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Prints and Drawings 2,467

Creator

Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 307
Unknown artist 155
Romney, George, 1734–1802 131
Smith, John, 1652–1743 97
Lens, Bernard II, 1659–1725 87
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812–1852 69
Pugin, Augustus Charles, 1762–1832 68
Gaudier-Brzeska, Henri, 1891–1915 67
Keene, Charles Samuel, 1823–1891 67
Smith, John Raphael, 1752–1812 67
Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794 60
Haid, Johann Jacobus, 1704–1767 59
Hoppner, John, 1758–1810 51
Watson, James, 1740–1790 46
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 39
Foster, Myles Birket, 1825–1899 34
Mercier, Philippe, 1691–1760 34
Turner, Charles, 1774–1857 33
Gole, Jacob, 1660–1737 32
Faber, John the Younger, ca. 1695–1756 31
Haid, Johann Lorenz, 1702–1750 30
Leopold, Johann Christian, 1699–1755 30
Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista, 1682–1754 30
Boydell, John, 1720–1804 28
Jones, John, ca. 1745–1797 27
McArdell, James, ca. 1729–1765 27
Dickinson, William, 1746–1823 26
Arnald, George, 1763–1841 24
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815 24
Rijn, Rembrandt van, 1606–1669 24

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To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 2,462
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery 3
On view 2

Image Use

Free to Use 2,467

Image Available

available 2,467

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Prints 1,718
Drawings & Watercolors 610
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 113
Photographs 19
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures 6
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 1

Collective Title

Album of Original Sketches by Sir Joshua Reynolds 78
[One of] Sixty-seven sheets of elevations, ground plans, and ornamentation from several Gothic structures. One loose drawing. 67
Charles Keene Sketchbook 66
Sketchbook II 34
Italian Sketchbook 11
Morocco Bound Album 11
Views of Sezincote House 10
The Vicar of Wakefield 9
Studies from a Life Drawing Class 8
The Tragedy of Macbeth 8
Rural Life 7
Studies for Decorations for the Cave of the Golden Calf 7
Twelve Characters from Shakespeare 6
Illustrations of the Bible 5
London Zoo Studies 5
Studies of Trees 5
The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice 5
A Midsummer Night's Dream 4
As You Like It 4
Illustrations of the New Testament 4
Liber Studiorum 4
Little Liber, or Sequels to the Liber Studiorum 4
Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man 4
The Life of Sir John Falstaff 4
Restes et Fragments d'Architecture du Moyen Age 3
Romeo and Juliet 3
The Five Senses 3
The Life of Timon of Athens 3
The Months 3
The Winter's Tale 3

Period

18th century 1,097
19th century 704
17th century-18th century 253
17th century 150
18th century-19th century 112
20th century 110
19th century-20th century 14
16th century-17th century 1

Materials & Techniques

laid paper 1,452
mezzotint 1,222
wove paper 715
graphite 476
etching (printing process) 257
brown ink 216
watercolor 168
black ink 152
stipple engraving 137
pen 108
gouache 75
line engraving 65
black chalk 63
gray wash 55
aquatint 35
white chalk 31
red chalk 30
brown wash 29
chine collé 24
white gouache 22
salted paper processes 19
gray ink 16
hand coloring 16
lithography 16
pink ink 15
brown chalk 14
soft-ground etching 13
pastel 12
violet pigment 12
gum arabic 11

Height [cm]

From

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Width [cm]

From

To

Work Type

intaglio print 1,497
drawing 724
watercolor 218
planographic print 25
photograph 19
frontispiece 7
relief print 6
miniature 5
architectural subject 1

Genre

portrait 698
genre subject 598
religious and mythological subject 321
figure study 310
literary theme 218
architectural subject 187
landscape 165
animal art 80
historical subject 60
cityscape 55
abstract art 51
military art 33
marine art 32
sporting art 20
still life 19
botanical subject 5
cartographic material 2

Subject Terms

genre subject 340
portrait 323
religious and mythological subject 307
figure study 277
woman 251
man 200
trees 199
men 183
literary theme 158
architectural subject 156
landscape 144
costume 127
women 116
curls 114
Christianity 112
dress 98
clouds 97
child 85
cloak 78
plays by William Shakespeare 72
gaze 70
posing 68
Vorticism 67
hat 67
Gothic (Medieval) 66
figure 66
hats 63
nude 61
sitting 61
wings 61

Subject Period

Associated Places

Europe 73
United Kingdom 61
England 50
Monmouthshire 38
Raglan Castle 38
France 24
Italy 18
Wells 17
London 16
Rome 15
Meuse 11
Glastonbury 10
Greater London 9
Scotland 9
City of Westminster 8
The Cave of the Golden Calf 8
Wales 8
Belgium 6
Cymru 6
Lazio 6
Rouen 5
Île-de-France 5
Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame 4
Dinant 4
Greece 4
India 4
Namur 4
Paris 4
Roman Forum 4
Seine 4

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 248
Venus 30
Cupid 28
Jesus 24
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE) 24
Adonis 23
The Virgin Mary 21
saint 15
Mary 10
Sir John Falstaff 10
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright 9
Mary Magdalene, Saint (early 1st c. AD – mid-late 1st c. AD) 9
Othello (character in Othello, the Moor of Venice) 9
Bacchus 8
God 7
Juno 7
Desdemona (character in Othello) 6
Diana 6
Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton (bap. 1765, d. 1815), social celebrity and artist's model 6
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 6
Joseph 6
Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth) 6
Psyche 6
Susanna 6
The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth) 6
Hebe 5
Holofernes 5
John the Baptist (c. 6 BC–c. AD 36) 5
Judith 5
Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet) 5

Exhibition History

Drawings by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-02-04 - 1987-03-29) 67
Fancy Pieces - Genre Mezzotints by Robert Robinson & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1994-11-19 - 1995-01-29) 41
Darkness Into Light - The Early Mezzotint (Yale University Art Gallery, 1976-02-03 - 1976-04-11) 36
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) 35
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22) 29
Rembrandt in Eighteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-10-19 - 1983-12-30) 16
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 15
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 10
John Copley 1875-1950 (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-06 - 1990-04-01) 9
Victorian Landscape Watercolors (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 1993-02-11 - 1993-04-12) 9
Victorian Landscape Watercolors (The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1992-11-18 - 1993-01-03) 9
Victorian Landscape Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-09-09 - 1992-11-01) 9
The Creative Printmaker (Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1986-03-05 - 1986-04-20) 8
The Creative Printmaker (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-07-09 - 1985-09-01) 8
The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01) 8
Into the Night : Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art (Barbican Art Gallery, 2019-10-04 - 2020-01-19) 7
Into the Night : Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art (Belvedere Museum, 2020-02-14 - 2020-06-01) 7
Sun, Wind, and Rain - The Art of David Cox (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 2009-01-31 - 2009-05-03) 7
Sun, Wind, and Rain - The Art of David Cox (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-10-16 - 2009-01-04) 7
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23) 7
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 7
Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22) 7
20th Century Works on Paper (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-27 - 2000-04-30) 5
Circa 1701 : Printed Portraits from the Time of Elihu Yale (Yale University Art Gallery, 2000-12-19 - 2001-04-01) 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
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 5
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06) 5
The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09) 5
Three Centuries of Comic Art-Eighteenth Century Satire: John Collet (Museum of Art and Archaelogy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998-06-06 - 1998-08-23) 5

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2,467

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

Paestum

between 1820 and 1826
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

A Classical City

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Oberon and Titania

1837
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Chepstow Castle on the Wye

undated
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790

The Pretty Ballad Singer

1769
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Print made by William Say, 1768–1834

Cupid and Psyche

1816
Accessible in the Study Room
John Constable, 1776–1837

Male Nude

1808
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764

Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III

1746
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Windsor

ca. 1798
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Gloucester Cathedral

between 1820 and 1826
Accessible in the Study Room
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

The Drawing of the Clyde

1809
Accessible in the Study Room
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Rispah: 2nd Book of Samuel, Chap. 21

1812
Accessible in the Study Room
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Marine Dabblers

1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Winchelsea, Sussex

1812
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Shields Lighthouse

between 1820 and 1826
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Ship in a Storm

between 1820 and 1826
On view
William Blake, 1757–1827

The Gambols of Ghosts According with Their Affections Previous to the Final Judgment

1805 to 1808
On view
William Blake, 1757–1827

The Laocoön, for Rees's Cyclopædia

1815
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Rev. John Caspar Lavater

1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

Spring, from Songs of Innocence

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827

The Shepherd, from Songs of Innocence

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

King Lear in the Storm

ca. 1761
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Manuscript Notes

1773
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Manuscript Notes

1773
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Manuscript Notes

1773
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Manuscript Notes

1773
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Manuscript Notes

1773
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Manuscript Notes

1773
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Manuscript Notes

1773
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Manuscript Notes

1773
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Manuscript Notes

1773
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Manuscript Notes

1773
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Manuscript Notes

1773
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Study 7

mid-1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 3

1793-1794
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 6

1795-1796
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 8

1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Study 8

ca. 1779
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 9

1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Male Head 1

mid- to late 1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 11

1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Study of a Horse's Forelegs

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 13

mid- to late 1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Study 16

mid-1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Study 9

1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Study 2

mid- to late 1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 21 with a Face

1795-1796
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 24

ca. 1793
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 23

mid-1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Landscape

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 26

ca. 1793-1794
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Study of Leaves 1

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Study of a Cow

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 27

1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Study 3

early 1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 29

mid-1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Two Figure Studies 30

1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Study of Leaves 2

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Three Studies of a Seated Woman

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Two Figure Studies

1793
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Male Head 2

mid-1750s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 35

mid-1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 36

1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 37

1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 38

1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 39

1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Study of Two Seated Figures

1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Study of a Standing Figure

ca. 1790
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 42

ca. 1794-1795
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Study 4

early 1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 43

1795-1796
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Study 1

early 1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 2

early 1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 4

1793
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 5

mid-1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 7

ca. 1794
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 12

mid-1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 14

early 1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 17

1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 18

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 20

mid-1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 22

ca. 1793
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 45

mid-1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 46

mid-1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 47

mid-1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 48

1793
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Study of a Woman

1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Composition of Two Figures

1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Study 11

1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 25

1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 28

1794–1795
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 32

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 31

1795–1796
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 33

ca. 1793
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 34

1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 40

mid-1790s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 41

1795-1796
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 44

1795-1796
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 49

1770s
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Figure Composition Study 50

1770s

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