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

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. An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII

An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII
Creator:
Unknown artist, sixteenth century
Date:
ca. 1590
Medium:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
45 × 71 3/4 inches (114.3 × 182.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Robert, Duke of Normandy, in Prison

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

4. Cleopatra

Cleopatra
Creator:
Benedetto Gennari, 1633–1715, Italian, active in Britain (1674–89)
Date:
between 1674 and 1675
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
49 x 41 1/2 inches (124.5 x 105.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Cleopatra

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

6. John Locke

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

7. Dante in Meditation Holding a Pomegranate

Dante in Meditation Holding a Pomegranate
Creator:
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1828–1882, British
Date:
ca. 1852
Medium:
Pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 7 7/8 inches (22.9 × 20 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

8. Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots
Creator:
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848, British
Date:
undated
Medium:
Watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 18 3/8 inches (25.7 x 46.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. St. Jerome in his Study

St. Jerome in his Study
Creator:
Alexander Marshal, active 1651–died 1682, British
Date:
1650
Medium:
Gouache, watercolor, and graphite on vellum
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 5/8 inches (18.7 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. James II Receiving the Mathematical Scholars of Christ's Hospital

James II Receiving the Mathematical Scholars of Christ's Hospital
Creator:
Studio of Antonio Verrio, ca. 1639–1707, Italian, active in Britain
Date:
undated
Medium:
Gouache, watercolor, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on canvas and nailed to wooden strainer
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/16 × 92 3/4 inches (45.9 × 235.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Wm. Fredk. King of Prussia (Frederick William III)

Wm. Fredk. King of Prussia (Frederick William III)
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist, nineteenth century
Date:
1815
Medium:
Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 11 inches (34.3 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Hohenzollern-Schlaberg-Hughes Collection, Gift Thomas Lowe Hughes, Yale JD 1952

12. Edward Duke of Kent, Father of Her Majesty Queen Victoria

Edward Duke of Kent, Father of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist, nineteenth century
Date:
after 1837
Medium:
Line engraving with stipple on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/4 x 8 1/8 inches (27.3 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Hohenzollern-Schlaberg-Hughes Collection, Gift Thomas Lowe Hughes, Yale JD 1952

13. Frederick William III King of Prussia

Frederick William III King of Prussia
Creator:
Print made by Charles James Canton, active 19th century, British
Date:
1815
Medium:
Etching hand-colored with watercolor on thin, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 x 14 3/8 inches (21.9 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Hohenzollern-Schlaberg-Hughes Collection, Gift Thomas Lowe Hughes, Yale JD 1952

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

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

15. Silas Deane

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

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

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

17. Picasso's Meninas

Picasso's Meninas
Creator:
Print made by Richard Hamilton, 1922–2011, British
Date:
1973
Medium:
Etching, soft-ground etching, stipple engraving, open-bite, lift-ground, aquatint, line engraving, drypoint, and burnishing; artist's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 29 13/16 x 22 3/8 inches (75.8 x 56.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Russell

18. Robert, Duke of Normandy

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

19. Portraits Painted from Life, Representing Capt. Englefield with Eleven of his Crew Saving Themselves in the Pinnace, from the Wreck of the Centaur, of 74 Guns, Lost Sept. 1782

Portraits Painted from Life, Representing Capt. Englefield with Eleven of his Crew Saving Themselves in the Pinnace, from the Wreck of the Centaur, of 74 Guns, Lost Sept. 1782
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812, French
Date:
1796
Medium:
Mezzotint and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 3/4 × 25 1/2 inches (52.7 × 64.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

20. This is NOT the Baron of Oakland, in the Opera of the Haunted Tower

This is NOT the Baron of Oakland, in the Opera of the Haunted Tower
Creator:
Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868, Irish
Date:
1831
Medium:
Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches (40.4 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Brian and Linda Gracie

21. A Gathering at Fulham Palace

A Gathering at Fulham Palace
Creator:
George Richmond, 1809–1896, British
Date:
between 1843 and 1845
Medium:
Iron gall ink on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 1/2 inches (22.5 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Richard J. Mammana Jr., Yale MAR 2012, in memory of Cynthia McFarland

22. Sappho

Sappho
Creator:
attributed to Maria Hadfield Cosway, 1759–1838, British
Date:
1826
Medium:
Brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 7 1/4 inches (22.9 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Wilton

23. The Departure Of The Sons Of Tippoo From The Zenana

The Departure Of The Sons Of Tippoo From The Zenana
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:
1793
Medium:
Stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches (52.1 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Paul Mellon at Ascot, Seated in a Carriage with the Duke of Kent, Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Paul Mellon at Ascot, Seated in a Carriage with the Duke of Kent, Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
Creator:
Ron Hammond, active 1970s, British
Date:
undated
Medium:
Gelatin silver print on photographic paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches (19.4 x 26.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp

25. James Boswell in the Dress of a Corsican Chief

James Boswell in the Dress of a Corsican Chief
Creator:
Print made by J. Miller, active 1769–1825, British
Date:
1769
Medium:
Line engraving and stipple on medium, slighly textured, cream aid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches (18.4 x 10.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp

26. Edward, Prince of Wales, Presenting the Captive King John of France and His Sons to His Father Edward the Third After the Battle of Poictiers

Edward, Prince of Wales, Presenting the Captive King John of France and His Sons to His Father Edward the Third After the Battle of Poictiers
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:
1788
Medium:
Stipple engraving and line engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper laid on mount
Dimensions:
Mount: 15 1/4 x 19 1/16 inches (38.8 x 48.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Cover of "The Yellow Book: an Illustrated Quarterly", Volume II, July 1894

Cover of "The Yellow Book: an Illustrated Quarterly", Volume II, July 1894
Creator:
Print made by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, 1872–1898, British
Date:
1894
Medium:
Photomechanical reproduction on thin, slightly textured, orange wove paper, laid on contemporary mount made of moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 11 x 8 9/16 inches (27.9 x 21.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

28. Cover of "The Yellow Book: an Illustrated Quarterly", Volume I, April 1894

Cover of "The Yellow Book: an Illustrated Quarterly", Volume I, April 1894
Creator:
Print made by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley, 1872–1898, British
Date:
1894
Medium:
Photomechanical reproduction on medium, smooth, contemporary glossy paper, laid on contemporary mount made of medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 11 1/16 x 8 1/2 inches (28.1 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

29. Sensibility

Sensibility
Creator:
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British
Date:
1789
Medium:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 9/16 × 11 7/16 inches (37 × 29.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. Constantia

Constantia
Creator:
Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1745–ca.1809, British
Date:
1780
Medium:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 inches (30.5 x 24.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. Theodosius

Theodosius
Creator:
Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1745–ca.1809, British
Date:
1780
Medium:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/16 x 9 13/16 inches (30.7 x 24.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. Life School at the Royal Academy

Life School at the Royal Academy
Creator:
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British
Date:
1773
Medium:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 22 x 30 3/8 inches (55.9 x 77.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Ten Needle-Box Prints

Ten Needle-Box Prints
Creator:
Print made by Vincent Robert Alfred Brooks, 1814–1885, British
Date:
undated
Medium:
Etching, aquatint, and stipple engraving with color woodcut on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/16 x 5 1/2 inches (10.6 x 14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy of Arts
Creator:
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British
Date:
1773
Medium:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/8 x 28 1/4 inches (49.2 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. The Opening of the Lecture Theatre of the Marylebone Literary and Scientific Institution, 4th March 1835

The Opening of the Lecture Theatre of the Marylebone Literary and Scientific Institution, 4th March 1835
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Mann Baynes, 1794–1854, British
Date:
after 1835
Medium:
Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 inches (37.5 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. The Procession of the Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

The Procession of the Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
Creator:
Richard Cooper the Younger, 1740–1814, British
Date:
1782
Medium:
Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/4 x 54 1/4 inches (50.2 x 137.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Life School at the Royal Academy

Life School at the Royal Academy
Creator:
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British
Date:
1773
Medium:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 5/8 x 28 7/8 inches (52.4 x 73.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Monumentum hoc ad austrum in choro Ecclesiae cathedralis Worcestiae positum

Monumentum hoc ad austrum in choro Ecclesiae cathedralis Worcestiae positum
Creator:
Print made by James Basire the younger, 1769–1822, British
Date:
undated
Medium:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 13/16 inches (22.2 × 17.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection