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1. Chelsea Pensioners Receiving the Gazette Announcing the Battle of Waterloo

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841, British
Date:: ca. 1819
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 x 17 inches (26.7 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Death of Buckingham

Creator:: Augustus Leopold Egg, 1816–1863, British
Date:: undated, exhibited 1855
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 36 inches (74.9 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Life of Buckingham

Creator:: Augustus Leopold Egg, 1816–1863, British
Date:: undated, exhibited 1855
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 36 inches (74.9 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Great Divide (Beautiful Zameen)

Creator:: Jagdeep Raina, born 1991, Canadian
Date:: 2022
Medium:: Embroidered tapestry, phulkari border
Dimensions:: Overall: 76 × 27 inches (193 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

5. The Spoiled Child, Scene VI

Creator:: Lewis Vaslet, 1742–1808, British
Date:: ca. 1802
Medium:: Watercolor with black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 19 5/8 inches (38.1 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. 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

7. 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

8. Hypatia Teaching at Alexandria

Creator:: Robert Trewick Bone, 1790–1840, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 3/4 × 19 13/16 inches (34.9 × 50.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. 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

10. George Fox Talks to the People About Dreams

Creator:: Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964, British
Date:: between 1890 and 1911
Medium:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 x 14 3/8 inches (28.1 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania

11. Fake Death Picture (Death of Chatterton - Henry Wallis)

Creator:: Yinka Shonibare CBE, born 1962, British
Date:: 2011
Medium:: Digital chromogenic print on photographic paper mounted on Diasec in black frame
Dimensions:: Frame: 58 5/8 × 71 1/4 × 1 5/8 inches (148.9 × 181 × 4.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Charitable Foundation, and Friends of British Art Fund

12. George Fox in Carlisle Dungeon

Creator:: Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964, British
Date:: between 1890 and 1911
Medium:: Etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 12 5/16 inches (24.7 x 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania

13. George Fox and the Dead Cromwell

Creator:: Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964, British
Date:: between 1897 and 1898
Medium:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, greened white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 inches (24.2 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania

14. Track Laying by Night

Creator:: Terence Tenison Cuneo, 1907–1996, British
Date:: 1948
Medium:: Lithograph on medium, smooth, beige wove paper affixed to thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:: Mount: 40 7/16 × 49 15/16 inches (102.7 × 126.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965

15. François, Remove an Ounce of Nuts and Make That Machine Inoffensive

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963, New Zealand
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink, black wash, blue chalk, white gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 20 5/8 inches (35.2 × 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

16. The Good Earth

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963, New Zealand
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink, blue chalk, graphite and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 22 3/4 inches (38.6 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

17. The Indian Theatre

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953, British
Date:: 1901
Medium:: Drypoint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 17 1/2 inches (32 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

18. Uneasy Street

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963, New Zealand
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink, blue chalk, graphite and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 18 7/16 inches (33 × 46.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

19. Sorry, Boys, I can't go both ways at once

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963, New Zealand
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink, blue chalk, white gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 19 1/4 inches (35.2 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

20. Don't Forget I'm a Relation, Too

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963, New Zealand
Date:: 1937
Medium:: Pen and black ink, with blue chalk, white gouache and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/16 x 20 5/8in. (33.8 x 52.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

21. The Great Wall of China

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963, New Zealand
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink, blue chalk, black wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 15/16 × 21 inches (35.4 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

22. Uncle Arthur and his Nightmares of the Round Table

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963, New Zealand
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink, graphite, and blue chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 × 17 7/16 inches (30 × 44.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

23. The March on Geneva

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963, New Zealand
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink, black wash, graphite, and blue chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 20 1/8 inches (34.3 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

24. Ireland and Russia

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953, British
Date:: 1901
Medium:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 x 12 5/8 inches (32.7 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

25. From the Dome

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953, British
Date:: 1901
Medium:: Drypoint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 5/8 inches (45 x 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

26. Evening in Little Russia

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953, British
Date:: 1901
Medium:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 5/8 inches (45 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

27. The Art Gallery

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953, British
Date:: 1901
Medium:: Drypoint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 x 17 13/16 inches (32.2 x 45.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD

28. Jack Sheppard Tricking Shotbolt, the Gaoler

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878, British
Date:: 1839
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 x 7 9/16 inches (21.4 x 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

29. Crowded Improvised Air Raid Shelter in Liverpool Street Tube Tunnel

Creator:: Bill Brandt, 1904–1983, British
Date:: 1940
Medium:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, gloss photographic paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, white card
Dimensions:: Mount: 20 x 15 15/16 inches (50.8 x 40.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Parnassus Foundation, courtesy of Jane and Raphael Bernstein

30. People Sheltering in the Tube, Elephant and Castle Underground Station, circa 1939

Creator:: Bill Brandt, 1904–1983, British
Date:: ca. 1939
Medium:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, gloss photographic paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, white card
Dimensions:: Mount: 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Parnassus Foundation, courtesy of Jane and Raphael Bernstein

31. Village of Secoton, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 38 A]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, with pen in black ink, over graphite, with gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 7 9/16 inches (31.8 × 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Group of Indians Roud a Fire, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 43 A]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, with pen in brown ink, over graphite, with gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 7 5/8 inches (21.3 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Key to Life School at the Royal Academy

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches (25.7 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. George Fox Preaching at Carlisle

Creator:: Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964, British
Date:: between 1897 and 1912
Medium:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 x 14 1/16 inches (29 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania

35. The Birth of Pyrrhus

Creator:: Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1797
Medium:: Stipple engraving and etching
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. A Morning Ride

Creator:: James Gillray, 1756–1815, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 20 3/16 inches (34.7 x 51.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Robert W. Carle

37. Glasgow Exhibition: Ireland and Russia

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953, British
Date:: 1901
Medium:: Etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, beige Asian paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 1/16 inches (15.9 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

38. Glasgow Exhibition: From the Dome

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953, British
Date:: 1901
Medium:: Etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 6 7/16 inches (26.5 x 16.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

39. The Patriotic Peasant

Creator:: Print made by Cornelis Dusart, 1660–1704, Dutch
Date:: 1695
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 15/16 x 9 1/16 inches (32.9 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

40. John Howard, Esq. Visiting and Relieving the Miseries of a Prison

Creator:: Print made by Jacob Hogg, active 1751, British
Date:: 1790
Medium:: Etching and engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 19 1/2 × 24 1/4 inches (49.5 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alexander

41. The Merry Tales of the Wise Man of Gotham

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1909
Medium:: Woodcut on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 5 3/16 inches (13.7 x 13.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. S. O. S.

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963, New Zealand
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink, white gouache, black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 20 13/16 inches (35.2 × 52.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and Jennifer Monaghan

43. View of Tonbridge During the Late Election, December 18, 1832

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Josiah Dodd, 1809–1894, British
Date:: after 1832
Medium:: Lithograph with hand coloring on thick, slightly textured, cream card with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 × 16 7/16 inches (29.3 × 41.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Sitting Up and Taking Nourishment

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963, New Zealand
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink, blue chalk and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on card
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/8 × 19 1/8 inches (35.9 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Anthony Monaghan

45. We Won't Fight Anybody

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963, New Zealand
Date:: undated
Medium:: Pen and black ink, black wash, blue chalk, white gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 20 11/16 inches (34.3 × 52.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

46. The History of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1909
Medium:: Woodcut on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 5 inches (15.9 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Chelsea Pensioners Receiving the Gazette Announcing the Battle of Waterloo

2. The Death of Buckingham

3. The Life of Buckingham

4. The Great Divide (Beautiful Zameen)

5. The Spoiled Child, Scene VI

6. Classical Composition

7. Classical Composition

8. Hypatia Teaching at Alexandria

9. A London Riot

10. George Fox Talks to the People About Dreams

11. Fake Death Picture (Death of Chatterton - Henry Wallis)

12. George Fox in Carlisle Dungeon

13. George Fox and the Dead Cromwell

14. Track Laying by Night

15. François, Remove an Ounce of Nuts and Make That Machine Inoffensive

16. The Good Earth

17. The Indian Theatre

18. Uneasy Street

19. Sorry, Boys, I can't go both ways at once

20. Don't Forget I'm a Relation, Too

21. The Great Wall of China

22. Uncle Arthur and his Nightmares of the Round Table

23. The March on Geneva

24. Ireland and Russia

25. From the Dome

26. Evening in Little Russia

27. The Art Gallery

28. Jack Sheppard Tricking Shotbolt, the Gaoler

29. Crowded Improvised Air Raid Shelter in Liverpool Street Tube Tunnel

30. People Sheltering in the Tube, Elephant and Castle Underground Station, circa 1939

31. Village of Secoton, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 38 A]

32. Group of Indians Roud a Fire, after the Original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 43 A]

33. Key to Life School at the Royal Academy

34. George Fox Preaching at Carlisle

35. The Birth of Pyrrhus

36. A Morning Ride

37. Glasgow Exhibition: Ireland and Russia

38. Glasgow Exhibition: From the Dome

39. The Patriotic Peasant

40. John Howard, Esq. Visiting and Relieving the Miseries of a Prison

41. The Merry Tales of the Wise Man of Gotham

42. S. O. S.

43. View of Tonbridge During the Late Election, December 18, 1832

44. Sitting Up and Taking Nourishment

45. We Won't Fight Anybody

46. The History of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green