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Peace Embracing Plenty
Creator:
Sir Peter Paul Rubens, 1577–1640
Date:
between 1633 and 1634
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
24 3/4 × 18 1/2 inches (62.9 × 47 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
On view at YUAG
Aeneas and the Sibyl
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 3/8 x 55 1/4 inches (102.6 x 140.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Three Graces
Creator:
William Edward Frost, 1810–1877
Date:
1856
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 1/4 × 28 3/8 inches (92.1 × 72.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Melville P. Roberts
On View:
Not on view
The Rock of Salvation
Creator:
Samuel Colman, 1780–1845
Date:
1837
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 1/8 x 29 1/4 inches (61.3 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
A Sketch of Gratitude Crowned by Peace, with Other Allegorical Figures of Industry, Fame and Plenty
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:
between 1712 and 1713
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 3/16 x 7 3/4 inches (36 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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

7. Hope

Hope
Creator:
George Frederic Watts, 1817–1904
Date:
1891
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
26 × 19 inches (66 × 48.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Claire and Albert J. Zuckerman, Yale School of Drama MFA 1961, DFA 1962
On View:
Not on view
The Stowe Reliefs: Allegorical scene, possibly Truth revealing herself to the Liberal Arts
Creator:
Attributed to Michael Chuke, 1679–1742
Date:
ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:
Bronzed limewood
Dimensions:
Overall: 54 5/16 x 37 13/16 inches (138 x 96 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Allegory of Geometry
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Stoneware ('Coade Stone')
Dimensions:
Overall: 21 1/4 × 42 1/4 × 8 inches (54 × 107.3 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
Allegory of Steam
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 7/8 x 5in. (9.8 x 12.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Allegory of Napoleonic Battles
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/8 x 5in. (7.9 x 12.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Allegory of Drawing
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, graphite, and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/4 x 4 3/4in. (8.3 x 12.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Allegory of Sea Trades
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 5/8 × 4 7/8 inches (9.2 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Britannia in Distress
Creator:
Anthony Walker, 1726–1765
Date:
1756
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (32.1 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Classical Scene: Minerva as the Goddess of Arts and Sciences
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with black and red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/16 × 11 1/8 inches (38.5 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
An Allegory of Love
Creator:
Lady Diana Beauclerk, 1734–1808
Date:
Undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and colored chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 1/2 x 24 7/16 inches (49.5 x 62.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Erato and Pan
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 × 4 7/8 inches (9.5 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
Allegory for Fall
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, white laid paper mounted to moderately thick, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 x 11in. (12.7 x 27.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
Allegory for Spring
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 × 11 1/8 inches (12.7 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
Another Saint Sebastian, Shot at by Cruel Archers
Creator:
Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:
1847
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 17 9/16 inches (30.5 x 44.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Telemachus and Mentor
Creator:
Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:
1847
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 5/16 inches (30.8 x 44 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Epiphany

Epiphany
Creator:
Print made by Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, 1876–1938
Date:
1919
Materials & Techniques:
Etching; 2nd state on medium, slightly textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 × 7 1/4 inches (25.4 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
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
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
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
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
The Triumph of Britannia
Creator:
Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774
Date:
ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 x 20 1/2in. (38.1 x 52.1cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
West Window of the Chapel, New College Oxford: The Virtues - Fortitude
Creator:
George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving on thick, rough, beige 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
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
Hope Nursing Love
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 14 1/8 inches (50.5 × 35.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Time raising Truth, after Rubens’s “The Triumph of Truth”
Creator:
Attributed to Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 x 11 15/16 inches (20.3 x 30.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
Dido and Aeneas Sheltering in a Cave
Creator:
Francis Cleyn, 1582–1658
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (26 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:
1803
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 25 5/8 × 16 3/4 inches (65.1 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection