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Prints and Drawings 624

Creator

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 207
Haden, Francis Seymour, Sir, 1818–1910 45
Blake, William, 1757–1827 37
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 35
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 34
Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840 29
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 25
Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802 21
Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771 12
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 8
Bone, Muirhead, Sir, 1876–1953 6
Davis, Samuel, 1760–1819 6
Unknown artist 6
Walker, James, 1748–1808 6
Absolon, John, 1815–1895 4
Calvert, Edward, 1799–1883 4
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 4
Goodall, Edward, 1795–1870 4
Moore, James, 1762–1799 4
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 4
Pollard, James, 1792–1867 4
Pollard, Robert, 1755–1838 4
Storer, James Sargant, 1771–1853 4
Varley, John, 1778–1842 4
Willmore, James Tibbits, 1800–1863 4
Callow, William, 1812–1908 3
Chatelain, Jean Baptiste Claude, 1710–1771 3
Cooke, George, 1781–1834 3
Edwards, Richard, active 1796–1797 3
Grose, Francis Capt., 1731–1791 3

Date

From

To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 616
On view 7
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery 1

Image Use

Free to Use 624

Image Available

available 624

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 464
Prints 153
Photographs 5
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 1
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 1

Collective Title

Études à l'eau-forte 18
The Poems of Thomas Gray 12
'The Copper-Plate Magazine' and 'The Itinerant,' 1794-1798 9
Jerusalem: The Emanation of The Giant Albion, Copy E 6
Scott's Poetical Works 5
Liber Studiorum 4
Picturesque Views in England and Wales 4
A Picturesque Tour of Italy 3
Two Volumes of, 187 Drawings and Manuscripts, Including, 4 Etchings 3
Young's Night Thoughts 3
Album of Trinidad 2
America. A Prophecy, Copy M 2
Eclogues of Virgil 2
English Version 2
For Children: The Gates of Paradise, Copy E 2
For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise, Copy G 2
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Copy F 2
The First Book of Urizen, Copy A 2
The First Book of Urizen, Copy C 2
Beaumont Album 1
Canceled Set 1
Costumes of India 1
Exhibition Etchings 1
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres 1
Illustrations from Camden's 'The imperial history of England' 1
Illustrations of the Bible 1
Italian Sketchbook 1
Microcosm of London, 1808-1810 1
Rogers's Poems 1
Selection from a Sketchbook of London Views 1

Period

19th century 393
18th century 121
18th century-19th century 85
20th century 8
19th century-20th century 7
17th century-18th century 6
17th century 4

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 459
graphite 420
watercolor 384
pen 267
brown ink 232
laid paper 148
etching (printing process) 90
black ink 85
gouache 73
drypoint 54
gray ink 50
line engraving 39
white gouache 39
gray wash 33
plate tone 33
mezzotint 21
red ink 18
relief etching 17
scratching out 14
Asian paper 11
black chalk 8
brown wash 7
color printing 7
chine collé 6
red chalk 5
white chalk 5
black wash 4
engraving (printing process) 4
gum arabic 4
ink 4

Height [cm]

From

To

Width [cm]

From

To

Work Type

drawing 480
watercolor 419
intaglio print 127
relief print 24
photograph 5
planographic print 4
frontispiece 2
collage 1
sketchbook 1

Genre

landscape 407
marine art 126
architectural subject 103
genre subject 73
religious and mythological subject 63
literary theme 44
cityscape 41
sporting art 20
animal art 18
historical subject 9
portrait 6
figure study 5
military art 4
botanical subject 1
still life 1

Subject Terms

water 624

landscape 409
river 260
trees 204
sky 198
boats 140
marine art 114
rocks (landforms) 114
architectural subject 97
men 96
buildings 81
riverbank 73
palm trees 66
religious and mythological subject 66
genre subject 65
boat 64
clouds 62
cliffs 57
hills 57
man 53
women 50
mountains 48
figures 47
sails 47
lake 44
woman 44
sand 43
figures (representations) 42
ruins 41
reflections 40

Subject Period

Associated Places

Africa 173
Nile 152
Egypt 133
United Kingdom 133
Europe 124
England 110
Nubia 59
Lake Nasser 31
Italy 29
Upper Egypt 26
Thames 24
Greater London 17
Surrey 17
Scotland 16
Wales 15
India 13
Asia 12
Aswan 10
Cymru 10
Sudan 10
Abu Simbel 9
Devon 9
France 9
Kent 9
Egham 8
Sohag 8
Argyll and Bute 7
London 7
Qasr Ibrim 7
Staffa 7

Associated People

Venus 5
Argus 4
Mercury 4
Susanna 3
Adonis 2
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE) 2
Noah 2
Aesacus 1
Boscawen, Lady Annabella (1745–1841), British socialite 1
Cnut [Canute] (d. 1035), king of England, of Denmark, and of Norway, was the son of Swein Forkbeard (d. 1014), king of England and of Denmark 1
Cosway, Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia, Baroness Cosway in the nobility of the Austrian empire (1760–1838), history painter and educationist 1
Cosway, Richard (bap. 1742, d. 1821), artist and collector 1
Cugoano, Ottobah [John Stuart] (b. 1757?), slavery abolitionist and writer 1
Cupid 1
Flora 1
Gulliver, Lemuel, fictional protagonist and narrator of 'Gulliver's Travels', a novel written by Jonathan Swift, first published in 1726 1
Hesperie 1
Juno 1
Lilliputians 1
Moore, James (British painter, 1762–1799) 1
Narcissus 1
Neptune 1
Saint Andrew 1
Simon (Peter) 1
Telemachus 1

Exhibition History

Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14) 54
Edward Lear, Moment to Moment (IKON Gallery, 2022-09-09 - 2022-11-13) 19
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) 17
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04) 14
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 12
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28) 12
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15) 12
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06) 12
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06) 10
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14) 10
William Blake: Burning Bright (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-09-04 - 2025-12-07) 7
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 6
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 5
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) 5
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) 5
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) 5
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) 5
Deluge (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-12-18 - 2019-03-24) 4
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 4
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) 4
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 4
Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22) 4
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 3
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 3
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 3
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 3
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) 3
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 3
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) 3
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 3

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 286
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 186
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter 25
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 22
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 15
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield 13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942 9
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Allen Evarts Foster, B.A. 1906 5
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield 5
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 3
Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stanley J. Halle, Yale BA 1912, in memory of His Parents Jacques S. and Hattie S. Halle, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 2
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection 2
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., BA 1910 2
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. J. Dwight Dana 2
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, The Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Collection 2
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower 1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Richard L. Purdy 1
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel and Pearl K. Bell 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939, in memory of Paul Horgan 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Isaacs 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960 1

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On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Print made by John Martin, 1789–1854

The Deluge

1828
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Evening, Cattle Watering

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

Moeris and Galatea

1880-1883
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
attributed to Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Study of Waves

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

The Fourth Stage of Cruelty: The Reward of Cruelty (Anatomy Theatre)

1751
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

The Deluge

between 1813 and 1823
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

The Deluge

between 1813 and 1823
Accessible in the Study Room
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Bridge and Cows

1807
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Aesacus and Hesperie

1819
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Es Shoorafa, near Mensheeh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebel Sheikh Eredi

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebel Sheikh Eredi

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Abu Fodde, 4:00 pm, 4 March 1867 (594)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Rauda

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

River pass between semi barren rock cliffs

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebel Sheikh Eredi, before sunrise

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Boats on the Nile

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

El Areesh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

El Areesh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Lago di Garda

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Desenzano

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Lago d'Iseo

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Lago Maggiore...Stresa

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near El Azerat

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near El Azerat

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Ramle

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

San Marino from Ravenna

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Lago di Garda

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Salo, Maderno

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Boats

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Lago di Como, Brienno?

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Albogasio

1837
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Isola di Sora, 31 Mar. 1842

1842
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Vjosa

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Toara, 11:15 a.m., January 1, 1867 (9)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebelein

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebel Sheikh Abu Fodde

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

El Ousta

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Illustration to Tennyson's "You Ask Me Why": Areka Palms, Ratanapooru, Ceylon -... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Silsilis

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Boat on the Nile

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Garf Hassai, Malta

1866
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Dhoura Island

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Sliema

1866
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

View on the Nile

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Mesghouneh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Mesghouneh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Sorrento

1838
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Thebes

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Corfu

ca. 1856
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Vjose, 12:30 p.m., 16 April 1857

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Tepelene, 18 April 1857

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Tabeen Berlin, 4:00 p.m., January 1, 1867 (16)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Deir Kadige, noon, January 2, 1867 (26)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Boat on the Nile

January - March 1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near El Azerat

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Deir Ekhmim

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Below Ekhmim

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebel Abu Fodde

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebel Sheikh Abu Fodde, 8:00 am, 4 March 1867 (588)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebel Sheikh Abu Fodde, 7:30 am, 4 March 1867 (590)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebel Sheikh Abu Fodde, 12:30 pm, 4 March 1867 (592)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Deir El Adra

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

River pass, between barren rock cliffs

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Haram el Ketab

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Venice, the Doge's Palace

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Deir Kadige

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Amada, 9:30 am, 12 February 1867

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Abu Simbel, 11-11:30 am, 8 February 1867 (374)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Tollygunge, Calcutta

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

A View of the Harbour at Cannes

1869
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Wady Feiran, Peninsula of Mt. Sinai

ca. 1880
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

New Harbour, Malta

1866
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Philae

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Tafa, 6:00 pm, 16 February 1867 (507)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Tafa, 6:10 pm, 16 February 1867 (508)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Daboad

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Philae

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Philae

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Boats on the Nile

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebelein

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Gezir Sherg el Hian

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Sunset along the Nile

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Negadeh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Luxor, 7:00 am, 20 January 1867 (198)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

El Luxor

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Between Thebes and Erment

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Edfu

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Dawn on the Nile

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Sunset on the Nile

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Philae, 6:00-6:15 am, 31 January 1867 (277)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Gamille

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Dendour, 2:15 pm, 31 Janaury 1867 (298)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Mereeh or Garf Hossayn, 4:00 pm, 31 January 1867 (302)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Garf Hosayn

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Korosko

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Ibreem, 11:00 am, 2 February 1867 (319)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Wady Halfeh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Wady Halfeh

1867

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