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1. Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia

Mrs. Cibber as Cordelia
Creator:
Pieter van Bleeck, 1700–1764, Dutch, active in Britain (from 1723)
Date:
1755
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
84 x 82 inches (213.4 x 208.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Seven Ages of Man: Second Childishness, 'As You Like It,' II, vii

The Seven Ages of Man: Second Childishness, 'As You Like It,' II, vii
Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:
between 1798 and 1801
Medium:
Pen and ink and oil on panel
Dimensions:
15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

3. Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii

Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest," Act I, scene ii
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834, British
Date:
ca. 1799
Medium:
Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:
8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (21 x 26 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

4. The Homeward Star

The Homeward Star
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:
etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Medium:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/16 x 9 1/2 inches (16.4 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Cypress Grove

The Cypress Grove
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:
plate etched between ca. 1880 and 1883; impression printed in 1924
Medium:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 15/16 x 12 1/16 inches (27.8 x 30.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Homeward Star

The Homeward Star
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:
begun ca. 1880
Medium:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 5/16 inches (16.8 x 23.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Homeward Star

The Homeward Star
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:
etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Medium:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/16 x 9 1/16 inches (15.7 x 23 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Lonely Tower

The Lonely Tower
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:
1879
Medium:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 1/4 inches (26.4 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Homeward Star

The Homeward Star
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:
etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Medium:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 13/16 x 12 15/16 inches (27.4 x 32.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Lonely Tower

The Lonely Tower
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:
1879
Medium:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/16 inches (26.1 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

11. The Fifth Plague of Egypt

The Fifth Plague of Egypt
Creator:
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:
1808
Medium:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 3/4 inches (29.2 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Jerusalem, Plate 14, "One hair nor particle of dust...."

Jerusalem, Plate 14, "One hair nor particle of dust...."
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:
1804 to 1820
Medium:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 49, "The Progress of Poesy."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 49, "The Progress of Poesy."
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827, British
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Medium:
Watercolor with pen and black ink over 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

14. Young's Night Thoughts, Page 80, "The Thunder If in That the Almighty Dwells"

Young's Night Thoughts, Page 80, "The Thunder If in That the Almighty Dwells"
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

15. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 51, "The Progress of Poesy."

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 51, "The Progress of Poesy."
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

16. What is Man!, Frontispiece; Plate 1

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

17. Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath

Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath
Creator:
George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833, British
Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Watercolor with gouache and scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 3/8 inches (19 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Hecate

Hecate
Creator:
George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819, British
Date:
1815
Medium:
Graphite with stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 7 inches (21.9 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Lear in the Storm

Lear in the Storm
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Medium:
Watercolor with gouache and scraping, partially varnished on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, peach wove paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:
Contemporary drawn border: 30 1/16 x 24 15/16 inches (76.3 x 63.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. Prospero and Miranda

Prospero and Miranda
Creator:
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:
1781
Medium:
Watercolor with gouache, black ink, and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:
Mount: 25 11/16 x 18 3/4 inches (65.2 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Antigonus Disposing of Perdita

Antigonus Disposing of Perdita
Creator:
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:
ca. 1781
Medium:
Watercolor with brown and black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, textured, beige card with additional inscribed sheet mounted lower center
Dimensions:
Mount: 23 1/16 x 18 5/8 inches (58.5 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost...

The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost...
Creator:
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Date:
ca. 1781
Medium:
Watercolor and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Contemporary drawn border: 11 11/16 × 11 5/16 inches (29.7 × 28.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Pirate's Isle

Pirate's Isle
Creator:
David Cox, 1783–1859, British
Date:
1826
Medium:
Watercolor with stopping out, and scraping out on moderately thick slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 30 3/4 x 42 1/2 inches (78.1 x 108 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. A View of the Valley of Stones, Devon, with a scene in the Tempest, Act 1

A View of the Valley of Stones, Devon, with a scene in the Tempest, Act 1
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Medium:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid down on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with drawn border
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/4 × 25 1/8 inches (41.3 × 63.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

25. Celadon and Amelia

Celadon and Amelia
Creator:
Engraved by William Woollett, 1735–1785, British
Date:
1766
Medium:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/4 x 22 3/8 inches (46.4 x 56.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection

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

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

27. Mr. Garrick and Miss Bellamy in the Characters of Romeo and Juliet

Mr. Garrick and Miss Bellamy in the Characters of Romeo and Juliet
Creator:
Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774, French, active in Britain
Date:
1753
Medium:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/8 × 21 5/8 inches (42.9 × 55 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Celadon and Amelia

Celadon and Amelia
Creator:
Print made by William Woollett, 1735–1785, British
Date:
1766
Medium:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/8 x 22 1/4 inches (46 x 56.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Garrick as Abel Drugger in "The Alchemist"

Garrick as Abel Drugger in "The Alchemist"
Creator:
Print finished by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish
Date:
1776
Medium:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/8 x 12 1/4 inches (42.9 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Celadon and Amelia

Celadon and Amelia
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:
1782
Medium:
Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (26 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Gil Blas Practicing Medicine Under Dr. Sangrado

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Creator:
Thomas Uwins, 1782–1857, British
Date:
between 1820 and 1822
Medium:
Brown wash with brown pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, laid in contemporary mount made of moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 17 3/8 x 20 1/2 inches (44.2 x 52 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection