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Sketch for 'The Last Supper,' St. Mary's, Weymouth
Creator:
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734, British
Date:
between 1719 and 1720
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/4 x 23 3/8 inches (43.8 x 59.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mr. and Mrs. Hill
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787, British
Date:
between 1750 and 1751
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
'The Vicar of Wakefield,' Vol. I, Chap. VIII: Dining in the Hayfields' (Surprised by Mr. Thornhill's Chaplain)
Creator:
Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798, British
Date:
1786
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 x 13 3/4 inches (27.9 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Sense of Taste
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
The Buckley-Boar Family
Creator:
unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:
between 1758 and 1760
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
38 3/4 x 43 1/2 inches (98.4 x 110.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Girl Bundling Asparagus
Creator:
John Atkinson, active 1770–1775, British
Date:
1771
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 1/8 × 25 inches (76.5 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Family Being Served with Tea, possibly the Carter family
Creator:
Unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:
ca. 1745
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 x 55 inches (106.7 x 139.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The John Bacon Family
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787, British
Date:
between 1742 and 1743
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 51 5/8 inches (76.2 x 131.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Caricature Group
Creator:
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British
Date:
ca. 1766
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
33 x 42 inches (83.8 x 106.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Practical Joke
Creator:
unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:
ca. 1740
Medium:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
7 x 11 inches (17.8 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Christening of the Heir
Creator:
William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828, British
Date:
ca. 1799
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Night

Night
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British
Date:
1799
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (44.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
View of a Gloucestershire Country House: A Garden View, with Picnic Party in Center Foreground
Creator:
Thomas Robins the elder, 1715–1770, British
Date:
ca. 1755
Medium:
gouache on vellum
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 3/8 x 24 3/8in. (41.6 x 61.9cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
The Mistletoe Bough
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
22 5/8 × 18 1/2 inches (57.5 × 47 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Birth of the Heir
Creator:
William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828, British
Date:
ca. 1799
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Portrait of a Group of Gentleman, with the Artist
Creator:
Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776, British
Date:
between 1745 and 1748
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
44 x 56 inches (111.8 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
An Unknown Man
Creator:
Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780, British
Date:
between 1730 and 1735
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 × 28 inches (91.4 × 71.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
An Unknown Man
Creator:
John Downman, 1750–1824, British
Date:
ca. 1780
Medium:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
14 x 10 1/2 inches (35.6 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sir Robert Chambers
Creator:
Arthur William Devis, 1762–1822, British
Date:
1784
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 × 28 5/8 inches (106.7 × 72.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Portrait of a landscape painter, possibly George Lambert
Creator:
Giles Hussey, 1710–1788, British
Date:
between 1740 and 1750
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 1/4 × 29 inches (92.1 × 73.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Dinner Conversation
Creator:
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772, British
Date:
between 1735 and 1740
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 x 12 inches (35.6 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lady Jane Mathew and Her Daughters
Creator:
unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 x 36 inches (91.4 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Christ Disappearing at Emmaus
Creator:
Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–70; 1779 on)
Date:
1792
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
56 1/2 x 46 1/2 inches (143.5 x 118.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Charles Pinfold
Creator:
Thomas Hudson, 1701–1779, British
Date:
1756
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
Hob Selling Beer at the Wake
Creator:
John Laguerre, 1688–1746, British
Date:
ca. 1725
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 x 36 1/2 inches (88.9 x 92.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Four Servants of Ston Easton Estate
Creator:
Thomas Beach, 1738–1806, British
Date:
1776
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
62 × 92 inches (157.5 × 233.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Hob Continues Dancing in Spite of his Father
Creator:
John Laguerre, 1688–1746, British
Date:
ca. 1725
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 1/4 x 36 1/2 inches (89.5 x 92.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Brothers Clarke with Other Gentlemen Taking Wine
Creator:
Gawen Hamilton, ca. 1697–1737, British
Date:
between 1730 and 1735
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
32 1/2 x 45 1/2 inches (82.6 x 115.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study for a Group Portrait
Creator:
Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780, British
Date:
between 1729 and 1730
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 1/8 × 18 1/2 inches (35.9 × 47 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Club of Gentlemen
Creator:
Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780, British
Date:
ca. 1730
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 1/2 x 23 inches (47 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Louis-Francois Roubiliac Modelling His Monument to Shakespeare
Creator:
Adrien Carpentiers, active 1739–1778, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1739)
Date:
between 1760 and 1761
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 1/4 x 39 3/4 inches (127.6 x 101 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Thomas Osborne
Creator:
James Cranke, 1707–1780, British
Date:
1747
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
77 3/4 × 56 inches (197.5 × 142.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Market Day, Roseau, Dominica
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796, Italian, active in Britain (1758–70; 1777-80s)
Date:
ca. 1780
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 x 18 1/4 inches (35.6 x 46.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Woman, possibly Anne (née Ward) Morland, Wife of the Artist
Creator:
George Morland, 1763–1804, British
Date:
ca. 1795
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
11 11/16 x 9 11/16 inches (29.7 x 24.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Portrait of Two Boys, probably Joseph and John Joseph Nollekens
Creator:
Joseph Francis Nollekens, 1702–1748, Flemish, active in Britain (1708; from 1733)
Date:
ca. 1745
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 1/4 x 10 1/8 inches (31.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Portrait of a Boy
Creator:
Sir William Beechey, 1753–1839, British
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 1/16 x 25 3/16 inches (76.4 x 64 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Tobias Smollet
Creator:
Nathaniel Dance, 1735–1811, British
Date:
ca. 1764
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
49 3/4 x 40 inches (126.4 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
An Unknown Man Seated at a Table
Creator:
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787, British
Date:
between 1744 and 1746
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Billiard Room
Creator:
unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:
ca. 1725
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 1/8 x 27 1/4 inches (46 x 69.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 33, "A Long Story."
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
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
The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 29, "A Long Story."
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
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 57, "Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl"
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
Songs of Innocence, Plate 28, "Laughing Song" (Bentley 15)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:
1789
Medium:
Relief etching printed in brown ink, with watercolor and pen and ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (19.1 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Young's Night Thoughts, Page 57, "Trembling Each Gulp, Lest Death Should Snatch the Bowl"
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
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
Donnybrook Fair
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British
Date:
1788
Medium:
Watercolor with black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 3/8 x 23 1/2 inches (41.6 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Conversation Piece
Creator:
John Vanderbank, 1694–1739, British
Date:
undated
Medium:
Gray wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 5 5/8 inches (18.4 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Alexander Pope
Creator:
John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:
ca. 1744
Medium:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, pasted on very thick, smooth, brown card
Dimensions:
Mount: 16 7/8 x 12 5/16 inches (42.8 x 31.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Florence & Maynard Mack
Interior Scene with Family at Tea
Creator:
Samuel Wale, 1721–1786, British
Date:
undated
Medium:
Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 9/16 × 6 3/4 inches (21.7 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Rustic Lover
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British
Date:
1786
Medium:
Watercolor with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 x 13 3/4 inches (43.2 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Recruiting Officer
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Date:
1797
Medium:
Watercolor with pen and red-brown, gray and black ink; verso: watercolor stains. on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 x 6 inches (10.2 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
A Scene on Mount Olympus
Creator:
John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1720)
Date:
undated
Medium:
Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 1/4in. (21 x 28.6cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
An Historical Episode: ? A Military Officer Leading other Figures in Taking an Oath upon a Sword on a Table before Churchmen
Creator:
Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798, British
Date:
undated
Medium:
Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 5/8 × 7 1/4 inches (11.7 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Connoisseurs
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Watercolor with pen and red, brown and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
T. Banks, Sculptor, R. A.
Creator:
Print made by John Condé, 1765–1794, French, active in Britain
Date:
1791
Medium:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/16 x 5 1/16 inches (21.4 x 12.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Study

Study
Creator:
Print made by John Chalon, 1738 – 1795
Date:
1789-1790
Medium:
Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/16 x 2 3/16 inches (7.7 x 5.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Study

Study
Creator:
Print made by John Chalon, 1738 – 1795
Date:
1789-1790
Medium:
Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/16 x 3 1/4 inches (10.6 x 8.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Geographers
Creator:
John Brown, 1749–1787, British
Date:
undated
Medium:
Pen and gray ink, pen and black ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches (18.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lady Percy Watching the Sleeping Hotspur
Creator:
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:
1781
Medium:
Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:
Mount: 24 x 19 1/8 inches (61 x 48.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Breakfast before the Hunt
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Date:
between 1785 and 1790
Medium:
Pen and black and gray ink with brown and blue wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 x 8 inches (12.7 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Interior of a Dressing Room with Jack Bannister
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Date:
between 1790 and 1795
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and red-brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 x 8 5/16 inches (12.7 x 21.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Man Asleep leaning against a table
Creator:
Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:
undated
Medium:
Pen and brown ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 5 inches (18.4 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Pamela having divided her clothes into threee Bundles, in order to leave the House, rejects that containing her Masters presents calling it the wicked bundle, & harangues over her own little Parcel which she huggs in her Arms;...
Creator:
Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770, French
Date:
1745
Medium:
Etching with stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/8 x 20 1/16 inches (39.1 x 51 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of the Library Association
The Tea Party
Creator:
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772, British
Date:
ca. 1770
Medium:
Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 7/8 × 13 inches (45.4 × 33 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Pamela Swooning, after having discovered Mr. B. in the closet, He (frighted) endeavouring to recover her, Mrs. Jervis wringing her hands, and screaming
Creator:
Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770, French
Date:
1745
Medium:
Etching with stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/16 x 20 1/16 inches (38.3 x 51 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of the Library Associates
Portrait of Joseph Haydn
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:
1791
Medium:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 9/16 x 8 5/8 inches (29.4 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Bequest of Ralph Kirkpatrick, Yale MA (HON.) 1965
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
Potus Calidæ Theiæ
Creator:
Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
undated
Medium:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 5/16 x 19 1/4 inches (38.9 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

72. Junius

Junius
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Bonner, ca. 1740–ca. 1812, British
Date:
1769
Medium:
Etching and stipple engraving on medium, smooth, cream laid paper in contemporary laid paper insert
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 × 6 3/8 inches (10.2 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
Catherine Hunter
Creator:
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813, British
Date:
1771
Medium:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 7/16 inches (40 x 29 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Miss Polly Jones
Creator:
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813, British
Date:
1771
Medium:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 3/8 x 12 11/16 inches (44.2 x 32.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Mrs. Le Maistre
Creator:
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813, British
Date:
1771
Medium:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 13/16 x 12 inches (42.7 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Donnybrook Fair, 1782
Creator:
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801, British
Date:
1782
Medium:
Black ink with watercolor on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/8 x 21 1/2 inches (32.1 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade
Creator:
Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1745–ca.1809, British
Date:
1768
Medium:
Mezzotint and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches (42.8 x 28.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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
Peasants Drinking
Creator:
Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish
Date:
between 1765 and 1771
Medium:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches (20 x 15 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
A Peasant Family
Creator:
Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish
Date:
between 1765 and 1771
Medium:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/16 x 5 1/2 inches (18 x 14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
A Scene in "The Recruiting Officer"
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:
ca. 1739
Medium:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 3/16 inches (24.7 x 33.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Choice
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:
1737
Medium:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 5/8 x 15 1/8 inches (27 x 38.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
L'Enfant Prodigue exigeant sa legitime
Creator:
Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
undated
Medium:
Mezzotint with etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/16 x 17 15/16 inches (36 x 45.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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
La ratisseuse
Creator:
Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
undated
Medium:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/8 x 8 3/16 inches (33.4 x 20.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Philip Affleck, Esq.
Creator:
John Young, 1755–1825, British
Date:
1792
Medium:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/4 x 19 7/8in. (34.9 x 50.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth
Seated Man at Table
Creator:
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792, British
Date:
undated
Medium:
Charcoal on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 8 3/16 inches (24.4 × 20.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Man at Table, Woman at Table
Creator:
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792, British
Date:
undated
Medium:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 6 1/8 inches (18.4 × 15.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Pamela is represented in this first Piece, writing in her late Lady's dressing room, her History being known only by her letters. She is here surprised by Mr. B. who improves this occasion to further his designs
Creator:
L. Truchy, 1721–1764
Date:
1762
Medium:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 11 3/4 x 14 13/16in. (29.8 x 37.6cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Connubial Happiness
Creator:
Print made by E. J. Dumée, active 1790, British
Date:
1786
Medium:
Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 1/16 × 17 1/2 inches (56 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Ten Figures at Table
Creator:
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792, British
Date:
undated
Medium:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 x 11in. (20.3 x 28cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Prodigal Son with Harlots
Creator:
Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain
Date:
undated
Medium:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/16 x 14 1/2 inches (26.5 x 36.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
La benedicite
Creator:
Print made by Johann Jacobus Haid, 1704–1767
Date:
undated
Medium:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/16 x 13 1/16 inches (41.7 x 33.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Boy Seated at a Table
Creator:
Print made by Gottlieb Heiss, 1684–1740, German
Date:
undated
Medium:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 13/16 × 12 7/16 inches (42.7 × 31.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

96. Hearing

Hearing
Creator:
Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775, British
Date:
1753
Medium:
Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 11/16 inches (37.8 × 27.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Illustrations to Samuel Richardson's 'The Life of Pamela', illustrated by Joseph Highmore
Creator:
L. Truchy, 1721–1764
Date:
1762
Medium:
Engraving
Dimensions:
Plate: 11 3/4 x 14 13/16in. (29.8 x 37.6cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
St. James's Park
Creator:
Francis David Soiron, Born 1764
Date:
1790
Medium:
Stipple engraving, printed in colors
Dimensions:
Plate: 18 1/2 x 21 3/8in. (47 x 54.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Griffin and Johnson
Creator:
Print made by Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764, Dutch, active in Britain (from 1723)
Date:
1748
Medium:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 5/16 x 12 3/8 inches (46.5 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
The Rich Man and Lazarus
Creator:
Print made by John Baptist Jackson, 1701–1780, British
Date:
1743
Medium:
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Ralph Kirkpatrick, Yale MA (HON.) 1965