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Prints and Drawings 148

Creator

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 7
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 6
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 6
Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797 4
Borra, Giovanni Battista, 1713–1770 3
Cosway, Richard, 1742–1821 3
Engleheart, George, 1753–1829 3
Flaxman, John, 1755–1826 3
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 3
Grimm, Samuel Hieronymus, 1733–1794 3
Hearne, Thomas, 1744–1817 3
Lens, Bernard III, 1682–1740 3
Wilson, Richard, 1713–1782 3
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792 2
Blake, William, 1757–1827 2
Brown, John, 1749–1787 2
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796 2
Copley, John Singleton, 1738–1815 2
Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786 2
Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840 2
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 2
Dayes, Edward, 1763–1804 2
Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771 2
Hamilton, Gavin, 1723–1798 2
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 2
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779 2
Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784 2
Richardson, Jonathan the Elder, 1667–1745 2
Rooker, Michael "Angelo", 1746–1801 2
Russell, John, 1745–1806 2

Date

From

To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 146
On view 2

Image Use

Free to Use 148

Image Available

available 148

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 117
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 16
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures 11
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 4

Collective Title

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl 5
Illustrations to the Illiad 2
The Poems of Thomas Gray 2
Views of Windsor Castle 2
Italian Sketchbook 1
The Agreeable Surprise 1
The Tempest 1
Views of Canterbury and Its Environs 1
Views of Canterbury and its Evirons 1

Period

18th century 133
18th century-19th century 13
19th century 2

Materials & Techniques

graphite 96
laid paper 86
watercolor 80
wove paper 49
black ink 43
gray wash 33
pen 32
brown ink 29
gouache 29
gray ink 23
black chalk 17
white chalk 14
brown wash 10
ivory 10
red chalk 9
pastel 5
gum 3
vellum (skin) 3
black wash 2
canvas 2
gold 2
ground (material) 2
oil paint 2
stumping 2
vellum 2
Asian paper 1
blue wash 1
board 1
brown chalk 1
chalk 1

Height [cm]

From

To

Width [cm]

From

To

Work Type

drawing 135
watercolor 111
miniature 11
sketchbook 2
frontispiece 1

Genre

architectural subject 44
landscape 35
portrait 29
genre subject 27
figure study 14
religious and mythological subject 12
cityscape 7
marine art 7
literary theme 5
still life 2
anatomical study 1
animal art 1
botanical subject 1
historical subject 1
military art 1
sporting art 1

Subject Terms

architectural subject 41
landscape 35
trees 33
portrait 29
men 27
genre subject 24
women 24
man 18
Grand Tour 14
children 14
figure study 14
buildings 13
clouds 12
religious and mythological subject 12
figures 11
hills 11
woman 10
dogs (animals) 9
hats 9
horses (animals) 9
mountains 9
river 9
ruins 9
cityscape 7
costume 7
rocks (landforms) 7
bridge (built work) 6
castle 6
country house 6
dog (animal) 6

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 36
England 32
Europe 21
Italy 12
London 10
Lazio 7
Roma 6
Kent 5
Rome 5
Cumbria 4
Ireland 4
Berkshire 3
Campagna 3
France 3
Greater London 3
Windsor Castle 3
Windsor and Maidenhead 3
Albano, Lago 2
Asia 2
Castel Gandolfo 2
Colosseum 2
Dublin 2
Headfort House 2
Kells 2
Oxfordshire 2
Paris 2
Scotland 2
Surrey 2
Thames 2
Tivoli 2

Associated People

Apollo 2
Venus 2
Achilles 1
Aphrodite 1
Ariel (character in The Tempest) 1
Athena 1
Brudenell (née Savile), Lady Frances, (d. 1695) 1
Casamajor, Mary (nee Grant) 1
Cavendish [née Spencer], Georgiana, duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806), political hostess 1
Charlotte (1744–1818), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and queen of Hanover, consort of George III 1
Close, Sir Barry, baronet (1756–1813), army officer in the East India Company and political officer in India 1
Conolly, Thomas (1738–1803), politician 1
Cowslip (character in The Agreeable Surprise) 1
Edwin, John, the elder (1749–1790), actor and singer 1
Elliot, Ann (1743–1769), courtesan and actress 1
George III (1738–1820), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 1
Hector 1
Hera 1
James Tyrell 1
Jefferys, James (1751–1784), historical draughtsman 1
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE) 1
Johnstone, James Hope-, third earl of Hopetoun and de jure fifth earl of Annandale and Hartfell (1741–1816), landowner and army officer 1
Lingo (character in The Agreeable Surprise) 1
Lock, William, the younger (1767–1847), artist 1
Mars 1
Minerva 1
Miranda (character in The Tempest) 1
Paris 1
Paul, the Apostle, St. (c. AD 5–c. AD 67) 1
Ponsonby [née Spencer], Henrietta Frances [Harriet], countess of Bessborough (1761–1821), noblewoman 1

Exhibition History

The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 148

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 36
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 31
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 31
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 20
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17) 17
British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30) 10
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23) 10
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 7
English Drawings and Watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 6
George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Tate Britain, 1984-10-17 - 1985-01-06) 6
George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-02-13 - 1985-04-07) 6
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05) 6
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (National Maritime Museum, 2005-08-25 - 2005-10-25) 6
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02) 6
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) 6
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28) 6
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15) 6
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16) 6
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 6
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 6
Thomas Rowlandson from the Paul Mellon Collection (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2005-04-14 - 2005-06-10) 6
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 5
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 5
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 5
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 5
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 5
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 5
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 5
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20) 5

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 135
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 7
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund and Friends of British Art Fund 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, James W. and Mary C. Fosburgh Collection 1

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Accessible in the Study Room
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Human Figure, Posterior View (Finished Study for an Unpublished Plate)

1795 to 1806
Accessible in the Study Room
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Human Figure, Anterior View, Undissected (Finished Study for Table VI)

1795 to 1806
Accessible in the Study Room
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Human Skeleton, Lateral View (Close to the Final Study for Table III But... [Read more]

Between 1795 and 1806
Accessible in the Study Room
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Tiger Body, Lateral View (Finished Drawing for Unpublished Table;... [Read more]

1795 to 1806
Accessible in the Study Room
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Fowl Body, Lateral View (Highly Finished Study for an Unpublished Table;... [Read more]

between 1795 and 1806
Accessible in the Study Room
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel

ca. 1781
Accessible in the Study Room
William Hogarth, 1697–1764

The First Stage of Cruelty

ca. 1750
Accessible in the Study Room
William Hogarth, 1697–1764

Study of a Female Nude

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

St. Augustine's Gate, Canterbury

ca. 1793
On view
William Blake, 1757–1827

"Cytherea's Day..." (Design 45)

between 1797 and 1798
On view
William Blake, 1757–1827

"To chase the rolling circle's speed..." (Design 17)

between 1797 and 1798
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

John Howard Visiting a Lazaretto

ca. 1790–92
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

A Dutch Packet in a Rising Breeze

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801

A Game of Bowls on the Bowling Green Outside the Bunch of Grapes Inn, Hurst,... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779

Death on a Pale Horse

ca. 1775
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817

A View on the Island of Antigua: the English Barracks and Saint John's Church... [Read more]

ca. 1775
Accessible in the Study Room
Abraham Daniel, died 1806

Portrait of a Gentleman

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840

Tremal Naig's Choultry, Madura

1792
Accessible in the Study Room
John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770

Illustration to the Iliad

between 1760 and 1769
Accessible in the Study Room
George Engleheart, 1753–1829

Portrait of a Gentleman

1787
Accessible in the Study Room
John Flaxman, 1755–1826

Italian Sketchbook, Studies from Florence and Rome, begun 1787

1787
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

The Prize Fight

1787
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

The Meteor of August 18, 1783, as seen from the East Angle of the North Terrace,... [Read more]

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1769–1830

Portrait of William Lock II of Norbury Park, Surrey

ca. 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis Towne, 1740–1816

Lake Windermere

1786
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Healy, 1743–1771

Tom Conolly of Castletown Hunting with His Friends

1769
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Portrait of a Young Man

1764
Accessible in the Study Room
John Opie, 1761–1807

Study of a Classical Female Figure

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740

Victorious Hero Takes Occasion to Conclude Peace

1720
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Patch, 1725–1782

Sketchbook of Portrait Studies

1760s
Accessible in the Study Room
John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770

Admiral Vernon's Monument in Westminster Abbey

ca. 1763
Accessible in the Study Room
John Russell, 1745–1806

A Drawing of a Part for the Map of the Moon

1794
Accessible in the Study Room
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812

Figures by a stream with cattle watering

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Harris, 1770–1834

Men of War Lying off Sheerness

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817

St. James' Park, Summer

1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817

View from Skiddaw over Derwentwater

between 1772 and 1782
Accessible in the Study Room
William Kent, ca.1686–1748

Octagonal Temple at Shotover Park, Oxfordshire: Plan, Section and Elevation

ca. 1738
Accessible in the Study Room
James Gibbs, 1682–1754

Design for an Unidentified Town House: Elevation and Plan

ca. 1720
Accessible in the Study Room
Henry Holland, 1745–1806

Carlton House, Pall Mall, London: Section of the Portico, Hall and Tribune

ca. 1787
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788

Hilly Landscape with Figures Approaching a Bridge

ca. 1763
Accessible in the Study Room
Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798

Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus

between 1760 and 1763
Accessible in the Study Room
Benjamin West, 1738–1820

Design for a Wall of the Chapel of Revealed Religion

ca. 1780
Accessible in the Study Room
Canaletto, 1697–1768

The City of Westminster from Near the York Water Gate

between 1746 and 1747
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

North West View of Wakefield Lodge in Whittlebury Forest, Northamptonshire

1767
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
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
Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801

The Chapel of the Greyfriars Monastery, Winchester

between 1790 and 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
William Alexander, 1767–1816

City of Lin Tsin, Shantung, with a View of the Grand Canal

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758

The Great Gate of St. Augustine's Monastery, Canterbury

1757
Accessible in the Study Room
William Taverner, 1703–1772

Nymphs Bathing in a Wooded Glade

ca. 1765-1770
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

A Lady Copying at a Drawing Table

ca. 1765
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

Roslin Castle, Midlothian

ca. 1780
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734

Design for Ceiling Walls and Staircase

between 1712 and 1713
Accessible in the Study Room
Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758

Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury

1757
Accessible in the Study Room
Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros, 1748–1810

Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum

1779
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to Francis Xavier Vispré, active 1730–1790

Louis François Roubiliac

ca. 1760
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir John Vanbrugh, 1664–1726

Kings Weston, Bristol: Entrance Front Elevation

ca. 1710
Accessible in the Study Room
Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745

Self-Portrait

ca. 1733
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Westall, 1765–1836

Rosebud, or the Judgment of Paris

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir John Soane, 1753–1837

Sketch of a Half-Facade for a Royal Palace, Hyde Park, London

ca. 1779
Accessible in the Study Room
James Jefferys, 1751–1784

Self-Portrait

between 1771 and 1775
Accessible in the Study Room
John Russell, 1745–1806

John Collins of Devizes

1799
Accessible in the Study Room
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784

Head of a Young Woman

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

Study for the Portrait of William Guise

ca. 1761
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797

Portrait of a Man

ca. 1768
Accessible in the Study Room
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770

Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman (African Wild Banana): finished... [Read more]

1765-1770
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801

Donnybrook Fair, 1782

1782
Accessible in the Study Room
Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786

Roman Sketchbook

1746
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798

A View of Boxhill from Norbury Park, Surrey

ca. 1775
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

The North Terrace, Looking East

ca. 1765
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

The Norman Gate and Deputy Governor's House

ca. 1765
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734

Sketch for "The Conversion of St. Paul" for the Dome of St. Paul's Cathedral

between 1709 and 1717
Accessible in the Study Room
Colen Campbell, 1676–1729

Lowther House, Westmorland: Elevation of the Garden Front

between 1718 and 1729
Accessible in the Study Room
William Pars, 1742–1782

A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio

1776
Accessible in the Study Room
John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825

A Hoy and a Lugger with other Shipping on a Calm Sea

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770

View of the Ruined Baths at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli

ca. 1750
Accessible in the Study Room
John Donaldson, 1737–1801

Richard Cooper the Elder

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Dirk Langendyck, 1748–1805

British Troops Disembarking

1799
Accessible in the Study Room
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770

The Members of a Corinthian Temple in Ruins at Ephesus

ca. 1750
Accessible in the Study Room
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770

Stromboli

1750
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Buck, 1696–1779

The South View of Berwick Upon Tweed

ca. 1743-1745
Accessible in the Study Room
George Engleheart, 1753–1829

A Lady of the Blunt Family

ca. 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740

The Reverand Dr. John Harris

1707
Accessible in the Study Room
Andrew Plimer, 1763–1837

Mary and Nathaniel Jefferys

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir John Soane, 1753–1837

Hinton St. George, Somerset: View of the Saloon

1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Adam, 1728–1792

Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor

1771
Accessible in the Study Room
Gavin Hamilton, 1723–1798

Andromache Mourning the Death of Hector

between 1760 and 1763
Accessible in the Study Room
Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1739–1808

Portrait of a Divine

after 1791
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817

View of Bath from Spring Gardens

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Jones, 1742–1803

The Claudian Aqueduct and Colosseum

1778
Accessible in the Study Room
John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825

View of Castle Cornet, Guernsey, Channel Islands, with Shipping

ca. 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Adam, 1728–1792

Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase

1771 or 1772
Accessible in the Study Room
John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818

Skating in St. James' Park

ca. 1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804

Interior of St. Paul's Cathedral

ca. 1792
Accessible in the Study Room
William Marlow, 1740–1813

Nîmes from the Tour Magne

ca. 1765
Accessible in the Study Room
William Young Ottley, 1771–1836

Prospero Summoning Ariel

ca. 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
John Smart, 1741–1811

Major General Sir Barry Close

1794
Accessible in the Study Room
John Smart, 1741–1811

General Stevenson

1796

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