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Medium gray wash

Credit Line Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Work Type frontispiece

1. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1790

Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1790

Creator:: James Heath, 1757–1834, British
Date:: 1770
Medium:: Graphite, pen and black ink, and gray and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 8 inches (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Drawing for a Frontispiece: "The Toast"

Drawing for a Frontispiece: "The Toast"

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45)
Date:: 1735
Medium:: Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches (21.3 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Frontispiece design for John Fayram's "Eight Views after Nature"

Frontispiece design for John Fayram's "Eight Views after Nature"

Creator:: John Fayram, op.1713–1743, British
Date:: ca. 1739
Medium:: Pen, black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 5 7/8 inches (18.1 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Frontispiece for Costume of China

Frontispiece for Costume of China

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816, British
Date:: ca. 1804
Medium:: Gray wash, yellow wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 8 5/8 inches (26.4 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Frontispiece - Peter Simon Pallas

Frontispiece - Peter Simon Pallas

Creator:: Charles Hamilton Smith, 1776–1859, Belgian
Date:: ca. 1837
Medium:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 11/16 × 4 9/16 inches (17 × 11.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Frontispiece: Conrad Gesner 1516-1565

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Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1837
Medium:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 4 13/16 inches (18.3 × 12.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection