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The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 59, "The Bard."
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 99, "Ode for Music."
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 63, "The Bard."
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 83, "The Descent of Odin."
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 95, "Ode for Music."
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 65, "The Bard."
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 115, "Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard."
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
Abraham and Isaac
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1799 to 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Tempera and pen and black ink on canvas
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (26.7 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Christ Giving Sight to Bartimaeus
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1799 to 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Tempera with pen and black ink on canvas
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 inches (26 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches (42.2 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Satan Approaching the Court of Chaos
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1784 to 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite with pen and gray ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (23.5 x 33.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Moses Receiving the Law
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash, black wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 26 x 12 1/4 inches (66 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (one of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Design for a Mural Executed in the Salon at Roehampton House, Surrey: Apollo Carrying off Aeneas in a Cloud
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 6 inches (14 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sketch for the Oil Painting "The Conversion of St. Paul"
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brushed black ink, gray wash and gouache on medium, moderately textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 11 3/4 inches (44.5 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
God Creating the Universe
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 13 1/8 inches (23.5 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copy of a Study for a Ceiling Decoration
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 7/8 × 9 1/4 inches (32.7 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still
Creator:
John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:
1818
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, brown wash, scratching out and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 × 24 1/8 inches (40.6 × 61.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, brown ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 3/16 inches (24.8 x 33.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to Homer's Iliad
Creator:
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:
1723
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (13.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Ceiling Decoration
Creator:
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:
1723
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 × 5 inches (12.7 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Fall of Phaeton: A Study for a Ceiling
Creator:
follower of Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 x 6 3/8 inches (15.2 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three of four)
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Birth of Venus
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 5 7/8in. (18.4 x 14.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Daughters of Jerusalem Weeping by the Waters of Babylon
Creator:
John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:
Mount: 6 5/16 x 8 inches (16 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Christ Stilling the Tempest
Creator:
Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study for Ceiling: Apollo and other Figures
Creator:
Attributed to Domenico Mondo, 1723– c.1808
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 7 1/4in. (25.1 x 18.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Apollo and Phaeton
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, gray wash and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 12 1/4 inches (21 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

29. Pamphilia

Pamphilia
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, gray wash and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (15.6 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
The Rescue of Lot
Creator:
John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:
1833
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:
Mount: 3 7/8 x 5 15/16 inches (9.8 x 15.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Walls of Jericho
Creator:
John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Gray and brown wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:
Mount: 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches (9.8 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Assumption
Creator:
John Baptist Medina, 1655–60–1710
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 × 5 inches (16.5 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Design for a Ceiling
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with gray wash on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches (22.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mrs. Yates in the Character of Medea
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
after 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 15 x 10 1/4 inches (38.1 x 26 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
Death on a Pale Horse
Creator:
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:
ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 5/8 x 18 1/2 inches (62.5 x 47 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Vision of Eliphaz
Creator:
circle of John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches (13.3 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Scene on Mount Olympus
Creator:
John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 1/4in. (21 x 28.6cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Job's Despair
Creator:
circle of John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (9.5 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Town and Country Magazine - Frontispiece for Vol. IV, 1772
Creator:
Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, gray wash, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 3 3/4 inches (16.8 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Study of Abraham Being Tested by God
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 11/16 × 2 9/16 inches (9.4 × 6.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Five Vignettes of Scenes from Antiquity
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches (21 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Bachanalia Scene
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Image: 5 × 3 1/2 inches (12.7 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Allegorical Scene
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Image: 2 3/16 × 6 1/16 inches (5.6 × 15.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Allegorical Scene
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Image: 2 1/16 × 9 3/4 inches (5.2 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Annunciation (Luke 1:26)
Creator:
Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:
before 1836
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches (10.5 x 3.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Moses Bringing the Ten Commandments from Mount Sinai (Exodus 34:29)
Creator:
Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:
before 1835
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 1/4 inches (13 x 8.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Birth of Christ (Luke 2:15)
Creator:
Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:
before 1836
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches (10.8 x 4.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Venus Crowned by Cupid
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
between 1810 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, with pen and brown, gray, red-brown and red ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 3/4 inches (14.3 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Drawing after The Transfiguration
Creator:
Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Pastel on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper mounted on linen
Dimensions:
Sheet: 46 1/4 x 29 inches (117.5 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Dido and Aeneas Sheltering in a Cave
Creator:
Francis Cleyn, 1582–1658
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (26 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection