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Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Christmas

(1850)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching with plate tone on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 10 3/16 x 8 1/2 inches (25.8 x 21.6 cm), Plate: 4 7/8 x 4 9/16 inches (12.4 x 11.6 cm), Image: 3 15/16 x 3 3/16 inches (10 x 8.1 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Edward Lear, 1812–1888

S. Pietro Degli Agostiniani. Leonessa

(1844)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, graphite, brown wash, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 9 7/8 x 9 11/16 inches (25.1 x 24.6 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Catania

(1847)

• Materials & TechniquesPen and brown ink, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 7 5/8 × 14 1/2 inches (19.4 × 36.8 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

William Blake, 1757–1827

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

(1803 to 1805)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, with pen, and black ink gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 14 1/16 × 12 1/2 inches (35.7 × 31.8 cm), Mount: 18 1/4 × 16 7/8 inches (46.4 × 42.9 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Francis Swain Ward, ca. 1734–1794

Mausoleum with Stone Elephants

(1788)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions20 x 30 1/4 inches (50.8 x 76.8 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782

Hadrian's Villa

(between 1775 and 1782)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions17 × 13 1/2 inches (43.2 × 34.3 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Sir George Clausen, 1852–1944

Ancient Barn

(1908)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Robert Fawcett, born 1966

Doorway

(2000)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on copper
• Dimensions14 1/4 × 13 1/8 inches (36.2 × 33.3 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of Craig Jacobson

George Morland, 1763–1804

Selling Guinea Pigs

(ca. 1789)

• Materials & TechniquesOil on canvas
• Dimensions30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
• CollectionPaintings and Sculpture
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Print made by Richard Hamilton, 1922–2011

Picasso's Meninas

(1973)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching, soft-ground etching, stipple engraving, open-bite, lift-ground, aquatint, line engraving, drypoint, and burnishing; artist's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, white wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 29 13/16 x 22 3/8 inches (75.8 x 56.8 cm), Plate: 22 1/2 x 19 3/8 inches (57.2 x 49.2 cm), Image: 22 3/8 x 19 1/4 inches (56.9 x 48.9 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of John Russell

Haveill Gillbank, 18th–19th centuries

The Benevolent Heir or The Tenant Restored to his Family

(1803)

• Materials & TechniquesEngraving, mixed method
• DimensionsSheet: 18 1/8 x 24in. (46 x 61cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842

Doorway and Window of a Church

(undated)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 12 15/16 × 9 7/16 inches (32.9 × 24 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851

"Scraps", No. 27: Two Dismounted Riders Drinking at an Alehouse Door

(1823)

• Materials & TechniquesGraphite and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 6 9/16 × 9 1/16 inches (16.7 × 23 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822

Going Home

(undated)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, pen and gray ink, brown ink, and black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
• DimensionsMount: 9 1/2 × 12 inches (24.1 × 30.5 cm), Sheet: 7 × 9 7/16 inches (17.8 × 24 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 2 - "Ah me! that thou the... [Read more]

(1806)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 9 3/4 × 13 7/8 inches (24.7 × 35.3 cm), Image: 8 7/8 × 13 3/4 inches (22.6 × 35 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

The Stable of an Inn

(ca. 1790)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, gouache and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
• DimensionsMount: 10 1/4 × 17 13/16 inches (26 × 45.2 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 9 3/8 × 17 1/4 inches (23.8 × 43.8 cm), Sheet: 7 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches (20 x 40.3 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

Four O'Clock in the Country

(between 1788 and 1790)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsMount: 12 7/8 x 15 3/4 inches (32.7 x 40 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 12 3/8 × 15 7/16 inches (31.4 × 39.2 cm), Sheet: 9 1/4 x 12 1/16 inches (23.5 x 30.6 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

How to Vault in the Saddle

(1813)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsMount: 13 x 10 3/4 inches (33 x 27.3 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 12 1/2 × 10 1/4 inches (31.8 × 26 cm), Sheet: 10 3/4 x 8 7/16 inches (27.3 x 21.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878

Jack Sheppard Exhibits a Vindictive Character

(1835)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching with chine collé on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 8 9/16 x 7 1/16 inches (21.7 x 17.9 cm), Plate: 7 1/16 x 6 inches (18 x 15.3 cm), Sheet: 5 9/16 x 4 3/4 inches (14.2 x 12.1 cm), Image: 4 3/16 x 3 5/8 inches (10.7 x 9.2 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834

August 1st: She Wrote Her Own Line (Vol. 2, p. 141)August 2nd: Amen! [Pretty] Janet... [Read more]

(undated)

• Materials & TechniquesGray wash with pen and brown ink, and pen and black ink on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 3 3/4 × 4 1/2 inches (9.5 × 11.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

A Stage Coach Outside of the Entrance of an Inn

(undated)

• Materials & TechniquesBrown wash, gray wash, pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 5 7/8 x 10 1/16 inches (14.9 x 25.6 cm), Mount: 8 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches (21.3 x 31.8 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

William Mulready, 1786–1863

Figures in a Doorway

(undated)

• Materials & TechniquesPen and brown ink, and brown wash on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
• DimensionsMount: 3 1/8 × 2 3/4 inches (7.9 × 7 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 2 5/8 × 2 5/16 inches (6.7 × 5.9 cm), Sheet: 2 1/8 × 1 13/16 inches (5.4 × 4.6 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

Gardening

(undated)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor, with pen, and brown ink, gray ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 4 3/4 x 7 1/16 inches (12.1 x 17.9 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

James Pollard, 1792–1867

Cottager's Hospitality to Travellers of The Coach Broke Down

(1819)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor over etched outline, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 11 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches (29.8 x 44.5 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thomas Ryder, 1746–1810

Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene IV: Olivia's House

(1803)

• Materials & TechniquesStipple engraving on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 20 x 29 1/2 inches (50.8 x 74.9 cm), Plate: 19 7/8 x 25 1/2 inches (50.5 x 64.8 cm), Image: 17 3/8 x 23 1/2 inches (44.1 x 59.7 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

Breakfast before the Hunt

(between 1785 and 1790)

• Materials & TechniquesPen and black and gray ink with brown and blue wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 5 x 8 inches (12.7 x 20.3 cm), Mount: 7 3/4 x 10 13/16 inches (19.7 x 27.5 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 1 - "Ah me! what perils doth that... [Read more]

(1806)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 9 9/16 × 13 7/8 inches (24.3 × 35.3 cm), Image: 8 3/4 × 13 7/8 inches (22.3 × 35.3 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

James Gillray, 1756–1815

The Rake's-Progress at the University - No. 3 - "The Master's Wig the guilty wight... [Read more]

(1806)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching with aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 9 13/16 × 13 7/8 inches (25 × 35.3 cm), Image: 9 × 13 7/8 inches (22.8 × 35.3 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Print made by James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903

The Rag Gatherers

(1858)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 7 1/16 x 4 15/16 inches (18 x 12.5 cm), Plate: 6 x 3 1/2 inches (15.2 x 8.9 cm), Image: 6 x 3 1/2 inches (15.2 x 8.9 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878

The First Step

(undated)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 8 × 5 3/4 inches (20.3 × 14.6 cm), Image: 5 1/8 × 3 3/4 inches (13 × 9.5 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

Print made by Robert Barnes, 1840–1895

Woman Doing Laundry with Two Girls

(undated)

• Materials & TechniquesWood-engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
• DimensionsMount: 10 13/16 x 8 inches (27.5 x 20.3 cm), Sheet: 9 x 7 1/2 inches (22.8 x 19.1 cm), Image: 6 1/2 x 5 9/16 inches (16.5 x 14.2 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Print made by Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910

Mytton Hall

(1859)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, smooth, cream Asian paper
• DimensionsSheet: 6 1/16 x 10 15/16 inches (15.4 x 27.8 cm), Plate: 4 13/16 x 10 3/16 inches (12.2 x 25.9 cm), Image: 4 13/16 x 10 3/16 inches (12.2 x 25.9 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., BA 1910

Print made by Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910

Mytton Hall

(1859)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream Asian paper
• DimensionsSheet: 6 1/16 x 11 7/16 inches (15.4 x 29 cm), Plate: 4 13/16 x 10 3/8 inches (12.2 x 26.4 cm), Image: 4 13/16 x 10 3/8 inches (12.2 x 26.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910

The Mill-Wheel

(1874)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 9 13/16 x 12 1/16 inches (25 x 30.6 cm), Plate: 7 1/16 x 10 7/16 inches (17.9 x 26.5 cm), Image: 6 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches (17.5 x 26 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Emerson Tuttle in memory of Theodore Sizer, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

Print made by Robert Barnes, 1840–1895

Girl Sewing

(undated)

• Materials & TechniquesWood-engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
• DimensionsMount: 9 3/16 x 7 1/2 inches (23.3 x 19.1 cm), Sheet: 9 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches (23.2 x 18.4 cm), Image: 7 5/16 x 5 11/16 inches (18.5 x 14.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Print made by Robert Barnes, 1840–1895

The Grandmother with her Grandchildren

(undated)

• Materials & TechniquesWood-engraving with watercolor on thick, slightly textured, cream card mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
• DimensionsMount: 7 15/16 x 6 15/16 inches (20.2 x 17.7 cm), Sheet: 7 13/16 x 6 11/16 inches (19.8 x 17 cm), Image: 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (17.1 x 13.9 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Hedley Fitton, 1859–1929

St. Bartholomew's Gateway

(undated)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching and drypoint on moderately thick, smooth, cream laid paper
• DimensionsSheet: 16 x 10 3/16 inches (40.6 x 25.8 cm), Plate: 11 15/16 x 7 3/16 inches (30.3 x 18.2 cm), Image: 11 15/16 x 7 3/16 inches (30.3 x 18.2 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

Print made by Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910

Mytton Hall

(1859)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream Asian paper
• DimensionsSheet: 5 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches (14.9 x 28.3 cm), Plate: 4 13/16 x 10 3/8 inches (12.2 x 26.4 cm), Image: 4 13/16 x 10 3/8 inches (12.2 x 26.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903

Figures Outside a Doorway, possibly painted in Brittany

(ca. 1893)

• Materials & TechniquesWatercolor on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 5 3/4 × 9 1/4 inches (14.6 × 23.5 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964

George Fox and Captain Keat

(between 1890 and 1911)

• Materials & TechniquesEtching and drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
• DimensionsSheet: 8 13/16 x 10 1/4 inches (22.4 x 26.1 cm), Plate: 5 7/8 x 6 15/16 inches (15 x 17.6 cm), Image: 5 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches (13.7 x 17.4 cm)
• CollectionPrints and Drawings
• Credit lineYale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania