Materials & Techniques: mezzotint / Creator: Houston, Richard, ca. 1721–1775

1. Night

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 10 1/8 inches (36.2 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. The Philosopher in Contemplation

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 14 1/2 inches (26.4 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

3. Morning

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

4. Maria, Countess Waldegrave

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: ca.1762
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 × 10 7/8 inches (39.4 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Thomas Griffin, Esq.

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: c.1749
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15in. (27.9 x 38.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

6. Lady Mary Campbell

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 x 9in. (27.8 x 22.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Her Grace Elizabeth Duchess of Hamilton

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 13 x 8 7/8in. (33 x 22.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Elizabeth Duchess of Hamilton Brandon

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Mrs. Wodhull

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 x 11 inches (38.7 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Lady Jane Cathcart (née Hamilton), and Her Son

Creator:: James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 15/16 × 9 15/16 inches (35.4 × 25.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Winter

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 9 3/4in. (30.8 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Summer

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 9 3/4in. (30.8 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Oysterinda (Native Meltons)

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: ca. 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Plate: 12 7/8 x 8 7/8in. (32.7 x 22.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. William Kingsley Esq.

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 3/8in. (27.9 x 39.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

15. Lady Mary Campbell

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (proof before letters)
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 7/8in. (27.6 x 22.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Right Honorable Maria Countess of Coventry

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 12 1/16in. (36.2 x 30.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Domestick Employment Washing

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 9 3/4in. (30.8 x 24.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Honorable Mrs. John Barrington

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 9 3/16 inches (33.3 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Domestic Amusement: Playing on the Guitar

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 13/16 inches (32.1 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Miss Harriet Powell

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (first state) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 × 16 3/4 inches (55.9 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Duchess of Ancaster

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 × 9 1/4 inches (33.7 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Lady Selina Hastings

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/16 × 9 13/16 inches (33.8 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Lady Cathcart and her Child

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (first state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 7/8 inches (34.9 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Lieutenant-General Charles Schaw Cathart, 9th Earl Cathcart

Creator:: James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 × 10 1/16 inches (34.8 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Miss Kitty Fischer

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Most Noble John Manners, Marquis of Granby, Commander in Chief of the British-forces in Germany, Lieutenant General of the Ordinance and Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards

The Most Noble John Manners, Marquis of Granby, Commander in Chief of the British-forces in Germany, Lieutenant General of the Ordinance and Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Major General James Wolfe, Commander in Chief of his Majesty's Forces on the Expedition against Quebec

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: between 1761 and 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 x 11 5/8in. (47 x 29.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection, The Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

28. Morning

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. Tasting

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 × 10 11/16 inches (37.1 × 27.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. Noon

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. Seeing

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 11/16 inches (37.8 × 27.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. Smelling

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 3/4 inches (37.8 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

33. Hearing

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 11/16 inches (37.8 × 27.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. Feeling

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 × 10 1/2 inches (37.6 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. Evening

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 10 1/4 inches (36.2 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

36. Miss Catherine Wodhull

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 x 16 inches (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

37. Domestic Employment: Needlework

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1755 to 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 inches (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

38. The Burgomaster

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 11/16 × 10 1/2 inches (37.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. Miss Harriet Powell

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (54.6 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. The Honorable Mrs Barrington

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 9in. (27.9 x 22.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (51.4 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Miss Harriet Powell

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1769-1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 × 14 9/16 inches (51.4 × 37 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Richard Robinson, Bishop of Kildare

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 11 13/16 inches (41.3 × 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Miss Kitty Fisher

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 × 9 15/16 inches (34.8 × 25.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Mary Duchess of Ancaster

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 15/16 × 9 inches (32.9 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Right Honourable Charles Lord Cathcart, Knight of the Order of the Thistle at Present abroad on his Embassy to the Court of Petersburg

Creator:: James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. The Honble. Francis Charteris Esq.

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Lady Cathcart

Creator:: James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Lady Selina Hastings

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. The Honorable. Mrs. Barrington

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Mary Duchess of Ancaster

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. William Kingsley Esq., Major General of his Majesty's Forces, Colonel of the 20 Regiment of Foot and Govenor of Fort William in North Britain

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Richard Robinson Bishop of Kildare

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Maria Countess of Waldegrave and Her Daughter Lady Elizabeth Laura

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1761
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Elizabeth Countess of Northumberland, Baroness Percy, Lucy, Poynings, Fitzpain, Bryan, and Latimer

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Childers, the Fleetest Horse that Ever Run at Newmarket

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. The Portraiture of Dormouse

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. The Portraiture of Lamprey

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. The Portrature of Sedbury

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. The Portraiture of the Famous Horse Old Partner

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. The Portraiture of Bald Charlotte

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. The Portraiture of Bay Bolton

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. The Portraiture of the Cullen Arabian

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. The Portraiture of the Fine Chesnut Arabian

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. The Portraiture of White-Nose

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. The Portraiture of Babraham

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. The Portraiture of Crab, Late the Property of the Right Honorable Earl of Portmore

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Elisabeth, Countess of Northumberland

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/4 × 16 inches (55.2 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Racing [set of twelve]: 1. Childers 2. Babraham 3. White-Nose 4. Fine Chesnut Arabian 5. Old Partner 6. Sedbury 7. Dormouse 8. Cullen Arabian 9. Lamprey 10. Bay Bolton 11. Bald Charlotte 12. Crab

Creator:: Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (with an ornamental border with a coat of arms at top center) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 13 5/8in. (29.5 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. William Kingsley Esq.

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 11/16 × 11 3/16 inches (39.8 × 28.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Major-General, Stringer Lawrence

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1761
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 13/16 × 11 3/8 inches (40.2 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 9 1/16 inches (33 × 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Date:: 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 7/8 inches (33 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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54. Maria Countess of Waldegrave and Her Daughter Lady Elizabeth Laura

55. Elizabeth Countess of Northumberland, Baroness Percy, Lucy, Poynings, Fitzpain, Bryan, and Latimer

56. Childers, the Fleetest Horse that Ever Run at Newmarket

57. The Portraiture of Dormouse

58. The Portraiture of Lamprey

59. The Portrature of Sedbury

60. The Portraiture of the Famous Horse Old Partner

61. The Portraiture of Bald Charlotte

62. The Portraiture of Bay Bolton

63. The Portraiture of the Cullen Arabian

64. The Portraiture of the Fine Chesnut Arabian

65. The Portraiture of White-Nose

66. The Portraiture of Babraham

67. The Portraiture of Crab, Late the Property of the Right Honorable Earl of Portmore

68. Elisabeth, Countess of Northumberland

69. Racing [set of twelve]: 1. Childers 2. Babraham 3. White-Nose 4. Fine Chesnut Arabian 5. Old Partner 6. Sedbury 7. Dormouse 8. Cullen Arabian 9. Lamprey 10. Bay Bolton 11. Bald Charlotte 12. Crab

70. William Kingsley Esq.

71. Major-General, Stringer Lawrence

72. Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough

73. Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough