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

1. Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Mrs. Letitia Anne Sage, in a Balloon

Creator:: John Francis Rigaud, 1742–1810, French, active in Britain (from 1771)
Date:: 1785
Medium:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 19 x 14 inches (48.3 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Great Fire of London

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812, French, active in Britain (from 1771)
Date:: ca. 1797
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 5/8 × 32 inches (60 × 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Surrender of the Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, to Sir David Baird

Creator:: Henry Singleton, 1766–1839, British
Date:: ca. 1800
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 x 21 inches (43.2 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Brahmin Committing his Daughter Coraly to the Care of Blandford

Creator:: Thomas Kirk, 1765–1797, Irish
Date:: ca. 1793
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 5/8 x 14 1/8 inches (44.8 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift in Appreciation of Paul Mellon

5. The Grand Vizier giving Audience to the English Ambassador

Creator:: Francis Smith, active 1763–1780, British
Date:: ca. 1760
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 5/8 x 26 1/2 inches (49.8 x 67.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. George I at Newmarket, 4 or 5 October, 1717

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764, British
Date:: ca. 1717
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 1/8 x 67 1/16 inches (127.3 x 170.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Robert, Duke of Normandy, in Prison

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824, British
Date:: 1779
Medium:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 9 1/16 x 7 1/2 inches (23 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Land, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, British
Date:: ca. 1718
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Paetus and Arria

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Date:: 1766
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 28 inches (91.4 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Death of Chatham

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Date:: 1778
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/8 x 36 1/4 inches (71.4 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Professor Jules David Prown

11. Restoration Procession of Charles II at Cheapside

Creator:: Unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: mid-18th century
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, Being Handed over as Hostages to General Cornwallis

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: ca. 1792
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 3/4 x 14 inches (45.1 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, British
Date:: ca. 1720
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Cleopatra

Creator:: Peter Gaspar Scheemakers, 1691–1781, Flemish, active in Britain (from ca. 1720)
Date:: ca. 1723
Medium:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall: 12 x 28 x 11 1/4 inches (30.5 x 71.1 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. John Locke

Creator:: Attributed to John Nost I, before 1660–1711/1712, Flemish, active in Britain (from before 1686)
Date:: ca. 1700
Medium:: Lead (on stone base)
Dimensions:: Overall: 29 × 23 × 9 inches (73.7 × 58.4 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, 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, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

17. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gray wash and gray ink over graphite on medium moderately textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 21 1/2 inches (36.5 x 54.6 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

18. Wolgemuth Rescuing the Shipwrecked off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (14 x 22.2 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

19. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gray ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 20 inches (34 x 50.8 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

20. Bolingbroke and Head of a Fiend

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 15 inches (51.4 x 38.1 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

21. Aerial Group: The Tempest

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches (9.2 x 16.2 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

22. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 19 5/8 inches (30.2 x 49.8 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

23. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gray and brown wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (36.8 x 54 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

24. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 87, "The Triumphs of Owen."

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

25. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 91, "The Triumphs of Owen."

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

26. For Children. The Gates of Paradise, Title Page; Plate 2

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. I Found Him Beneath a Tree; Plate 3

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Air; Plate 6

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Fire; Plate 7

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. At Length for Hatching Ripe He Breaks the Shell; Plate 8

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Alas!; Plate 9

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Help! Help!; Plate 12

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Does Thy God O Priest Take such Vengeance as This?; Plate 14

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Fear & Hope Are -- Vision; Plate 15

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. I Have Said to the Worm, Thou Art My Mother & My Sister; Plate 18

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. What is Man!, Frontispiece; Plate 1

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Water; Plate 4

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Earth; Plate 5

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Aged Ignorance; Plate 13

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Traveller Hasteth in the Evening; Plate 16

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Death's Door; Plate 17

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 18, "The Lamb" (Bentley 8)

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

43. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 10, "The Chimney Sweeper" (Bentley 12)

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

44. 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

45. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 24, "The Divine Image" (Bentley 18)

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

46. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 34, "Introduction" (Bentley 30)

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

47. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 42, "The Tyger" (Bentley 42)

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

48. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 45, "The Chimney Sweeper" (Bentley 37)

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

49. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 48, "The Fly" (Bentley 40)

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

50. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 40, "The Angel" (Bentley 41)

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

51. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 2, Innocence Title Page (Bentley 3)

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

52. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 3, "Introduction" (Bentley 4)

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

53. 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

54. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 6, "The Little Black Boy" (Bentley 10)

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

55. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 12, "Spring" (Bentley 23)

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

56. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 8, "The Ecchoing Green" (Bentley 6)

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

57. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 16, "The Little Boy Lost" (Bentley 13)

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

58. 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

59. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 28, "Infant Joy" (Bentley 25)

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

60. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 30, "Night" (Bentley 20)

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

61. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 26, "A Cradle Song" (Bentley 16)

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

62. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 32, Experience Frontispiece (Bentley 28)

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

63. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 33, Experience Title Page (Bentley 29)

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

64. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 35, "Earth's Answer" (Bentley 31)

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

65. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 36, "The Clod & the Pebble" (Bentley 32)

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

66. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 38, "Holy Thursday" (Bentley 33)

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

67. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 37, "Nurses Song" (Bentley 38)

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

68. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 39, "London" (Bentley 46)

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

69. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 41, "A Poison Tree" (Bentley 49)

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

70. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 43, "A Little Boy Lost" (Bentley 50)

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

71. 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

72. 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

73. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 46, "The Human Abstract" (Bentley 47)

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

74. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 14, "Laughing Song" (Bentley 15)

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

75. Views in the Levant: The Sacred Cave of Archidamus

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809, British
Date:: ca. 1785
Medium:: Etching and aquatint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 20 1/16 inches (29.5 × 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. A View of the Fire in Covent Garden

Creator:: Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794, Swiss
Date:: 1769
Medium:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 × 13 1/8 inches (24.6 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

77. The Seven Bishops Going To Trial

Creator:: Richard Westall, 1765–1836, British
Date:: 1790
Medium:: Watercolor with gouache and black, brown, and gray ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches (34.3 x 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

78. Classical Composition

Creator:: Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798, British, active in Italy (1744–48 and 1756 on)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 15 1/2 inches (31.1 × 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

79. Classical Composition

Creator:: Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798, British, active in Italy (1744–48 and 1756 on)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 17 5/8 inches (33.3 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

80. The Royal Rush Light

Creator:: George Moutard Woodward, ca. 1760–1809, British
Date:: 1798
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 13 3/8 inches (40 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Mary, Queen of Scots, Embarking

Creator:: William Lock II, 1767–1847, British
Date:: between 1785 and 1790
Medium:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 3/4 inches (30.8 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. The Monument of King Henry III, in Westminster Abbey

Creator:: Jacob van Schley, 1715–1779, Dutch
Date:: 1735
Medium:: Engraving on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches (37.5 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art

83. The Monument in Westminster Abbey of King Henry V

Creator:: George Vertue, 1684–1756, British
Date:: between 1699-1756
Medium:: Engraving on medium smooth laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 9 inches (36.8 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. The Monument of King Edward III in Westminster Abbey

Creator:: Claude Du Bosc, c.1711–1740
Date:: undated, ca. 1726-1740
Medium:: Engraving on medium smooth laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 8 3/4 inches (37.5 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Messengers Before an Emperor

Creator:: Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 3 1/8 inches (12.7 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. No. 2. A. Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: 1771
Medium:: Pen and brown ink and black wash on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 7/8 inches (27.3 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. No.1 A Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: 1771
Medium:: Gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (34.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Britannia in Distress

Creator:: Anthony Walker, 1726–1765, British
Date:: 1756
Medium:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (32.1 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. The House of Commons

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, British
Date:: after 1731
Medium:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (31.8 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. The Sermon on the Mount

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, and gray wash on thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/8 x 12 inches (41 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Bruce at the Source of the Blue Nile

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 9 inches (17.8 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. A London Riot

Creator:: Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink and wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 12 inches (12.2 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. George the Third King of Great Britain &c &c &c

Creator:: Print made by William Woollett, 1735–1785, British
Date:: 1763-1764
Medium:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 inches (35.6 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

94. The Delivery of the Definitive Treaty by the Hostage Princes into the Hands of Lord Cornwallis

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Orme, 1766–1837, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 25 3/8 inches (51.4 x 64.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

95. Silas Deane

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Johnson, 1709–1767
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (31.8 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Manuscripts and Archives Collection, transfer from the Sterling Memorial Library

96. Ticket: For the Benefit of Mr. Salpietro

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches (14.6 x 15.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Robert, Duke of Normandy

Creator:: John Downman, 1750–1824, British
Date:: 1779
Medium:: Black chalk with stumping and graphite on thin, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 7 5/8 inches (22.9 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

98. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Edinburgh: J. Ruthven, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1790

Creator:: James Heath, 1757–1834, British
Date:: 1770
Medium:: Graphite, pen and black ink, and gray and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 8 inches (12.7 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. A Perspective View of Tower Hill and the Place of Execution of the Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino on Monday 18 of August 1746.

Creator:: Print made by John Maurer, active 1713–1761
Medium:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 10 × 16 1/2 inches (25.4 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. The Earthquake Scare in Piccadilly

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: 1750
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, graphite, and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 5/8 × 16 1/2 inches (27 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Mrs. Letitia Anne Sage, in a Balloon

2. The Great Fire of London

3. The Surrender of the Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, to Sir David Baird

4. The Brahmin Committing his Daughter Coraly to the Care of Blandford

5. The Grand Vizier giving Audience to the English Ambassador

6. George I at Newmarket, 4 or 5 October, 1717

7. Robert, Duke of Normandy, in Prison

8. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Land, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

9. Paetus and Arria

10. The Death of Chatham

11. Restoration Procession of Charles II at Cheapside

12. The Two Sons of Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, Being Handed over as Hostages to General Cornwallis

13. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

14. Cleopatra

15. John Locke

16. Howard Visiting a Prison

17. Howard Visiting a Prison

18. Wolgemuth Rescuing the Shipwrecked off the Cape of Good Hope

19. Howard Visiting a Prison

20. Bolingbroke and Head of a Fiend

21. Aerial Group: The Tempest

22. Howard Visiting a Prison

23. Howard Visiting a Prison

24. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 87, "The Triumphs of Owen."

25. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 91, "The Triumphs of Owen."

26. For Children. The Gates of Paradise, Title Page; Plate 2

27. I Found Him Beneath a Tree; Plate 3

28. Air; Plate 6

29. Fire; Plate 7

30. At Length for Hatching Ripe He Breaks the Shell; Plate 8

31. Alas!; Plate 9

32. Help! Help!; Plate 12

33. Does Thy God O Priest Take such Vengeance as This?; Plate 14

34. Fear & Hope Are -- Vision; Plate 15

35. I Have Said to the Worm, Thou Art My Mother & My Sister; Plate 18

36. What is Man!, Frontispiece; Plate 1

37. Water; Plate 4

38. Earth; Plate 5

39. Aged Ignorance; Plate 13

40. The Traveller Hasteth in the Evening; Plate 16

41. Death's Door; Plate 17

42. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 18, "The Lamb" (Bentley 8)

43. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 10, "The Chimney Sweeper" (Bentley 12)

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

45. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 24, "The Divine Image" (Bentley 18)

46. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 34, "Introduction" (Bentley 30)

47. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 42, "The Tyger" (Bentley 42)

48. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 45, "The Chimney Sweeper" (Bentley 37)

49. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 48, "The Fly" (Bentley 40)

50. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 40, "The Angel" (Bentley 41)

51. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 2, Innocence Title Page (Bentley 3)

52. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 3, "Introduction" (Bentley 4)

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

54. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 6, "The Little Black Boy" (Bentley 10)

55. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 12, "Spring" (Bentley 23)

56. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 8, "The Ecchoing Green" (Bentley 6)

57. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 16, "The Little Boy Lost" (Bentley 13)

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

59. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 28, "Infant Joy" (Bentley 25)

60. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 30, "Night" (Bentley 20)

61. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 26, "A Cradle Song" (Bentley 16)

62. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 32, Experience Frontispiece (Bentley 28)

63. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 33, Experience Title Page (Bentley 29)

64. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 35, "Earth's Answer" (Bentley 31)

65. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 36, "The Clod & the Pebble" (Bentley 32)

66. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 38, "Holy Thursday" (Bentley 33)

67. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 37, "Nurses Song" (Bentley 38)

68. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 39, "London" (Bentley 46)

69. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 41, "A Poison Tree" (Bentley 49)

70. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 43, "A Little Boy Lost" (Bentley 50)

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

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

73. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 46, "The Human Abstract" (Bentley 47)

74. Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Plate 14, "Laughing Song" (Bentley 15)