Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Creator: Barry, James, 1741–1806

1. The Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (2 copies)

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: after 1783
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 19in. (40.6 x 48.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Queen or Domestic Education at Windsor (Designs for the Walls of the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts)

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: after 1783
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 19in. (40.6 x 48.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Pandora

Creator:: Luigi Schiavonetti, 1765–1810, Italian
Date:: ca. 1810
Medium:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/4 x 38in. (47.6 x 96.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Conversation of Polemon

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: 1778
Medium:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 3/8 x 29 1/4in. (56.8 x 74.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Designs for the Great Room of the Society of Arts (4 of 1 sheet)

Creator:: James Mitan, 1776–1822, British
Date:: 1808
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 9in. (12.7 x 22.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Ticket of Admission for a Performance of Horace's 'Carmen Seculare'

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: 1779
Medium:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 5in. (17.1 x 12.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Phoenix or the Resurrection of Freedom

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: 1776
Medium:: Engraving and aquatint , published state
Dimensions:: Plate: 17 x 24 1/8in. (43.2 x 61.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Semiramis

Creator:: William Smith, active 1775–1776
Date:: ca. 1776
Medium:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 6 7/8in. (25.1 x 17.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Rome, A View of the Arch of Constantine with Other Ruins

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 16 3/4 inches (15.2 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Male with Arms Spread Wide Seen from Behind

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown wash, pen and brown ink, black chalk, graphite, and white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (50.2 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Cave of the Cumean Sybil on the Shore of the Lake Avernus

Creator:: attributed to James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: between 1740 and 1759
Medium:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 16 5/8 inches (14.9 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Leander Taking Leave of Hero Before Swimming Back Across the Hellespont

Creator:: Attributed to William Hamilton, 1751–1801, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, gray wash, pen and brown ink, red chalk, graphite, with scraping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 5/8 inches (35.9 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. King Lear

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: 1776
Medium:: Etching
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. James Barry, Esq.

Creator:: Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834, British
Date:: after 1806
Medium:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 × 4 7/16 inches (17.7 × 11.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Thames or the Triumph of Navigation (Designs for the Great Room of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts)

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: after 1783
Medium:: Etching and engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 13/16 x 19 13/16in. (42.7 x 50.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Birth of Venus

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, and I. G., 1750–1804
Date:: ca. 1778
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 10 1/4in. (34.9 x 26cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Designs for the Great Room of the Society of Arts (4 of 1 sheet)

Creator:: James Mitan, 1776–1822, British
Date:: 1808
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 9in. (12.7 x 22.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Job Reproved by his Friends

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: 1777
Medium:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/4 x 29 5/8in. (56.5 x 75.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Elysium and Tartarus or the State of Final Retribution

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: 1791
Medium:: Etching strengthened by engraving
Dimensions:: Plate: 16 1/2 x 36 3/8in. (41.9 x 92.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. King Lear and Cordelia, Act V, Scene 10

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: 1776
Medium:: Etching and aquatint; touched with india ink
Dimensions:: Plate: 21 7/8 x 20 1/8in. (55.6 x 51.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. King Lear and Cordelia

Creator:: Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: 1776
Medium:: Etching and aquatint with India ink, published state
Dimensions:: Plate: 21 7/8 x 21 5/8 inches (55.6 x 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Jupiter and Juno on Mount Ida

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: ca. 1809
Medium:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 14 1/8in. (30.5 x 35.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Mercury Inventing the Lyre

Creator:: John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812, British
Date:: 1775
Medium:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 x 14 1/2in. (32.2 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Philoctetes in the Island of Lemnos

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: 1777
Medium:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Plate: 8 x 14 1/2in. (20.3 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Repose in Egypt

Creator:: Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: ca. 1776
Medium:: Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 9/16 inches (20.6 x 26.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Repose in Egypt

Creator:: Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
Date:: ca. 1776
Medium:: Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 3/8 inches (20.3 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection