Genre: religious and mythological subject / Subject Terms: science

1. The Rock of Salvation

Creator:: Samuel Colman, 1780–1845, British
Date:: 1837
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/8 x 29 1/4 inches (61.3 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. The Deluge

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854, British
Date:: 1834
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 66 1/4 x 101 3/4 inches (168.3 x 258.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Pool of Bethesda

Creator:: Robert Bateman, 1842–1922, British
Date:: 1877
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 × 29 inches (50.8 × 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Last Judgement (study)

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854, British
Date:: between 1851 and 1853
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 3/4 x 12 inches (19.7 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854, British
Date:: ca. 1840
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 7/8 × 24 5/8 inches (47.9 × 62.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Destruction of the Children of Niobe

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Date:: 1760
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 58 x 74 inches (147.3 x 188 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. 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

8. 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; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 11 1/8 inches (20.3 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. A Spanish Good Friday

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953, British
Date:: 1925
Medium:: Drypoint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/16 x 13 inches (51 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

16. A Young Daughter of the Picts

Creator:: Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, ca. 1533–before 1588, French, active in England from ca.1580.
Date:: ca. 1585
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache, touched with gold on parchment
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 7 3/8 inches (26 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Zoo: Noah's Ark

Creator:: Enid Marx, 1902–1998, British
Date:: 1957
Medium:: Chromolithography
Dimensions:: Sheet: 39 15/16 x 24 15/16 inches (101.4 x 63.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965

18. Jonah Cast Into the Sea (Jonah 1:15)

Creator:: Richard Westall, 1765–1836, British
Date:: before 1835
Medium:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 inches (13.7 x 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. The Good Samaritan

Creator:: Simon François Ravenet, 1706–1774, French, active in Britain
Date:: 1772
Medium:: Line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 22 1/2 inches (48.9 × 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Niobe

Creator:: Print made by William Sharp, 1749–1824, British
Date:: 1792
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 26 1/8 inches (50.2 x 66.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Peter and John Going to the Sepulchre

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813, British
Date:: 1784
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 9/16 x 9 5/8 inches (47.1 x 24.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Three Marys Going to the Sepulchre

Creator:: Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813, British
Date:: 1784
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 7/16 x 9 5/8 inches (46.9 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Ticket: Mr. Cox's Museum

Creator:: Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99)
Date:: 1772
Medium:: Etching and line engraving, with center cut out on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 5 1/4 inches (8.9 × 13.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Rock of Salvation

2. The Deluge

3. The Pool of Bethesda

4. The Last Judgement (study)

5. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

6. The Destruction of the Children of Niobe

7. The Cypress Grove

8. The Fifth Plague of Egypt

9. The Fifth Plague of Egypt

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

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

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

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

14. Hecate

15. A Spanish Good Friday

16. A Young Daughter of the Picts

17. The Zoo: Noah's Ark

18. Jonah Cast Into the Sea (Jonah 1:15)

19. The Good Samaritan

20. Niobe

21. Peter and John Going to the Sepulchre

22. The Three Marys Going to the Sepulchre

23. Ticket: Mr. Cox's Museum