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Prints and Drawings 5,438

Creator

Unknown artist 5,438

Daniell, William, 1769–1837 107
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 88
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 86
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815 77
Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801 77
Wilkinson, Robert, 1758–1825 68
Malton, Thomas the Younger, 1748–1804 52
Bowles, & Carver, 1763–1830 49
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer, 1792–1864 41
Bannerman, Alexander, ca. 1730–1780 40
Constable, John, 1776–1837 36
Cole, Benjamin, 1697–1783 34
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 32
Lafreri, Antonio, 1512–1577 29
Vertue, George, 1684–1756 29
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800 28
Major, Thomas, 1714–1799 25
Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794 25
Barker, Thomas, 1769–1847 23
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677 22
Bowles, John, 1701–1779 21
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 21
Schnebbelie, Robert Bremmel, active 1803–1849 21
Bowles, Thomas, ca. 1712–1767 18
Buckler, John FSA, 1770–1851 18
Howlett, Bartholomew, 1767–1827 18
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793 17
Leech, John, 1817–1864 17
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833 17

Date

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 5,438

Image Use

Free to Use 3,724
Under Certain Circumstances 1,714

Image Available

available 3,920
unavailable 1,518

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Prints 3,861
Drawings & Watercolors 1,350
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 180
Photographs 37
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures 4
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 3

Collective Title

A Voyage Round Great Britain 104
London Cries: A Volume of Seventy-Seven Drawings 75
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres 56
A Collection of Surveys of Scottish Estates of the Earl of Selkirk 39
Views Taken at Exmouth and in Its Vicinity 31
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae 26
A Book of Sundry Prints 25
Subjects copied from Barker's Rustic Figures 23
Porfolio of Sixteen Designs after Greek Vases 16
Prints by Notable Dilettanti 14
A Collection of 13 Rococo Designs for Furniture and Ornamental Work 13
An Album of 17 Views of Erlestoke House, Park and Surroundings 12
Twelve New Views in Rome and Naples 12
Eleven Designs for Houses and Shops 10
A New Drawing Book principally consisting of Beasts in various Actions 9
Eight Drawings of Hunting and Coaching 8
Views of Bencoolen 8
Dogs Drawn from Nature 7
Original Sketches of Animals & etc. 7
"Some Account of the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Stephen, Westminster", John Topham, 1795 6
The Victorious Battles of the Immortal Prince, John Duke of Marlborough 5
An Album of 17 Views of Erlestone House, Park and Surroundings 4
The Rivers of England (River Scenery) 4
Icones Principum Virorum 3
Scotland Delineated 3
The Ports of England 3
Whitaker's 'Loidis and Elmete' 3
"The History of the Ancient Palace and Late Houses of Parliament at Westminster", Brayley and Britton, 1836 2
A Selection of Facsimiles of Watercolour Drawings by British Artists, 1826-1836 2
Cooke's Rivers of Devon 2

Period

19th century 2,552
18th century 1,731
18th century-19th century 257
19th century-20th century 76
17th century 73
17th century-18th century 49
20th century 39
16th century 33
unknown period 12

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 1,002
graphite 614
watercolor 580
black ink 405
laid paper 391
line engraving 276
pen 276
brown ink 185
gray wash 138
etching (printing process) 135
stipple engraving 104
mezzotint 95
gouache 88
gray ink 52
hand coloring 48
black chalk 45
brown wash 44
aquatint 40
lithography 38
gelatin silver process 29
card 28
scratching out 28
red chalk 22
white gouache 22
letterpress printing 21
white chalk 18
woodcut (process) 17
Engraving 16
oil paint 14
pens 13

Height [cm]

From

To

Width [cm]

From

To

Work Type

drawing 945
watercolor 608
intaglio print 583
planographic print 47
relief print 38
photograph 36
photomechanical print 21
ticket 6
collage 4
miniature 4
ceramic 3
frontispiece 3
medallion 3
trade card 1

Genre

architectural subject 733
landscape 381
portrait 282
genre subject 211
cityscape 125
marine art 114
animal art 104
figure study 98
religious and mythological subject 48
cartographic material 42
literary theme 35
botanical subject 33
still life 30
historical subject 27
military art 27
sporting art 25

Subject Terms

architectural subject 646
landscape 303
portrait 224
trees 163
boats 139
men 133
genre subject 130
man 126
cityscape 106
figure study 100
animal art 80
sails 79
hills 73
women 68
marine art 67
horses (animals) 65
woman 60
church 57
clouds 57
cliffs 55
river 53
costume 52
design 52
house 52
buildings 51
figures 47
ships 47
castle 44
sea 39
bridge (built work) 37

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 371
England 332
Europe 263
London 116
City of Westminster 70
Palace of Westminster 57
Italy 43
Scotland 43
Greater London 42
Asia 38
Kent 29
Levant 25
Devon 24
Wales 24
St. Stephen's Chapel, Palace of Westminster 16
House of Commons 15
Rome 15
Lambeth 14
Southwark 14
Thames 14
Cornwall 13
East Sussex 13
Vauxhall Gardens 13
Westminster Abbey 13
France 12
Lazio 11
Somerset 11
Campania 10
Napoli 10
Africa 9

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 24
Jones, Inigo (1573–1652), architect and theatre designer 8
Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–1792), portrait and history painter and art theorist 5
Dyck, Sir Anthony Van (1599–1641), painter and etcher 4
Albert (1819–1861), prince consort, consort of Queen Victoria 3
Burnet, Gilbert (1643–1715), Bishop of Salisbury 3
Victoria (1819–1901), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and empress of India 3
Wellesley, Arthur, first duke of Wellington (1769–1852), army officer and prime minister 3
Andromeda 2
Ariadne 2
Cosway, Richard (bap. 1742, d. 1821), artist and collector 2
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright 2
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563–1639), painter 2
God 2
Kauffmann, Angelica (1741–1807), history and portrait painter 2
Kneller, Sir Godfrey, baronet (1646–1723), history and portrait painter 2
Mascall, Edward James (1757/8–1832), civil servant 2
Mor, Antonis (born 1512–1516, died ca. 1576), portrait painter 2
Opie, John (1761–1807), portrait and history painter 2
Paul, the Apostle, St. (c. AD 5–c. AD 67) 2
Perseus 2
Rubens, Sir Peter Paul (1577–1640), painter 2
Shee, Sir Martin Archer (1769–1850), portrait painter and writer 2
The Virgin Mary 2
West, Benjamin (1738–1820), American history painter active in Britain 2
Abington, Frances (1737–1815), actress 1
Adela, Countess of Warenne (12th century) 1
Allan, Sir William (1782–1850), painter 1
Althaea 1
Aphrodite 1

Exhibition History

Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 14
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 14
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 10
John Constable - A Selection of Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (National Gallery of Art, 1969-04-30 - 1969-11-01) 8
The Early Georgian Landscape Garden (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-04-20 - 1983-06-26) 7
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16) 6
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) 6
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17) 5
Prodigal Son Narratives 1480 - 1980 (Clark Art Institute, 1996-03-02 - 1996-04-14) 5
Prodigal Son Narratives 1480 - 1980 (Davison Art Center, 1995-09-01 - 1995-10-28) 5
Prodigal Son Narratives 1480 - 1980 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1995-04-04 - 1995-07-16) 5
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) 4
Fashionable Follies (The Museums at Stony Brook, 1981-11-25 - 1982-01-31) 4
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 4
When in Rome - Prints and Photographs, 1550-1900 (Smith College Museum of Art, 2016-09-30 - 2017-01-01) 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
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 3
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 3
The Creative Printmaker (Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1986-03-05 - 1986-04-20) 3
The Creative Printmaker (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-07-09 - 1985-09-01) 3
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06) 3
Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07) 2
Francis Hayman (Kenwood House, 1987-06-24 - 1987-09-30) 2
Francis Hayman (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-04-01 - 1987-05-31) 2
Great Fire of London (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1994-01-27 - 1994-04-02) 2
Noble Simplicity and Silent Greatness - Neoclassical Art from 1700 - 1900 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1991-04-26 - 1991-09-29) 2
Pearls to Pyramids: British Visual Culture and the Levant, 1600–1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28) 2
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) 2
Rejoicing in Woods and Springs: A Journey through Garden Cultures in China and the Wider World (Suzhou Museum, 2025-07-26 - 2025-10-31) 2
Rejoicing in Woods and Springs: A Journey through Garden Cultures in China and the Wider World (The Palace Museum, 2025-04-01 - 2025-06-30) 2

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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5,438

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Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

A Pair: Fox Hunting; (1) Renard Breaking Cover

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

A Pair: Fox Hunting; (2) Coming in to the Death

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
formerly John Varley, 1778–1842

Old Mill at Battersea

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Conservatory at Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Tea Room at Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Hoober Stand at Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorkshire

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

View From the Courtyard of Lambeth Palace Towards Westminster Bridge... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Monument and the Pool of London from Southwark

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Watergate and York Buildings with Westminster Bridge in the left distance

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Waterloo Bridge from the West, 1814

1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)

Undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Port Rush, Co. Antrim
Accessible in the Study Room
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815

Ticket for the Theatre Royal

Between 1775 and 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815

Concert Ticket: Grand Professional Concert

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Winston Vicarage: Suffolk

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
R. F. Tringham

The West Perspective Views of His Majesty's New Royal Hospital Building... [Read more]

ca.1762
Accessible in the Study Room
Charles John Smith, 1803–1838

1. St. Katherine's Hospital, Regents Park. 2. The Master's House

1828
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Hertlebury Castle, Worcestershire
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Animal Magnetizm

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Temple 1722; This View of the Temple, as it appeared in 1722, was re-engraved... [Read more]

1831
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

St. Paul's from Bank Side

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Men constructing a Road beside a Railway Line and a River

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Marcus Ward, active 1846

White Rocks, Dunlace Antrim

1846
Accessible in the Study Room
Published by Newman & Co., active 1820

Lee Nane and Killery Harbour, Connemara

1840
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A Publisher's Circular advertising Haunted London by Walter Thornbury,... [Read more]

1864
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

View of the Proposed St. Katherine's Docks

1826
Accessible in the Study Room
Marcus Ward, active 1846

Giant's Causeway

1846
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

The North Gate, Carrickfergus

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Ross, 1745–1823

Bevereye

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Victor Marie Picot, 1744–1805

Sansome Fields near Worcester, the Seat of Charles Trubshaw Withers, Esquire

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Hunting Lodge of Queen Elizabeth, Epping Forest

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Westminster Abbey from Pimlic

1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Hawes Bridge near Kendal

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A View of the Royal Palace of Hampton Court

1763
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Insurance Premium, Issued by the Fire and Life Insurance Co. for Architects,... [Read more]

1856
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Westminster Abbey, Geometrical elevation of the West entrance; Westminster Abbey,... [Read more]

c.1803
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Trade Card for Churchman's Chocolate and Fry's Patent Cocoa

c.1770
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Trade Card for Saddle Horses to Lett

c.1770
Accessible in the Study Room
Jacobus Houbraken, 1698–1780

Henry VIII, King of England

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Basire, 1730–1802

A View of the Old Palace at Hampton Court from the Thames

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Trade card for a brushmaker in Birmingham

1782
Accessible in the Study Room
after unknown artist

Trade Card printed for the Phoenix Co. or New Fire Office Lombard Street

c.1770
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Invitation to Masonic Meeting held at the Swan Inn, Birmingham, 31 August 1767

1767
Accessible in the Study Room
Garnet Terry, active 1780–1796

Trade card for Chartes Sharp Perfume and Razor Makers 131 Fleet Street and S.... [Read more]

c.1770
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Trade card for Joseph Watson a Whitesmith and Ironmonger in Broad Street in... [Read more]

ca. 1770
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Trade Card for John Walker, a metalworker of St. Martin's Lane, Birmingham

c.1770
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Trade Card for Henry Overton, Map and Printseller at Newgate, London

ca. 1770
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Trade card for Benjamin Pearkes, a machinery manufacturer

ca. 1770
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Trade card for John Kempson, Druggist and Chemist of Snow Hill, London

ca. 1770
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Trade card for Water's and Ward, Gun-makers of Snow Hill, Birmingham

ca. 1770
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Trade card for Cukkwick, a druggist of Bromsgrove

ca. 1770
Accessible in the Study Room
John T. Wedgwood, active 1839

Monument of Lord Chancellor Eldon

1839
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Trade card for ......vell's Best Virginia Tobacco, of Worcester

ca. 1770
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Strand, London Hall

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Coat of Arms with the mottos 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' and 'Dieu et mon Droit'

ca. 1770
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Coat of Arms with the Motto 'Opiferque per orbem dicor'

ca. 1770
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A View of the House of Correction in Gold Bath Fields

1798
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Royal Barracks, Fort Victoria Royal Hospital Entrance to St. George's Harbour,... [Read more]

ca. 1810
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758

Two cows and a dog in a stream, Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book..of Beasts in Various... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758

A Horse and a dog, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book...of Beasts in Various... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Sion Lodge

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Lambeth House

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Archiepiscopal Palace of Lambeth

1792
Accessible in the Study Room
Sparrow, active 1773–1787

Lambeth Palace, Surrey

1778
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Lambeth House in Surrey

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Unitarian Arms

1792
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Scrub and Bonniface, or Three Brave Lads against One Poor Roscius

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Malbrouke

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Kitty Coaxer driving Dupe, towards Rotten Row

1779
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Feathered Fair in a Fright

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Charles Hunt, 1803–1877

Mortar Battery at Woolwich

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Constantine Stadler, active 1780–1812

Great Fall of the Fynach

1809
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to Thomas Cook, 1744–1818

Plan of Lambeth Palace

1750
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

England, Roast Beef and Plumb Pudding - France, Toad Stools and Garlick

1775
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Mirror
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Late Bombardment of Government Castle

1782
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Muckle Sawney Riding Post

1772
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Modern Woman

1781
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A Portrait

1796
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Prospero on the Enchanted Island

1798
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Kensington Gardens

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Joseph Samuel Alpenny, 1787–1858

Two Travellers Watering Three Horses

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
W. Read, active 1818

The Grand Coronation Banquet, in Westminster Hall

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Proteus ye 2d in Sev'ral Among his Many Publick Characters

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
John S. Shury, active 1818–1848

The New Hall and Library, Lincoln's Inn from the South East

ca. 1856
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

The Eclipse at an End - and Political Tilting Discovered

ca. 1788
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

John Bull Caught at his last Luxury

1797
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Triumphal Entry of Suwarrow into Paris!!

1799
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Fox in a Trap & The Constitution Preserved

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Irish Fortune Hunters storming the Bristol Boarding School; or, Potatoe Artillery for... [Read more]

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A Canterbury Tale

1788
Accessible in the Study Room
Published by William Holland, 1757–1815

Old Maids dreaming of the Monster

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Fair Quaker of Cheltenham

1788
Accessible in the Study Room
Published by William Holland, 1757–1815

A Perry-Lous Situation; or, the Doctor and his Friends keeping the... [Read more]

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

What Do You Want, Paddy?

1798
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Bal(l)ance of Power or a Parody of the 14th of July....1791

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Secrecy

1799
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A Member of the Riding House at Paris, Delivering an Harangue from the... [Read more]

1799
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A Courier from Egypt to the French Directory

1799
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Ladies Register Office for Tall Footmen

1792

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