Creator Gender: male / Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: bird

1. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: beeswax and oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches (67.3 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. A Grey Spotted Hound

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: 1738
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Grinding Corn

Creator:: Arthur William Devis, 1762–1822
Date:: between 1792 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches (45.1 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. George Rogers and His Wife, Margaret Rogers (née Tyers), and His Sister, Margaret Rogers

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: between 1748 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 × 39 inches (104.1 × 99.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Self-Portrait with His Father and His Brother

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: early 1760s
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

6. The Mandrake: A Charm

Creator:: Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: exhibited RA 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 × 29 1/2 inches (63.5 × 74.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. "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

11. '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

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. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. "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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. Great Indian Bustard

Creator:: James Wales, ca.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

22. 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

23. A European Goldfinch in a Snare

Creator:: P. Brown, c. 1760–1791
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 7 1/4 inches (22.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. 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

25. Master Philip Yorke

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 5/8 inches (32.4 × 24.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. The Bird Cage

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 11/16 inches (40 × 27.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. Design for a portrait of an architect or a painter

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 5 1/4 inches (17.5 x 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. Secretary Bird

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches (14.3 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. 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

37. Design for a decoration incorporating motifs allusive to the Arts, Arms, and Religion

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches (17.1 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. 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

39. Virgin and Child

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches (44.1 x 31.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. 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

41. La colombe chérie

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 9 1/16 inches (35.3 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

42. Hearing

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

43. Study

Creator:: Print made by John Chalon, 1738 – 1795
Date:: 1789-1790
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 x 2 3/8 inches (8.2 x 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Study

Creator:: Print made by John Chalon, 1738 – 1795
Date:: 1789-1790
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 9/16 x 2 11/16 inches (9.1 x 6.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. 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

46. 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

47. 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

48. 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

49. Richard and Maria Cosway, and Ottobah Cugoano

Creator:: Print made by Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 15 3/8 inches (32 × 39 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. An Thymelaea foliis obtusis; Anseri Bassano &c: The Great Booby, Plate 86 from the 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands', volume I, 2nd edition, London 1754

An Thymelaea foliis obtusis; Anseri Bassano &c: The Great Booby, Plate 86 from the 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands', volume I, 2nd edition, London 1754

Creator:: Print made by Mark Catesby, 1682–1749
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint etching and engraving with original hand coloring on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 20 1/2 inches (36.5 x 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961

51. Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)

Creator:: Shaykh 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. 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

55. 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

56. 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

57. 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

58. 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

59. Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense) perched on Chinese hat plant (Holmskioldia sanguinea)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and 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

60. 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

61. The Bird Cage

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 9/16 x 15 9/16 inches (52.2 x 39.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

62. Tobias and the Angel

Creator:: Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 × 13 15/16 inches (46 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. The Salutation

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (? state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/2 × 18 7/8 inches (64.8 × 47.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

2. A Grey Spotted Hound

3. Grinding Corn

4. George Rogers and His Wife, Margaret Rogers (née Tyers), and His Sister, Margaret Rogers

5. Self-Portrait with His Father and His Brother

6. The Mandrake: A Charm

7. The Farmer's Wife and the Raven

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

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

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

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

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

13. A Welch Bard (Design 53)

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

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

16. Fame (Design 93)

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

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

19. The Rustic Lover

20. Gypaetus barbatus (Bearded Vulture)

21. Great Indian Bustard

22. Flamingo

23. A European Goldfinch in a Snare

24. A European Goldfinch in a Snare

25. Master Philip Yorke

26. The Bird Cage

27. Design for a portrait of an architect or a painter

28. A Crane

29. Jackdaw

30. Falcon: Hen Krestel

31. Owl: Little Owl

32. Roller: Garrulous Roller

33. Warbler: Reed Wren

34. Hoopoe: Common Hoopoe

35. Secretary Bird

36. Corvs crassirostris (Thick-Billed Raven)

37. Design for a decoration incorporating motifs allusive to the Arts, Arms, and Religion

38. The Cock Sparrow

39. Virgin and Child

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

41. La colombe chérie

42. Hearing

43. Study

44. Study

45. Hebe

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

47. The Disaster

48. For Japanning, Plate 1

49. Richard and Maria Cosway, and Ottobah Cugoano

50. An Thymelaea foliis obtusis; Anseri Bassano &c: The Great Booby, Plate 86 from the 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands', volume I, 2nd edition, London 1754

51. Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)

52. Brambling

53. A Yellow Wagtail

54. A Stone Curlew

55. Ptarmigan

56. Guinea Parrot

57. Pied Wagtail and Dragonfly

58. A Kingfisher

59. Yellow-eyed Babbler (Chrysomma sinense) perched on Chinese hat plant (Holmskioldia sanguinea)

60. Egyptian Vulture

61. The Bird Cage

62. Tobias and the Angel

63. The Salutation