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

1. Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from "Twelfth Night," Act III, Scene iv

Creator:: Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840, German, active in Britain (1781–88)
Date:: 1789
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 62 1/8 x 86 7/8 inches (157.8 x 220.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. A Macarony at a Sale of Pictures

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

3. Now Sir, You're a Complete Macaroni

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819, British
Date:: 1772
Medium:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches (28.2 x 20.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Damnation of Obadiah

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1773
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 15 11/16 inches (30.6 x 39.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Every Sous Begad!

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

6. The Fish-Street Macaroni

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

7. Inimitable Mr. James Moss

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1773
Medium:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 x 7 1/4 inches (24.6 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Full Blown Macaroni

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

9. A Modern Spread Eagle

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

10. Monsieur Le Fouet, La Francia

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1772
Medium:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (26.4 × 17.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Man with a Walking Stick in a Landscape

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1773
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 9 1/16 inches (25.6 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Captain Conquest and His Baggage Wagon

Creator:: Print made by John Goldar, 1729–1795, British
Date:: 1772
Medium:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 x 8 1/8 inches (28.1 x 20.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. A Macarony Alderman and His Rib

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819, British
Date:: 1772
Medium:: Line engraving, stipple engraving, and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 7 13/16 inches (27.9 x 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. 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

15. Place des Victoires, Paris

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Date:: ca. 1783
Medium:: Watercolor in pen and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream antique laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 21 inches (34.9 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. The Sacrifice

Creator:: John Goldar, 1729–1795, British
Date:: 1767
Medium:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 14 3/4 inches (33 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Refusal

Creator:: John Goldar, 1729–1795, British
Date:: 1768
Medium:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 14 9/16 inches (33.3 × 37 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. La male consequence du celibat

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 13/16 x 10 1/16 inches (40.2 x 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Courtship for Money

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

20. L'Antiquaire

Creator:: Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: undated
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 13 1/16 inches (42.9 x 33.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Heyday! Is This My Daughter Anne!

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

22. The Contented Dutchmen

Creator:: Print made by Richard Brookshaw, 1736–1804
Date:: 1770
Medium:: Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 11/16 inches (24.9 × 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Lady Time Present and Lady Time Past

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

24. The Curious Maids

Creator:: Print made by John Greenwood, 1727–1792, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Date:: 1768
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches (44.2 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. The St. James's Macaroni

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

26. The Slumbers of Ragotin Interrupted

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1773
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 x 15 1/8 inches (27.1 x 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Cotillion Dance

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819, British
Date:: 1771
Medium:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 13 9/16 inches (25.5 × 34.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. A French Petit Maître and His Valet

Creator:: Charles Grignion, 1717–1810, British
Date:: 1771
Medium:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, pasted on medium, moderately textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 1/4 x 11 5/16 inches (41.3 x 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. A French Physician with His Retinue Going to Visit His Patients

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819, British
Date:: 1771
Medium:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 x 13 3/4 inches (28.1 x 35 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Macarony Brothers

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

31. The Houndsditch Macaroni

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

32. John Jehu L'Inghilterra

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

33. Englishman at Paris, 1767

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 x 18 7/8 inches (36.7 x 48 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The Preposterous Head Dress, or the Feathered Lady

Creator:: Print made by Matthew Darly, active 1754–1778, British
Date:: 1776
Medium:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 11/16 x 10 1/2 inches (44.9 x 26.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Presages of the Millenium

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815, British
Date:: 1795
Medium:: Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 14 13/16 inches (33 × 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Le Coup de Maitre

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815, British
Date:: 1797
Medium:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 14 3/16 inches (26.4 × 36 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Flannel-Armour; Female-Patriotism, -or- Modern Heroes Accoutred for the Wars

Creator:: Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 14 3/8 inches (31.7 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Weird Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon (Thurlow, Pitt, and Dundas)

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815, British
Date:: 1791
Medium:: Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 13 3/4 inches (24.9 × 35 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Hats

Creator:: Print made by Matthew Darly, active 1754–1778, British
Date:: 1773
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 x 17 5/8 inches (27.1 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Damn Mambrino

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 8 3/8 inches (30.6 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Flash Maccaroni

Creator:: Print made by Callender, active mid–18th century
Date:: 1748
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 5 1/8 inches (8.6 × 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

42. Voluntier

Creator:: Print made by Callender, active mid–18th century
Date:: 1745
Medium:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 2 5/8 inches (8 × 6.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

43. John's Coffee House

Creator:: Print made by Callender, active mid–18th century
Date:: 1745
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 4 7/8 inches (8.5 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

44. Study of a Man with a Cutlass

Creator:: Print made by Callender, active mid–18th century
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/16 × 2 5/8 inches (8.1 × 6.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

45. The Methodist Tailor Caught in Adultery

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist, (Cabbage )
Date:: 1768
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 16 1/16 inches (28.2 x 40.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Statue Hall or the Modern Register Office

Creator:: Print made by Matthew Darly, active 1754–1778, British
Date:: 1769
Medium:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 13/16 inches (28 x 40.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Doublûres of Characters; - or - Striking Resemblance in Phisiognomy

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815, British
Date:: 1798
Medium:: Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 9/16 x 18 11/16 inches (34.4 x 47.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Mr. Foote and Mr. Weston in the Characters of the President and Dr. Last

Creator:: Print made by John Finlayson, 1730–1776, British
Date:: 1769
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 22 3/8 inches (46 x 56.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Mr. Foote in the Character of Major Sturgeon in "The Mayor of Garratt"

Creator:: Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:: 1765
Medium:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches (44.8 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Dancing Bear with Its Keeper, Piper, and Audience of One

Creator:: James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806, British
Date:: 1774
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 x 13 1/16 inches (26.9 x 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. An Abyssinian Breakfast

Creator:: Print made by Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811, British
Date:: 1791
Medium:: Etching and sitpple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 × 13 15/16 inches (28.4 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from "Twelfth Night," Act III, Scene iv

2. A Macarony at a Sale of Pictures

3. Now Sir, You're a Complete Macaroni

4. The Damnation of Obadiah

5. Every Sous Begad!

6. The Fish-Street Macaroni

7. Inimitable Mr. James Moss

8. The Full Blown Macaroni

9. A Modern Spread Eagle

10. Monsieur Le Fouet, La Francia

11. Man with a Walking Stick in a Landscape

12. Captain Conquest and His Baggage Wagon

13. A Macarony Alderman and His Rib

14. The Royal Rush Light

15. Place des Victoires, Paris

16. The Sacrifice

17. The Refusal

18. La male consequence du celibat

19. Courtship for Money

20. L'Antiquaire

21. Heyday! Is This My Daughter Anne!

22. The Contented Dutchmen

23. Lady Time Present and Lady Time Past

24. The Curious Maids

25. The St. James's Macaroni

26. The Slumbers of Ragotin Interrupted

27. The Cotillion Dance

28. A French Petit Maître and His Valet

29. A French Physician with His Retinue Going to Visit His Patients

30. The Macarony Brothers

31. The Houndsditch Macaroni

32. John Jehu L'Inghilterra

33. Englishman at Paris, 1767

34. The Preposterous Head Dress, or the Feathered Lady

35. Presages of the Millenium

36. Le Coup de Maitre

37. Flannel-Armour; Female-Patriotism, -or- Modern Heroes Accoutred for the Wars

38. Weird Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon (Thurlow, Pitt, and Dundas)

39. Hats

40. Damn Mambrino

41. Flash Maccaroni

42. Voluntier

43. John's Coffee House

44. Study of a Man with a Cutlass

45. The Methodist Tailor Caught in Adultery

46. Statue Hall or the Modern Register Office

47. Doublûres of Characters; - or - Striking Resemblance in Phisiognomy

48. Mr. Foote and Mr. Weston in the Characters of the President and Dr. Last

49. Mr. Foote in the Character of Major Sturgeon in "The Mayor of Garratt"

50. Dancing Bear with Its Keeper, Piper, and Audience of One

51. An Abyssinian Breakfast