Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Subject Terms: poet

1. Mrs. Robinson

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792, British
Date:: ca. 1784
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 7/8 × 28 1/4 inches (93.7 × 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Alexander Pope

Creator:: Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745, British
Date:: 1738
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 33 inches (99.1 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. James Thomson (1700-1748)

Creator:: Stephen Slaughter, 1697–1765, British
Date:: 1736
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/2 x 25 1/4 inches (77.5 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Death of Chatterton

Creator:: Henry Wallis, 1830–1916, British
Date:: ca. 1856
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 8 15/16 x 11 7/8 inches (22.7 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Samuel Butler

Creator:: Gilbert Soest, ca. 1600–1681, Dutch, active in Britain (by 1657)
Date:: ca. 1675
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 25 1/4 inches (76.2 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Bard

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854, British
Date:: ca. 1817
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Pope's Villa, Twickenham

Creator:: Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755, British
Date:: ca. 1755
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 5/16 x 32 1/8 inches (44 x 81.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Destruction of the Children of Niobe

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Date:: 1760
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 58 x 74 inches (147.3 x 188 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Reverend Dr. Charles Symmons

Creator:: Sir William Beechey, 1753–1839, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 3/8 x 25 1/4 inches (77.2 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. William Congreve

Creator:: Unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: ca. 1715
Medium:: Pearwood
Dimensions:: Overall: 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches (16.5 x 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Roslin Castle, Midlothian

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809, British
Date:: ca. 1780
Medium:: Gouache on medium laid paper, mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 25 1/8 inches (46 x 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Anne Killigrew

Creator:: Print made by Abraham Blooteling, 1640–1690, Dutch
Date:: ca. 1680
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 7 3/8 inches (26.3 × 18.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Design for a Frontispiece: Bust of a Roman Man

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Red chalk and graphite, incised for transfer on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 5 1/4 inches (19.1 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Designs for an Ornamental Cartouche: for the Engraved Portrait of Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719)

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 8 11/16 inches (35.6 x 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. A Grub Street Poet

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black, gray, and brown ink with gray wash over graphite; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 1/16 inches (24.8 x 17.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. John Armstrong, M.D.

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British
Date:: between 1760 and 1780
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 15/16 x 11 1/8 inches (43 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British
Date:: 1760
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 inches (37.9 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Portrait of William Blake

Creator:: John Flaxman, 1755–1826, British
Date:: ca. 1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 8 1/8 inches (17.8 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Poet

Creator:: John Augustus Atkinson, 1775–1831, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 7 5/8 inches (25.4 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British
Date:: 1760
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches (39.7 x 29.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Thomas Gray

Creator:: Print made by Charles Heath, 1785–1848, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 5 3/16 inches (18.4 × 13.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Robert Burns

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Cousins, 1801–1887, British
Date:: 1830
Medium:: Mezzotint, published state
Dimensions:: Plate: 20 1/2 x 16 7/16in. (52.1 x 41.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Mr. Thomas Gray

Creator:: Print made by William Doughty, 1757–1782, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 4 1/8 inches (15 × 10.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. 'Poet, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V, Scene i'

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British
Date:: 1775
Medium:: Etching, published state
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 13 3/4in. (43.2 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. James Beattie, LL.D.

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812, French
Date:: 1805
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 1/8 inches (19.8 × 23.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Lovelace in Prison

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1788
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 x 17 7/16 inches (39 x 44.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Samuel Johnson

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1785
Medium:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (26 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Reverend William Mason

Creator:: Robert Cooper, ca. 1800–1836, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 5 9/16 inches (17.1 × 14.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Reverend. William Mason

Creator:: Edward Scriven, 1775–1841, British
Date:: 1813
Medium:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 12 11/16 inches (38.7 × 32.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Mrs. Robinson

2. Alexander Pope

3. James Thomson (1700-1748)

4. The Death of Chatterton

5. Samuel Butler

6. The Bard

7. Pope's Villa, Twickenham

8. The Destruction of the Children of Niobe

9. Reverend Dr. Charles Symmons

10. William Congreve

11. Roslin Castle, Midlothian

12. Anne Killigrew

13. Design for a Frontispiece: Bust of a Roman Man

14. Designs for an Ornamental Cartouche: for the Engraved Portrait of Sir Samuel Garth (1661-1719)

15. A Grub Street Poet

16. John Armstrong, M.D.

17. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

18. Portrait of William Blake

19. The Poet

20. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

21. Thomas Gray

22. Robert Burns

23. Mr. Thomas Gray

24. 'Poet, from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V, Scene i'

25. James Beattie, LL.D.

26. Lovelace in Prison

27. Samuel Johnson

28. Reverend William Mason

29. Reverend. William Mason