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Prints and Drawings 598

Creator

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 166
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 70
Keene, Charles Samuel, 1823–1891 67
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 60
Romney, George, 1734–1802 55
Farington, Joseph, 1747–1821 44
Gilpin, Sawrey, 1733–1807 43
Foster, Myles Birket, 1825–1899 34
Woodward, George Moutard, ca. 1760–1809 28
Edwards, George, 1694–1773 15
Flaxman, John, 1755–1826 2
Bannerman, Alexander, ca. 1730–1780 1
Bardwell, Thomas, 1704–1767 1
Bloemaert, Abraham, 1566–1651 1
Bradshaw, Thomas, Born 1767 1
Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786 1
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 1
Hodges, William, 1744–1797 1
Hussey, Giles, 1710–1788 1
Ince, Eugene S., active 1860 1
Nattes, John Claude, 1765–1822 1
Patch, Thomas, 1725–1782 1
Rowbotham, Thomas Leeson, 1783–1853 1
Simpson, William, 1823–1899 1
Stanfield, Clarkson, 1793–1867 1
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 1
Wills, James, active 1740–died 1777 1
Wilson, Richard, 1713–1782 1
Winstanley, Hamlet, 1698–1756 1

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Accessible in the Study Room 598

Image Use

Free to Use 598

Image Available

available 598

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 598

Collective Title

Rowlandson's Sketches: Album of 150 Drawings 150
Charles Keene Sketchbook 66
Fourty-three Studies of Horses and Riders 43
Watercolor Sketches, Egypt 38
Sketchbook II 34
Italian Sketchbook, Views of Sicily 31
Sketchbook of Figure, Landscape and Animal Studies 29
Paradise Lost Sketchbook 25
Small Sketchbook 18
Bound Volume of 15, Original Water Colour Drawings, by Thomas Rowlandson 15
Sketchbook of Figure and Composition Studies 14
Sketchbook of Vase and Decoration Studies 14
Italian Sketchbook 12
Album of 36 Drawings Selected by Benjamin West, P.R.A. 1
Drawings from Nature of Fulham, Hammersmith & Middlesex 1
Sketchbook of Landscape and Portrait Studies 1
Sketchbook of Shipping Scenes, August 1845 to July 1846 1

Period

19th century 179
18th century-19th century 175
18th century 123

Materials & Techniques

graphite 377
brown ink 335
wove paper 298
black ink 160
gray wash 61
watercolor 57
pen 55
laid paper 39
brown wash 18
white gouache 11
gray ink 8
gouache 6
ink 3
black chalk 2
red chalk 2
black wash 1
iron gall ink 1
red ink 1
vellum (paper) 1
vellum (skin) 1
wash 1
white chalk 1
wood engraving (process) 1

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Work Type

drawing 432
watercolor 100
sketchbook 2

Genre

genre subject 158
landscape 59
animal art 47
sporting art 43
figure study 32
literary theme 26
religious and mythological subject 24
marine art 22
still life 15
architectural subject 12
portrait 4
military art 3
cityscape 1
historical subject 1

Subject Terms

animal art 46
landscape 33
figure study 28
literary theme 26
Paradise Lost (published 1667) by John Milton 25
figures 24
religious and mythological subject 24
architectural subject 6
Grand Tour 3
portrait 3
sketches 3
genre subject 2
horses (animals) 2
marine art 2
ruins 2
sketchbook 2
Atlas moth 1
beach 1
beetle (insect) 1
boats 1
books 1
botanists 1
buildings 1
butterfly 1
camels (mammals) 1
carriage 1
chairs 1
channel (water body component) 1
cityscape 1
coach (carriage) 1

Subject Period

Associated Places

Sicily 31
Europe 3
England 2
Italy 2
United Kingdom 2
Agrigento 1
Amritsar 1
As Samata 1
Asia 1
Bharat 1
Boulogne 1
Delhi 1
Egypt 1
English Channel 1
Florence 1
Folkestone 1
France 1
Hampstead 1
India 1
Isle of Wight 1
Kent 1
La Manche 1
Lahore 1
Lazio 1
London 1
Pakistan 1
Roma 1
Rome 1
Sandwich 1
St Peter's Church, Sandwich 1

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 1
Siddons (née Kemble), Sarah (1755–1831), actress 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) 4
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20) 2
The Grand Tour (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1998-01-10 - 1998-04-10) 2
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 1
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 1
Art in Focus : John Flaxman Modeling Bust of William Hayley (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-02-04 - 2010-05-30) 1
Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07) 1
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 1
Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment (Harvard Art Museums, 2022-09-15 - 2023-01-16) 1
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 1
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17) 1
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) 1
J.M.W. Turner: Romance & Reality (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-03-29 - 2025-07-27) 1
Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24) 1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 1
Revealed Religion - Benjamin West's Commissions for Windsor Castle and Fonthill Abbey (San Antonio Museum of Art, 1983-09-18 - 1983-11-13) 1
Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (National Museum Wales, 1983-01-29 - 1983-03-20) 1
Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (Tate Britain, 1982-11-03 - 1983-01-02) 1
Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-04-20 - 1983-06-19) 1
Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting (National Museum Wales, 2014-07-05 - 2014-10-26) 1
Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-03-06 - 2014-06-01) 1
Romantics & Revolutionaries : Regency Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-03-30) 1
Romney: Brilliant Contrasts in Georgian England (Yale University Art Gallery, 2025-03-28 - 2025-10-19) 1
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28) 1
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15) 1
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16) 1
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 1
Thomas Jones (1742-1803) (National Museum Wales, 2003-05-21 - 2003-08-10) 1
Thomas Jones (1742-1803) (Whitworth Art Gallery, 2003-08-22 - 2003-10-26) 1
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 401
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 113
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 38
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund 25
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth 19
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter 1

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

The Channel Sketchbook

ca. 1845
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Eb-Bosh; 2:15 P.M., 2 Jan. 1867 (33)

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

Nestet: 3:30 P.M., 3 Jan. 1867 (50)

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

Near Colosaneh; 3:45 P.M., 3 Jan. 1867 (52)

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

Nesle Melaghara; 5:00 P.M., 4 Jan. 1867 (70)

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

Above Manfaloot; 8:00 A.M., 8 Jan. 1867 (94)

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

West Bank near Howatke; 8:15 A.M., 8 Jan. 1867 (95)

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

Gebel S. Eredi; 8:45 A.M., 10 Jan. 1867 (114)

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

Ye Parienls of ye Welud Sleimann; Assioott [Asyut]; 9 Jan. 1867 (84D)

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

Negadah; 5:30 P.M., 17 Jan. 1867 (192)

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

Faiou Nesle Faiou; 3:30 P.M., 14 Jan. 1867 (148)

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

Near Thebes; 9:00 A.M., 18 Jan. 1867 (194)

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

El Kab; 2:30 P.M., 25 Jan. 1867

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

Near[?]; 5:00 P.M., 13 Jan. 1867 (139)

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

Gebel S. Eredi; 2:10 P.M., 10 Jan. 1867 (118)

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

Near Garf Hoseyn; 3:40 P.M., 31 Jan., 1867 (301)

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

Near Gertassee; 10:25 A.M., 17 Feb. 1867 (513)

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

Dendoor; 8:45 A.M., 16 Feb. 1867 (493)

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

Garf Hoseyn; 12:30 P.M., 15 Feb. 1867 (480)

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

Abou Simbel; 8:10 A.M., 8 Feb. 1867 (369)

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

Garf Hosayn; 4:20 P.M., 31 Jan. 1867 (304)

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

Tough; 8:45 A.M., 25 Feb. 1867 (551)

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

Near Negadeh; 8:00 A.M., 25 Feb. 1867 (549)

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

Near Massara; 1:30 P.M., 1 Jan. 1867 (12)

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

Near Colosaneh; 3:45 P.M., 3 Jan. 1867 (51)

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

Near Golosana[sic]; 4:30 P.M., 3 Jan. 1867 (56)

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

Gebel Shk. es Said, near Mellawi; 5:00 P.M., 6 Jan. 1867 (90)

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

Erment (Rahel Erment); 3:00 P.M., 23 Jan. 1867 (217)j

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

Near Gezir Shendowiel; sunset, 5:22 P.M., 10 Jan. 1867 (121)

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

Above Kalabashe; 12:20 P.M., 31 Jan. 1867 (297)

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

Looking to Sabooa; 9:30 A.M., 1 Feb. 1867 (311)

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

Dishne; 4:45 P.M., 27 Feb. 1867 (555)

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

Dishne; 4:30 P.M., 27 Feb. 1867 (554)

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

Salo; 2:35 P.M., 14 May 1867 (89)

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

Samata; 6:15 P.M., 28 Feb. 1867 (568)

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

Boats, 1:00 P.M., 27 May 1867 (175)

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

Near Negadeh. 7:00 A.M., 25 Feb. 1867 (547)

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

Aboo Zobat; 9:30 A.M., 28 Feb. 1867 (564)

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

Boats (Dahabeahs); 28 Feb. [1867] (565)

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

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

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

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

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

Rocca di Falconiera
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

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

Monte Pellegrino
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

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

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

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

Landscape Study with Ancient Ruins
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Syracuse

ca. 1845
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Castel D'Aci
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Views of Sicily
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Sketchbook of Shipping Scenes, from August 1845 to July 1846

1845 to 1846
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

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

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

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

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

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

Graphite sketch on loose sheet
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Bust-length Sketch of a Lady in a Hat

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Lady with Streaming Hair

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Woman Reading, and Face Study

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Two Sketches of Lady with Hat

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Pair of Figures

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Lady with Streaming Hair

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Woman with Hat

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Two Figures in Flowing Robes

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Two Figures Seated on a Hill

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Two Figures Lifting a Prone Figure

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Doodle

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Sketchbook Drawing

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

Sketchbook Drawing

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

Sketchbook Drawing

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

Sketchbook Drawing

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

Sketchbook Drawing

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

Sketchbook Drawing

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

Sketchbook Drawing

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

Sketchbook Drawing

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

Sketchbook Drawing

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

Plans for the House to be Built at Hampstead

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

Sketchbook Including Drawings Relating to John Milton’s Paradise Lost

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

Illegible Inscriptions

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Half-length Portrait of a Lady with a Hat

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Kneeling Figure, Surrounded by other Figures

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Seated Nude

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Landscape

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Standing Female Figure

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

Doodles

1784

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