Prospero Conjuring a Masque for Ferdinand and Miranda
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache, and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 15/16 x 6 9/16 inches (12.6 x 16.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Concert Ticket: Benefit Night of Luigi Borghi
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches (19.1 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Bolton Abbey
Creator:
Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, engraver's proof (early) on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/16 × 6 3/4 inches (30.6 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Scene from the Tempest
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 6 5/8 inches (14 × 16.8 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
Vortigern & Rowena
Creator:
Print made by Anker Smith, 1759–1819
Date:
1816
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent
St. Herbert's Chapel
Creator:
Print made by Henry Le Keux, 1787–1868
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, open etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, creame wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/4 × 9 3/8 inches (36.2 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Marion "Polly" Terry as Dora
Creator:
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson [pseud. Lewis Carroll], 1832–1898
Date:
1875, printed ca.1980
Materials & Techniques:
Gold toned contact print from a collodion wet plate negative on photographic printing-out paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 7 inches (22.9 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara Benson and Richard Benson (1943–2017)
Marion "Polly" Terry as Fitz-James
Creator:
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson [pseud. Lewis Carroll], 1832–1898
Date:
1875, printed ca.1980
Materials & Techniques:
Gold toned contact print from a collodion wet plate negative on photographic printing-out paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 × 8 inches (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara Benson and Richard Benson (1943–2017)
Fable I. The Lion, the Tiger, and the Traveller
Creator:
Print made by Lovegrove, active 1793
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Title Page, Fables by John Gay
Creator:
Print made by Brown, active 1793
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable IV. The Eagle and the Assembly of Animals
Creator:
Print made by W. Grainger, active 1793
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XIX. The Lion and the Cub
Creator:
Print made by W. Grainger, active 1793
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XLV. The Poet and the Rose
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Cook, 1744–1818
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XLIII. The Council of Horses
Creator:
Print made by W. Grainger, active 1793
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Hamlet and the Ghost
Creator:
George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:
ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 5/16 inches (17.4 x 21.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Fable XVII. The Shepherd's Dog and the Wolf
Creator:
Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable X. The Elephant and the Bookseller
Creator:
Print made by Wilson, active 1793
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XV. The Philosopher and the Pheasants
Creator:
Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XIV. The Monkey Who Had Seen the World
Creator:
Print made by Lovegrove, active 1793
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XX. The Old Hen and the Cock
Creator:
Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XXXII. The Two Owls and the Sparrow
Creator:
Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XXXIII. The Courtier and Proteus
Creator:
Print made by Wilson, active 1793
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XXXIV. The Mastiffs
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Cook, 1744–1818
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XXXV. The Barley-mow and the Dunghil
Creator:
Print made by W. Grainger, active 1793
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XXXVI. Pythagoras and the Countryman
Creator:
Print made by Peter Mazell, active 1761–1797
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XXXIX. The Father and Jupiter
Creator:
Print made by Wilson, active 1793
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XXXVIII. The Turkey and the Ant
Creator:
Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XLII. The Jugglers
Creator:
Print made by Philip Audinet, 1766–1837
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XL. The Two Monkeys
Creator:
Print made by Wilson, active 1793
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable XLIV. The Hound and the Huntsman
Creator:
Print made by Peter Mazell, active 1761–1797
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable II. The Vulture, the Sparrow, and Other Birds
Creator:
Print made by William Skelton, 1763–1848
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable IV. The Ant in Office
Creator:
Print made by Peter Mazell, active 1761–1797
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
Fable VI. The Squire and His Cur
Creator:
Print made by Peter Mazell, active 1761–1797
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Binding: 10 1/2 inches (26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD