Creator Gender: male / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Subject Terms: bird

1. Study for Cottage in Cornfield, East Bergholt

Creator:: attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, beige wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches (8.9 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Fowl, Lateral View with Most Feathers Removed (Finished Study for Table X)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1795 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with a strip of same wove paper joined to bottom edge
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/4 x 16 inches (56.5 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Finished Study for Table V)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1795 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 x 16 inches (54.6 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Probably Basic Study of the Proportions of the Fowl Skeleton Used for Other Drawings)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper; pin pricks above beak
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 × 13 3/4 inches (51.4 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Outline drawing of the skeleton prepared for the key figure to Table V)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 x 13 3/4 inches (48.3 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches (52.1 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 15 3/8 inches (51.4 x 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Outline drawing of the skeleton)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 x 15 1/2 inches (51.8 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 x 14 3/8 inches (51.8 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Outline drawing)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 14 7/8 inches (52.1 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Study for key figure to Table X)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, red chalk, and pen with iron gall ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 x 15 1/4 inches (53 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Outline drawing, related to Table XV)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/4 x 15 inches (52.7 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Fowl Body, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 16 inches (54 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Dorking Hen, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Red and black chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 inches (26.7 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Fowl, Lateral View, with Skin and Underlying Fascial Layers Removed (Finished Study for Table XV)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1795 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 16 inches (54 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Study for the key figure to Table V)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Pen with iron gall ink, and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 x 14 1/2 inches (50.8 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Probably Prepared for Transfer to the Plate for Engraving the Key Figure to Table X)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk; verso: graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 x 14 inches (51.8 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Highly Finished Study for an Unpublished Table; Shows the Last Stage in Dissection)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: between 1795 and 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper with traces of well-defined platemarks along margins
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 16 inches (54 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Study for the Key Figure to Table XV)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 7/8 inches (54 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Fowl Head and Neck, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, and pen with iron gall ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches (26 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Fowl Body, Lateral View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 16 inches (54 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Owl Standing, Anterior View

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (39.4 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Dorking Hen Body, Lateral View (Study of the muscles of the body and limbs at a later stage of dissection)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (26.7 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Probably Prepared for Transfer to the Plate for Engraving of Table XV)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite; verso: graphite, and pen with red ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 x 15 1/8 inches (51.8 x 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Dorking Hen Skeleton, Lateral View (Finished study for an unpublished table)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 3/4 inches (27.9 x 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Dorking Hen Body, Lateral View (Outline drawing of the muscles)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen with iron gall ink, with traces of red ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper laid down on cream moderately thick, moderately textured, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches (26 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Dorking Hen Skeleton, Lateral View (Probably prepared for an unpublished key figure)

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1795 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, and pen with iron gall ink on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (26.7 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with roulette and rocker work, first state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 27 3/8in. (52 x 69.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Plate X, Fowl Body, Lateral View

Creator:: Print made after George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 3/4 × 20 inches (67.9 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George and Olga Kenney

30. Rispah: 2nd Book of Samuel, Chap. 21

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 16 3/8 inches (27.3 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Coast of Yorkshire

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 17 1/8 inches (28.9 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Deluge

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1813 and 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, printed in brown ink; modern impression on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 18 inches (35.6 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. 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

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, 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

35. "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

36. "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

37. "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

38. II. "Man by his reasoning power can only compare..." (Plate 4)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. "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

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line 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

41. Fame (Design 93)

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

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

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief 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

43. 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

44. A Welch Bard (Design 53)

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

45. Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul

Creator:: Prints made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789-1794
Materials & Techniques:: Bound volume of relief etchings printed in dark-brown ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 3/8 inches (18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Plyctolophus Galeritus. Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.

Creator:: Print made by Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 x 15 1/8 inches (55.9 x 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942

47. 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

48. 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

49. The Cock Sparrow

Creator:: George Edwards, 1694–1773
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 9 inches (29.5 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. A Bird

Creator:: William Swainson, 1789–1855
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 7 3/8in. (23.2 x 18.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. A Lapwing

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 1/4 inches (22.5 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Tufted Antshrike

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 7 1/4 inches (22.9 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. 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

54. 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

55. A European Goldfinch in a Snare

Creator:: P. Brown, c. 1760–1791
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (21.6 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. Antshrike

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 9 1/2 inches (30.5 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Common Blackbird

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, 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

61. A Partridge?

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, 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

62. A Hawk

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (34.3 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. A Bird

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

64. Eurasian blue tit

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 7 5/8 inches (33 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. A Fieldfare

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, 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

66. A Kingfisher

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

67. Mistle Thrush

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: 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

68. A Fishing Village

Creator:: Print made by Alfred W. Cooper, active 1850–1901
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 6 11/16 inches (21.8 x 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Hebe

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 x 9 1/16 inches (29 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. The Disaster

Creator:: Print made by William Ward, 1766–1826
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 × 17 3/8 inches (58.4 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. The Nightingale (tail piece)

Creator:: Print made by Alfred W. Cooper, active 1850–1901
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 7 5/16 inches (17.8 x 18.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Eminentissimus Armandus Ioannes Du Plessis Cardinalis Richeleus

Creator:: Print made by William Faithorne, ca. 1620–1691
Date:: between 1660 and 1690
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 5 1/16 inches (20.3 × 12.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

73. For Japanning, Plate 1

Creator:: Print made by Peter P. Benazech, 1767–1794
Date:: 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 10 7/8 inches (17.4 × 27.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Barnaby Rudge and his Raven

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/16 x 12 inches (44 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. 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

76. 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

77. 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

78. 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

79. Raven and Snake

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: ca. 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 3/4 inches (19.7 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. 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

81. 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

82. 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

83. 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

84. Sellenger

Creator:: Print made by Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, 1876–1938
Date:: 1922
Materials & Techniques:: Etching; 6th state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 11 7/8 inches (18.4 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

85. Four Friends

Creator:: Print made by Austin, Robert, 1895-1973, 1895–1973
Date:: 1946
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 9 5/8 inches (31.4 x 24.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

86. Silver Vessel Found near the Temple of Jupiter at Rome

Creator:: Print made by Charles Cameron, 1742–1812
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 9 1/2 inches (18 × 24.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Anstey

Creator:: Print made by Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, 1876–1938
Date:: 1902
Materials & Techniques:: Etching; early plate on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 8 7/8 inches (27 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

88. The Lark at Heaven's Gate Sings

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 12 1/8 inches (14.9 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

89. The Lark at Heaven's Gate Sings

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 13 3/16 inches (21 x 33.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

90. The Lark at Heaven's Gate Sings

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 x 12 15/16 inches (17.6 x 32.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., BA 1910

91. Shere Mill Pond, no. 2 (large plate)

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream antique laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches (20.9 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Yale Stevens from her father's (Richard Sharpe V, B.S. 1873) Collection

92. Shere Mill Pond, no. 2 (large plate)

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on thin, slightly textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 x 14 1/16 inches (21.1 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

93. Challow Farm

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1877
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream antique laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 12 3/8 inches (20.3 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

94. Shere Mill Pond, no. 2 (large plate)

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream antique laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches (31.7 x 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

95. Two Women Listening to a Bird, with a Man Holding a Gun

Creator:: Print made by Johann Gottfried Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/16 x 17 5/8 inches (34.1 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

96. Miss-Ann-Thropy

Creator:: Print made by Henry Heath, active 1824–1835
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 11/16 inches (35.3 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. A Bird

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 5 1/4 inches (21 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Giant Antshrike

Creator:: James de Carle Sowerby, 1787–1871
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 5 1/4 inches (23.5 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Spot-backed antshrike

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 1/4 inches (22.5 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. A Bird

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 6 7/8 inches (23.5 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Study for Cottage in Cornfield, East Bergholt

2. Fowl, Lateral View with Most Feathers Removed (Finished Study for Table X)

3. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Finished Study for Table V)

4. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Probably Basic Study of the Proportions of the Fowl Skeleton Used for Other Drawings)

5. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Outline drawing of the skeleton prepared for the key figure to Table V)

6. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View

7. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View

8. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Outline drawing of the skeleton)

9. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View

10. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Outline drawing)

11. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Study for key figure to Table X)

12. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Outline drawing, related to Table XV)

13. Fowl Body, Lateral View

14. Dorking Hen, Lateral View

15. Fowl, Lateral View, with Skin and Underlying Fascial Layers Removed (Finished Study for Table XV)

16. Fowl Skeleton, Lateral View (Study for the key figure to Table V)

17. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Probably Prepared for Transfer to the Plate for Engraving the Key Figure to Table X)

18. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Highly Finished Study for an Unpublished Table; Shows the Last Stage in Dissection)

19. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Study for the Key Figure to Table XV)

20. Fowl Head and Neck, Lateral View

21. Fowl Body, Lateral View

22. Owl Standing, Anterior View

23. Dorking Hen Body, Lateral View (Study of the muscles of the body and limbs at a later stage of dissection)

24. Fowl Body, Lateral View (Probably Prepared for Transfer to the Plate for Engraving of Table XV)

25. Dorking Hen Skeleton, Lateral View (Finished study for an unpublished table)

26. Dorking Hen Body, Lateral View (Outline drawing of the muscles)

27. Dorking Hen Skeleton, Lateral View (Probably prepared for an unpublished key figure)

28. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

29. Plate X, Fowl Body, Lateral View

30. Rispah: 2nd Book of Samuel, Chap. 21

31. Coast of Yorkshire

32. The Deluge

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

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

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

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

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

38. II. "Man by his reasoning power can only compare..." (Plate 4)

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

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

41. Fame (Design 93)

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

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

44. A Welch Bard (Design 53)

45. Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul

46. Plyctolophus Galeritus. Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.

47. Deir El Adra

48. Near Dendour

49. The Cock Sparrow

50. A Bird

51. A Lapwing

52. Tufted Antshrike

53. Golden-winged Cacique

54. A European Goldfinch

55. A European Goldfinch in a Snare

56. A European Goldfinch

57. Eurasian skylark

58. A Bird

59. Antshrike

60. Common Blackbird

61. A Partridge?

62. A Hawk

63. A Bird

64. Eurasian blue tit

65. A Fieldfare

66. A Kingfisher

67. Mistle Thrush

68. A Fishing Village

69. Hebe

70. The Disaster

71. The Nightingale (tail piece)

72. Eminentissimus Armandus Ioannes Du Plessis Cardinalis Richeleus

73. For Japanning, Plate 1