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Prints and Drawings 35,766
Paintings and Sculpture 1,775
Frames 13

Creator

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 3,084
Unknown artist 1,977
Vanity, Fair, 1868–1914 1,140
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 955
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 824
Blake, William, 1757–1827 791
Ward, Leslie Matthew ("Spy"), 1851–1922 784
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815 724
Romney, George, 1734–1802 654
Bruce, James, 1730–1794 541
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 530
Hastings, Thomas Capt., 1778–1854 520
Smirke the Younger, Robert, Sir, 1781–1867 431
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 417
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 389
Gillray, James, 1756–1815 367
Lysons, Daniel, 1762–1834 336
Goodall, Edward, 1795–1870 319
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 316
Gilpin, Sawrey, 1733–1807 306
Balugani, Luigi Antonio Melchiorre, 1737–1771 303
Miller, William, 1796–1882 288
Van Dyck, Anthony, Sir, 1599–1641 268
Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797 264
Pugin, Augustus Charles, 1762–1832 255
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764–1811 241
Pellegrini, Carlo ("Ape" and "Singe"), 1839–1889 237
Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802 236
Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845 235
Heath, James, 1757–1834 231

Date

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To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 35,658
Not on view 1,447
On view 427
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery 9

Image Use

Free to Use 37,554

Image Available

available 37,554

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 23

Classification

Prints 19,985
Drawings & Watercolors 13,519
Paintings 1,670
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 1,339
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 585
Photographs 159
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures 155
Sculptures 92
Frames 13
Posters 9
Print-printing-plates 5
Painted Objects 3
Ceramics 2
Manuscripts 2
Silver 1

Collective Title

Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres 458
A Collection of Continental Drawings, From a Set of Four Sketchbooks, 1802-1804 424
Picturesque Views in England and Wales 387
The Environs of London 320
Beaumont Album 214
Turner's Annual Tour- The Seine 207
Liber Studiorum 195
Sketches, Volume IV: Drawings of Isle of Wight, Hampshire and Devon 189
Collection of Sketches by Henry Swinburne 186
Icones Principum Virorum 177
Studies of, 167 Drawings, and 1 Print, for Oil Paintings, by Benjamin R. Haydon 164
Scott's Prose Works 156
Rogers's Poems 154
Sketches, Vol. 6: 152 Drawings of Isle of Wight, Canterbury, and Hampstead, etc. 153
Rowlandson's Sketches: Album of 150 Drawings 150
Original Sketches of Animals & etc. 141
Prints by Notable Dilettanti 131
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album 126
Young's Night Thoughts 120
Scott's Poetical Works 119
A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl 117
Cooke's Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England 116
Rivers of France 112
Castellated and Domestic Architecture of England and Wales from the 11th Century to the 19th, Vol. 2, Drawn by J. Buckler, F.S.A. & J.C. Buckler for T. L. Parker, Esqr. 110
Rogers's Italy 102
Jerusalem: The Emanation of The Giant Albion, Copy E 100
Sketches, Vol. 7: Drawings of Devon, Wales, Lakes, etc. 96
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae 96
Two Volumes of 187 Drawings and Manuscripts, Including, 4 Etchings 95
Two Volumes of, 187 Drawings and Manuscripts, Including, 4 Etchings 93

Period

19th century 17,344
18th century 13,243
18th century-19th century 3,832
20th century 777
17th century 753
17th century-18th century 424
19th century-20th century 281
16th century 181
16th century-17th century 17

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 14,299
graphite 11,778
laid paper 9,114
watercolor 7,199
etching (printing process) 4,411
black ink 4,095
brown ink 3,954
line engraving 3,902
pen 3,607
mezzotint 3,002
gray wash 2,060
painting (technique) 1,670
gouache 1,613
oil paint 1,603
stipple engraving 1,380
canvas 1,153
brown wash 1,105
gray ink 936
chine collé 611
black chalk 574
engraving (printing process) 493
hand coloring 471
aquatint 465
lithography 411
drypoint 377
white gouache 365
red chalk 351
relief etching 278
pens 265
white chalk 253

Height [cm]

From

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Width [cm]

From

To

Work Type

drawing 14,670
intaglio print 11,363
watercolor 8,587
painting 1,676
relief print 611
planographic print 527
photograph 160
miniature 144
photomechanical print 96
sculpture 89
frontispiece 73
ticket 67
bust 39
statuette 22
medallion 18
frame 13
ceramic 8
statue 8
poster 7
collage 5
architectural subject 2
herm 2
high relief 2
low relief 2
religious and mythological subject 2
sketchbook 2
waxwork (sculpture) 2
animal art 1
cigar box 1
landscape 1

Genre

landscape 7,740
architectural subject 7,350
genre subject 4,601
portrait 3,921
marine art 2,293
figure study 2,113
literary theme 1,990
religious and mythological subject 1,909
animal art 1,870
cityscape 1,864
sporting art 939
military art 707
historical subject 700
botanical subject 283
still life 226
abstract art 57
anatomical study 35
cartographic material 34

Subject Terms

architectural subject 5,316
landscape 4,704
trees 3,283
genre subject 3,056
portrait 2,801
men 2,754
river 2,237
man 2,125
women 1,529
figure study 1,496
animal art 1,472
woman 1,433
religious and mythological subject 1,408
cityscape 1,223
clouds 1,186
costume 1,157
marine art 1,117
buildings 1,101
church 1,099
hills 1,037
literary theme 1,011
horses (animals) 1,008
mountains 911
boats 857
castle 830
water 805
figures 777
children 741
rocks (landforms) 739
dog (animal) 686

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 4,034
England 3,676
Europe 3,152
London 1,101
France 745
Italy 729
Greater London 681
Seine 336
City of Westminster 331
Africa 311
Kent 292
Scotland 292
Thames 286
India 248
Egypt 240
Wales 239
Asia 211
Île-de-France 209
Palace of Westminster 208
Nile 207
Rome 202
Paris 159
Lazio 152
Devon 148
Cymru 142
Norfolk 132
Ireland 131
Suffolk 127
English Channel 113
Cobham Hall 111

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 725
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE) 110
Cupid 62
Venus 59
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright 42
Jesus 42
The Virgin Mary 39
Adonis 27
Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), politician 27
Sir John Falstaff 25
Job 23
Pitt, William [known as Pitt the younger] (1759–1806), prime minister 22
Russell, Lord John, 1st Earl Russell of Kingston Russell (1792–1878), politician/statesman 22
Bacchus 21
saint 21
Apollo 19
Jones, Inigo (1573–1652), architect and theatre designer 18
Mary 18
West, Benjamin (1738–1820), American history painter active in Britain 18
Diana 17
Jack Sheppard 17
Paul, the Apostle, St. (c. AD 5–c. AD 67) 17
Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–1792), portrait and history painter and art theorist 17
William Hogarth 16
Dyck, Sir Anthony Van (1599–1641), painter and etcher 15
George III (1738–1820), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 15
Abington, Frances (1737–1815), actress 14
Satan 14
demons 14
Hercules 13

Exhibition History

In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 330
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06) 268
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06) 219
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14) 219
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 198
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 186
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04) 184
Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05) 183
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14) 181
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 161
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) 157
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 155
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) 144
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 141
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) 133
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) 133
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) 129
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) 127
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) 118
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 116
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28) 115
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15) 115
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 114
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17) 113
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 112
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16) 106
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22) 105
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23) 105
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05) 102

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 27,998
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 2,649
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection 1,114
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Michael H. LeWitt, Peter A. LeWitt, and Erwin Strasmick 975
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 435
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938 300
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert 278
Yale Center for British Art 236
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 179
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter 178
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 137
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker 128
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 124
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection 117
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960 110
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery 110
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD 95
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe 94
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery 87
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth 81
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 77
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 73
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael H. LeWitt, Peter A. LeWitt, and Erwin Strasmick 70
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove 63
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan 61
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection 61
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield 49
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport 42
Yale Center for British Art, The Edwin M. Herr, Yale PhD 1884, Memorial Collection; Gift of Mrs. Herr, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 42
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent 41

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On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Weary Ploughman

1858
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

St. Michael's Mount

1820 to 1826
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Gloucester Cathedral

1820 to 1825
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Ship in a Storm

ca. 1826
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Paestum

between 1820 and 1826
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

A View across the Artist's Garden from his House at Exmouth, Devonshire

mid-19th century
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

The Avon Gorge at Sunset

ca. 1850
Attributed to Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Sunset at Sea after a Storm

ca. 1824
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

The Avon Gorge

between 1816 and 1818
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

End of Lake Geneva

1835
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

The Mountain Torrent

between 1820 and 1830
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Children by a Brook

ca. 1822
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

The Painter's Holiday

ca. 1844
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Landscape near Clifton

1822 to 1823
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

A Mountain Chieftain's Funeral

ca. 1848
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Boat Building near Dinan, Brittany

ca. 1838
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Study for 'Calypso's Grotto'

ca. 1843
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Shipwreck

ca. 1850
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Hampstead Heath, Sunset

ca. 1845
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Turn Rice-Plough, Sussex

ca. 1909
On view
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

"Quiet with all Road Nuisances"

ca. 1912
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Caller at the Mill

1918 to 1919
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

A Morning at Tattersall's

1921
On view
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Horse Mart

1917 to 1918
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Hay Carts, Cumberland Market

1915
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Weigh House, Cumberland Market

ca. 1914
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Ford

1918 to 1919
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Aldwych

1924
On view
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Harvest Moon

ca. 1833
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Sketch from Nature in Sion Park

1819
John Constable, 1776–1837

Half-size Sketch for The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (“Whitehall Stairs,... [Read more]

1829 to 1831
John Constable, 1776–1837

Horse and Cart

ca. 1814
John Constable, 1776–1837

West Lodge, East Bergholt

between 1813 and 1816
John Constable, 1776–1837

Golding Constable's House, East Bergholt: the Artist's birthplace

ca. 1809
John Constable, 1776–1837

East Bergholt Church

1809
John Constable, 1776–1837

Flatford Lock

between 1810 and 1811
John Constable, 1776–1837

Flatford Mill

between 1810 and 1811
On view
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hampstead Heath, with a Bonfire

ca. 1822
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Fire in London, Seen from Hampstead

ca. 1826
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Miniature: Portrait of Abram Constable, brother of the artist

early 19th century
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Study of Hollyhocks

ca. 1826
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hadleigh Castle

1828 to 1829
John Constable, 1776–1837

Osmington Village

1816 to 1817
John Constable, 1776–1837

Barge below Flatford Lock

ca. 1810
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Flatford Mill

between 1810 and 1811
John Constable, 1776–1837

Sir Richard Steele's Cottage, Hampstead

1831 to 1832
John Constable, 1776–1837

Somerset House Terrace from Waterloo Bridge

ca. 1819
On view
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hampstead Heath Looking Towards Harrow

1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Dedham Lock

between 1819 and 1820
John Constable, 1776–1837

Malvern Hall, Warwickshire

1820 to 1821
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Study of Three Parrot Tulips

ca. 1832
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Summer - Evening Landscape

ca. 1825
John Constable, 1776–1837

Extensive Landscape with Grey Clouds

ca. 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Golding Constable's Black Riding-Horse

between 1805 and 1810
John Constable, 1776–1837

Ploughing Scene in Suffolk

1824 to 1825
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hadleigh Castle, The Mouth of the Thames--Morning after a Stormy Night

1829
John Constable, 1776–1837

Dedham Lock

between 1819 and 1820
On view
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

ca. 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Stormy Sea, Brighton

ca. 1828
John Constable, 1776–1837

East Bergholt

ca. 1813
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study, Early Morning, Looking East from Hampstead

1821
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

A View on Hampstead Heath, Early Morning

ca. 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Study of a Cloudy Sky

ca. 1825
John Constable, 1776–1837

A Cloud Study, Sunset

ca. 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Coastal Scene with Cliffs

ca. 1814
John Constable, 1776–1837

Lane near Dedham

1802
On view
John Constable, 1776–1837

Stratford Mill

1819 to 1820
John Constable, 1776–1837

A View from Hampstead Heath (?)

ca. 1825
John Constable, 1776–1837

Captain Richard Gubbins

between 1804 and 1805
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

A Church in the Trees

ca. 1800
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hampstead Heath

ca. 1825
John Constable, 1776–1837

Sketch for "The Hay Wain"

ca. 1820
John Constable, 1776–1837

Mary Freer

1809
John Constable, 1776–1837

Parham Mill, Gillingham

ca. 1826
John Constable, 1776–1837

Harwich: The Low Lighthouse and Beacon Hill

ca. 1820
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hampstead Heath looking towards Harrow

1821 to 1822
John Constable, 1776–1837

View Towards the Rectory, East Bergholt

1813
John Constable, 1776–1837

An Autumnal Landscape at East Bergholt

between 1805 and 1808
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

ca. 1821
On view
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

1822
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

A Shepherd in a Landscape looking across Dedham Vale towards Langham

ca. 1811
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study with Trees

1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hove Beach

1824 to 1828
John Constable, 1776–1837

Bardon Hill, Coleorton Hall

ca. 1823
On view
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

1822
John Constable, 1776–1837

A View at Hampstead with Stormy Weather

ca. 1830
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

ca. 1821
On view
John Constable, 1776–1837

Harnham Gate, Salisbury

between 1820 and 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Dedham Vale

1802
On view
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

ca. 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Study of an Ash Tree

between 1801 and 1803 or between 1810 and 1830
John Constable, 1776–1837

Rushes by a pool

ca. 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Undergrowth

ca. 1815
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Fen Lane, East Bergholt

ca. 1811
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hampstead Heath

between 1820 and 1830
On view
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

A Lion Attacking a Stag

between 1765 and 1766
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Bulls Fighting

1786

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