Period: 18th century / Genre: historical subject - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

1. The Brahmin Committing his Daughter Coraly to the Care of Blandford

Creator:: Thomas Kirk, 1765–1797
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 5/8 x 14 1/8 inches (44.8 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift in Appreciation of Paul Mellon
On View:: Not on view

2. The Grand Vizier giving Audience to the English Ambassador

Creator:: Francis Smith, active 1763–1780
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 5/8 x 26 1/2 inches (49.8 x 67.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. George I at Newmarket, 4 or 5 October, 1717

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1717
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 1/8 x 67 1/16 inches (127.3 x 170.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Letitia Anne Sage (née Hoare), in a Balloon

Creator:: John Francis Rigaud, 1742–1810
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 19 x 14 inches (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. The Surrender of the Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, to Sir David Baird

Creator:: Henry Singleton, 1766–1839
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 x 21 inches (43.2 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. The Great Fire of London

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 5/8 × 32 inches (60 × 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Land, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1718
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. The Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, Being Handed over as Hostages to General Cornwallis

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 3/4 x 14 inches (45.1 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Paetus and Arria

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 28 inches (91.4 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Robert, Duke of Normandy, in Prison

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 9 1/16 x 7 1/2 inches (23 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

12. Restoration Procession of Charles II at Cheapside

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. The Death of Chatham

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/8 x 36 1/4 inches (71.4 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Professor Jules David Prown
On View:: Not on view

14. Columbus Breaking the Egg

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 7 5/8 inches (20.6 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker

15. Copyright - Act of Parliament

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Letterpress with engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker

16. George Taylor's Epitaph: George Taylor Breaking the Ribs of Death

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite, and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 3/4 inches (23.2 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Aerial Group: The Tempest

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches (9.2 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

18. Bolingbroke and Head of a Fiend

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 15 inches (51.4 x 38.1 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

19. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and gray ink over graphite on medium moderately textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 21 1/2 inches (36.5 x 54.6 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

20. Wolgemuth Rescuing the Shipwrecked off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (14 x 22.2 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

21. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 21 inches (35.6 x 53.3 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

22. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (36.8 x 54 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

23. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 20 inches (34 x 50.8 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

24. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 19 5/8 inches (30.2 x 49.8 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

25. The Angel (Plate 40)

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

26. Laughing Song (Plate 14)

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

27. The Little Girl Lost (Plate 20)

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

28. Introduction (Plate 3)

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

29. The Clod & the Pebble (Plate 36)

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

30. Songs of Experience, Title Page (Plate 33)

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

31. A Cradle Song (Plate 26)

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

32. My Pretty Rose Tree (Plate 47)

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

33. Fire (Plate 7)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. At Length for Hatching Ripe He Breaks the Shell (Plate 8)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Alas! (Plate 9)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Does Thy God O Priest Take such Vengeance as This? (Plate 14)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Fear & Hope Are -- Vision (Plate 15)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Traveller Hasteth in the Evening (Plate 16)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. I Have Said to the Worm, Thou Art My Mother & My Sister (Plate 18)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Shepherd (Plate 4)

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

41. The Little Black Boy (Plate 6)

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

42. The Chimney Sweeper (Plate 10)

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

43. Spring (Plate 12)

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

44. The Little Boy Lost (Plate 16)

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

45. I Found Him Beneath a Tree (Plate 3)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Water (Plate 4)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Earth (Plate 5)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Air (Plate 6)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. I Want! I Want! (Plate 11)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Aged Ignorance (Plate 13)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. The Little Girl Found (Plate 22)

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

52. The Divine Image (Plate 24)

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

53. A Little Boy Lost (Plate 43)

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

54. Title Page, For Children. The Gates of Paradise (Plate 2)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Help! Help! (Plate 12)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Death's Door (Plate 17)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. The Ecchoing Green (Plate 8)

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

58. The Lamb (Plate 18)

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

59. Earth's Answer (Plate 35)

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

60. Infant Joy (Plate 28)

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

61. Introduction (Plate 34)

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

62. Night (Plate 30)

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

63. Nurses Song (Plate 37)

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

64. London (Plate 39)

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

65. Holy Thursday (Plate 38)

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

66. A Poison Tree (Plate 41)

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

67. The Tyger (Plate 42)

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

68. A Little Girl Lost (Plate 44)

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

69. The Chimney Sweeper (Plate 45)

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

70. The Human Abstract (Plate 46)

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

71. The Fly (Plate 48)

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

72. The Bard Singing Owen's Praise (Design 89)

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

73. "Fear to stop, and shame to fly..." (Design 91)

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

74. A Standard Bearer Fainting in the Routed Battle (Design 87)

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

75. The First Balloon Ascent in England, September 1784, from the Artillery Ground, Moorfields

Creator:: Francis Jukes, 1747–1812
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 20 1/4in. (37.8 x 51.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Ascension of Madame Sage, Chevalier Biggin and Captain Vincent Lunardi in a Balloon, June 20, 1785

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 1/8 inches (25.2 × 33.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Mary, Queen of Scots, Embarking

Creator:: William Lock II, 1767–1847
Date:: between 1785 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 3/4 inches (30.8 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. 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

79. 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

80. Bruce at the Source of the Blue Nile

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 9 inches (17.8 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. The Tower of London

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Tagg, died 1809
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 5 7/8 inches (7.9 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Classical Composition

Creator:: Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 15 1/2 inches (31.1 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

83. Classical Composition

Creator:: Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 17 5/8 inches (33.3 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

84. A Dramatic Scene with Three Women in an Interior

Creator:: William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, pen and black ink, pen and blue ink, black chalk, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 13 5/8 inches (24.4 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Messengers Before an Emperor

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash 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

86. Falstaff Inspecting the Recruits

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: between 1761 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches (18.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. The Seven Bishops Going To Trial

Creator:: Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and black, brown, and gray ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches (34.3 x 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

88. The Sermon on the Mount

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and gray wash on thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/8 x 12 inches (41 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Preparatory Study for the decoration "Equestrian Portrait of George I"

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 12 3/8 inches (28.3 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. The House of Commons

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: after 1731
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (31.8 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Theodosius

Creator:: Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 9 13/16 inches (30.7 x 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

92. St. Paul

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 11/16 inches (34 x 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

93. St. Paul

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 9/16 inches (37.8 × 26.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

94. Geography

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 14 inches (25.4 × 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

95. 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

96. Interior of St. Paul's on the Day of Solemn Thanksgiving for the Recovery of His Majesty

Creator:: Robert Pollard, 1755–1838
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, etching, and engraving on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 × 27 3/8 inches (45.7 × 69.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. The Right Honorable Lord Rodney, K.B., Vice Admiral of Great Britain

Creator:: Gainsborough Dupont, 1754–1797
Date:: c.1782
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 x 15in. (61 x 38.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. J. Richardson Dilworth

98. The Revolt of the Fleet, 1642

Creator:: John Harris, active 1686–1740
Date:: ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 19 5/16 inches (42.2 × 49 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. A View of the Fire in Covent Garden

Creator:: Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 × 13 1/8 inches (24.6 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

100. The Exposition of Cyrus

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 15 1/4 inches (30.3 x 38.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. The Brahmin Committing his Daughter Coraly to the Care of Blandford

2. The Grand Vizier giving Audience to the English Ambassador

3. George I at Newmarket, 4 or 5 October, 1717

4. Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Letitia Anne Sage (née Hoare), in a Balloon

5. The Surrender of the Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, to Sir David Baird

6. The Great Fire of London

7. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Land, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

8. The Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, Being Handed over as Hostages to General Cornwallis

9. Paetus and Arria

10. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

11. Robert, Duke of Normandy, in Prison

12. Restoration Procession of Charles II at Cheapside

13. The Death of Chatham

14. Columbus Breaking the Egg

15. Copyright - Act of Parliament

16. George Taylor's Epitaph: George Taylor Breaking the Ribs of Death

17. Aerial Group: The Tempest

18. Bolingbroke and Head of a Fiend

19. Howard Visiting a Prison

20. Wolgemuth Rescuing the Shipwrecked off the Cape of Good Hope

21. Howard Visiting a Prison

22. Howard Visiting a Prison

23. Howard Visiting a Prison

24. Howard Visiting a Prison

25. The Angel (Plate 40)

26. Laughing Song (Plate 14)

27. The Little Girl Lost (Plate 20)

28. Introduction (Plate 3)

29. The Clod & the Pebble (Plate 36)

30. Songs of Experience, Title Page (Plate 33)

31. A Cradle Song (Plate 26)

32. My Pretty Rose Tree (Plate 47)

33. Fire (Plate 7)

34. At Length for Hatching Ripe He Breaks the Shell (Plate 8)

35. Alas! (Plate 9)

36. Does Thy God O Priest Take such Vengeance as This? (Plate 14)

37. Fear & Hope Are -- Vision (Plate 15)

38. The Traveller Hasteth in the Evening (Plate 16)

39. I Have Said to the Worm, Thou Art My Mother & My Sister (Plate 18)

40. The Shepherd (Plate 4)

41. The Little Black Boy (Plate 6)

42. The Chimney Sweeper (Plate 10)

43. Spring (Plate 12)

44. The Little Boy Lost (Plate 16)

45. I Found Him Beneath a Tree (Plate 3)

46. Water (Plate 4)

47. Earth (Plate 5)

48. Air (Plate 6)

49. I Want! I Want! (Plate 11)

50. Aged Ignorance (Plate 13)

51. The Little Girl Found (Plate 22)

52. The Divine Image (Plate 24)

53. A Little Boy Lost (Plate 43)

54. Title Page, For Children. The Gates of Paradise (Plate 2)

55. Help! Help! (Plate 12)

56. Death's Door (Plate 17)

57. The Ecchoing Green (Plate 8)

58. The Lamb (Plate 18)

59. Earth's Answer (Plate 35)

60. Infant Joy (Plate 28)

61. Introduction (Plate 34)

62. Night (Plate 30)

63. Nurses Song (Plate 37)

64. London (Plate 39)

65. Holy Thursday (Plate 38)

66. A Poison Tree (Plate 41)

67. The Tyger (Plate 42)

68. A Little Girl Lost (Plate 44)

69. The Chimney Sweeper (Plate 45)

70. The Human Abstract (Plate 46)

71. The Fly (Plate 48)

72. The Bard Singing Owen's Praise (Design 89)

73. "Fear to stop, and shame to fly..." (Design 91)

74. A Standard Bearer Fainting in the Routed Battle (Design 87)