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The Blacksmith's Shop
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 1/2 x 41 inches (128.3 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
On view at YUAG
Lough Erne from Knock Ninney, with Bellisle in the distance, County Fermanagh, Ireland
Creator:
Thomas Roberts, 1748–1778
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
22 1/2 x 36 inches (57.2 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Portrait of John Phillippo Nighorus
Creator:
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 3/8 × 28 inches (92.4 × 71.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Knock Ninney and Lough Erne from Bellisle, County Fermanagh, Ireland
Creator:
Thomas Roberts, 1748–1778
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
22 1/2 x 36 inches (57.2 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
View on the River Thames at Richmond
Creator:
William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
13 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches (33.7 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Frances Abington (née Barton) as Miss Prue in William Congreve’s “Love for Love”
Creator:
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 1/4 × 25 1/8 inches (76.8 × 63.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Merton College, Oxford
Creator:
Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
27 3/4 x 35 5/8 inches (70.5 x 90.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A View of the Tower of London, Supposed on his Majesty's Birthday
Creator:
Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 3/4 x 76 inches (101 x 193 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
William Lowndes, Auditor of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer
Creator:
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
49 15/16 x 40 3/16 inches (126.8 x 102.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Elizabeth Bridgman (née Walton)
Creator:
Henry Walton, 1746–1813
Date:
between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
13 5/8 x 11 5/8 inches (34.6 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Country Gentleman
Creator:
Henry Walton, 1746–1813
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 x 14 inches (43.2 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Landscape with cottage and church
Creator:
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:
between 1771 and 1772
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas with some black chalk
Dimensions:
16 1/4 x 19 7/16 inches (41.3 x 49.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A View of Matavai Bay in the Island of Otaheite [Tahiti]
Creator:
William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:
1776
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 × 54 inches (91.4 × 137.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
An Imaginary Wooded Village with Drovers and Cattle
Creator:
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:
between 1771 and 1772
Materials & Techniques:
Oil and mixed media on paper on canvas
Dimensions:
24 1/2 x 29 3/8 inches (62.2 x 74.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Frances Cole, (née Wager)
Creator:
Nathaniel Hone, 1718–1784
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Girl Bundling Asparagus
Creator:
John Atkinson, active 1770–1775
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 1/8 × 25 inches (76.5 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Kitchen Scene
Creator:
John Atkinson, active 1770–1775
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 3/8 x 25 inches (77.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Queen Charlotte
Creator:
Modeled by William Hackwood, died 1836
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Wedgwood and Bentley blue and white jasper, with contemporary ormolu frame with pierced ribbon finials
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4in. (5.7cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
King George III
Creator:
Modeled by William Hackwood, died 1836
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Wedgwood and Bentley blue and white jasper, with contemporary ormolu frame with pierced ribbon finials
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 1/4in. (5.7cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Two Men Fighting Before a Woman
Creator:
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches (8.9 x 13 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Major André
Creator:
George Engleheart, 1753–1829
Date:
between 1771 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Gouache and watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Image: 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (3.8 x 3.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Villa Medici, Rome
Creator:
Thomas Jones, 1742–1803
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Oil over graphite on moderately thick, rough, blue wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 x 21 1/8 inches (33 x 53.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Castle Acre Priory
Creator:
Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, brown wash, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches (18.1 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mrs. Gulston
Creator:
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 13/16 x 11 1/8 inches (40.1 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Countess of Cork and Orrery
Creator:
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 × 11 5/16 inches (38.1 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Tattersall's Training School
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink, brown ink, graphite, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 12 3/8 × 14 7/16 inches (31.4 × 36.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Elizabeth, Countess of Ancrum (1745-1780)
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Plate: 15 x 11in. (38.1 x 27.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Lord of the Vineyard Paying His Labourers
Creator:
Print made by M. A. Picot, 1782–1838
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 5/16 × 11 7/8 inches (44 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Honorable George Seymour Conway
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 5/8 × 14 11/16 inches (52.4 × 37.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Comedies

Comedies
Creator:
Print made by John Hall, 1739–1797
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 3 9/16 inches (16.9 × 9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
Mrs. Yates as 'Melancholy' in 'Il Penseroso'
Creator:
Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches (62.2 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Mrs. Blake as Juno
Creator:
Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint (third state) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 26 1/2 × 18 1/4 inches (67.3 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Mrs. Le Maistre
Creator:
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 13/16 x 12 inches (42.7 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Miss Polly Jones
Creator:
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 3/8 x 12 11/16 inches (44.2 x 32.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Winchester
Creator:
James Basire, Sr., British, 1730 - 1802
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 15/16 × 8 1/4 inches (32.9 × 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Honorable George Seymour Conway
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 × 14 1/8 inches (50.8 × 35.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lady Sarah Bunbury
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 23 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (59.1 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Miss Wynyard
Creator:
John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 9/16 × 13 13/16 inches (49.7 × 35.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mrs. Annabella Blake as Juno
Creator:
John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Cumberland
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Lyall Dean, Mrs. Borden Helmer, and the Estate of Bliss Reed Crocker in memory of Mr and Mrs. Edward Bliss Reed, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
No. 2. A. Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and black wash on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 7/8 inches (27.3 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Headfort House, Ireland: Section of One End of the Parlor
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 20 inches (36.8 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Headfort House, Ireland: Ceiling of the Eating Parlor
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/8 x 15 1/2 inches (31.4 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 × 25 5/8 inches (36.8 × 65.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, gray wash, pen and black and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 5/8 inches (54 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, gray wash, pen and black and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 5/8 inches (54 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Headfort House, Ireland: Staircase Ceiling
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, gray wash, pen and black and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 5/8 inches (54 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shooting, Plate IV
Creator:
William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving with etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 x 21 15/16in. (44.4 x 55.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Presentation in the Temple
Creator:
Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/16 x 15 9/16in. (53.5 x 39.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Self-Portrait
Creator:
James Jefferys, 1751–1784
Date:
between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 16 3/8 inches (54 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Headfort House, Ireland: Ceiling of the Front Hall
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black and brown ink with gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/8 x 20 inches (36.5 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Headfort House, Ireland: Section of One End of the Parlor
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 20 inches (36.8 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Drawings of Classical Ornament (A Volume)
Creator:
James Lewis, 1751–1820
Date:
1771-1772
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of One End of the Parlor
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (39.4 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black and brown ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 11/16 x 14 9/16 inches (65.2 x 37 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, gray wash, pen and black and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches (54 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Headfort House, Ireland: Detail of Entablature in the Staircase
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/8 x 25 15/16 inches (53.6 x 65.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
1771 or 1772
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, gray wash, pen and black and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches (54 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Garden of the Villa Borghese
Creator:
Thomas Jones, 1742–1803
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and oil paint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 x 16 inches (27.9 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Thames Ditton, Surrey: Design for Gothic Church
Creator:
Sir Robert Taylor, 1714–1788
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 15 7/8 inches (30.2 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Headfort House, Ireland: Elevations of the Front Hall
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
between 1771 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Pen with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:
Sheet: 36 1/8 x 23 15/16 inches (91.8 x 60.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No. 1 - A Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum
Creator:
James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:
1771-1789
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No. 2 A Table of Heiroglyphics found at Axum
Creator:
James Heath, 1757–1834
Date:
1771-1789
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No.1 A Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum
Creator:
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (34.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 9/16 x 25 9/16 inches (37 x 65 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Geometrical View of the Grand Procession of the Scald Miserable Masons, Designed as they were Drawn up over against Somerset House, in the Strand, on the 27th April, Ano 1742
Creator:
Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Geometrical View of the Grand Procession of the Scald Miserable Masons, Designed as they were Drawn up over against Somerset House, in the Strand, on the 27th April, Ano 1742
Creator:
Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
View on the Port Neuf at Paris
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 13in. (22.1 x 33cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Semiramis

Semiramis
Creator:
William Smith, active 1775–1776
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 6 7/8in. (25.1 x 17.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Miss Polly Kennedy
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 7/16 × 14 5/8 inches (51.9 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Catherine Hunter
Creator:
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 7/16 inches (40 x 29 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Overflowing of the Pitt
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 5/8 × 10 11/16 inches (39.7 × 27.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Virgin Teaching St. John
Creator:
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 x 11in. (24.1 x 27.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Annabella, Lady Blake, as Juno, Receiving the Cestus from Venus
Creator:
John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 1/8 × 16 7/8 inches (63.8 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Miss Morris as 'Hope Nursing Love'
Creator:
Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint ( 2nd state ) on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 26 1/2 × 19 1/4 inches (67.3 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke, and the Rt. Honble. George, Lord Herbert
Creator:
Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 3/16 × 13 1/4 inches (46.2 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Miss Wynyard
Creator:
Print made by John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint (second state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 13 7/8 inches (50.5 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Mrs. Jordan as L'Allegro
Creator:
Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint (only state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 3/4 × 15 3/4 inches (62.9 × 40 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

80. Miss Hone

Miss Hone
Creator:
Print made by Charles Phillips, 1737– after 1783
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 × 12 3/16 inches (43.2 × 31 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
A View of St. James's Palace Pall Mall
Creator:
Thomas Bowles III, ca. 1712–1767
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Cotillion Dance
Creator:
Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/16 × 13 9/16 inches (25.5 × 34.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Henry Scott, Third Duke of Buccleugh and Fifth Duke of Queensberry
Creator:
John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 1/8 x 14 inches (48.5 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Andromache and Hecuba Weeping over the Ashes of Hector
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Burke, 1749–1815
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, smooth, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/16 × 14 1/16 inches (51 × 35.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Windy Day
Creator:
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint, red ink
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 14 1/2in. (25.4 x 36.8cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A French Petit Maître and His Valet
Creator:
Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, pasted on medium, moderately textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 16 1/4 x 11 5/16 inches (41.3 x 28.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A French Physician with His Retinue Going to Visit His Patients
Creator:
Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/16 x 13 3/4 inches (28.1 x 35 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Judgement of Paris
Creator:
Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/16 × 8 3/8 inches (18.2 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Macarony at a Sale of Pictures
Creator:
Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, greened white laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 x 8 1/4 inches (28 x 20.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Miss Cabben
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 7/8 x 11 3/4in. (32.7 x 29.8cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mrs Lemaistre
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery, with Her Son, Honorable, George, Lord Herbert
Creator:
John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/8 × 14 3/8 inches (49.2 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Miss Morris, as Hope Nursing Cupid
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 7/8 × 14 7/8 inches (53 × 37.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Diogenes

Diogenes
Creator:
Print made by William Wynne Ryland, 1732–1783
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 × 15 3/16 inches (53.3 × 38.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Mary, Lady Boynton (d. 1778)
Creator:
James Wilson, c.1735–c.1786
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/8 x 9 13/16in. (31.4 x 24.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Kitty Hunter
Creator:
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 11 5/16in. (36.8 x 28.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Courtship for Money
Creator:
Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/4 x 10 7/16 inches (36.2 x 26.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

98. Diogenes

Diogenes
Creator:
Print made by Juliet Thornton, active 1771
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/4 × 14 1/2 inches (51.4 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Samuel Foote
Creator:
John Blackmore, active 1740–1780
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 3/4 × 13 1/4 inches (45.1 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Miss Emily Wynyard
Creator:
John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/16 × 14 1/4 inches (51 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection