Materials & Techniques: watercolor / Work Type: watercolor / Subject Terms: bird

1. Near Dendour

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (6.3 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

2. Deir El Adra

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 9 7/8 inches (8.6 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

3. Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. "And above Albions Land was seen the Heavenly Canaan..." (Plate 71)

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

5. "My tents are fall'n! my pillars are in ruins!..." (Plate 79)

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

6. Songs of Innocence, Title Page (Plate 2)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. "Shot from the heights of Enitharmon..." (Plate 17)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief and white-line etching 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

8. 'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Songs of Innocence, Title Page (Plate 2)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief and white-line etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Ode for Music, Performed in the Senate-House; Title Page

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

11. "Up stairs in a whirlwind rattle..." (Design 29)

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

12. "The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow..." (Design 43)

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

13. The Bard, A Pindaric Ode; Title Page

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

14. Corvs crassirostris (Thick-Billed Raven)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 12 inches (40.6 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Golden-winged Cacique

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 4 3/8 inches (18.1 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. A Blue Tit

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 inches (33 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. A European Goldfinch

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 8 1/4 inches (27.9 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Eurasian skylark

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 3/8 inches (16.8 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. A European Goldfinch

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 3/8 inches (21 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Meadow Pipit

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 6 1/4in. (20.6 x 15.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Eurasian skylark

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 inches (16.5 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Great Blue Turaco

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 13 1/4 inches (21 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Owl

Creator:: Print made by Graham Vivian Sutherland, 1903–1980
Date:: 1968
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with gouache, watercolor, ink, wash, charcoal, chalk pastel and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 3/4 x 19 9/16 inches (65.4 x 49.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Gypaetus barbatus (Bearded Vulture)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 9 7/8 inches (30.5 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Patience in a Punt

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 12 1/2 inches (20.5 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Rustic Lover

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 13 3/4 inches (43.2 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Red-Plumed Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisea Apoda Raggiana), Southeastern New Guinea

Creator:: John Collet, ca. 1725–1780
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/8 × 13 15/16 inches (48.6 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. A Bird

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 13 inches (20.6 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Bearded Titmouse

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 8 1/8 inches (33 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Great Indian Bustard

Creator:: James Wales, 1746 or 1747–1795
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 5/8 inches (26.7 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Flamingo

Creator:: Robert Mabon, died 1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 4 3/4 × 8 1/2 inches (12.1 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Cottager's Hospitality to Travellers of The Coach Broke Down

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over etched outline, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches (29.8 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Man and Woman with a Bag of Game

Creator:: Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 11 15/16 inches (20.3 × 30.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Partridge Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 3/8 inches (27.3 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Snipe Shooting

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 14 3/8 inches (26.7 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Study of a Plunging Eagle

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Varnish over graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 13 5/8 inches (36.8 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Falcon: Hen Krestel

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, smooth white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (21 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Warbler: Reed Wren

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Owl: Little Owl

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with gum arabic on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (20.6 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Roller: Garrulous Roller

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with gum arabic on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (21.6 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. A Crane

Creator:: William Hayes, active 1775–1794
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 × 13 1/8 inches (43.5 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Jackdaw

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with gum arabic on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Hoopoe: Common Hoopoe

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 5/8 inches (21 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Design for a Park Gateway

Creator:: Edward Blore, 1787–1879
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 15 1/16 inches (27.8 × 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. A Village Scene with Peasants Resting

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red and black ink over graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 11 3/4 inches (21.7 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)

Creator:: Shaikh Zayn-al-Din, active 1777–1782
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 × 29 1/8 inches (54 × 74 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

47. The Passing of 1880

Creator:: Thomas Danby, 1818–1886
Date:: ca. 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and scraping out on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 19in. (31.4 x 48.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense) Perched on Chinese Hat Plant (Holmskioldia sanguinea)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/4 × 25 1/2 inches (46.4 × 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. A Stone Curlew

Creator:: George Edwards, 1694–1773
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, black ink, brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 11 1/4 inches (25.4 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Ptarmigan

Creator:: George Edwards, 1694–1773
Date:: ca. 1738
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 5/8 inches (27.3 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Pied Wagtail and Dragonfly

Creator:: George Edwards, 1694–1773
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 inches (25.1 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Guinea Parrot

Creator:: George Edwards, 1694–1773
Date:: 1736
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 3/4 inches (27.3 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Dr. Syntax Soliloquising

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1812 and 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite; verso: graphite, traced and incised for transfer on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 8 inches (12.4 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. A Dead Bird

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 5/8 x 5 inches (6.7 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

55. The Scold, with News of Olivia

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen and gray ink over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (11.4 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. On the Whitby Moors, Yorkshire, England

Creator:: Henry John Sylvester Stannard, 1870–1951
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 30 inches (50.2 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, In Memory of Helen G. and Charles H. Warner Sr.

57. Egyptian Vulture

Creator:: Attributed to Charles Collins, 1680–1744
Date:: ca. 1736
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, pen and gray ink, and graphite with scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 23 inches (48.3 × 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Landscape with Bridge

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches (10.8 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. A Kingfisher

Creator:: Thomas Atwood, active ca. 1761–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 5 3/4 inches (15.2 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Brambling

Creator:: Thomas Atwood, active ca. 1761–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 6 1/2 inches (17.5 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. A Yellow Wagtail

Creator:: Thomas Atwood, active ca. 1761–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 1/2 inches (14.3 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. On the Fench

Creator:: David Simson, 1803–1874
Date:: between 1861 and 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 7/8in. (22.6 x 35.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Ben Venue - Loch Achray

Creator:: David Simson, 1803–1874
Date:: between 1861 and 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 13 1/8in. (24.5 x 33.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. On the Fench

Creator:: David Simson, 1803–1874
Date:: between 1861 and 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 8 13/16in. (35.5 x 22.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Near Dendour

2. Deir El Adra

3. Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)

4. "And above Albions Land was seen the Heavenly Canaan..." (Plate 71)

5. "My tents are fall'n! my pillars are in ruins!..." (Plate 79)

6. Songs of Innocence, Title Page (Plate 2)

7. "Shot from the heights of Enitharmon..." (Plate 17)

8. 'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)

9. Songs of Innocence, Title Page (Plate 2)

10. Ode for Music, Performed in the Senate-House; Title Page

11. "Up stairs in a whirlwind rattle..." (Design 29)

12. "The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow..." (Design 43)

13. The Bard, A Pindaric Ode; Title Page

14. Corvs crassirostris (Thick-Billed Raven)

15. Golden-winged Cacique

16. A Blue Tit

17. A European Goldfinch

18. Eurasian skylark

19. A European Goldfinch

20. Meadow Pipit

21. Eurasian skylark

22. Great Blue Turaco

23. Owl

24. Gypaetus barbatus (Bearded Vulture)

25. Patience in a Punt

26. The Rustic Lover

27. Red-Plumed Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisea Apoda Raggiana), Southeastern New Guinea

28. A Bird

29. Bearded Titmouse

30. Great Indian Bustard

31. Flamingo

32. Cottager's Hospitality to Travellers of The Coach Broke Down

33. Man and Woman with a Bag of Game

34. Partridge Shooting

35. Snipe Shooting

36. Study of a Plunging Eagle

37. Falcon: Hen Krestel

38. Warbler: Reed Wren

39. Owl: Little Owl

40. Roller: Garrulous Roller

41. A Crane

42. Jackdaw

43. Hoopoe: Common Hoopoe

44. Design for a Park Gateway

45. A Village Scene with Peasants Resting

46. Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)

47. The Passing of 1880

48. Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense) Perched on Chinese Hat Plant (Holmskioldia sanguinea)

49. A Stone Curlew

50. Ptarmigan

51. Pied Wagtail and Dragonfly

52. Guinea Parrot

53. Dr. Syntax Soliloquising

54. A Dead Bird

55. The Scold, with News of Olivia

56. On the Whitby Moors, Yorkshire, England

57. Egyptian Vulture

58. Landscape with Bridge

59. A Kingfisher

60. Brambling

61. A Yellow Wagtail

62. On the Fench

63. Ben Venue - Loch Achray

64. On the Fench