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1. Paul Before Felix Burlesqued

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Date:: 1751
Medium:: Etching with line engraving and mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 15 1/2 inches (26 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art,Gift of Suzanne and William H. Speaker

2. Duke of Dorset (So-called)

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 13 5/8 inches (52.1 x 34.6 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

3. Lord Salisbury, Standing by a Pillar

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches (50.2 x 33.7 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

4. A Macarony at a Sale of Pictures

Creator:: Charles Grignion, 1717–1810, British
Date:: 1771
Medium:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, greened white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 8 1/4 inches (28 x 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Every Sous Begad!

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 8 11/16 inches (20.6 × 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Fish-Street Macaroni

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1772
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches (29.6 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Full Blown Macaroni

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1772
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 9/16 inches (29.8 x 21.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. A Modern Spread Eagle

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1782
Medium:: Etching with hand coloring on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (26.3 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Mr. John Joshua Kirby

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish
Date:: between 1765 and 1771
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 15/16 inches (35.3 × 25.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Mr. Edwin and Mrs. Wells in the Characters of Lingo and Cowslip

Creator:: Print made by Hugh Downman, d. 1789
Date:: ca. 1787
Medium:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper, pasted on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 13 1/4 inches (48.2 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Portrait of a Man Wearing a Full-Bottomed Wig

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 inches (7.3 x 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Unidentified Sitter

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gouache and oil paint on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 7/8 inches (23.8 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

13. Head of a Man

Creator:: Attributed to Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723, German, active in Britain (from 1676)
Date:: 1732
Medium:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 11 1/8in. (42.9 x 28.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Alexander Pope

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:: ca. 1744
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, pasted on very thick, smooth, brown card
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 7/8 x 12 5/16 inches (42.8 x 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Florence & Maynard Mack

15. Olivia Returns to Her Family

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 21 7/8 inches (43.2 x 55.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Cleric in Powdered Wig and Black Robes

Creator:: James Scouler, 1741–1812, British
Date:: 1777
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory
Dimensions:: Overall: 1 7/16 × 1 1/4 inches (3.7 × 3.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

17. Matthew Darly

Creator:: Print made by Matthew Darly, active 1754–1778, British
Date:: ca. 1771
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 3/4 inches (16.9 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. P. Monamy

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 9 1/4 inches (30.3 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Charles Christian Reisen

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1762
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 3/16 inches (30.5 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Charles Christian Reisen

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1762
Medium:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 8 11/16 inches (28 x 22 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Christopher Sharp, Cambridge

Creator:: Edward Harding, 1755–1840, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 5 3/8 inches (18 × 13.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Mr. C. Sharp, the Well-Known Artist, Mechanic, and Antiquarian (d. 1797)

Creator:: Print made by John Kirby Baldrey, active 1750–1821
Date:: 1798
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 5/8 x 4 3/8 inches (19.4 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Francis Smith, Architect

Creator:: Alexander van Haecken, 1701–1758, Flemish
Date:: ca. 1755
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 9 13/16 inches (35.3 × 25 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. George I

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:: 1722
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 × 9 15/16 inches (35.7 × 25.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. Sir James Thornhill

Creator:: Print made by Charles Bretherton, ca. 1760–1783, British
Date:: 1782
Medium:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper, laid in contemporary mount made of medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 1/16 x 5 3/16 inches (17.9 x 13.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Sir James Thornhill

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:: 1732
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 15/16 × 9 15/16 inches (32.8 × 25.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Sir Godfrey Kneller

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:: 1735
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/16 x 12 inches (45.9 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. George III

Creator:: George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Date:: 1791
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 1/16 inches (33.3 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. Thomas Pownall, Esq., Member of Parliament

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British
Date:: 1777
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/8 x 15 11/16 inches (53.7 x 39.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Charles Earl Cornwallis, Lieutenant General of His Majesty's Forces, &c., &c., & c.

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1781
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (26 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Dr. John Fothergill

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1782
Medium:: Stipple engraving in brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 x 6 7/16 inches (23.6 x 16.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. John Dunning

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1787
Medium:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 8 3/4 inches (27.7 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Portrait of a Divine Called Reverend John Wesley

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824, British
Date:: ca. 1781
Medium:: Black and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 x 7 1/2 inches (22.9 x 19 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Lord John Pelham-Clinton, M.P.

Creator:: Gainsborough Dupont, 1754–1797, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 4 7/8 inches (19.4 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. David Garrick, Esq.

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish
Date:: 1779
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 15/16 x 14 1/8 inches (50.6 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mary E. Knapp

36. Grinling Gibbons

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 11/16 x 9 1/4 inches (29.7 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Sir John Vanbrugh

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:: 1733
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 12 1/16 inches (46.1 x 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Sir John Vanbrugh

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 9 inches (30 x 22.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. William van der Velde, Junior

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 9 inches (30.3 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Henry Herbert Earl of Pembroke

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1762
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 9 inches (29.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Hugh Howard, Esq.

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:: 1737
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, pasted on contemporary mount made of moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches (42.5 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. P. Monamy

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 15/16 inches (22.3 x 17.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Sebastian Ricci

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 9 5/16 inches (30.6 x 23.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Sir Peter Lely

Creator:: Print made by A. Birrell, ca.1770–ca. 1820, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Stipple engraving with etching on thick, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, smooth, beige modern paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 9/16 x 7 inches (24.3 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Sir John Medina

Creator:: Edward Harding, 1755–1840, British
Date:: 1797
Medium:: Stipple engraving with etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 9 13/16 inches (34.6 x 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: Attributed to Felicita Hoffmann, active from 1728, died 1760, Italian
Date:: ca. 1730
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache on ivory in black oval wood frame
Dimensions:: Image: 2 5/8 × 1 7/8 inches (6.7 × 4.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

47. Bishop Thomas Percy, Bishop of Dromore

Creator:: Thomas Langdon, active 1800, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache and gum arabic on ivory in rose gold locket with hanger
Dimensions:: Image: 3 3/8 × 2 3/4 inches (8.5 × 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport

48. John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824, British
Date:: 1787
Medium:: Watercolor with gouache, black chalk and stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/16 x 12 5/8 inches (41.4 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Robert Williams

Creator:: Edward Harding, 1755–1840, British
Date:: 1796
Medium:: Stipple engraving with etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 6 13/16 inches (23.7 × 17.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Joanni Wootton

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:: 1730
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 13/16 inches (35 × 25 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. The Rev. William Mason, M. A.

Creator:: Print made by William Doughty, 1757–1782, British
Date:: 1779
Medium:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/16 x 14 3/4 inches (48.8 x 37.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Frank Altschul, Yale BA 1908, Yale PhD (HON.) 1967

52. His Royal Highness Frederick, Prince of Wales

Creator:: Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:: after 1730
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 x 10 inches (35.7 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

53. His Royal Highness William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British
Date:: ca. 1760
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/16 × 9 1/16 inches (33.1 × 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. 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

55. 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

56. William, Duke of Devonshire

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:: 1755
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 11 inches (38.4 x 28 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Sir Thomas Harrison

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British
Date:: 1765
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 inches (38 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Sir Robert Fletcher

Creator:: William Dickinson, 1746–1823, British
Date:: 1774
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 × 11 inches (37.6 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. William Robertson, D.D.

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish
Date:: 1772
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 × 14 1/16 inches (50.5 × 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. The Right Honourable Sir Charles Pratt Knight, (now Lord Camden) Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas

Creator:: Johann Gottfried Haid, 1704–1767, German, active in Britain
Date:: 1766
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 15/16 × 13 7/8 inches (50.7 × 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. The Right Honorable Charles Townsend, Esquire, Late Chancellor of the Exchequer

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish
Date:: 1770
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 × 10 7/8 inches (39.5 × 27.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Dr. William Markham, Head Master of Westminster School, Bishop of Chester

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British
Date:: 1762
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 15/16 × 9 5/16 inches (32.9 × 23.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. White Kennett

Creator:: John Faber the Elder, ca. 1660–1721, British
Date:: 1719
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 10 13/16 inches (38.3 x 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

64. William Dodd, L. L. D.

Creator:: John Goldar, 1729–1795, British
Date:: between 1775 and 1795
Medium:: Line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid in mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 3 15/16 inches (17.1 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

65. Sir John Hawkins

Creator:: Print made by R. Clamp, fl.1789–1798
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 5 5/16 inches (18 × 13.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

66. T. Smollett, M. D.

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Line engraving and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 inches (13.9 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

67. Portrait of a Gentleman

Creator:: John Vanderbank, 1694–1739, British
Date:: 1725
Medium:: Graphite; verso: red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 5/8 inches (27.3 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Edward B. Greene, Fund

68. Courtship for Money

Creator:: Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1745–ca.1809, British
Date:: 1771
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 10 7/16 inches (36.2 x 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

69. The Old Beau in an Extasy

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish
Date:: 1773
Medium:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 x 11 1/8 inches (38.7 x 28.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

70. George Primrose

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British
Date:: 1777
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (36.8 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

71. Thomas Smith, Esq.

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:: 1746
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 10 1/8 inches (36.2 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

72. Lord Archbishop of Canterbury

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British
Date:: 1769
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 3/16 inches (38.7 × 28.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Winchester

Creator:: James Basire the younger, 1769–1822, British
Date:: 1771
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 15/16 × 8 1/4 inches (32.9 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. The Earl of Mansfield

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1786
Medium:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on silk, mounted on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 21 1/16 x 15 9/16 inches (53.5 x 39.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Hamlet in Scotland

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dighton, 1752–1814, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (28.6 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

76. Mr. Kemble, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

Creator:: Print made by William Nelson Gardiner, 1766–1814, Irish
Date:: 1797
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 5 1/2 inches (21.8 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

77. Johannes Potter, Archiepiscopus Cantuariensis

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756, British
Date:: 1741
Medium:: 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

78. William Robertson

Creator:: unknown artist, ( Heath )
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 4 3/4 inches (18.4 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Richard Robinson, Bishop of Kildare

Creator:: Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775, British
Date:: 1764
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 11 13/16 inches (41.3 × 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Dr. Thomas Sherlock, Lord Bishop of London

Creator:: James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765, Irish
Date:: 1757
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 × 10 1/16 inches (36 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Thomas Secker, Lord Bishop of Oxford

Creator:: James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765, Irish
Date:: 1747
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 1/8 × 12 1/16 inches (41 × 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Isaac Watts

Creator:: Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774, French, active in Britain
Date:: undated
Medium:: Stipple engraving and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 11/16 inches (23.2 × 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Mrs. Ives of Catton

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824, British
Date:: 1780
Medium:: Black chalk and red chalk with stumping on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 7 1/4 inches (22.8 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.

Creator:: Print made by William Doughty, 1757–1782, British
Date:: 1779
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 13 11/16 inches (46.1 x 34.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

85. Heyday! Is This My Daughter Anne!

Creator:: Print made by Francis E. Adams, active ca.1760–1775, British
Date:: 1773
Medium:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 1/16 inches (35.5 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

86. George Stubbs

Creator:: Pierre-Etienne Falconet, 1741–1791, French
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 inches (21 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British
Date:: 1760
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 × 10 15/16 inches (38.2 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

88. Edmund Burke Esqr.

Creator:: Print made by James Hardy, active 1770s
Date:: ca. 1780
Medium:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 x 11 13/16 inches (39.5 x 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

89. Lady Time Present and Lady Time Past

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: 1773
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 11 1/4 inches (42.2 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

90. The Engineer

Creator:: Print made by Butler Clowes, active 1768, died 1782, British
Date:: ca. 1770
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 × 10 3/8 inches (36.4 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

91. The Engineer

Creator:: Print made by Butler Clowes, active 1768, died 1782, British
Date:: ca. 1770
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 1/16 inches (35.2 × 25.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

92. The St. James's Macaroni

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1772
Medium:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 x 9 7/16 inches (32.3 x 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. The Macarony Brothers

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819, British
Date:: 1772
Medium:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 8 3/16 inches (27.9 x 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. The Houndsditch Macaroni

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1772
Medium:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 8 9/16 inches (25.4 x 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. The Judgement of Paris

Creator:: Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811, British
Date:: 1771
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 8 3/8 inches (18.2 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Thomas Ashton D.D.

Creator:: James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765, Irish
Date:: 1756
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 1/4 inches (37.5 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Study of a Man with Stick Wearing the Order of the Garter

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1782
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches (23.8 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. William Blakeney, Esq.

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:: 1748
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 × 10 3/16 inches (36.3 × 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles

99. Lord Archbishop of Canterbury

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British
Date:: 1769
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (47 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. A Jack in Office

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching, hand-colored on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/16 x 9 11/16 inches (35.7 x 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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49. Robert Williams

50. Joanni Wootton

51. The Rev. William Mason, M. A.

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54. John Armstrong, M.D.

55. Laurence Sterne, A.M.

56. William, Duke of Devonshire

57. Sir Thomas Harrison

58. Sir Robert Fletcher

59. William Robertson, D.D.

60. The Right Honourable Sir Charles Pratt Knight, (now Lord Camden) Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas

61. The Right Honorable Charles Townsend, Esquire, Late Chancellor of the Exchequer

62. Dr. William Markham, Head Master of Westminster School, Bishop of Chester

63. White Kennett

64. William Dodd, L. L. D.

65. Sir John Hawkins

66. T. Smollett, M. D.

67. Portrait of a Gentleman

68. Courtship for Money

69. The Old Beau in an Extasy

70. George Primrose

71. Thomas Smith, Esq.

72. Lord Archbishop of Canterbury

73. Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Winchester