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1. The Polling

The Polling
Creator:
after William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet:
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

2. Chairing the Members

Chairing the Members
Creator:
after William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet:
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

3. Mother and Child

Mother and Child
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 x 5 1/4 inches (12.7 x 13.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

4. David Playing the Harp

David Playing the Harp
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches (41.3 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

5. Seated Woman

Seated Woman
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 x 6 3/8 inches (20.3 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

6. Officer with Cockade and Sword

Officer with Cockade and Sword
Creator:
James Roberts II, 1753–ca. 1810
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 × 3 3/4 inches (15.2 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Woman and Child

Woman and Child
Creator:
James Roberts II, 1753–ca. 1810
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 × 3 7/8 inches (15.2 × 9.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Beatrice, Hero and Ursula

Beatrice, Hero and Ursula
Creator:
John Jones, ca. 1745–1797
Date:
ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, before title
Dimensions:
Sheet: 21 5/8 x 17 7/8in. (55 x 45.4cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Morning

Morning
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching, hand colored on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 × 10 1/2 inches (33 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. William Drummond of Hawthornden

William Drummond of Hawthornden
Creator:
John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (39 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

11. A View of St. James's Gate, from Cleveland Row

A View of St. James's Gate, from Cleveland Row
Creator:
Edward Rooker, 1724–1774
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Miss Charlotte Sandby

Miss Charlotte Sandby
Creator:
William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 × 5 1/2 inches (17.1 × 14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. A View of Somerset House with St. Mary's Church in the Strand, London

A View of Somerset House with St. Mary's Church in the Strand, London
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Hand colored engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Vincentius Marinelli

Vincentius Marinelli
Creator:
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
c.1766
Materials & Techniques:
Line engravng and stipple engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Celadon and Amelia

Celadon and Amelia
Creator:
Print made by William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/8 x 22 1/4 inches (46 x 56.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Matlock High-Torr

Matlock High-Torr
Creator:
James Mason, 1710–1783
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving and etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 5/8 x 22 3/8in. (39.7 x 56.8cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Castell Dinas Brân, Wales

Castell Dinas Brân, Wales
Creator:
Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
Date:
ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 13 × 19 5/8 inches (33 × 49.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Remains of the Temple of Olypian Jove with a View of Ortygia, Syracuse

Remains of the Temple of Olypian Jove with a View of Ortygia, Syracuse
Creator:
Henry Tresham, 1751–1814
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 19 7/8 inches (31.8 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Portrait of a Lady

Portrait of a Lady
Creator:
Nathaniel Hone, 1718–1784
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Enamel on porcelain
Dimensions:
Image: 1 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches (3.8 x 3.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. A Woman of Fashion in Walking Dress

A Woman of Fashion in Walking Dress
Creator:
James Roberts II, 1753–ca. 1810
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 × 3 1/8 inches (12.7 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Figures Harvesting

Figures Harvesting
Creator:
William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and black ink, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 inches (16.8 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Travellers in Turkey

Travellers in Turkey
Creator:
William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 × 20 3/8 inches (16.5 × 51.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Leander Taking Leave of Hero Before Swimming Back Across the Hellespont

Leander Taking Leave of Hero Before Swimming Back Across the Hellespont
Creator:
Attributed to William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gray wash, pen and brown ink, red chalk, graphite, with scraping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 5/8 inches (35.9 × 27 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Nature unveils herself to the infant Shakespeare: Thomas Gray, The Progress of Poesy, III.1

Nature unveils herself to the infant Shakespeare: Thomas Gray, The Progress of Poesy, III.1
Creator:
William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite with scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 inches (29.8 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. Portrait study of John Inigo Richards, R.A.

Portrait study of John Inigo Richards, R.A.
Creator:
Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:
ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 5 15/16 inches (14 × 15.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Design for a Country House

Design for a Country House
Creator:
James Lewis, 1751–1820
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink, watercolor on smooth, thick, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 × 25 3/4 inches (20.3 × 65.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Design for a Country House

Design for a Country House
Creator:
James Lewis, 1751–1820
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and black ink, watercolor on smooth, thick, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 25 5/8 inches (21.9 × 65.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Portrait of a Gentleman

Portrait of a Gentleman
Creator:
John Smart, 1741–1811
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:
Image: 1 3/8 x 1 inches (3.5 x 2.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Three Ladies Standing on a Terrace

Three Ladies Standing on a Terrace
Creator:
James Roberts II, 1753–ca. 1810
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 × 5 1/2 inches (10.2 × 14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Italian Bird Catcher

The Italian Bird Catcher
Creator:
Print made by Johnson, active 1766
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches (44.5 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. A Topographical Survey of the Parish of Kensington with Plans and Elevations of the Royal Palace and Gardens, Hyde Park and Knightsbridge

A Topographical Survey of the Parish of Kensington with Plans and Elevations of the Royal Palace and Gardens, Hyde Park and Knightsbridge
Creator:
George Bickham the Younger, ca. 1706–1771
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 42 x 104in. (106.7 x 264.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Celadon and Amelia

Celadon and Amelia
Creator:
Engraved by William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/4 x 22 3/8 inches (46.4 x 56.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection

33. Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid
Creator:
Print made by Charles Phillips, 1737– after 1783
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/16 × 14 3/16 inches (51 × 36 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. Absalom's Submission to his Father, King David

Absalom's Submission to his Father, King David
Creator:
Print made by Johann Gottfried Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 13/16 × 14 1/8 inches (50.4 × 35.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. Rev. Zachariah Mudge, D.D.

Rev. Zachariah Mudge, D.D.
Creator:
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 9 3/16 inches (33.7 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

36. Mr. Frodsham in the Character of Hamlet

Mr. Frodsham in the Character of Hamlet
Creator:
Edward Williams, c.1750–1800
Date:
ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 3/4in. (22.2 x 17.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

37. The Boy and Pigeons

The Boy and Pigeons
Creator:
Print made by Charles Phillips, 1737– after 1783
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Tenby

Tenby
Creator:
Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gray wash, and pen and brown ink on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/8 × 9 3/4 inches (21.3 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Mrs. West and Daughter Playing Catch

Mrs. West and Daughter Playing Catch
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches (19.4 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Gen. James Wilkinson

Gen. James Wilkinson
Creator:
James Sharples, ca. 1751–1811
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pastel on medium, moderately textured wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 7 inches (22.9 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, The John Hill Morgan Collection

41. A View of the Buildings on the Six Sides of the Pulpit of St. Katherine

A View of the Buildings on the Six Sides of the Pulpit of St. Katherine
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 3/8in. (27.6 x 34cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Mr. Thomas Gray

Mr. Thomas Gray
Creator:
Print made by James Basire, 1730–1802
Date:
ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. A View of the Lawn from the Palace, with the Pagoda, The Temple of Victory, and the Colonade in the Royal Gardens at Kew

A View of the Lawn from the Palace, with the Pagoda, The Temple of Victory, and the Colonade in the Royal Gardens at Kew
Creator:
James Mason, 1710–1783
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Hand colored engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4in. (36.8 x 54cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. The New Bridge, Blackfriars, London

The New Bridge, Blackfriars, London
Creator:
Robert Baldwin, active 1763–1769
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 48in. (31.8 x 121.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Kew: The White House from the Lawn

Kew: The White House from the Lawn
Creator:
James Mason, 1710–1783
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Hand colored engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4in. (36.8 x 54cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Mr. Garrick in "The Farmer's Return"

Mr. Garrick in "The Farmer's Return"
Creator:
Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 x 19 7/8 inches (43.2 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. The Right Honourable Sir Charles Pratt Knight, (now Lord Camden) Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas

The Right Honourable Sir Charles Pratt Knight, (now Lord Camden) Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas
Creator:
Johann Gottfried Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 13 7/8 inches (50.7 × 35.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Sir Jeffery Amherst

Sir Jeffery Amherst
Creator:
James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. The Honey-moon from Modern Love III: Modern Love Pl. 2

The Honey-moon from Modern Love III: Modern Love Pl. 2
Creator:
John Goldar, 1729–1795
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 18in. (41.9 x 45.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Noon

Noon
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching, hand colored on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 × 10 1/2 inches (33 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Night

Night
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching, hand colored on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 7/8 × 10 5/8 inches (32.7 × 27 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Hunting [set of four]: 2. The Chace (titles are also inscribed in French)

Hunting [set of four]: 2. The Chace (titles are also inscribed in French)
Creator:
Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Hand colored mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 13 7/8in. (25.4 x 35.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Hunting [set of four]: 3. Making a Cast at a Fault (titles are also inscribed in French).

Hunting [set of four]: 3. Making a Cast at a Fault (titles are also inscribed in French).
Creator:
Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Hand colored mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 13 7/8in. (25.4 x 35.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Hunting [set of four]: 4. The Death of the Fox (titles are also inscribed in French)

Hunting [set of four]: 4. The Death of the Fox (titles are also inscribed in French)
Creator:
Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Hand colored mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 13 7/8in. (25.4 x 35.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. The Return from Coursing

The Return from Coursing
Creator:
William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 11/16 inches (18.3 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Evening

Evening
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching, hand colored on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 × 10 5/8 inches (33 × 27 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. William Beckford's Ponies

William Beckford's Ponies
Creator:
William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 13 3/4 inches (29.2 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Matthew Darly

Matthew Darly
Creator:
Print made by Matthew Darly, active 1754–1778
Date:
ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 3/4 inches (16.9 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Oxford Physic Garden

Oxford Physic Garden
Creator:
Print made by Benjamin Green, ca. 1736–ca. 1800
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 x 17 3/8 inches (33.7 x 44.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judith and Norman A. Zlotsky, Yale BS 1953

60. Jacob Bates / The Famous English Horse Rider

Jacob Bates / The Famous English Horse Rider
Creator:
Georg Paul Nusbiegel, 1713–1776
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/8 x 18 3/4in. (36.5 x 47.6cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Hunting [set of four]: 1.Going to Cover (titles are also inscribed in French)

Hunting [set of four]: 1.Going to Cover (titles are also inscribed in French)
Creator:
Thomas Burford, ca. 1710–after 1774
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Hand colored mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 13 7/8in. (25.4 x 35.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Two Children Wearing Yellow Dresses, the Elder Holding a Rolling Hoop and Stick and the Younger Holding a Whip Top and Whip

Two Children Wearing Yellow Dresses, the Elder Holding a Rolling Hoop and Stick and the Younger Holding a Whip Top and Whip
Creator:
Attributed to James Sharples, ca. 1751–1811
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pastel and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Frame: 14 1/2 × 13 × 1 inches (36.8 × 33 × 2.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

63. The French Lady in London

The French Lady in London
Creator:
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:
ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash black ink and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 inches (29.2 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. The Butcher

The Butcher
Creator:
Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen, brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 1/2 inches (39.1 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Longleat from Park Hill

Longleat from Park Hill
Creator:
Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, pen and gray ink, brown ink, black ink, graphite, gouache, and scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 13 5/8 × 17 1/8 inches (34.6 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. The Race of Daldey

The Race of Daldey
Creator:
Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (21 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. In Knole Park

In Knole Park
Creator:
Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, gray wash, brown wash, gouache and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 13 5/16 × 16 7/16 inches (33.8 × 41.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. An Old Barn, Trees and Cow

An Old Barn, Trees and Cow
Creator:
Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 1/8 inches (21 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Bridge Over a Deep Gorge

Bridge Over a Deep Gorge
Creator:
Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 × 6 7/8 inches (15.9 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Miss Elizabeth Manwaring

70. 'Gimcrack'

'Gimcrack'
Creator:
William Pether, ca. 1738–1821
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, first state
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 x 17 15/16in. (40.6 x 45.6cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Boy Holding a Hat and Girl Holding a Basket of Flowers, Standing in a Landscape

Boy Holding a Hat and Girl Holding a Basket of Flowers, Standing in a Landscape
Creator:
Attributed to James Sharples, ca. 1751–1811
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pastel and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Frame: 14 1/2 × 13 × 1 inches (36.8 × 33 × 2.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

72. The Right Honourable Lady Mary Leslie

No cover image available
Creator:
John Spilsbury, 1730–1795
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 15/16 × 14 inches (50.6 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. The Election, Plate 2: Canvassing for Votes

No cover image available
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection

74. Captain Webber

No cover image available
Creator:
James Sharples, ca. 1751–1811
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pastel on moderately textured, wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 7 3/8 inches (24 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, The John Hill Morgan Collection

75. Lady Sarah Bunbury, Pouring Libations to the Graces

No cover image available
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 1/8 × 16 1/16 inches (63.8 × 40.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. The anatomy of the horse : including a particular description of the bones, cartilages, muscles, fascias, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins and glands : in eighteen tables, all done from nature / by George Stubbs, painter.

The anatomy of the horse : including a particular description of the bones, cartilages, muscles, fascias, ligaments, nerves, arteries, veins and glands : in eighteen tables, all done from nature / by George Stubbs, painter.
Creator:
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
[4], 47, [1] p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 46 x 60 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22614588230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Stowe : a description of the magnificent house and gardens of the Right Honourable Richard Grenville Temple, Earl Temple : Viscount and Baron Cobham : one of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, and knight of the most noble order of the garter : embellished with a general plan of the gardens, and also a separate plan of each building with perspective views of the same.

Stowe : a description of the magnificent house and gardens of the Right Honourable Richard Grenville Temple, Earl Temple : Viscount and Baron Cobham : one of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council, and knight of the most noble order of the garter : embellished with a general plan of the gardens, and also a separate plan of each building with perspective views of the same.
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
44 pages, [20] leaves of plates ([2] folded) : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22773362010008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

78. The compleat drawing-master; : containing a curious collection of examples, consisting of parts of the human body, academy figures, and Le Brun's passions of the soul, as they are expressed in the human countenance ...

The compleat drawing-master; : containing a curious collection of examples, consisting of parts of the human body, academy figures, and Le Brun's passions of the soul, as they are expressed in the human countenance ...
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
8 p., 105 leaves of plates on 85 leaves : ill. ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22612480110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

79. London and Westminster improved : illustrated by plans : to which is prefixed, A discourse on publick magnificence, with observations on the state of arts and artists in this kingdom, wherein the study of the polite arts is recommended as necessary to a liberal education : concluded by some proposals relative to places not laid down in the plans / by John Gwynn.

London and Westminster improved : illustrated by plans : to which is prefixed, A discourse on publick magnificence, with observations on the state of arts and artists in this kingdom, wherein the study of the polite arts is recommended as necessary to a liberal education : concluded by some proposals relative to places not laid down in the plans / by John Gwynn.
Creator:
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786
Date:
MDCCLXVU [1766]
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 132 pages, IIII folded leaves of plates : plans ; 27 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22677411850008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Catalogue raisonné des tableaux, estampes, coquilles, & autres curiosités; après le décès de feu monsieur Dezalier d'Argenville ... Par Pierre Remy.

No cover image available
Creator:
Remy, Pierre, fl. 1749–1787
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
xii, 152 p. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

81. The temple builder's most useful companion, being fifty entire new original designs for pleasure and recreation : consisting of plans, elevations and sections in the Greek, Roman, and Gothic taste : calculated for the ornamenting of parks, forests, woods, gardens ... &c. : together with a full explanation, in letter press, to each design, and exact scales for measurement / by Thomas Collins Overton.

No cover image available
Creator:
Overton, Thomas Collins. no_linkage
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
19, [1] p., [50] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22693916260008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Interesting historical events, relative to the provinces of Bengal, and the empire of Indostan : with a seasonable hint and perswasive to the honourable the court of directors of the East India Company : as also the mythology and cosmogony, fasts and festivals of the Gentoo's, followers of the Shastah : and a dissertation on the metempsychosis, commonly, though erroneously, called the Pythagorean doctrine / by J.Z. Holwell, esq.

No cover image available
Creator:
Holwell, J. Z. (John Zephaniah), 1711–1798
Date:
1766-1771
Physical Description:
3 pt. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22776303630008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Plan de la ville et foubourgs [sic] de York : capitale de la comté de meme nom / levé par le Sr. P. Chassereau ... ; avec les augmentationes jusqu'a l'an 1766.

No cover image available
Creator:
Chassereau, Pierre. no_linkage
Date:
[1766]
Physical Description:
1 map ; 43 x 39 cm., on sheet 48 x 68 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

84. An historical account of the expedition against the Ohio Indians, in the year MDCCLXIV, under the command of Henry Bouquet, Esq., colonel of foot, and now brigadier general in America : including his transactions with the Indians, relative to the delivery of their prisoners, and the preliminaries of peace : with an introductory account of the preceding campaign, and battle at Bushy-Run : to which are annexed military papers, containing reflections on the war with the savages, a method of forming frontier settlements; some account of the Indian country, with a list of nations, fighting men, towns, distances, and different routs : the whole illustrated with a map and copper-plates / published, from authentic documents, by a lover of his country.

No cover image available
Creator:
Smith, William, 1727–1803
Date:
MDCCLXVI [1766]
Physical Description:
xiii, 71 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

85. Mona antiqua restaurata : An archæological discourse on the antiquities, natural and historical, of the isle of Anglesey, the ancient seat of the British druids. In two essays. With an appendix, containing a comparative table of primitive words, and the derivatives of them in several of the tongues of Europe; with remarks upon them. Together with some letters, and three catalogues / By Henry Rowlands, Vicar of Llanidan, in the Isle of Anglesey.

No cover image available
Creator:
Rowlands, Henry, 1655–1723
Date:
MDCCLXXVI [1766]
Physical Description:
xi, [5], 357, [3] p., XII leaves of plates : ill., map ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22865712750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. The chair-maker's guide : being upwards of two hundred new and genteel designs, both decorative and plain ... / by Robert Manwaring, ... ; and others ; the whole neatly engraved on seventy-five copper plates.

No cover image available
Creator:
Manwaring, Robert. no_linkage
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
[2] p., [75] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22728231640008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. An historical and genealogical account of the noble family of Greville, to the time of Francis, the present earl Brooke, and earl of Warwick, including the history and succession of the several earls of Warwick since the Norman conquest; and some account of Warwick castle.

No cover image available
Creator:
Edmondson, Joseph, -1786
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
2 p. l., 108 p. front., illus., 2 pl., 3 plans, 4 geneal. tab. 24 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22666736040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

88. A comparative view of the state and faculties of man with those of the animal world.

No cover image available
Creator:
Gregory, John, 1724–1773
Date:
MDCCLXVI
Physical Description:
xvi, 239, [5] p. 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

89. Travels through France and Italy. Containing observations on character, customs, religion, government, police, commerce, arts, and antiquities. With a particular description of the town, territory, and climate of Nice. To which is added, A register of the weather, kept during a residence of eighteen months in that city. By T. Smollett ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721–1771
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
2 v. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

90. Britannia's triumph in the year MDCCLXII : being a series of capital prints representing the operations of His Majesty's fleet and army employed in the attack and conquest of the Havannah, under the brave Admiral Pocock, Lord Albemarle, &c. &c. ... / these drawings were made by Lieutenant Philip Ousbridge, an officer on the spot ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Orsbridge, Philip, -1767
Date:
MDCCLXVI [1766]
Physical Description:
4, [4] pages, 11, [1] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 57 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22916425670008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. The country in full cry, after poachers and hunters of various denominations : more particularly, insolent common-huntsmen ... take illegal and illiberal liberties upon the real landed-gentlemens grounds and inclosures : in a series of letters printed in the Edinburgh advertisers, No. 233, 236, 237, 238, 240, 245 ...

No cover image available
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
16 pages ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22941781540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. The artist's vade mecum : being the whole art of drawing taught in a new work : elegantly engraved on one hundred folio copper plates : containing great variety of examples in every branch of that noble art : as parts of the face, heads, hands, feet, academy, antiques, and groups of figures, beasts, birds, insects, flowers, fruit, shells, ornaments, buildings, landscapes .../ collected from the works of the greatest masters ; to which is prefixed an essay on drawing ; with introductory rules for the use of learners ; in which the first principles of that useful and noble art are explained in such manner that it may be attained in a short time without a master.

No cover image available
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
8 p., [100] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22666750790008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

93. Reflections concerning the imitation of the Grecian artists in painting and sculpture : in a series of letters / by the Abbe Winkelman ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Winckelmann, Johann Joachim, 1717–1768
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
158 p. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22666750610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

94. Traité historique et pratique de la gravure en bois / par J.M. Papillon ... ; ouvrage enrichi des plus jolis morceaux de sa composition & de sa gravure ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Papillon, Jean-Michel, 1698–1776
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
3 v. in 2 : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 20 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22961170480008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

95. Original designs of temples, and other ornamental buildings for parks and gardens, in the Greek, Roman, and Gothic taste. By Tho. Collins Overton.

No cover image available
Creator:
Overton, Thomas Collins. no_linkage
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
19 p. 50 plates (incl. plans, 1 fold.) 29 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

96. Letters from Italy, describing the customs and manners of that country, in the years 1765, and 1766. To which is annexed, An admonition to gentlemen who pass the Alps, in their tour through Italy ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Sharp, Samuel, 1700?-1778
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
iv, 312 p., 1 l. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22615088380008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. The chimney-piece-maker's daily assistant, or, A treasury of new designs for chimney-pieces.

No cover image available
Date:
1766-1769
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22931420140008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman antiquities from the cabinet of the Honble. Wm. Hamilton, His Britannick Maiesty's envoy extraordinary at the Court of Naples = Antiquités etrusques, grecques et romaines tirées du cabinet de M. Hamilton, envoyé extraordinaire de S.M. Britannique en Cour de Naples.

No cover image available
Creator:
Hancarville, Pierre d', 1719–1805
Date:
MDCCLXVI-MDCCLVII [1766-1767]
Physical Description:
4 volumes : illustrations (some color, some folded) ; 47 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
22677370870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Clive Caplan

99. A catalogue of the several pictures, statues, and busto's in the picture gallery, Bodleian Library, and Ashmolean Museum, at Oxford ...

No cover image available
Date:
1766
Physical Description:
16 p., 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

100. British biography; or, An accurate and impartial account of the lives and writings of eminent persons, in Great Britain and Ireland; from Wickliff ... to the present time ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Towers, Joseph, 1737–1799
Date:
1766-1780
Physical Description:
10 v. ports. (incl. fronts.) 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts