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Prints and Drawings 253

Creator

Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 23
Linnell, John, 1729–1796 16
Ward, James, 1769–1859 14
Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618–1680 13
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846 11
Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784 10
DeWint, Peter, 1784–1849 9
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 8
Wilson, Richard, 1713–1782 7
Smith, John Raphael, 1752–1812 6
Unknown artist 6
Copley, John Singleton, 1738–1815 5
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 5
Richardson, Jonathan the Elder, 1667–1745 4
Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753–1827 3
Brabazon, Hercules Brabazon, 1821–1906 3
Burne-Jones, Edward, 1833–1898 3
Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825 3
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646–1723 3
Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802–1873 3
Mulready, William, 1786–1863 3
Opie, John, 1761–1807 3
Poynter, Edward John, 1836–1919 3
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 3
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 3
Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785–1841 3
Zoffany, Johann, 1733–1810 3
Burney, Edward Francis, 1760–1848 2
Constable, John, 1776–1837 2
Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842 2

Date

From

To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 252
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery 1

Image Use

Free to Use 253

Image Available

available 253

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 1

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 243
Prints 9
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 1

Collective Title

Studies of, 167 Drawings, and 1 Print, for Oil Paintings, by Benjamin R. Haydon 9
Little Liber, or Sequels to the Liber Studiorum 2
Album of Trinidad 1
Eclogues of Virgil 1
English Version 1
Italian Sketchbook 1
The Blind Fiddler 1
The Tempest 1
The Tragedy of Macbeth 1

Period

19th century 96
18th century 84
18th century-19th century 42
17th century 15
19th century-20th century 8
17th century-18th century 5
20th century 3

Materials & Techniques

white chalk 253

black chalk 195
wove paper 141
laid paper 112
graphite 101
red chalk 57
watercolor 23
gray wash 19
stumping 17
gouache 13
black ink 11
pastel 10
brown wash 9
blue chalk 8
brown ink 7
brown chalk 6
pen 6
etching (printing process) 5
ground (material) 5
black wash 4
squaring (transferring technique) 4
white gouache 4
drypoint 3
ink 3
retouching 3
scraping out 3
card 2
charcoal 2
gray ink 2
gum 2

Height [cm]

From

To

Width [cm]

From

To

Work Type

drawing 246
watercolor 41
intaglio print 9
sketchbook 1

Genre

figure study 73
landscape 73
portrait 54
genre subject 40
architectural subject 22
animal art 19
religious and mythological subject 12
marine art 7
cityscape 6
literary theme 6
sporting art 4
historical subject 3
still life 3
anatomical study 2
botanical subject 2
military art 1

Subject Terms

landscape 68
figure study 63
portrait 56
trees 40
genre subject 30
man 30
woman 23
architectural subject 19
men 19
animal art 17
river 17
figures 16
hand 15
children 11
religious and mythological subject 11
clouds 10
mountains 10
studies (visual works) 10
study (visual work) 10
women 10
buildings 9
sea 9
Grand Tour 8
boats 8
hat 8
horse (animal) 8
path 8
sitting 8
beach 7
church 7

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 32
Europe 26
England 23
Italy 11
Lazio 6
Roma 6
Wales 6
Kent 5
Cymru 4
Greater London 4
London 4
Rome 4
Edgware 3
Switzerland 3
Alps 2
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire 2
Derbyshire 2
English Channel 2
Ganges 2
India 2
Tivoli 2
Windsor 2
Ashtead 1
Basilica of St. Kuniberg 1
Bayenturm 1
Beddgelert 1
Bedford Music Hall 1
Beresford Hall 1
Berkshire 1
Bridgnorth 1

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 3
Venus 2
Adonis 1
Ariadne 1
Ariel (character in The Tempest) 1
Bacchus 1
Cornet Nehemiah Winter 1
Fitzherbert, [née Smythe; other married name Weld] Maria Anne (1756–1837), unlawful wife of George IV by a marriage invalid under the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 1
Flora 1
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727–1788), painter and printmaker 1
Galatea 1
Gore, Arthur, First Earl of Arran (1703–1773) 1
Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery (27 July 1851 – 19 November 1890) 1
Jesus 1
Joshua 1
King Duncan (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth) 1
Locke, John (1632–1704), philosopher 1
Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth) 1
Minotaur 1
Miranda (character in The Tempest) 1
Morland, George (1763–1804), landscape and genre painter 1
Prospero (character in The Tempest) 1
Pygmalion 1
Richardson, Jonathan, the elder (1667–1745), portrait painter and writer 1
Sandby, Thomas (bap. 1723, d. 1798), architect and draughtsman 1
Siddons (née Kemble), Sarah (1755–1831), actress 1
Theseus 1
West, Raphael Lamar (1769–1850), history painter 1

Exhibition History

English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17) 17
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 14
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 12
Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's " Cottage Door " (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-10-06 - 2005-12-31) 8
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 7
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 7
Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's " Cottage Door " (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2006-02-11 - 2006-05-14) 7
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 6
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 5
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 5
Gainsborough Drawings - International Exhibitions Foundation (Kimbell Art Museum, 1983-12-17 - 1984-02-19) 4
Gainsborough Drawings - International Exhibitions Foundation (National Gallery of Art, 1983-10-02 - 1983-12-04) 4
James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22) 4
Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-03-06 - 2014-06-01) 4
Thomas Gainsborough (Tate) (Tate Britain, 1980-10-07 - 1981-01-04) 4
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20) 3
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) 3
Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (National Museum Wales, 1983-01-29 - 1983-03-20) 3
Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (Tate Britain, 1982-11-03 - 1983-01-02) 3
Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-04-20 - 1983-06-19) 3
Thomas Gainsborough (Tate) (Musée du Louvre, 1981-02-07 - 1981-04-26) 3
Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05) 3
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 2
British Painting and the European Continent (Haus der Kunst Munich, 1979-11-20 - 1980-01-27) 2
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13) 2
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30) 2
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17) 2
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 2
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) 2
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23) 2

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 191
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 31
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 4
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Professor S.W. Jackman in recognition of his friendship with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, April 1994. 2
Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Paul Walter 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Collection of Matthew Rutenberg 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Diane Nixon in honor of Lowell Libson 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gordon S. Haight 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mitchell Bobkin 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Peter Arms Wick 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and Iola S. Haverstick Fund 1
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of John Goolet 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Lydia Evans Tunnard 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Robert Schoelkopf, B.A. 1951 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, The Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Collection 1

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On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Gloucester Cathedral

1820 to 1825
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The White House (Gould's Farm Luppitt)

ca. 1920
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Rome from San Spirito

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Ivy Cottage, Shoreham

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Moeris and Galatea

plate etched between 1880 and 1883; impression printed in 1924
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Rising Moon

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Vine

1852
Accessible in the Study Room
John Constable, 1776–1837

Wooded Slope with a Receding Road

ca. 1805
Accessible in the Study Room
William Hogarth, 1697–1764

Study of a Female Nude

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Catania, Sicily

ca. 1825
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Foul by God: River Landscape with Anglers Fishing From a Weir

ca. 1830
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Mountainous Landscape with Town in Valley

ca. 1840
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Shipping

between 1828 and 1830
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Figures on Margate Beach

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873

Huntsman with Hounds

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Ward, 1769–1859

Windsor Park Paling

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward John Poynter, 1836–1919

Study for an Allegorical Figure of Religion

1895
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward John Poynter, 1836–1919

Sleeping Girl

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Burne-Jones, 1833–1898

Flora

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Ward, 1769–1859

The Beggar's Oak, Bagot's Park, Aug. 12th, 1820 (A Celebrated Ancient... [Read more]

1820
Accessible in the Study Room
James Ward, 1769–1859

Head of a Tiger

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Ward, 1769–1859

A Mare: Possibly a Study for "L'Amour de Cheval", Dated 1827, in the Tate Gallery

1827
Accessible in the Study Room
Peter DeWint, 1784–1849

Pond with Willow Tree and Ducks

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
attributed to John Linnell, 1792–1882

An Old Cabin on the Bank of a River

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
style of Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873

A Dappled Horse in a Stable

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

Beddgelert

1834
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

Llanberis

1813
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839

Landscape with Cottages

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Peter DeWint, 1784–1849

Head of a Girl: Probably a Study of Mrs. De Wint

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
William Haydon Fuge, active ca. 1849–1866

Archdeacon Forster

1853
Accessible in the Study Room
William Haydon Fuge, active ca. 1849–1866

Rev. Charles Forster

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

Portrait of Thomas Sandby, R.A., the Artist's Brother

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788

Wooded Landscape with Herdsmen and Cattle, Buildings on a Hill, and Rustic Lovers

ca. 1770
Accessible in the Study Room
James Ward, 1769–1859

Studies of Dogs lying down

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812

George Morland

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
William Mulready, 1786–1863

Sketch of Two Figures in an Interior: One Seated, One Standing

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Jackson, 1778–1831

Portrait of Benjamin West, P.R.A

1814
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788

Study of a Goat

late 1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to Sir Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873

Sheep Dog Sleeping

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Opie, 1761–1807

Reclining Female Nude

1793
Accessible in the Study Room
John Opie, 1761–1807

Standing Classical Female Figure

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Opie, 1761–1807

Standing Classical Male Figure with Spear

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788

A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool

ca. 1780
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Armitage, 1817–1896

Drawing for "Retribution"

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906

Mrs. Siddons

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
William Mulready, 1786–1863

Drawing for The First Voyage

ca. 1833
Accessible in the Study Room
William Mulready, 1786–1863

An Alley with a Passage through a House

between 1805 and 1809
Accessible in the Study Room
William Leighton Leitch, 1804–1883

Castallemare

1836
Accessible in the Study Room
Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745

Self-Portrait

ca. 1730
Accessible in the Study Room
John Greenhill, 1644–1676

Portrait of Phillip Woolrich (born 1628)

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

Near Edgware Road, London

1806
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

Edgware Road, London

1806
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

Folkestone

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

A Barge

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810

John Flaxman

1778
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

Pike Pool, Beresford Hall, Derbyshire

1814
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827

Bridge over Pool at Llanrwst

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Unidentified Sitter

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

Millbank

1806
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

Mountain View in North Wales

1813
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

Unloading Grain

1806
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

Scene in Kent

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Ward, 1769–1859

Study from Nature, One of the Children of Charity for the Large Picture of the... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841

Garden of Gethsemane

1841
Accessible in the Study Room
William Blake Richmond, 1842–1921

Standing Girl Holding an Object

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782

Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

1754
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782

The Arbra Sacra on the Banks of Lake Nemi

between 1754 and 1756
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782

The Via Nomentana

1754
Accessible in the Study Room
Benjamin West, 1738–1820

Artist's Son Writing

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784

Costume Study for a Portrait of a Man

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
William Blake Richmond, 1842–1921

Portrait of a Gentleman

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815

Figure Study for the Painting of the Victory of Lord Duncan: Study for... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815

Figure Study for the Painting of Victory of Lord Duncan: Study for the Figure of... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815

Study for the Central Group in the "Death of Earl of Chatham"

1778
Accessible in the Study Room
John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815

Study for Captain William George Fairfax for the Painting "The Victory... [Read more]

ca. 1798
Accessible in the Study Room
William Daniell, 1769–1837

Harwich, Essex

ca. 1820
Accessible in the Study Room
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812

Thomas Gainsborough, R.A

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
attributed to Peter DeWint, 1784–1849

Building a Stack (Study for Carrying Hay)

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870

Cologne on the Rhine

1824
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734

Portrait bust of a man in full-length wig

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Woman wearing a Feathered Headdress

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Coplestone Warre Bampfylde, 1719–1791

In the Gardens at Stourhead

after 1772
Accessible in the Study Room
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784

Study for a Portrait of a Seated Gentleman

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841

On the Pier, Calais

ca. 1810
Accessible in the Study Room
John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812

Lady on a Terrace Tending a Carnation Plant

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Hablot Knight Browne, 1815–1882

One of eighteen designs for a series of plates illustrating Venus... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782

Shepherd Seated Under a Tree

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815

Study of Sailors Raising a Flag for the Victory of Lord Duncan

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to George Vertue, 1684–1756

Portrait of John Dixon, Facing Right

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Benjamin West, 1738–1820

A Christening in Chevening Church, Kent

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Benjamin West, 1738–1820

Costume Study for the Portrait of a Lady

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782

The Falls at Tivoli

between 1752 and 1757
Accessible in the Study Room
Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745

Self-Portrait

ca. 1733
Accessible in the Study Room
Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745

Portrait of Jonathan Richardson the Younger

1733
Accessible in the Study Room
William Taverner, 1703–1772

Landscape with a Distant Classical Building and a Man Fishing

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810

A River by a Rocky Bank with Figures, Possibly in India

between 1783 and 1789
Accessible in the Study Room
James Ward, 1769–1859

Study of a Calf

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Ward, 1769–1859

Study of the Head of a Ram

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784

Head of a Young Woman or Man

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784

Margaret Ramsay, the Artist's Second Wife (Died 1782)

1754

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