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Frames 1,731
Paintings and Sculpture 22
Rare Books and Manuscripts 10
Prints and Drawings 5

Creator

Unknown framemaker 1,672
Mickelson's, Department of Picture Framing 14
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 10
Pollak, (?) F.A. 10
Foord, & Dickinson, 1859–1899 6
Bell, Niki, 1959– 4
Huguenot, craftsman 4
Langlands, Ben, born 1955 4
Paul, Mitchell Limited 4
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792 3
Allwood, Thomas, ca. 1750–ca.1800 3
Remy, Emile Joseph, ca. 1868–1949 3
Anderson, Hurvin 2
Boullanger,, 19th century 2
Bourdier,, 19th century 2
Gosset, Isaac, 1713–1799 2
Green, Joseph Jr., 1840–1870 2
Joubert,, 19th century 2
Pullan, Tessa, 1953– 2
Smith, Richard, 1931–2016 2
Unknown artist 2
Vialls, Thomas, 1719–1781 2
Woolner, Thomas, 1825–1892 2
Banerjee, Rina, born 1963 1
Carrig-Rohane, firm 1
Chadwick, Helen, 1953–1996 1
Cragg, Tony, Sir, born 1949 1
Crawhall, Joseph, 1861–1913 1
Dino, framemaker 1
Eade, & Saunders 1

Date

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On-site Access

Not on view 20
Accessible in the Study Room 15
On view 2

Image Use

Free to Use 957
Under Certain Circumstances 811

Image Available

available 1,702
unavailable 66

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 3

Classification

Frames 1,731
Sculptures 17
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 10
Paintings 3
Drawings & Watercolors 2
Models 2
Prints 2
Photographs 1

Collective Title

Period

20th century 655
18th century 638
19th century 248
18th century-19th century 112
19th century-20th century 44
17th century 43
17th century-18th century 19
21st century 5
15th century 1
16th century 1
20th century-21st century 1

Materials & Techniques

wood 1,768

gold leaf 1,586
original gilding 956
water gilding 930
oil gilding 696
compo 684
later gilding 610
patinating 597
regilding 183
canvas 81
Dutch metal leaf 77
painting (coating) 76
gilding 52
parcel gilding 46
ebonizing 35
burnishing (polishing) 31
bronze paint 19
lacquering 19
paint 15
sanding (coating) 15
oak 13
staining 13
silver leaf 12
gesso 11
punching 10
wood engraving (process) 10
polishing 9
bronze 8
pine 8
Dutch leaf 7

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Work Type

frame 1,731
sculpture 17
wood blocks (printing blocks) 10
statuette 5
medallion 3
painting 3
bench 2
drawing 2
planographic print 2
watercolor 2
misericord 1
photograph 1

Genre

abstract art 8
portrait 6
architectural subject 4
sporting art 4
still life 3
animal art 2
figure study 1
landscape 1
religious and mythological subject 1

Subject Terms

frame alteration: no alteration 898
frame cross-section: Concave 508
frame status: Out of period 399
frame alteration: yes 345
frame status: Reproduction of non-period frame 327
frame style: Neoclassical 271
frame alteration: probably not 232
frame status: Contemporary 224
frame cross-section: Ogee with frieze 168
frame style: 'Carlo Maratta' frame 159
frame feature: Rare pattern 150
frame feature: One of a pair 144
frame style: Neoclassical style 140
frame status: Original 134
frame style: Louis XIV style 130
frame status: Possibly original 123
frame alteration: possibly 122
frame cross-section: Concave with frieze 113
frame cross-section: Concave with ogee 113
frame style: 'Carlo Maratta' style 109
frame alteration: probably 106
frame feature: Alteration evidence 103
frame status: Custom-made for painting 93
frame status: Probably original 92
frame status: Reproduction of contemporary frame 85
frame cross-section: Architrave 80
frame cross-section: Entablature 76
frame style: Rococo 75
frame status: Period 67
frame status: Reproduction of period style frame 65

Subject Period

Associated Places

Argyllshire 1
India 1
Scotland 1

Associated People

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) 1
Etty, William (1787–1849), painter 1
Jupiter (Roman deity) 1
Martin, Sir James (1820–1886), politician and judge in Australia 1
Nasmyth, Patrick (1787–1831), landscape painter 1
Richard II, King of England, 1367–1400 1
Saint George (c. 275/281–303) 1
Wentworth, William Charles (1790–1872), politician and landowner in Australia 1

Exhibition History

Taste & Beauty in Three Dimensions: Paul Mellon and British Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-10-23 - 2004-02-15) 2
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 2
20th Century Paintings and Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-27 - 2000-04-30) 1
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 1
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 1
Recent Acquisitions - Summer 2005 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-05-19 - 2006-08-14) 1
Revisiting Traditions [BAC 20th century painting & sculpture] (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-04-30 - 2005-05-18) 1
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) 1
Victorian Landscape Watercolors (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 1993-02-11 - 1993-04-12) 1
Victorian Landscape Watercolors (The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1992-11-18 - 1993-01-03) 1
Victorian Landscape Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-09-09 - 1992-11-01) 1
Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art 1,730
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 7
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 4
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gordon VeneKlasen 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields 2
Yale Center for British Art, Iola S. Haverstick Fund 2
22892149340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22892154240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22892156710008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22892156750008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22892157400008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22892163340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22892163620008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22892163640008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22892163730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22892165870008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Louise P. Stanton 1
Yale Center for British Art, Director's Discretionary Fund 1
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund, and Paul Mellon Fund 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gerald W. and Jean W. Bush 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc. 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lynn W. and G. F. Robert Hanke, Yale BA 1960 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Brian Allen, Director of Studies, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (1993-2012) 1
Yale Center for British Art, Purchased through the generosity of Allison K. and Larry Berg; Laura and James Duncan, Yale BA 1975; Adam R. Rose, Yale BA 1981 and Peter R. McQuillan; and Yale University Art Gallery, Heinz Family Endowed Fund 1

Language

English 1

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Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

April 1950 (goblets)

1950
William Etty, 1787–1849

Self-Portrait

1823
Joe Tilson, 1928–2023

Zikkurat 4, Spectrum

1967
Accessible in the Study Room
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

Tree

not after 1828
unknown framemaker

British, Palladian frame

late 18th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

The bald knight

1818?
Thomas Woolner, 1825–1892

William Charles Wentworth

1854
Thomas Woolner, 1825–1892

Sir Charles Nicholson

1854
unknown framemaker

Italian, (Neapolitan?), cassetta frame

17th century
Accessible in the Study Room
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828

Jupiter and the herdsman

1818?
unknown framemaker

British, Rococo style frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

British, 'Whistler' frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

British, Neoclassical Revival frame

1st half of 19th century
unknown framemaker

British, Louis XVI style frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

British (?), Italian cassetta style frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

British Neoclassical style frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

British Louis XIV style frame

2nd quarter of 18th century
unknown framemaker

British, Box frame, frame

mid-20th century
unknown framemaker

British, Neoclassical frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

French, Neoclassical frame

late 18th to early 19th century
unknown framemaker

French (?), Louis XVI style frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

British, Louis XVI style frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

British, Louis XVI style frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

British, 'Carlo Maratta' style frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

British or American (?) Neoclassical style frame

2nd half of 20th century
unknown framemaker

British, 'Carlo Maratta' style frame

mid-20th century
unknown framemaker

British, 'Carlo Maratta' style frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

British (?), Neoclassical style frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

British, Bolection moulding frame

2nd half of 20th century
probably Foord & Dickinson, 1859–1899

British artist's frame

3rd quarter of 19th century
Perhaps Foord & Dickinson, 1859–1899

British, Artist's frame

last third of 19th century
unknown framemaker

British Neoclassical style frame

20th century
Foord & Dickinson, 1859–1899

British, Artist's frame

last third of 19th century
Foord & Dickinson, 1859–1899

British, Artist's frame

last third of 19th century
unknown framemaker

British (?), Neoclassical style frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

British, Neoclassical style frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

British, 'Carlo Maratta' frame

4th quarter of 18th century
unknown framemaker

British, box frame

late 20th century
unknown framemaker

British, Neoclassical style frame

20th century
unknown framemaker

British, Artist's frame

2nd half of 20th century

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