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1. River God

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 20 1/4 inches (40 x 51.4 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

2. Songs of Innocence, Plate 6, "The Little Girl Found" (Bentley 35)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1789
Medium:: Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and 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

3. Jerusalem, Plate 9, "Condens'd his Emanations...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Medium:: 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

4. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 22, "The Little Girl Found" (Bentley 36)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1789
Medium:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and ink 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

5. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

Creator:: Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slight textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 3 3/4 inches (14.9 × 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. Lion Attacking a Stag

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 7 1/8 inches (12.7 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. A Lion Standing over a Wounded Leapard

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 7 1/8 inches (12.7 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Old Lion Insulted

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (18.7 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Lion and Lioness Attacking a Steer

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown wash, gray wash, black wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 14 1/8 inches (26.4 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Relief Design for a Silver Salt Cellar

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 8 3/8 inches (11.4 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex: Brass Ornament on a Gravestone

Creator:: James Lambert of Lewes, 1725–1788, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and watercolor triple-ruled and wash border on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/4 × 18 5/8 inches (64.1 × 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Tom Thumb at Bay

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 13 1/2 inches (28.9 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Cobham Hall, Kent: South Elevation of North Wing

Creator:: George Shakespear, active 1752, died 1797
Date:: ca. 1790
Medium:: Watercolor and gray wash, pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 21 inches (35.6 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Elevation of the Ordnance Office

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1780
Medium:: Watercolor with gouache and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 21 9/16 inches (34.7 x 54.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. A Project for the Monument of the Apotheosis of Nelson

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Date:: 1806
Medium:: Pen and brown ink; verso: graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 3/4 × 12 1/2 inches (60.3 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Study of a Lion and Study of a Lioness' Head

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876, British
Date:: ca. 1820
Medium:: Graphite, black chalk, and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 5/8 inches (27 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Mary, Queen of Scots

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 18 3/8 inches (25.7 x 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. A Lion

Creator:: Thomas William Wood, 1855–1872, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 3/4 inches (25.1 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Adam and Eve

Creator:: attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three of four)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1710
Medium:: Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (35.9 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Greatheart's Battle with Grim

Creator:: Richard Westall, 1765–1836, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 4 inches (12.4 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. A Prospect of Vapourland

Creator:: Richard Bentley, 1708–1782, British
Date:: 1759
Medium:: Brown and black ink and wash over graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/2 x 24 7/8 inches (47 x 63.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Sketch of a Gothic Church

Creator:: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1812–1852, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on thin, smooth, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 9 7/8 inches (20.3 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Victorious Hero Takes Occasion to Conclude Peace

Creator:: Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740, British
Date:: 1720
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache heightened with gold on vellum
Dimensions:: Frame: 17 1/4 x 20 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (43.8 x 52.1 x 3.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. Coat of Arms flanked by a Unicorn and Lion

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 8 3/8 inches (18.1 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Studies of a Sleeping Lion

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Charcoal, graphite, and red chalk on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 8 15/16 inches (17.3 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Head of a Male Lion

Creator:: Unknown artist, 18th century-19th century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Black chalk, red chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 5 15/16 inches (16.5 × 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Architectural Ornament from a Temple

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840, British, active in India
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown wash with graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 × 5 3/4 inches (9.8 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

29. Bridge at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: William Beilby, 1740–1819, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor on slightly textured, medium, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 3/4 inches (20.6 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: William Beilby, 1740–1819, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor on slightly textured, medium, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Portfolio:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Study of a Lion, Resting

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 12 9/16 inches (20.5 × 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Cupid and Psyche

Creator:: Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898, British
Date:: ca. 1870
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache and pastel on moderately thick, moderately textured, wove paper mounted on linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 5/8 x 19 inches (70.2 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Mary Gertrude Abbey Fund

33. Study of a Lion

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 1/4 inches (16.5 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Horse and Rider being Attacked by a Lion

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 6 3/4 inches (11.4 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. A Lion and His Mate

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite, brown wash and gray wash on thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 15 inches (24.8 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Study of a Lion

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 7 1/8 inches (13 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Title Page: The Naturalist Library: Mammalia. Introduction. Volume: 1:13

Creator:: Charles Hamilton Smith, 1776–1859, Belgian
Date:: ca. 1837
Medium:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 3/4 inches (19.7 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. A Lion

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 11 7/8 inches (24.1 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. A Lion

Creator:: James Sowerby, 1756–1822, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 4 3/4 inches (9.5 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Theatrical Scene

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 6 inches (11.1 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

41. Cave of the Golden Calf: City Street with Omnibus

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914, British
Date:: 1912
Medium:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 10 3/4 inches (30.5 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick Gore

42. State Poems from The Weekend Book

Creator:: Edward Bawden, 1903–1989, British
Date:: 1938
Medium:: Pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 9 inches (29.2 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. River God

2. Songs of Innocence, Plate 6, "The Little Girl Found" (Bentley 35)

3. Jerusalem, Plate 9, "Condens'd his Emanations...."

4. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 22, "The Little Girl Found" (Bentley 36)

5. Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration

6. Lion Attacking a Stag

7. A Lion Standing over a Wounded Leapard

8. Old Lion Insulted

9. Lion and Lioness Attacking a Steer

10. Relief Design for a Silver Salt Cellar

11. Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex: Brass Ornament on a Gravestone

12. Tom Thumb at Bay

13. Cobham Hall, Kent: South Elevation of North Wing

14. Elevation of the Ordnance Office

15. A Project for the Monument of the Apotheosis of Nelson

16. Study of a Lion and Study of a Lioness' Head

17. Mary, Queen of Scots

18. A Lion

19. Adam and Eve

20. Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three of four)

21. Greatheart's Battle with Grim

22. A Prospect of Vapourland

23. Sketch of a Gothic Church

24. Victorious Hero Takes Occasion to Conclude Peace

25. Coat of Arms flanked by a Unicorn and Lion

26. Studies of a Sleeping Lion

27. Head of a Male Lion

28. Architectural Ornament from a Temple

29. Bridge at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland

30. Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

31. Study of a Lion, Resting

32. Cupid and Psyche

33. Study of a Lion

34. Horse and Rider being Attacked by a Lion

35. A Lion and His Mate

36. Study of a Lion

37. Title Page: The Naturalist Library: Mammalia. Introduction. Volume: 1:13

38. A Lion

39. A Lion

40. Theatrical Scene

41. Cave of the Golden Calf: City Street with Omnibus

42. State Poems from The Weekend Book