Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: birds - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

1. Parrots and Fruit with Other Birds and a Squirrel

Creator:: Tobias Stranover, 1684–after 1735, German, active in Britain
Date:: between 1710 and 1724
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 1/2 x 62 1/2 inches (113 x 158.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Hop Pickers Outside a Cottage

Creator:: George Smith, 1714–1776, British
Date:: mid-18th century
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 × 24 7/8 inches (43.2 × 63.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Sense of Smell

Creator:: Philippe Mercier, 1689 or 1691–1760, Franco-German, active in Britain (from 1716)
Date:: 1744 to 1747
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 x 60 1/2 inches (132.1 x 153.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Black Game, Rabbits, and Swallows in a Park

Creator:: Leonard Knyff, 1650–1721, Dutch, active in Britain (by 1681)
Date:: ca. 1700
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 56 inches (90.2 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Rievaulx Abbey

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764, British
Date:: ca. 1745
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 x 22 inches (55.9 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Preparing for the Hunt

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764, British
Date:: ca. 1745
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 47 x 49 inches (119.4 x 124.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Windham Quin of Adare, Co. Limerick, Ireland

Creator:: Stephen Slaughter, 1697–1765, British
Date:: ca. 1745
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/8 x 50 5/8 inches (101.9 x 128.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. West Gate of Pevensey Castle, Sussex

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British
Date:: between 1773 and 1774
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 7/8 x 35 3/4 inches (70.8 x 90.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Domestic cock, hens, and chicks in a park

Creator:: Peter Casteels, 1684–1749, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1708)
Date:: 1730
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 3/4 x 39 3/4 inches (126.4 x 101 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch

Creator:: Attributed to David Allan, 1744–1796, British, born in Scotland
Date:: ca. 1769
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 54 1/2 x 38 3/4 inches (138.4 x 98.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Royal Yacht Becalmed at Anchor

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749, British
Date:: between 1710 and 1730
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/8 x 45 1/2 inches (76.5 x 115.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Sir William Elford, Bart.

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831, British
Date:: 1782
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Kitchen Scene

Creator:: John Atkinson, active 1770–1775, British
Date:: 1771
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 3/8 x 25 inches (77.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. A Macaw, Ducks, Parrots and Other Birds in a Landscape

Creator:: Jacob Bogdani, 1658–1724, Hungarian, active in Britain (from 1688)
Date:: between 1708 and 1710
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 56 x 82 inches (142.2 x 208.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Peacocks, Doves, Turkeys, Chickens and Ducks by a Classical Ruin

Creator:: Marmaduke Cradock, 1660–1716, British
Date:: ca. 1700
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches (41.9 x 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. A Mallard, Black Bird and Tree Sparrow

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: ca. 1700
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 3/4 x 28 inches (55.2 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Peacock, peahen, parrots, canary, and other birds in a park

Creator:: Jacob Bogdani, 1658–1724, Hungarian, active in Britain (from 1688)
Date:: between 1708 and 1710
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 65 3/4 x 54 inches (167 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. A Winter Landscape

Creator:: George Smith, 1714–1776, British
Date:: ca. 1770
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 7/8 x 16 3/4 inches (30.2 x 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Pheasant Shooting

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804, British
Date:: ca. 1790
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 7/8 x 20 1/2 inches (40.3 x 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Argyll

Creator:: Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792, British
Date:: ca. 1760
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 94 x 58 inches (238.8 x 147.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 15, "The longest night though longer far, would fail"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: ca. 1797
Medium:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Shepherd, from Songs of Innocence

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: ca. 1795
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 x 2 1/2 inches (7.6 x 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 17, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Medium:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. America. A Prophecy, Plate 13, "Fiery the Angels Rose...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 6, "IV None could have . . . ." (Bentley a7)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: ca. 1788
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 4 inches (13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. America. A Prophecy, Plate 15, "What Time the Thirteen Governors...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Relief etching printed in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 12, "Its Favours Here Are Trials, Not Rewards"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1797
Medium:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 17 1/2 inches (44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Songs of Innocence, Plate 14, "Infant Joy" (Bentley 25)

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

29. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 12, "Its favours here are trials, not rewards"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: ca. 1797
Medium:: Etching and line engraving with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 16 3/4 inches (42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 11, "Two nostrils bent down to the deep . . . ." (Bentley 13)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in green ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Book of Thel, Plate 2, Title Page

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: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 20, "The Little Girl Lost" (Bentley 34)

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

33. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 4, "The Shepherd" (Bentley 5)

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

34. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 44, "A Little Girl Lost" (Bentley 51)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching with watercolor 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

35. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 47, "My Pretty Rose Tree" (Bentley 43)

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching with watercolor 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

36. The Book of Thel, Plate 2, Title Page

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: 11 3/8 x 9 inches (28.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. America. A Prophecy, Plate 9, "In Thunders Ends the Voice...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in blue ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (36.8 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Songs of Innocence, Plate 24, "On Anothers Sorrow" (Bentley 27)

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

39. Songs of Innocence, Plate 4, "A Dream" (Bentley 26)

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

40. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 16, "Two Nostrils Bent Down to the Deep...." (Bentley 13)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 16, "Ethinthus queen of waters . . . . " (Bentley 17)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Color-printed relief etching in dark brown ink, with oil, watercolor, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Study of a Bird

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 11 3/8 inches (18.1 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Noon

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804, British
Date:: 1753
Medium:: Etching and line engraving, hand colored with watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/16 x 21 inches (39.2 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. A New Drawing Book of Variety of Landskips

Creator:: Print made by J. Carwitham, active 1720–1740
Date:: ca. 1730
Medium:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 13/16 x 8 1/8 inches (32.5 x 20.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Woodpecker and Two Birds

Creator:: Richard Brookes, 1721–1763
Date:: 1760
Medium:: Pen and black ink with gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 3 5/8 inches (14.3 × 9.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Crowned Eagle and Two Birds

Creator:: Richard Brookes, 1721–1763
Date:: 1760
Medium:: Pen and black ink with gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 3 1/2 inches (14.3 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Bothwell Castle, from the South

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809, British
Date:: ca. 1777
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on panel
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 24 7/8 inches (44.5 x 63.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. The Cheesecake House, Hyde Park

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817, British
Date:: ca. 1795
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 10 1/4 inches (33.3 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. A Magpie

Creator:: John Bewick, 1760–1795, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 12 1/4 inches (20.3 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Cobham Hall, Kent: Section of the drawing room

Creator:: James Wyatt, 1746–1813, British
Date:: ca. 1790
Medium:: Watercolor and pink and gray wash, over pen, black ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 19 3/4 inches (35.6 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Landscape with Cottage and Figures on Horseback

Creator:: George Morland, 1763–1804, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 20 9/16 inches (39.4 x 52.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. 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

53. Riverside Scene with Figures, Hexagonal Building Left and Horse-Drawn Wagon Crossing Bridge at Right

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 inches (23.5 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. For Japaning, Where may be 200 Different Sorts

Creator:: Peter P. Benazech, 1767–1794
Date:: 1757
Medium:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted on medium, textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/4 x 14 1/16 inches (23.5 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen and Cattle, Buildings on a Hill, and Rustic Lovers

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788, British
Date:: ca. 1770
Medium:: Black chalk, white chalk, gray wash and stumping on thin, slightly textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 13 inches (26.7 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and Iola S. Haverstick Fund

56. Travellers on Horseback Approaching a Village with a Spire

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788, British
Date:: between 1765 and 1770
Medium:: Watercolor over black chalk and gum on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid down on (laminated wove paper) card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches (21.9 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Wooded Landscape with Country Cart and Figures Walking down a Lane

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788, British
Date:: ca. 1760
Medium:: Pen and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid onto contemporary (wash-line) mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 13 3/8 inches (27 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

58. Landscape with Cows

Creator:: imitator of Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown and gray wash with pen and brown ink over graphite or black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with embossed gold border
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 14 5/8 inches (27.6 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Miss Elizabeth Achelis

59. A View of the Orangerie in Lord Burlington's Garden at Chiswick

Creator:: unknown artist
Medium:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 10 1/2 x 15 3/4in. (26.7 x 40cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. The Sporting Lady

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gouache, and graphite, with squared lines on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 8 7/16 inches (16.7 x 21.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Stable Boy Holding a Horse in a Landscape

Creator:: John Collet, ca. 1725–1780, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 4 1/16 × 5 7/8 inches (10.3 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. For Japaning, Where may be 200 Different Sorts

Creator:: Peter P. Benazech, 1767–1794
Date:: 1757
Medium:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted on medium, textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 7/16 x 14 3/16 inches (24 x 36 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. For Japaning, Where may be 200 Different Sorts

Creator:: Peter P. Benazech, 1767–1794
Date:: 1757
Medium:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper mounted on medium, textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 5/16 x 14 1/16 inches (23.6 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. An English Frigate and Other Shipping in the Solent off Calshot Castle

Creator:: John Cleveley the younger, 1747–1786, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 inches (26 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends

65. A Naval Squadron Lying at Spithead

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782, British
Date:: between 1745 and 1783
Medium:: Pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly 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, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends

66. Ecclesiastical Ruins beside the Thames (?)

Creator:: John Collet, ca. 1725–1780, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gray wash, brown wash, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 7 1/8 inches (12.4 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Llyn Geirionedd not Far from Trefriew, on the River Conway, Carnarvonshire

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 3/4 inches (14.3 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Castle Point

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches (14.6 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Saint Michael's Mount, Cornwall

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches (13.7 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. A Hawking Party

Creator:: Print made by William Wynne Ryland, 1732–1783, British
Date:: 1765
Medium:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 22 1/4 × 27 1/4 × 1 inches (56.5 × 69.2 × 2.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Susan Boyd-Bowman, Yale BA 1971

71. Natives of Cochin Playing Shuttlecock in China

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816, British
Date:: 1792 to 1794
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (17.5 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Villa Pliniana on the Lake of Como

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1828
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 3/8 inches (18.1 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Melton Constable, Norfolk: Country Seat in a Park with Figures and Deer

Creator:: Jean B. C. Chatelain, 1710–1771, French
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gray wash, brown wash, and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 16 1/8 inches (24.8 x 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Landscape with a Ruined Temple

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786, British
Date:: between 1746 and 1750
Medium:: Graphite, brown ink, brown wash and brown ground on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 x 17 1/4 inches (35.6 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Cypress in the Garden of the Franciscans at Salerno

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797, British
Date:: ca. 1783
Medium:: Graphite and varnish on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches (32.4 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Village of Stonethwaite and Eagle Cragg, Borrowdale

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831, British
Date:: 1792
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches (34.3 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. A Calm Day in the Anchorage

Creator:: John Cleveley the younger, 1747–1786, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (26 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends

78. Lady Amabel and Lady Mary, Daughters of Lord Royston and the Marchioness of Grey

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British
Date:: 1762
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 14 1/4 inches (50.2 × 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. La cuisiniere surveillante

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/16 x 8 3/8 inches (34.1 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

80. South View of a House at Ringmer with Gardeners at Work

Creator:: James Lambert of Lewes, 1725–1788, British
Date:: 1787
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 20 13/16 inches (37.8 x 52.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. A Black and White Indian Bird, (one of a pair)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/8 × 18 1/8 inches (63.2 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. The Exposition of Cyrus

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British
Date:: 1781
Medium:: Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 15 1/4 inches (30.3 x 38.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

83. Landscape with Large Cruciform

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804, British
Date:: 1769
Medium:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink and gray ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 12 inches (24.4 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe

84. Landscape with Road Leading to Abbey

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804, British
Date:: 1762
Medium:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 13 1/4 inches (25.6 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe

85. Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading Tombstone, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Church

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788, British
Date:: 1779 to 1780
Medium:: Soft-ground etching in gray ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 9/16 inches (30.2 × 39.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Wooded Landscape with Herdsman Driving Cattle over a Bridge, Rustic Lovers and Ruined Castle

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788, British
Date:: between 1779 and 1780
Medium:: Etching and soft-ground etching on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 15 3/8 inches (30.5 × 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Lady Hamilton as the Spinster

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Cheesman, 1760–1834/35, British
Date:: 1789
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 10 9/16 inches (40.5 × 26.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

88. Mrs. Blake as Juno

Creator:: Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish
Date:: 1771
Medium:: Mezzotint (third state) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 26 1/2 × 18 1/4 inches (67.3 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

89. An Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gouache and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 7/16 × 17 5/16 inches (64.6 × 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. North East View of a House at Ringmer with Cattle and Sheep by a Pond

Creator:: James Lambert of Lewes, 1725–1788, British
Date:: 1787
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 20 15/16 inches (37.9 x 53.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. The Purple Heron

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: Undated
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, gouache, and graphite, on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper, mounted on card
Dimensions:: Mount: 20 11/16 × 26 9/16 inches (52.5 × 67.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. An Egyptian Vulture

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: Undated
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Mount: 20 9/16 × 26 7/16 inches (52.2 × 67.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. The North Terrace, Windsor Castle, Looking West

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809, British
Date:: ca. 1765
Medium:: Gouache and watercolor over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 1/2 inches (38.1 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. 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

95. Château Vilain sur la Riviere Dain, Franche Comte

Creator:: James Duffield Harding, 1798–1863, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Lithograph on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with gray chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 5/16 inches (29.9 x 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Views in the Levant: Three Men in Small Boat Moored to Bank with a View of Buildings on Islands

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Medium:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 7 7/16 inches (12.2 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Mrs. Fitzherbert

Creator:: Print made by John Condé, 1765–1794, French, active in Britain
Date:: 1792
Medium:: Stipple engraving with etched border on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 11 7/8 inches (40.6 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Two People Fording a River, Dog on Riverbank, Round Building in Middle Distance

Creator:: Louisa Augusta Greville, 1743–active 1762, British
Date:: 1770
Medium:: Etching in brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 18 1/2 inches (31.2 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. The Ceiling in the Banqueting House at Whitehall

Creator:: Print made by Simon Gribelin, 1662–1733, French, active in Britain
Date:: ca. 1720
Medium:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/16 × 18 5/16 inches (31.6 × 46.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. At the City of Albano

Creator:: Print made by Placido Columbani, born ca. 1744, active 1801, Italian, active in Britain
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 5 13/16 inches (22.3 x 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Parrots and Fruit with Other Birds and a Squirrel

2. Hop Pickers Outside a Cottage

3. The Sense of Smell

4. Black Game, Rabbits, and Swallows in a Park

5. Rievaulx Abbey

6. Preparing for the Hunt

7. Windham Quin of Adare, Co. Limerick, Ireland

8. West Gate of Pevensey Castle, Sussex

9. Domestic cock, hens, and chicks in a park

10. Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch

11. Royal Yacht Becalmed at Anchor

12. Sir William Elford, Bart.

13. Kitchen Scene

14. A Macaw, Ducks, Parrots and Other Birds in a Landscape

15. Peacocks, Doves, Turkeys, Chickens and Ducks by a Classical Ruin

16. A Mallard, Black Bird and Tree Sparrow

17. Peacock, peahen, parrots, canary, and other birds in a park

18. A Winter Landscape

19. Pheasant Shooting

20. Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton and Argyll

21. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 15, "The longest night though longer far, would fail"

22. The Shepherd, from Songs of Innocence

23. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 17, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

24. America. A Prophecy, Plate 13, "Fiery the Angels Rose...."

25. There Is No Natural Religion, Plate 6, "IV None could have . . . ." (Bentley a7)

26. America. A Prophecy, Plate 15, "What Time the Thirteen Governors...."

27. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 12, "Its Favours Here Are Trials, Not Rewards"

28. Songs of Innocence, Plate 14, "Infant Joy" (Bentley 25)

29. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 12, "Its favours here are trials, not rewards"

30. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 11, "Two nostrils bent down to the deep . . . ." (Bentley 13)

31. The Book of Thel, Plate 2, Title Page

32. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 20, "The Little Girl Lost" (Bentley 34)

33. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 4, "The Shepherd" (Bentley 5)

34. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 44, "A Little Girl Lost" (Bentley 51)

35. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 47, "My Pretty Rose Tree" (Bentley 43)

36. The Book of Thel, Plate 2, Title Page

37. America. A Prophecy, Plate 9, "In Thunders Ends the Voice...."

38. Songs of Innocence, Plate 24, "On Anothers Sorrow" (Bentley 27)

39. Songs of Innocence, Plate 4, "A Dream" (Bentley 26)

40. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 16, "Two Nostrils Bent Down to the Deep...." (Bentley 13)

41. Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 16, "Ethinthus queen of waters . . . . " (Bentley 17)

42. Study of a Bird

43. Noon

44. A New Drawing Book of Variety of Landskips

45. Woodpecker and Two Birds

46. Crowned Eagle and Two Birds

47. Bothwell Castle, from the South

48. The Cheesecake House, Hyde Park

49. A Magpie

50. Cobham Hall, Kent: Section of the drawing room

51. Landscape with Cottage and Figures on Horseback

52. A Prospect of Vapourland

53. Riverside Scene with Figures, Hexagonal Building Left and Horse-Drawn Wagon Crossing Bridge at Right

54. For Japaning, Where may be 200 Different Sorts

55. Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen and Cattle, Buildings on a Hill, and Rustic Lovers

56. Travellers on Horseback Approaching a Village with a Spire

57. Wooded Landscape with Country Cart and Figures Walking down a Lane

58. Landscape with Cows

59. A View of the Orangerie in Lord Burlington's Garden at Chiswick

60. The Sporting Lady

61. Stable Boy Holding a Horse in a Landscape

62. For Japaning, Where may be 200 Different Sorts

63. For Japaning, Where may be 200 Different Sorts

64. An English Frigate and Other Shipping in the Solent off Calshot Castle

65. A Naval Squadron Lying at Spithead

66. Ecclesiastical Ruins beside the Thames (?)

67. Llyn Geirionedd not Far from Trefriew, on the River Conway, Carnarvonshire

68. Castle Point

69. Saint Michael's Mount, Cornwall

70. A Hawking Party

71. Natives of Cochin Playing Shuttlecock in China

72. Villa Pliniana on the Lake of Como

73. Melton Constable, Norfolk: Country Seat in a Park with Figures and Deer

74. Landscape with a Ruined Temple