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Prints and Drawings
3,236
Rare Books and Manuscripts
2,767
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Unknown artist
866
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
521
Bruce, James, 1730–1794
210
Heath, James, 1757–1834
189
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
143
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727–1785
137
Chelsum, James, 1738–1801
132
Vivares, Francois, 1709–1780
127
Major, Thomas, 1714–1799
109
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
82
Blake, William, 1757–1827
77
Guercino, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, 1591–1666
66
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800
54
Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801
54
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
51
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
50
Darly, Mary, active 1762 –1772
49
Rocque, John, -1762
49
Maurer, John, active 1713–1761
41
Christie, Mr. (James), 1730–1803
40
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3,341
Under Certain Circumstances
2,662
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3,156
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2,847
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2023-2024
14
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Prints
3,220
Books
2,264
Maps & Atlas (printed)
148
Drawings & Watercolors
122
Archives & Manuscripts
121
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
57
Periodicals
23
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
15
Articles & Chapters
3
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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Music (printed)
3
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Dissertations & Theses
1
Paintings
1
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Rare Books
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unknown
3,631
male
2,775
female
105
Collective Title
A Book of Sundry Prints
111
Young's Night Thoughts
38
Etchings by the Late Richard Gough, Esq.
35
Gilpin's Day
23
A Select Collection of English Songs
17
Gymnastics for Youth
11
An Account of some Ancient Monuments in Westminster Abbey
7
Vetusta Monumenta
7
Geometrical Plan of his Majesty's Dockyard
6
Caricatures
5
English History Delineated
4
Two Volumes of, 187 Drawings and Manuscripts, Including, 4 Etchings
4
Collection of Prints by Notable Dilettanti
2
William Maitland, History of London from its Foundation to the Present Time
2
Album of Prints after Old Master Drawings
1
Constitutions of Masonry
1
Eight Views of Northern England
1
Geometrical Plan of His Majesty's Dockyard
1
Peregrine Pickle
1
Prints in Imitation of Drawings
1
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18th century
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19th century
104
20th century
30
17th century
24
16th century
13
15th century
8
21st century
1
Materials & Techniques
stipple engraving
397
line engraving
284
mezzotint
185
etching (printing process)
45
brown wash
15
watercolor
11
chiaroscuro woodcut
10
hand coloring
9
graphite
8
ceramic (material)
7
throwing (pottery technique)
7
aquatint
5
gray wash
5
laid paper
5
wood
3
wood engraving (process)
3
wove paper
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brown ink
2
pen
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Engraving
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intaglio print
602
engraving
389
etching
187
aquatint
143
auction catalog
142
armorial bookplates (provenance)
137
map
122
wood engraving
81
drawing book
78
watercolor
65
handbooks and manual
46
annotations (provenance)
41
ticket
41
ephemera
39
atlase
37
woodcut
35
ink drawing
34
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
33
early work
30
botanical illustration
27
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religious and mythological subject
198
portrait
196
genre subject
144
literary theme
100
historical subject
27
animal art
21
architectural subject
20
military art
19
figure study
16
landscape
14
sporting art
11
cityscape
8
cartographic material
3
marine art
3
anatomical study
1
botanical subject
1
Subject Terms
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770-1859 -- Bookplate.
120
London Institution -- Ownership.
113
Upcott, William, 1779-1845 -- Autograph.
113
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
109
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
105
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
80
Drawing -- Technique.
79
Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
76
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
71
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
62
Great Britain -- Description and travel.
60
Painting -- Early works to 1800.
49
portrait
49
Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800.
44
Painting, British -- Catalogs.
37
Decorative arts -- Catalogs.
36
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
36
Building -- Early works to 1800.
32
Drawing, British -- Catalogs.
28
Rocque, John -- Publisher.
28
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18th century
185
19th century
46
17th century
24
16th century
7
11th century
2
15th century
2
17th-18th centuries
2
12th century
1
15th and 16th centuries
1
18th centtury
1
20th century
1
Alfred, 871-899
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
530
England
294
London
168
London (England)
106
France
64
Italy
48
Scotland
30
Wales
30
United States
27
Europe
26
Ireland
24
United Kingdom
24
Oxford (England)
23
Bath (England)
22
Dublin (Ireland)
22
Westminster (London, England)
17
Paris
16
Edinburgh (Scotland)
15
Cambridge (England)
14
London Region (England)
14
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
38
Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793
20
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
15
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
11
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
9
Mead, Richard, 1673–1754
6
Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of, 1656–1733
6
Bachaumont, Louis Petit de, 1690–1771
5
Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749
5
Cook, James, 1728–1779
5
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
5
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
5
Hare, Francis, 1671–1740
5
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
5
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
5
Raphael, 1483–1520
5
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669
5
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641
5
Vitruvius Pollio
5
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753–1813
4
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Exhibition History
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
54
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
54
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
44
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
17
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
16
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
13
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
12
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
12
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
8
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
8
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
7
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
7
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
6
Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31)
5
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12)
5
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30)
5
Francis Hayman (Kenwood House, 1987-06-24 - 1987-09-30)
5
Francis Hayman (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-04-01 - 1987-05-31)
5
Rembrandt in Eighteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-10-19 - 1983-12-30)
5
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
5
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
3,002
Yale Center for British Art
50
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection
50
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection
30
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)
21
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
14
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960
10
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
9
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Korn
9
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James N. Spencer and Kathleen Moretto Spencer
7
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth
7
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Ralph Kirkpatrick, Yale MA (HON.) 1965
7
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles
5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Lyall Dean, Mrs. Borden Helmer, and the Estate of Bliss Reed Crocker in memory of Mr and Mrs. Edward Bliss Reed, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
5
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
5
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of the Library Associates
5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Korn
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English
2,378
French
178
Latin
51
Italian
32
German
28
Dutch
21
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Spanish
3
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Japanese
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1
Elamite
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Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Hudibras Vanquished by Trulla
2
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
William Hogarth
1764
3
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
The Four Stages of Cruelty: Cruelty in Perfection (The Murderer)
1751
4
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Painting of Pharoah's Daughter and Moses in the Foundling Hospital
1752
5
Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Simon, Lord Lovat
6
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Hudibras Triumphant (no.4)
7
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Hudibras Sallying Forth (no.2)
8
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Hudibras's First Adventure (no.3)
9
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Hudibras Catechiz'd (no.9)
10
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Hudibras in Tribulation (no.6)
11
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Burning ye Rumps at Temple-Barr (no.11)
12
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Hudibras Vanquish'd by Trulla (no.5)
13
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Large Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras: Hudibras and the Skimmington (no.12)
14
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Frontispiece and its Explanation (no.1)
1726
15
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Hudibras Encounters the Skimmington (no.12)
16
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Pit Ticket
1759
17
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Fair Scene
1733
18
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Beer Street
1751
19
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Paul before Felix
20
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
The Distressed Poet
1740
21
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III
1746
22
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Prospectus print "Crown & Mitre"
1754
23
William Blake, 1757–1827
Beggar's Opera, Act III
1790
24
William Blake, 1757–1827
May-Day in London
1784
25
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'And vapid; sense and reason shew the door' (Page 72)
1797
26
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)
1797
27
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)
1797
28
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)
1797
29
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul' (Page 90)
1797
30
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)
1797
31
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)
1797
32
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Christian Triumph; Title Page
1797
33
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)
1797
34
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)
1797
35
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)
1797
36
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)
1797
37
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)
1797
38
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)
1797
39
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Second. On Time, Death, and Friendship; Title Page (Page 17)
1797
40
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)
1797
41
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)
1797
42
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)
1797
43
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Love, and love only, is the loan for love' (Page 37)
1797
44
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'One radiant mark, – the death-bed of the just' (Page 41)
1797
45
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page
1797
46
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Where sense runs savage broke from reason's chain' (Page 46)
1797
47
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)
1797
48
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades' (Page 55)
1797
49
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)
1797
50
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)
1797
51
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)
1797
52
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)
1797
53
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)
1797
54
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'When faith is virtue, reason makes it so' (Page 92)
1797
55
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Draw the dire steel? – ah no! – the dreadful blessing' (Page 73)
1797
56
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Swift on his downy pinion flies from woe' (Page 1)
1797
57
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Behold him, when past by; what then is seen' (Page 25)
1797
58
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)
1797
59
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31)
1797
60
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)
1797
61
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Angels should paint it, angels ever there' (Page 40)
1797
62
William Blake, 1757–1827
Original Wrapper to The Book of Thel
1789
63
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Complaint, and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts
1797
64
George Romney, 1734–1802
Figure Composition Study 20
undated
65
James Lewis, 1751–1820
Drawings of Classical Ornament (A Volume)
1771-1772
66
Isaac Johnson, 1754–1835
Earlham House, Norfolk (Album of 22 designs and surveys of Edward Bacon's seat at Earlham)
undated
67
Henry Kingsbury, active 1750–1780
The Beggar and his Dog
68
Thomas Milton, 1742/1743–1827
Lucan-House
1783
69
William Watts, 1752–1851
Heveningham Hall, in Suffolk, the Seat of Sir Gerard William Vanneck Bartholomew
1782
70
Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Near Plymouth with the Ordinance Wharfe..
1756
71
unknown artist
Moll King (Broadside Engraved Portrait of the Notorious Mistress of King's Coffee-House in Covent Garden...)
undated
72
Print made by Isaac Basire, 1704–1768
Cherokee Delegation to England
1730, printed ca. 1748
73
Samuel Buck, 1696–1779
The Southwest view of Hertsmonceux Castle in the County of Sussex
74
James Bruce, 1730–1794
Title page for a set of drawings entitled "The Ruins of Paesto"
75
unknown artist
Pearls
1789
76
James Heath, 1757–1834
Rhinoceros of Africa
1789
77
Archibald Robertson, 1748–1788
No. 5 and No. 6 in the 8 stages of growth of the Surinam Frog
1769
78
James Heath, 1757–1834
Lynx
1789
79
James Heath, 1757–1834
Jerboa
1789
80
James Heath, 1757–1834
Ashkoko
1789
81
James Heath, 1757–1834
Tsaltsalya / El Adda
1789
82
James Heath, 1757–1834
Cerastes
1789
83
Print made by James Heath, 1757–1834
Tortoise
1789
84
James Heath, 1757–1834
Binny
1790
85
James Heath, 1757–1834
Abba Gumba
1789
86
James Heath, 1757–1834
Nisser Werk
1789
87
James Heath, 1757–1834
No. 1 - A Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum
1771-1789
88
James Bruce, 1730–1794
No. 1 Temple of Ceres Legitera
89
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Paesto 2nd period
90
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Posidonia: 1st period
91
James Heath, 1757–1834
Fennec
1789
92
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Coins of Juba I and II
93
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Graphite drawing of 6 coins
94
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Coins of Juba II and Ptolemay [sic]
95
Thomas Worlidge, 1700–1766
Self Portrait
1752
96
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Folia Prima
97
Archibald Robertson, 1748–1788
No. 3 and 4 in the 8 stages of growth of the Surinam Frog
1796
98
Archibald Robertson, 1748–1788
No.1 and No. 2 in the 8 stages of growth of the Surinam Frog
1796
99
Archibald Robertson, 1748–1788
No. 7 and No. 8 in the 8 stages of growth of the Surinam Frog
1796
100
James Heath, 1757–1834
Hyoena
1790
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