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1. Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery

Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1768
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 5/8 x 23 1/2 inches (44.8 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

2. Sketch for an oval ceiling

Sketch for an oval ceiling
Creator:
Attributed to Louis Laguerre, 1663–1721
Date:
ca. 1705
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 x 17 inches (35.6 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

3. The Gore Family with George, third Earl Cowper

The Gore Family with George, third Earl Cowper
Creator:
Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:
ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
31 x 38 1/2 inches (78.7 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

4. Daniel Cunyngham

Daniel Cunyngham
Creator:
Mason Chamberlin, 1727–1787
Date:
1766
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
55 1/2 x 41 1/2 inches (141 x 105.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

5. The Buckley-Boar Family

The Buckley-Boar Family
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
between 1758 and 1760
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
38 3/4 x 43 1/2 inches (98.4 x 110.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

6. Allegory of Trade

Allegory of Trade
Creator:
John Theodore Heins, 1697–1756
Date:
1743
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
29 1/2 x 54 inches (74.9 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

7. 'O treacherous conscience!' (Page 27)

'O treacherous conscience!' (Page 27)
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

8. Title Page, The First Book of Urizen (Plate 1)

Title Page, The First Book of Urizen (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching printed in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Title Page, The First Book of Urizen (Plate 1)

Title Page, The First Book of Urizen (Plate 1)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Argument. "Man has no notion of moral fitness..." (Plate 2"

The Argument. "Man has no notion of moral fitness..." (Plate 2"
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching 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

11. "And purple tyrants vainly groan..." (Design 37)

"And purple tyrants vainly groan..." (Design 37)
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

12. The Author Writing (Design 105)

The Author Writing (Design 105)
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

13. Title Page, The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre (Design 1)

Title Page, The Pindaric Genius Receiving His Lyre (Design 1)
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. 'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)

'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)
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

15. Ressource pour la memoire

Ressource pour la memoire
Creator:
Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/4 x 11 15/16 inches (41.3 x 30.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. Grammatica. Die Sprachkunst.

Grammatica. Die Sprachkunst.
Creator:
Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/16 × 11 3/8 inches (41.8 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. S. Johannes

S. Johannes
Creator:
Print made by Johann Lorenz Haid, 1702–1750
Date:
early 1750s
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/16 x 14 inches (51 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. A School Boy (William Elmer)

A School Boy (William Elmer)
Creator:
Print made by Butler Clowes, active 1768, died 1782
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 15/16 × 8 7/8 inches (32.9 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Portrait of Joseph Haydn

Portrait of Joseph Haydn
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 9/16 x 8 5/8 inches (29.4 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Bequest of Ralph Kirkpatrick, Yale MA (HON.) 1965

20. Britannia Allegory

Britannia Allegory
Creator:
Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:
between 1743 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; verso: letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper (page in book)
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 6 1/16 inches (15.8 x 15.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

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

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

22. Miss Wynyard

Miss Wynyard
Creator:
John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 9/16 × 13 13/16 inches (49.7 × 35.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Miss Johnson

Miss Johnson
Creator:
Print made by Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755–1798
Date:
ca. 1794
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 × 9 3/16 inches (27.6 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Benjamin West and His Son Raphael

Benjamin West and His Son Raphael
Creator:
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 15/16 inches (39.1 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

25. Christopher Sharp, Cambridge

Christopher Sharp, Cambridge
Creator:
Edward Harding, 1755–1840
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/16 × 5 3/8 inches (18 × 13.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Imogen's Bedchamber in Cymbeline's Palace, 'Cymbeline,' Act II, Scene II

Imogen's Bedchamber in Cymbeline's Palace, 'Cymbeline,' Act II, Scene II
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 13/16 x 16 3/4 inches (32.5 x 42.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Travelling in France

Travelling in France
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
between 1785 and 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/16 x 17 1/2 inches (28.7 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. A Lecture on Gadding

A Lecture on Gadding
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, stipple engraving, and mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 7/16 x 15 1/16 inches (46.9 x 38.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Indians Giving a Talk to Colonel Bouquet in a conference at a Council Fire Near his Camp on the Banks of Muskingum in America, in October 1764, 1765

The Indians Giving a Talk to Colonel Bouquet in a conference at a Council Fire Near his Camp on the Banks of Muskingum in America, in October 1764, 1765
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
between 1765 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and black ink with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 15/16 x 8 1/16 inches (25.2 x 20.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection