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1. Venus

Creator:: Joseph Nollekens, 1737–1823, British
Date:: 1770s
Medium:: Terracotta
Dimensions:: Overall: 8 1/8 × 2 3/4 inches (20.6 × 7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Design for Medal: Both Hands Fil'd for Britain

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, with watercolor and pen, with black and red ink border lines
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 x 7 5/8 inches (27.9 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Diana

Creator:: William Taverner, 1703–1772, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 7 5/8 inches (29.2 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Classical Scene: Minerva as the Goddess of Arts and Sciences

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gray wash with black and red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 11 1/8 inches (38.5 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Design for a Medal: Boths Hand Fil'd for Britain

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773, French, active in Britain (1733–45)
Date:: between 1734 and 1736
Medium:: Pen and black ink, pen and red ink, graphite with red chalk, squared for transfer on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, with gold leaf, watercolor, and pen, with black and red ink border lines
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 x 7 5/8 inches (27.9 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Britannia Allegory

Creator:: Charles Grignion, 1717–1810, British
Date:: between 1743 and 1747
Medium:: Etching and line engraving; verso: letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper (page in book)
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 6 1/16 inches (15.8 x 15.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

7. Circe

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781, British
Date:: 1778
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/16 × 10 inches (33.5 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Diana and Acteon

Creator:: Print made by John Smith, 1652–1743, British
Date:: 1705
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 15 3/4 inches (29.5 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Hebe

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobé, 1733–1797, Austrian
Date:: 1780
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 × 21 1/4 inches (71.1 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. The Honourable Mrs. Beresford with the Marchioness Townshend and the Hon. Mrs. Gardiner Adoring a Term of Hymen

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781, British
Date:: 1776
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 3/16 × 28 1/2 inches (58.9 × 72.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Miss Nancy Parsons

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/2 × 14 3/4 inches (59.7 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Venus and Cupid

Creator:: Print made by Charles Phillips, 1737– after 1783
Date:: 1766
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/16 × 14 3/16 inches (51 × 36 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

13. Bookplate: The Spalding Gentlemen's Society

Creator:: Print made by George Vertue, 1684–1756, British
Date:: 1746
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/16 × 6 3/4 inches (12.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Bookplate: The Spalding Gentlemen's Society

Creator:: Print made by George Vertue, 1684–1756, British
Date:: 1746
Medium:: Mezzotint, stipple engraving, and line engravng on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 6 11/16 inches (13 × 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. Mary Hale (née Chaloner), as Euphrosyne in 'L'Allegro'

Creator:: Print made by Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766, Irish
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 1/4 inches (34.9 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Juno

Creator:: Print made by Alexander van Haecken, 1701–1758, Flemish
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 6 3/4 inches (25.1 × 17.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. 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

18. Lady Elizabeth Keppel and a Servant

Creator:: Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785, British
Date:: 1760s
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/2 × 15 5/8 inches (62.2 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Duchess of Manchester with Her Son George, Viscount Mandeville, as 'Diana and Cupid'

Creator:: Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790, British
Date:: 1769
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 15/16 × 17 5/8 inches (65.9 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Miss Ann Catley in the Character of Euphrosyne

Creator:: Print made by Robert Dunkarton, 1744–1811, British
Date:: 1777
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches (40.3 x 30.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Venus Bathing

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: between 1779 and 1786
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 1/2 inches (37.5 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Fortune

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: 1796
Medium:: Mezzotint with drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 10 3/4 inches (40.3 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Venus and Cupid

Creator:: Print made by John Greenwood, 1727–1792, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Date:: ca. 1768
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 12 15/16 inches (44.4 x 32.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Mrs. Sophia (née Heywood) Musters as Hebe

Creator:: Charles Howard Hodges, 1764–1837, British
Date:: 1785
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 3/4 × 15 1/16 inches (60.3 × 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Venus Childing Cupid

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1784
Medium:: Stipple engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/16 × 12 7/8 inches (43.3 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall: The Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland

Creator:: Print made by Simon Gribelin, 1662–1733, French, active in Britain
Date:: 1720
Medium:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 18 3/16 inches (32.7 × 46.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Death of Dido

Creator:: Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755–1798, British
Date:: 1796
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 × 23 9/16 inches (49.8 × 59.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Venus Chiding Cupid

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1784
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 10 1/8 inches (29.6 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Hebe

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1782
Medium:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 x 9 1/16 inches (29 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Venus

2. Design for Medal: Both Hands Fil'd for Britain

3. Diana

4. Classical Scene: Minerva as the Goddess of Arts and Sciences

5. Design for a Medal: Boths Hand Fil'd for Britain

6. Britannia Allegory

7. Circe

8. Diana and Acteon

9. Hebe

10. The Honourable Mrs. Beresford with the Marchioness Townshend and the Hon. Mrs. Gardiner Adoring a Term of Hymen

11. Miss Nancy Parsons

12. Venus and Cupid

13. Bookplate: The Spalding Gentlemen's Society

14. Bookplate: The Spalding Gentlemen's Society

15. Mary Hale (née Chaloner), as Euphrosyne in 'L'Allegro'

16. Juno

17. Mrs. Blake as Juno

18. Lady Elizabeth Keppel and a Servant

19. Duchess of Manchester with Her Son George, Viscount Mandeville, as 'Diana and Cupid'

20. Miss Ann Catley in the Character of Euphrosyne

21. Venus Bathing

22. Fortune

23. Venus and Cupid

24. Mrs. Sophia (née Heywood) Musters as Hebe

25. Venus Childing Cupid

26. The Ceiling of the Banqueting House at Whitehall: The Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland

27. The Death of Dido

28. Venus Chiding Cupid

29. Hebe