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1. Landscape near Clifton

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: 1822 to 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 28 inches (91.4 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. John and Elizabeth Jeffreys and Their Children

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/4 x 35 3/4 inches (71.8 x 90.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

3. Study of a Nun

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: ca. 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board laid to panel
Dimensions:: 23 15/16 × 15 15/16 inches (60.8 × 40.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Probably John Trevor, third Baron Trevor, of St. Anne's Hill, Surrey, and Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire (formerly T. Travers, Esq.)

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/8 x 25 inches (76.5 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Mr. Ernest Hillman, Jr.
On View:: Not on view

5. John Varley

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 12 5/8 x 10 1/8 inches (32.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. St. Paul before Agrippa

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1710
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches (81.9 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. The Book Worm

Creator:: Bertha Herkomer, 1858–1943
Date:: 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches (50.2 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius
On View:: Not on view

8. Mr. and Mrs. Hill

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1750 and 1751
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

9. Woman Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade

Creator:: Henry Robert Morland, 1730–1797
Date:: 1766
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

10. Cottage Interior

Creator:: William Ratcliffe, 1870–1955
Date:: 1911 to 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on plywood
Dimensions:: 15 x 20 inches (38.1 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

11. Portrait of a Woman as St. Agnes, Traditionally Identified as Catherine Voss

Creator:: Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723
Date:: between 1705 and 1710
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 31 x 26 inches (78.7 x 66 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

12. Lovers in Richmond Park

Creator:: James Smetham, 1821–1889
Date:: 1864
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 3 7/8 x 5 15/16 inches (9.8 x 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

13. The Hypostyle Hall of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (36.8 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. John Eardley Wilmot

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 1/2 x 58 1/4 inches (105.4 x 148 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. A Woman, possibly Anne (née Ward) Morland, Wife of the Artist

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 11/16 x 9 11/16 inches (29.7 x 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. An Unknown Man Seated at a Table

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1744 and 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Portrait of a Boy

Creator:: Sir William Beechey, 1753–1839
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/16 x 25 3/16 inches (76.4 x 64 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. The Seven Ages of Man: Second Childishness, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and ink and oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

19. Portrait of a Family, Traditionally Known as the Swaine Family of Fencroft, Cambridgeshire

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/4 × 40 3/4 inches (64.1 × 103.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Christening of the Heir

Creator:: William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828
Date:: ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. The Brown Tea Pot

Creator:: Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:: between 1915 and 1916
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 3/16 × 9 1/8 inches (33.5 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. Mrs. Stevens

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 x 18 1/2 inches (66 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. 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

24. Portrait of a Woman

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 7/8 x 26 1/4 inches (75.9 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. The Lady Betty Germain Bedroom at Knole, Kent

Creator:: James Holland, 1799–1870
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 x 37 1/2 inches (68.6 x 95.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. Conversation Piece

Creator:: Mason Chamberlin, 1722–1787
Date:: 1761
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 26 3/4 inches (63.5 x 67.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. The Harlowe Family, from Samuel Richardson's "Clarissa"

Creator:: Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:: between 1745 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/2 x 30 7/8 inches (64.8 x 78.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. Elizabeth, Countess of Kellie

Creator:: Paul van Somer, ca. 1576–1621
Date:: ca. 1619
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 81 x 48 1/2 inches (205.7 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. Schoolgirls

Creator:: Sir George Clausen, 1852–1944
Date:: 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/2 x 30 3/8 inches (52.1 x 77.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. George Robertson

Creator:: Portrait by John Francis Rigaud, 1742–1810
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 1/4 x 34 5/8 inches (112.4 x 87.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. An Unknown Man in a Library

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1740 and 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches (50.2 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. Study for a Group Portrait

Creator:: Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
Date:: between 1729 and 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/8 × 18 1/2 inches (35.9 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

33. An Unknown Woman with a Book

Creator:: Bartholomew Dandridge, baptized 1691–died in or after 1754
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 7/8 × 16 1/2 inches (53 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

34. An Unknown Man

Creator:: Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760
Date:: 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 3/4 × 27 3/4 inches (90.8 × 70.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

35. Mary Adam

Creator:: Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 x 28 inches (94 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

36. A Copy after a Painting Traditionally Attributed to Van Dyck of Two Monks Reading

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: late 18th century?
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 20 1/2 × 18 inches (52.1 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

37. George and Margaret Rogers

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: between 1748 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches (90.2 x 69.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

38. An Unknown Man

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 14 x 10 1/2 inches (35.6 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

39. Brick Piece 1

Creator:: Phillip King, 1934–2021
Date:: 1974
Materials & Techniques:: Brick, steel mesh, steel
Dimensions:: Overall: 15 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 11 inches (39.4 x 41.9 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
On View:: Not on view

40. A Cleric: rotund figure in white clerical collar and black robes, with a red book tucked under his arm

Creator:: Derby porcelain factory, founded 1756
Date:: ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Derby figure
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6in. (15.2cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

41. The Sleeping Shepherd

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 8 9/16 inches (30 x 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Sleeping Shepherd

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 x 7 inches (21.1 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

43. The Sleeping Shepherd

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on thick, smooth, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 x 4 1/16 inches (12.2 x 10.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Simon, Lord Lovat

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Isabelle Hollister Tuttle for the Emerson Tuttle Memoiral Collection

45. Couple Examining a Book

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (19.7 x 16.5 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

46. Sibyl

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches (14.6 x 13.7 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

47. Songs of Innocence, Title Page (Plate 2)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. The Lamb (Plate 18)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. 'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)

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

50. "In living creations appear'd..." (Plate 6)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in green 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

51. 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

52. Infant Joy (Plate 28)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches (18.4 x 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. "Albions Angel rose upon the Stone of Night..." (Plate 12)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. 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

55. 'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)

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

56. 'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)

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

57. 'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)

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

58. 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

59. The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness, and to me..." (Design 107)

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

60. "In living creations appear'd..." (Plate 8)

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

61. "Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say..." (Design 113)

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

62. "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

63. "Therefore God becomes as we are..." (Plate 9)

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

64. VI. "The desires & perceptions of man untaught..." (Plate 8)

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

65. Songs of Innocence, Title Page (Plate 2)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. The Lamb (Plate 8)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Elizabeth. "Girt with many a Baron bold..." (Design 63)

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

68. '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

69. The Mourner at the Tomb (Design 103)

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

70. 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

71. "Up stairs in a whirlwind rattle..." (Design 29)

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

72. "Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age..." (Design 5)

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

73. "Bath who is Legions..." (Plate 41)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. "Of the Mundane Shell which froze..." (Plate 64)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Thomas Hayley, the Disciple of John Flaxman, from a Medallion

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 1/8 inches (22.3 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Charles J. Rosenbloom, B.A. 1920

76. Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul

Creator:: Prints made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1789-1794
Materials & Techniques:: Bound volume of relief etchings printed in dark-brown ink, with hand coloring in watercolor on wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 3/8 inches (18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Moses Receiving the Law

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash, black wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 x 12 1/4 inches (66 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Thomas Alphonso Hayley, Half-Length Drawing

Creator:: attributed to William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches (17.1 x 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Charles Rosenbloom

79. 'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)

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

80. Thomas Hayley the Disciple of John Flaxman, from a Medallion

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 8 11/16 inches (28.7 x 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. St. Catherine Reading

Creator:: Jacques Christophe Le Blon, 1667–1741
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Color mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 7/8 × 19 3/8 inches (58.1 × 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Costume Study for the Portrait of a Lady

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk with white chalk; verso: graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 9/16 x 8 1/8 inches (49.7 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Original Frontispiece for 'Book of Ballads' (Bon Gaultier)

Creator:: Alfred Henry Forrester, 1804–1872
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 5 3/8 inches (18.7 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Allegory of Painting and Literature

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 7 inches (21 × 17.8 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

85. A Lady Reading

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 11 1/2 x 8 inches (29.2 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Sophy Steadman Reading

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches (19.7 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. St. Paul

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 11/16 inches (34 x 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

88. Man and His Wife Sleeping at Table

Creator:: Print made by Jacob Gole, 1660–1737
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 11/16 × 9 9/16 inches (17 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

89. S. Philippus

Creator:: Print made by Elias Nessenthaler, 1664–1714
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 9/16 × 9 1/4 inches (34.4 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

90. Junius

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Bonner, ca. 1740–ca. 1812
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on medium, smooth, cream laid paper in contemporary laid paper insert
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 6 3/8 inches (10.2 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

91. St. John with the Lamb

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 4 inches (13.7 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

92. St. John with the Lamb

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 × 4 1/8 inches (14.1 × 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

93. Le Ete - Der Sommer

Creator:: Print made by Johann Philip Koch, ca. 1716–1796
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 19 1/4 inches (40.3 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

94. 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

95. L'Antiquitee respectable

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 1/8 x 11 15/16 inches (41 x 30.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

96. S. Paulus

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 13/16 x 15 1/4 inches (52.8 x 38.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

97. A Child Seated

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 3 13/16 inches (15.9 x 9.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Two Little Girls

Creator:: John Glover, 1767–1849
Date:: ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and gray ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 6 1/2 inches (22.9 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. The Misses Van and Lady Salisbury

Creator:: Lady Salesbury, active 1791
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (16.5 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with brown wash and gouache and oil on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 inches (13 x 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Landscape near Clifton

2. John and Elizabeth Jeffreys and Their Children

3. Study of a Nun

4. Probably John Trevor, third Baron Trevor, of St. Anne's Hill, Surrey, and Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire (formerly T. Travers, Esq.)

5. John Varley

6. St. Paul before Agrippa

7. The Book Worm

8. Mr. and Mrs. Hill

9. Woman Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade

10. Cottage Interior

11. Portrait of a Woman as St. Agnes, Traditionally Identified as Catherine Voss

12. Lovers in Richmond Park

13. The Hypostyle Hall of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt

14. John Eardley Wilmot

15. A Woman, possibly Anne (née Ward) Morland, Wife of the Artist

16. An Unknown Man Seated at a Table

17. Portrait of a Boy

18. The Seven Ages of Man: Second Childishness, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

19. Portrait of a Family, Traditionally Known as the Swaine Family of Fencroft, Cambridgeshire

20. Christening of the Heir

21. The Brown Tea Pot

22. Mrs. Stevens

23. The Gore Family with George, third Earl Cowper

24. Portrait of a Woman

25. The Lady Betty Germain Bedroom at Knole, Kent

26. Conversation Piece

27. The Harlowe Family, from Samuel Richardson's "Clarissa"

28. Elizabeth, Countess of Kellie

29. Schoolgirls

30. George Robertson

31. An Unknown Man in a Library

32. Study for a Group Portrait

33. An Unknown Woman with a Book

34. An Unknown Man

35. Mary Adam

36. A Copy after a Painting Traditionally Attributed to Van Dyck of Two Monks Reading

37. George and Margaret Rogers

38. An Unknown Man

39. Brick Piece 1

40. A Cleric: rotund figure in white clerical collar and black robes, with a red book tucked under his arm

41. The Sleeping Shepherd

42. The Sleeping Shepherd

43. The Sleeping Shepherd

44. Simon, Lord Lovat

45. Couple Examining a Book

46. Sibyl

47. Songs of Innocence, Title Page (Plate 2)

48. The Lamb (Plate 18)

49. 'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)

50. "In living creations appear'd..." (Plate 6)

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

52. Infant Joy (Plate 28)

53. "Albions Angel rose upon the Stone of Night..." (Plate 12)

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

55. 'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)

56. 'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)

57. 'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)

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

59. The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness, and to me..." (Design 107)

60. "In living creations appear'd..." (Plate 8)

61. "Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say..." (Design 113)

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

63. "Therefore God becomes as we are..." (Plate 9)

64. VI. "The desires & perceptions of man untaught..." (Plate 8)

65. Songs of Innocence, Title Page (Plate 2)

66. The Lamb (Plate 8)

67. Elizabeth. "Girt with many a Baron bold..." (Design 63)

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

69. The Mourner at the Tomb (Design 103)

70. The Author Writing (Design 105)

71. "Up stairs in a whirlwind rattle..." (Design 29)

72. "Brush'd by the hand of rough Mischance, Or chill'd by Age..." (Design 5)

73. "Bath who is Legions..." (Plate 41)

74. "Of the Mundane Shell which froze..." (Plate 64)

75. Thomas Hayley, the Disciple of John Flaxman, from a Medallion