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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A Couple, Traditionally Identified as 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Portrait of a Woman as St. Agnes, Traditionally Identified as Catherine Voss
Creator:
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723
Date:
between 1697 and 1716
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
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
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
Elizabeth Erskine, (née Pierrepont), 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
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
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
A Family, Traditionally Identified 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
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
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
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
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
Conversation Piece
Creator:
Mason Chamberlin, 1727–1787
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
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
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
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

36. Mary Adam

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
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
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
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
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
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
The Sleeping Shepherd
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1857
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint with chine collé on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
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
The Sleeping Shepherd
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1857
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint with chine collé on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
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
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
'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
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
"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
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
"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
'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
"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
"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
"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
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
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
'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
'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
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
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
'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
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
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
"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
"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
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
"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
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
"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
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
"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
'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
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

79. Sibyl

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
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
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
The Third Volume
Creator:
Print made by Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Wood-engraving
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 x 4in. (9.5 x 10.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Earl and Countess of Pembroke and Son
Creator:
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
1773
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Rev. Dr. Thomas Percy, Dean of Carlisle
Creator:
William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 15/16 inches (37.5 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Young Woman Reading to a Small Child
Creator:
William Lee Hankey, 1869–1952
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches (27.7 x 21.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald and Willi Holden
Johannes Potter, Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis
Creator:
George Vertue, 1684–1756
Date:
1741
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/16 × 11 3/4 inches (41.8 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Reverend Zachariah Mudge, Prebend of Exeter
Creator:
James Watson, 1740–1790
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 × 9 inches (33 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Damnation of Obadiah
Creator:
Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:
1773
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/16 x 15 11/16 inches (30.6 x 39.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
St. Francis
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
between 1681 and 1688
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 × 4 11/16 inches (15.6 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

90. Comedies

Comedies
Creator:
Print made by John Hall, 1739–1797
Date:
ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 3 9/16 inches (16.9 × 9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
'The Gamester,' Act V, Scene IV
Creator:
James Fittler, 1758–1835
Date:
1792
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 1/16 inches (14 × 7.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
Portrait of Two Men, One Playing Recorder
Creator:
Print made by Johann Lorenz Haid, 1702–1750
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/2 x 14 5/16 inches (52 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Sunday Morning, A Cottage Family Going to Church
Creator:
William Nutter, 1754–1802
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, colored on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 7/8 × 25 inches (53 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Damnation of Obadiah
Creator:
Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:
between 1773 and 1817
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 13/16 x 17 1/2 inches (27.5 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
And Ah! Let Pity Turn Her Dewy Eyes...
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1801
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/16 x 10 9/16 inches (35.7 x 26.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Miss Anna Crouch
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:
Mount: 12 11/16 x 8 5/8 inches (32.2 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
George Graham, Clockmaker
Creator:
John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, pasted on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray-blue Asian paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/4 x 10 3/16 inches (36.2 x 25.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade
Creator:
Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Date:
1768
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/8 x 10 11/16 inches (41 x 27.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Thomas Maggi
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 x 10 3/8 inches (33 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection