Period: 18th century / Genre: religious and mythological subject / Subject Terms: woman

1. Allegory of Fortune

Creator:: Balthazar Nebot, active 1730–1762
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 5/16 x 35 1/8 inches (71.9 x 89.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. The Angel of Mercy

Creator:: Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:: ca. 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/2 x 19 inches (59.7 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. The Education of Achilles

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/2 x 50 3/4 inches (102.9 x 128.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

4. 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

5. Venus

Creator:: Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 8 1/8 × 2 3/4 inches (20.6 × 7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Iphigenia Kneeling over an Altar

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches (23.8 x 18.1 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

7. Viscountess Bulkeley as Hebe

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches (41.9 x 21.9 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

8. Samson Overpowered

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash over graphite on medium slightly textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches (49.5 x 39.1 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

9. Two Figures: Probably for the Bath of Diana

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches (12.4 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

10. Seated Nude Woman (Hygeia at Doctor Graham's)

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches (15.9 x 12.4 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

11. The Bath of Bath-sheba

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 9 inches (27.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. A Mother with Her Child in Her Arms Flying upon the Ramparts of a City in Flames

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/2 x 16 inches (49.5 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. "A wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven hair..." (Design 83)

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. "Leaning from her golden cloud, The venerable Marg'ret see!..." (Design 99)

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

15. "Hie thee hence, and boast at home..." (Design 85)

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

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. "Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright... Where willowy Camus lingers with delight!..." (Design 97)

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. 'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)

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

19. 'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)

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

20. "Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore..." (Design 101)

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

21. Frontispiece (Plate 1)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching and watercolor 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

22. 'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)

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

23. "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

24. The Serpent who Girds the Earth (Design 77)

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

25. "At the chapel-door stand sentry... (Design 31)

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

26. Grantham Church

Creator:: Print made by Bartholomew Howlett, 1767–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; 1st published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 3/8 inches (24.1 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Hebe

Creator:: Print made by Charles Howard Hodges, 1764–1837
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/4 × 15 1/2 inches (61.6 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. The Enchantress

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/8 × 29 3/4 inches (54.9 × 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. The Enchantress

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/8 × 29 3/4 inches (54.9 × 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. Mrs. Sheridan as 'St. Cecilia'

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (first state) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/8 × 15 inches (52.4 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. Hebe

Creator:: Print made by Charles Howard Hodges, 1764–1837
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 3/4 × 15 5/8 inches (62.9 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. Alope

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 18 3/16 inches (35.5 x 46.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

33. Juno

Creator:: Print made by Alexander van Haecken, 1701–1758
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 6 3/4 inches (25.1 × 17.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 8 inches (26.4 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. Sta. Maria Magdelena

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paaper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 10 1/8 inches (36.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

36. Susanna and the Elders

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/16 x 14 3/16 inches (45.9 x 36 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

37. St Agnes (after Domenichino)

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 8 5/8 inches (28.6 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Neaera

Creator:: Print made by John Young, 1755–1825
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint (first state) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 11 13/16 inches (40.6 × 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Charity

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/16 × 18 1/8 inches (63.7 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Prudence

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/2 × 18 1/8 inches (62.2 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Venus Childing Cupid

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/16 × 12 7/8 inches (43.3 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Death of Dido

Creator:: Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755–1798
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 × 23 9/16 inches (49.8 × 59.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: Shepherd Boy and Dog, Part Nativity Window

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 1/16 × 19 1/8 inches (68.7 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Temperance

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/16 × 18 1/16 inches (63.7 × 45.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Faith

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 18 1/4 inches (63.8 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Justice

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/16 × 18 1/16 inches (63.7 × 45.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Mary Hale (née Chaloner), as Euphrosyne in 'L'Allegro'

Creator:: Print made by Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 1/4 inches (34.9 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Samson Overcome by the Philistines

Creator:: Print made by Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: ca. 1758
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches (17.5 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

49. Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) Countess of Castlemaine

Creator:: Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 11/16 × 13 1/16 inches (42.4 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Mrs. Quarrington as St. Agnes

Creator:: Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/8 × 14 3/4 inches (49.2 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Dr. John Thomas, Lord Bishop of Rochester

Creator:: Thomas Park, ca. 1760–1834
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/8 × 14 9/16 inches (52.4 × 37 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Hope

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 18 3/8 inches (63.8 × 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Jupiter and Callisto: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: ca. 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 x 3 3/4 inches (11 x 9.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

54. Abraham's Servant Presenteth Rebekah

Creator:: Print made by John Simon, 1675–1751
Date:: between 1700 and 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 × 8 15/16 inches (31 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

55. The Triumph of Galatea

Creator:: Print made by John Smith, the mezzotinter, 1652–1743
Date:: 1701
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 9 7/8 inches (43.2 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

56. Venus and Cupid

Creator:: Print made by John Greenwood, 1727–1792
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 12 15/16 inches (44.4 x 32.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

57. Manna maria est quia est subtilis et splendida suavis et virgo, quae veluti coelitus veniens, cunctis ecclesiaru populis cibum dulciorem melle defluxis

Manna maria est quia est subtilis et splendida suavis et virgo, quae veluti coelitus veniens, cunctis ecclesiaru populis cibum dulciorem melle defluxis

Creator:: Print made by Johann Lorenz Haid, 1702–1750
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/8 x 13 3/4 inches (48.5 x 35 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

58. Virgin and Child

Creator:: Print made by Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 1/16 inches (35.6 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

59. 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

60. Cupid and Psyche

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 x 20 3/8 inches (38.6 x 51.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

61. Der Keusche Joseph - Joseph Castus

Creator:: Print made by Johann Philip Koch, ca. 1716–1796
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint printed in blue ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 19 3/4 inches (40.6 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

62. Die Unschuldige Susana - Susanna Innocens

Creator:: Print made by Johann Philip Koch, ca. 1716–1796
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint printed in blue ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 19 1/2 inches (40.6 × 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. Ariadne

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (18.1 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Illustration to Homer's Iliad

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (13.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Design for a Ceiling Decoration

Creator:: Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Date:: 1723
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 5 inches (12.7 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Apollo and Daphne

Creator:: Master of the Giants, active 1779
Date:: between 1770 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray washes and graphite; verso: pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 21 inches (35.9 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Winchester Cross

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Powell, 1780–1834
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 × 10 1/2 inches (37.1 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Lady Selina Hastings

Creator:: Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 7/8 inches (34.9 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Lady Selina Hastings

Creator:: Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 × 11 1/8 inches (39.1 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Cupid and Cephisa: "Cephisa says, we ought to cut the Wings of Love..."

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Burke, 1749–1815
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 x 14 13/16 inches (49.8 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Sensibility

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed stipple engraving and etching with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches (31.5 × 24.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Allegorical Subject

Creator:: Mauritius Lowe, 1746–1793
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (15.9 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Mrs. Abington as Thalia

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, with hand colored ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 × 7 1/8 inches (23.4 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Mrs. Abington as Thalia

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving printed in brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 8 1/4 inches (26.8 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Venus Chiding Cupid

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 10 1/8 inches (29.6 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. St. Cecilia

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 15/16 inches (30.8 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. At Naples

Creator:: Print made by Placido Columbani, born ca. 1744, active 1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 x 5 13/16 inches (22.4 x 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Repose in Egypt

Creator:: Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 9/16 inches (20.6 x 26.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Repose in Egypt

Creator:: Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 3/8 inches (20.3 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Mrs. Abington As Thalia

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches (27.7 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Sensibility

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 13 9/16 inches (44.2 x 34.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. The Mighty Mother Sails Through the Air

Creator:: Print made by Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 5/8 inches (26.2 × 19.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Sunday Morning, A Cottage Family Going to Church

Creator:: William Nutter, 1754–1802
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, colored on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 × 25 inches (53 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. The Murder of the Innocents

Creator:: Print made by John Baptist Jackson, 1701–1780
Materials & Techniques:: Chiaroscuro woodcut
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Collection

85. Mrs. Quarrington as St. Agnes

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: ca. 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 15/16 x 13 11/16 inches (43 x 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

86. Cupid and Cephisa: "One Day as I was Walking in the Woods..."

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Burke, 1749–1815
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 x 18 5/8 inches (49.8 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. The Virgin and Child

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, modrately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 7 5/8 inches (26 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Atalanta and Hippomanes

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 11/16 x 11 5/16 inches (42.4 x 28.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. 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

90. Paris and Oenone

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 7/16 inches (30.2 x 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Trade Card for Thomas Sandby, Jr.

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 5 11/16 inches (14.8 × 14.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Drummond

92. Paul Before Felix

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with line engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 20 3/4 inches (42.5 × 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker

93. 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

94. Elizabeth (née Dashwood) Montague, With Her Son, George Montague, Viscount Mandeville

Creator:: James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/2 × 16 11/16 inches (64.8 × 42.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Mrs. Knight

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 × 10 1/16 inches (36 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Lady Sarah Bunbury, Pouring Libations to the Graces

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

97. Paul Before Felix

Creator:: Print made by Luke Sullivan, 1705–1771
Date:: 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with line engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 20 3/4 inches (42.5 × 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker

98. Moses Brought to Pharaoh's Daughter

Creator:: Print made by Luke Sullivan, 1705–1771
Date:: 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 20 5/8 inches (42.2 × 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker

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1. Allegory of Fortune

2. The Angel of Mercy

3. The Education of Achilles

4. The Mandrake: A Charm

5. Venus

6. Iphigenia Kneeling over an Altar

7. Viscountess Bulkeley as Hebe

8. Samson Overpowered

9. Two Figures: Probably for the Bath of Diana

10. Seated Nude Woman (Hygeia at Doctor Graham's)

11. The Bath of Bath-sheba

12. A Mother with Her Child in Her Arms Flying upon the Ramparts of a City in Flames

13. "A wond'rous boy shall Rinda bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven hair..." (Design 83)

14. "Leaning from her golden cloud, The venerable Marg'ret see!..." (Design 99)

15. "Hie thee hence, and boast at home..." (Design 85)

16. Fame (Design 93)

17. "Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia silver-bright... Where willowy Camus lingers with delight!..." (Design 97)

18. 'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)

19. 'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)

20. "Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore..." (Design 101)

21. Frontispiece (Plate 1)

22. 'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)

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

24. The Serpent who Girds the Earth (Design 77)

25. "At the chapel-door stand sentry... (Design 31)

26. Grantham Church

27. Hebe

28. The Enchantress

29. The Enchantress

30. Mrs. Sheridan as 'St. Cecilia'

31. Hebe

32. Alope

33. Juno

34. Judith with the Head of Holofernes

35. Sta. Maria Magdelena

36. Susanna and the Elders

37. St Agnes (after Domenichino)

38. Neaera

39. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Charity

40. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Prudence

41. Venus Childing Cupid

42. The Death of Dido

43. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: Shepherd Boy and Dog, Part Nativity Window

44. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Temperance

45. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Faith

46. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Justice

47. Mary Hale (née Chaloner), as Euphrosyne in 'L'Allegro'

48. Samson Overcome by the Philistines

49. Barbara Palmer (née Villiers) Countess of Castlemaine

50. Mrs. Quarrington as St. Agnes

51. Dr. John Thomas, Lord Bishop of Rochester

52. West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Hope

53. Jupiter and Callisto: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2

54. Abraham's Servant Presenteth Rebekah

55. The Triumph of Galatea

56. Venus and Cupid

57. Manna maria est quia est subtilis et splendida suavis et virgo, quae veluti coelitus veniens, cunctis ecclesiaru populis cibum dulciorem melle defluxis

58. Virgin and Child

59. Virgin and Child

60. Cupid and Psyche

61. Der Keusche Joseph - Joseph Castus

62. Die Unschuldige Susana - Susanna Innocens

63. Ariadne

64. Illustration to Homer's Iliad

65. Design for a Ceiling Decoration

66. Apollo and Daphne

67. Winchester Cross

68. Lady Selina Hastings

69. Lady Selina Hastings

70. Cupid and Cephisa: "Cephisa says, we ought to cut the Wings of Love..."

71. Sensibility

72. Allegorical Subject

73. Mrs. Abington as Thalia