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1. 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

2. Design for a Ceiling

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 x 12 1/2 inches (14.1 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. 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

4. Diana and Actaeon: A Study for a Panel on a Staircase

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 wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 6 1/4in. (15.2 x 15.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Helios

Creator:: William Pitts, 1790–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches (27.3 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

6. Hecate

Creator:: George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 inches (21.9 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Fall of a City

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache 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

8. Diana

Creator:: William Taverner, 1703–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 7 5/8 inches (29.2 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. 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

10. Classical Scene: Minerva as the Goddess of Arts and Sciences

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 11 1/8 inches (38.5 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. 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

12. Apollo and the Muses

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 15/16 inches (21.9 x 32.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Studies for a Hand in The Godhead Fires

Creator:: Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 12 7/8 inches (31.1 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of John Goolet

14. An Allegory of Love

Creator:: Lady Diana Beauclerk, 1734–1808
Date:: Undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and colored chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 24 7/16 inches (49.5 x 62.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. Elijah Casting off His Mantle

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 8 5/8 inches (21 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Sheet of Classical Figure Studies

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured beige laid paper and moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches (21.3 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. 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

18. One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 2 15/16in. (12.1 x 7.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Wilmarth S. Lewis, B.A. 1918

19. One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 9/16 x 2 7/8in. (11.6 x 7.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Wilmarth S. Lewis, B.A. 1918

20. One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 9/16 x 2 13/16in. (11.6 x 7.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Wilmarth S. Lewis, B.A. 1918

21. Cupid and Psyche

Creator:: Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: ca. 1870
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and pastel on moderately thick, moderately textured, wove paper mounted on linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 5/8 x 19 inches (70.2 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Mary Gertrude Abbey Fund

22. Study for Bacchanal

Creator:: Giulio Aristide Sartorio, 1860–1932
Date:: ca. 1894
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches (21 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

23. Minotaur

Creator:: James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, beige laid paper
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, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

24. One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, graphite, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 x 2 7/8in. (11.9 x 7.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Wilmarth S. Lewis, B.A. 1918

25. One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 x 2 7/8in. (11.7 x 7.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Wilmarth S. Lewis, B.A. 1918

26. One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 9/16 x 2 13/16in. (11.6 x 7.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Wilmarth S. Lewis, B.A. 1918

27. Flora

Creator:: Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: White chalk on thick, rough, brown wove paper, mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches (34.3 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower

28. Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 3/4 x 10 1/8 inches (22.2 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld

29. Cupid Overpowering a Satyr

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches (27.6 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld

30. Bluebeard Giving the Keys to Fatima

Creator:: Attributed to Richard Doyle, 1824–1883
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches (21.6 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Classical Figures in Battle

Creator:: Attributed to Mauritius Lowe, 1746–1793
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, black wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches (26.7 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Herman W. Liebert

32. Venus and Mars

Creator:: Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches (22.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Design for an Engraving: Battle of Troy with the Trojan Horse

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, pen and black ink, red chalk, graphite, watercolor and gold leaf on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, pen in black and red ink, border lines
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 1/8 × 11 inches (30.8 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. A Design for a Mural Executed in the Salon at Roehampton House, Surrey: Apollo Carrying off Aeneas in a Cloud

2. Design for a Ceiling

3. The Fall of Phaeton: A Study for a Ceiling

4. Diana and Actaeon: A Study for a Panel on a Staircase

5. Helios

6. Hecate

7. Fall of a City

8. Diana

9. Illustration to Homer's Iliad

10. Classical Scene: Minerva as the Goddess of Arts and Sciences

11. Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne

12. Apollo and the Muses

13. Studies for a Hand in The Godhead Fires

14. An Allegory of Love

15. Elijah Casting off His Mantle

16. Sheet of Classical Figure Studies

17. The Birth of Venus

18. One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

19. One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

20. One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

21. Cupid and Psyche

22. Study for Bacchanal

23. Minotaur

24. One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

25. One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

26. One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"

27. Flora

28. Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ

29. Cupid Overpowering a Satyr

30. Bluebeard Giving the Keys to Fatima

31. Classical Figures in Battle

32. Venus and Mars

33. Design for an Engraving: Battle of Troy with the Trojan Horse