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Prints and Drawings 1,707
Paintings and Sculpture 6

Creator

Unknown artist 1,713
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 105
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer, 1792–1864 30
Constable, John, 1776–1837 20
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833 15
Major, Thomas, 1714–1799 12
Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801 10
Malton, Thomas the Younger, 1748–1804 9
Capon, William, 1757–1827 8
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677 8
Leech, John, 1817–1864 8
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 8
Hardie, Martin, 1875–1952 7
Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789–1850 7
Sowerby, James de Carle, 1787–1871 7
Baxter, George, 1804–1867 6
Bruce, James, 1730–1794 6
EMANUEL, Frank L., 1865–1948 6
Thayer, Benjamin W., active 1841–1853 6
Clerk, William, ? 19th c. 5
Cole, Benjamin, 1697–1783 5
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 5
Barnes, Robert, 1840–1895 4
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 4
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800 4
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 4
Shepherd, George Sidney, 1784–1862 4
Smith, W. Thomas, 1865–1936 4
Allom, Thomas, 1804–1872 3
Archer, John Wykeham, 1808–1864 3

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 1,707
Not on view 6

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 1,713

Image Available

available 1,107
unavailable 606

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Prints 1,188
Drawings & Watercolors 468
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 37
Photographs 14
Paintings 3
Ceramics 2
Sculptures 1

Collective Title

A Voyage Round Great Britain 104
Porfolio of Sixteen Designs after Greek Vases 16
Eleven Designs for Houses and Shops 10
Dogs Drawn from Nature 7
A New Family Herbal 1
Environs of London 1
History of More than 300 Animals 1
Remarkable Houses; views from British Isles and the Continent 1
The History of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green 1
The Merry Tales of the Wise Men of Gotham 1

Period

19th century 905
18th century 148
18th century-19th century 75
19th century-20th century 64
20th century 27
unknown period 10
17th century 3
17th century-18th century 3

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 409
watercolor 316
graphite 216
black ink 214
pen 109
brown ink 69
laid paper 67
gouache 49
gray wash 45
line engraving 23
brown wash 22
scratching out 18
card 17
lithography 17
gray ink 15
oil paint 14
black chalk 13
white gouache 12
woodcut (process) 12
gelatin silver process 11
etching (printing process) 9
stipple engraving 9
white chalk 9
aquatint 8
scraping 8
hand coloring 7
photomechanical reproduction 7
red chalk 7
gum arabic 6
black wash 5

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Work Type

drawing 402
watercolor 360
intaglio print 61
planographic print 18
photograph 14
relief print 14
photomechanical print 8
painting 3
collage 2
sculpture 1
statue 1

Genre

architectural subject 206
landscape 195
marine art 53
cityscape 42
genre subject 40
animal art 36
portrait 34
figure study 26
still life 22
historical subject 9
religious and mythological subject 6
botanical subject 5
sporting art 5
literary theme 2
cartographic material 1

Subject Terms

architectural subject 197
landscape 185
boats 108
trees 87
sails 71
hills 49
cliffs 41
men 41
marine art 38
coastlines 36
portrait 32
cityscape 31
genre subject 31
animal art 29
man 27
ships 26
clouds 25
woman 25
design 24
figure study 24
figures 24
mountains 22
castle 21
coastline 20
costume 20
bridge (built work) 19
building 19
windows 19
birds 18
house 18

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 161
Europe 136
England 121
London 28
Scotland 26
Wales 22
Devon 16
Cornwall 13
Greater London 12
Kent 12
City of Westminster 8
Egypt 8
Highland 8
Africa 7
Anglesey 7
Italy 7
Cumbria 6
East Sussex 6
Argyll and Bute 5
Isle of Wight 5
Southwark 5
Aberdeenshire 4
Asia 4
Cymru 4
Dorset 4
Lambeth 4
Mull, Island of 4
Palace of Westminster 4
Plymouth 4
Shewa 4

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 5
Jones, Inigo (1573–1652), architect and theatre designer 4
Albert (1819–1861), prince consort, consort of Queen Victoria 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 2
Allan, Sir William (1782–1850), painter 1
Britannia 1
Constable, John (1776–1837), landscape painter and draughtsman 1
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright 1
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE) 1
Locke, John (1632–1704), philosopher 1
Minerva 1
Neptune 1
Peel, Sir Robert, third baronet (1822–1895), politician 1
Spring, Tom (1795–1851) English bare-knuckle fighter 1
St. Peter 1
The Virgin Mary 1
Thomson, Reverend John (active 1830), parish minister of Shettleston, Scotland 1
William III and II (1650–1702), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and prince of Orange 1

Exhibition History

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
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 4
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 3
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 2
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 2
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17) 2
The Creative Printmaker (Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1986-03-05 - 1986-04-20) 2
The Creative Printmaker (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-07-09 - 1985-09-01) 2
William Hogarth - A Selection of Painting from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (National Gallery of Art, 1971-02-12 - 1971-05-30) 2
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 1
Antiques & Fine Art Fair 2002 (BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair, 2002-03-13 - 2002-03-19) 1
Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31) 1
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 1
Courts and Colonies - the William and Mary Style in Holland, England, and America (Carnegie Museum of Art, 1989-03-18 - 1989-05-28) 1
Courts and Colonies - the William and Mary Style in Holland, England, and America (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 1988-11-11 - 1989-02-12) 1
Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09) 1
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 1
Paintings on Loan to The Trustees' Room Belmont Park from the English Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Belmont Park, 1968 - 1968) 1
Peterloo and Protest (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-08-16 - 2019-12-01) 1
The Age of William III and Mary II (Folger Shakespeare Library, 1989-02-13 - 1989-04-06) 1
The Age of William III and Mary II (The Grolier Club, 1988-12-13 - 1989-01-29) 1
The Noble Horse (II) (The Bunkamaura Museum of Art, 2000-09-02 - 2000-10-22) 1
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 1
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1,713

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The Wolverhampton Racecourse

1837
unknown artist

Sign for a Paviour

18th century
unknown artist

Restoration Procession of Charles II at Cheapside

mid-18th century
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Head of a Young Man

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Portrait

undated
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unknown artist

Design for the Parterre at Hampton Court

early 18th century
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Dean's Yard
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Seated Woman

undated
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unknown artist

Cottage

undated
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unknown artist

Standing Woman

undated
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unknown artist

Thumbnail Sketch of Venice

undated
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unknown artist

Welsh Hills from Beaumaris

undated
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unknown artist

Landscape with Bridge

undated
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unknown artist

Thumbnail Sketch of Port City

undated
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unknown artist

Caricature of Three Blacks

undated
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unknown artist

Dogs Fighting

undated
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unknown artist

Teignmouth Harbor with Ships

undated
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unknown artist

Majesty's Ship Tyber of 46 Guns off Teignmouth, Commanded by Captain Dacres

undated
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unknown artist

Beach with Ships and Ship off Shore

undated
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unknown artist

Moonlit Scene of Castle and Ships

undated
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unknown artist

Town with Mountainous Landscape

undated
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unknown artist

Landscape

undated
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unknown artist

Mountainous Landscape

undated
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unknown artist

Landscape with Large Tree and Figure Below

undated
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unknown artist

Col. Floyd's Villa L -- (?) near Worthing

undated
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unknown artist

Woman in Oriental Headdress

undated
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unknown artist

Woman Carrying Baskets

undated
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unknown artist

Landscape with Trees and Church Spire

undated
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unknown artist

Port

undated
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unknown artist

Tree and Pond

undated
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unknown artist

Church Interior

undated
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unknown artist

Woman with Child

undated
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unknown artist

A Cavern on the South Sands, Tenby

undated
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unknown artist

Carew Castle South Wales

undated
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unknown artist

Mountainous Landscape with River

undated
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unknown artist

Man

undated
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unknown artist

Boats and Men on Beach

undated
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unknown artist

Landscape with Figures

undated
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unknown artist

Moonlit Coastal Scene

undated
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unknown artist

Gondola and House: Venice

undated
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unknown artist

Lady

undated
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unknown artist

Bearded Man

undated
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unknown artist

Two Sleeping Dogs

undated
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unknown artist

Church Interior

undated
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unknown artist

Faces

undated
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unknown artist

Harbor

undated
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unknown artist

Mountainous Landscape with Cows

undated
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unknown artist

Woman with Square Hat

undated
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unknown artist

Interior of Stone Building

undated
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unknown artist

Man Asleep at Table with Dogs

undated
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unknown artist

Rear View of a Goat Lying in a Forest

undated
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unknown artist

Man (in 16th Century Costume) with Dogs

undated
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unknown artist

Nocturnal View of Mountainous Landscape with River

undated
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unknown artist

Two Trees

undated
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unknown artist

Ram and Two Sheep

undated
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unknown artist

Landscape with River and Cliffs

undated
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unknown artist

Island with Castle

undated
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unknown artist

Three Men

undated
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unknown artist

Waterfall and Forest

undated
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unknown artist

Buildings and Cypress Trees

undated
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unknown artist

Landscape with Waterfall

undated
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unknown artist

Mountainous Landscape

undated
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unknown artist

Thatched Roof and Tree

undated
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unknown artist

Old House at Tournai

undated
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unknown artist

Indian Statue

undated
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unknown artist

Landscape with Smokestack

undated
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unknown artist

Battersea

undated
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unknown artist

Greenisland Looking Towards Carnck Castle, Belfast Lough

undated
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unknown artist

Croydon Church

undated
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unknown artist

South View of St. Neot's Bridge, Built About 1589 Out of the Ruins of the Priory

undated
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unknown artist

Lea Marshes

undated
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unknown artist

Peter the Wild Boy

undated
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unknown artist

Dioecici (botanical specimen)

undated
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unknown artist

S. Simon Petrus

undated
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unknown artist

Sleeping Dog

undated
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unknown artist

Design for a Wall Decoration

undated
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unknown artist

Shed

undated
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unknown artist

Design after a Greek Vase

undated
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unknown artist

The Garden Front of Buckingham Palace

undated
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unknown artist

The Garden of Buckingham Palace, seen from the terrace

undated
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unknown artist

St. Paul's First Stone Laid June 21, 1675 by Sir Christopher Wren /... [Read more]

undated
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unknown artist

Shanklin Church/ Isle of Wight

undated
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unknown artist

Landscape by a Stream

undated
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unknown artist

Lady with a Veil

undated
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unknown artist

Whitehall Palace, London: Elevation of Proposed Design

between 1710 and 1740
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Whitehall Palace, London: Section of Proposed Design

between 1710 and 1740
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Design for a Greenhouse at Kew Gardens

undated
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unknown artist

Man in Tartan Kilt and Top Armor

undated
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unknown artist

Design for a Riding School

undated
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unknown artist

Smithills Hall, Lancashire: Exterior View

1769
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Roundway Park, Wiltshire: Exterior View

ca. 1840
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Elevation of the Ordnance Office

after 1780
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Design for the Decoration of a Staircase

undated
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unknown artist

An Unidentified Country House: Side Elevation

undated
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unknown artist

Blickling Hall, Norwich

ca. 1770
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

One of Eleven Designs for Houses and Shops

ca. 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Design for a Country House

ca. 1840
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A Regency House

undated
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unknown artist

Unidentified Country House

between 1700 and 1715
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

View of Bedgebury Park - Garden Front

undated

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