Period: 18th century / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: hand

1. The Rt. Honorable Stephen Poyntz, of Midgham, Berkshire

Creator:: Jean-Baptiste van Loo, 1684–1745
Date:: 1732
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 Fund
On View:: Not on view

2. Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice"

Creator:: Herbert Stoppelaer, active 1730–1775
Date:: 1767 to 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/2 x 28 3/4 inches (59.7 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

3. An Unknown Man in Black

Creator:: Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:: 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 5/16 x 27 15/16 inches (92.2 x 71 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Frances Abington (née Barton) as Miss Prue in William Congreve’s “Love for Love”

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/4 × 25 1/8 inches (76.8 × 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Sir William Pulteney (formerly Johnstone), fifth baronet

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 93 1/2 x 59 inches (237.5 x 149.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Self-Portrait

Creator:: William Keeble, 1714–1774
Date:: 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/8 × 25 inches (76.5 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. A Man, Probably a Self-Portrait

Creator:: Hugh Barron, 1745–1791
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 x 24 1/2 inches (73.7 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Thomas Osborne

Creator:: James Cranke, 1707–1780
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 77 3/4 × 56 inches (197.5 × 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Louis-Francois Roubiliac Modelling His Monument to Shakespeare

Creator:: Adrien Carpentiers, active 1739–1778
Date:: between 1760 and 1761
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 1/4 x 39 3/4 inches (127.6 x 101 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Charles Penruddocke

Creator:: Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:: 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 × 39 7/8 inches (127 × 101.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Self-Portrait with His Father and His Brother

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: early 1760s
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Lovers in a landscape

Creator:: Pieter Jan van Reysschoot, 1702–1772
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 21 inches (49.5 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. George Biggin

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 23 1/2 inches (76.2 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. 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

15. Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, line engraving, and letterpress, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page

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

17. A Man Kneeling

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink; verso: gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 4 1/4 inches (8.6 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Portrait of a Man

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, white chalk and brown chalk on medium, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (36.8 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Study for a Portrait of a Seated Gentleman

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk, with stumping on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (42.2 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, later Elizabeth Savile, Countess of Mexborough

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 11 inches (38.4 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Portrait of a Man Wearing Turban

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 5/16 × 14 1/8 inches (51.6 × 35.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Charles Christian Reisen

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 8 11/16 inches (28 x 22 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Charles Christian Reisen

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 3/16 inches (30.5 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Study: Head of a Bearded Old Man in a Cap with his Head Resting on his Hand

Creator:: Print made by John Chalon, 1738 – 1795
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 5 7/8 inches (16.6 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Study

Creator:: Print made by John Chalon, 1738 – 1795
Date:: 1789-1790
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/16 x 2 5/8 inches (7.7 x 6.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Study of a Lady

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 8 15/16 inches (31.4 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Mrs. Chambers

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 9/16 x 10 1/4 inches (31.9 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Mrs. Siddons

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (25.7 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Man with Raised Hand

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash, and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/4 × 11 5/8 inches (52.7 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. Portrait of a Young Man Leaning on His Right Elbow

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/16 × 13 15/16 inches (49.1 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Frederick Zincke and Liotard

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 1/16 inches (30.1 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Rt. Honorable Stephen Poyntz, of Midgham, Berkshire

2. Shylock and Tubal from "The Merchant of Venice"

3. An Unknown Man in Black

4. Frances Abington (née Barton) as Miss Prue in William Congreve’s “Love for Love”

5. Sir William Pulteney (formerly Johnstone), fifth baronet

6. Self-Portrait

7. A Man, Probably a Self-Portrait

8. Thomas Osborne

9. Louis-Francois Roubiliac Modelling His Monument to Shakespeare

10. Charles Penruddocke

11. Self-Portrait with His Father and His Brother

12. Lovers in a landscape

13. George Biggin

14. Help! Help! (Plate 12)

15. Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page

16. Night the First. On Life, Death and Immortality; Title Page

17. A Man Kneeling

18. Portrait of a Man

19. Study for a Portrait of a Seated Gentleman

20. Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, later Elizabeth Savile, Countess of Mexborough

21. Portrait of a Man Wearing Turban

22. Charles Christian Reisen

23. Charles Christian Reisen

24. Study: Head of a Bearded Old Man in a Cap with his Head Resting on his Hand

25. Study

26. Study of a Lady

27. Mrs. Chambers

28. Mrs. Siddons

29. Man with Raised Hand

30. Portrait of a Young Man Leaning on His Right Elbow

31. Frederick Zincke and Liotard