Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: ruff / Classification: Prints

1. Lady Mary Catharine Bertie

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Date:: 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 9/16 x 12 1/16 inches (42 x 30.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Feather

Creator:: Print made by Johann Lorenz Haid, 1702–1750
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 7/16 x 12 7/16 inches (44.3 x 31.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

3. Portrait of a Man with a Sword

Creator:: Print made by Johann Lorenz Haid, 1702–1750
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 x 14 11/16 inches (53.3 x 37.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

4. William Shakespeare

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: ca. 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (24.8 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Boy in Venetian Dress

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 x 11 5/16 inches (38.9 x 28.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. Ann Elizabeth, Countess of Aldborough

Creator:: Print made by S. Einslie, active 1785–1808
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches (47.7 x 33.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Alphonso and Aciloe

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 x 11 inches (38.5 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Melania

Creator:: Print made by John Condé, 1765–1794
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 x 4 9/16 inches (16.1 x 11.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Mrs. Fitzherbert

Creator:: Print made by John Condé, 1765–1794
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving with etched border on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 11 7/8 inches (40.6 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham

Creator:: Imitator of Renold Elstrack, 1570–1625(?)
Date:: between 1700 and 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 6 13/16 inches (25.1 × 17.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George A. Douglass

11. Sir Anthony Van Dyck

Creator:: William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 13/16 × 9 7/8 inches (35.1 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Honorable Richard Edgcumbe, Second Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

Creator:: William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 × 11 inches (39 × 28 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Thomas Sutton

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1714
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches (32 x 24.2 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

14. Garrick Reading the Ode at the Shakespeare Jubilee

Creator:: Caroline Watson, 1760–1814
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 13/16 inches (62 x 45.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alexander

15. William Sommers, King Henry VIII's Jester

Creator:: Print made by R. Clamp, fl.1789–1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Colored stipple engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 5 inches (16.5 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. Paul Van Somer

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 1/8 inches (30.1 x 23.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Cornelius Polenburg

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 9 3/16 inches (30.3 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Sir Nathaniel Bacon

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.8 x 24.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Sir Nathaniel Bacon

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 9 inches (30.3 x 22.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Edward Courtney, Earl of Devonshire

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 3/16 inches (30.5 x 23.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Seht Ihr denn nichts hier: 'Hamlet,' Act IV, Scene II

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowieki, German, 1726–1801
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 4 inches (16.3 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Richard Cosway

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 x 5 7/8 inches (22.7 x 15 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Sir Antonio More

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 3/16 inches (29.8 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Cornelius Ketel

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 9 3/16 inches (31 x 23.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Sir Antonio More

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 inches (30.2 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Nicholas Hilliard

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 11/16 x 9 1/8 inches (29.7 x 23.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Jane, Duchess of Gordon

Creator:: Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 x 12 3/4 inches (43.5 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. Jane, Duchess of Gordon

Creator:: William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 inches (38 × 28 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Lady Mary Catharine Bertie

2. Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Feather

3. Portrait of a Man with a Sword

4. William Shakespeare

5. Boy in Venetian Dress

6. Ann Elizabeth, Countess of Aldborough

7. Alphonso and Aciloe

8. Melania

9. Mrs. Fitzherbert

10. George Villiers, first Duke of Buckingham

11. Sir Anthony Van Dyck

12. The Honorable Richard Edgcumbe, Second Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

13. Thomas Sutton

14. Garrick Reading the Ode at the Shakespeare Jubilee

15. William Sommers, King Henry VIII's Jester

16. Paul Van Somer

17. Cornelius Polenburg

18. Sir Nathaniel Bacon

19. Sir Nathaniel Bacon

20. Edward Courtney, Earl of Devonshire

21. Seht Ihr denn nichts hier: 'Hamlet,' Act IV, Scene II

22. Richard Cosway

23. Sir Antonio More

24. Cornelius Ketel

25. Sir Antonio More

26. Nicholas Hilliard

27. Jane, Duchess of Gordon

28. Jane, Duchess of Gordon