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Reference Library 371
Prints and Drawings 276
Rare Books and Manuscripts 130
Paintings and Sculpture 19

Creator

Unknown artist 295
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 103
Wilkinson, Robert, 1758–1825 32
Bowles, & Carver, 1763–1830 27
Constable, John, 1776–1837 15
Bowles, Thomas, ca. 1712–1767 9
Murray, John, 1778–1843 8
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 7
Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802 6
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793 5
Rafael Valls (Art dealer) 5
Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794 5
Laguerre, Louis, 1663–1721 4
Rigaud, Jacques, 1681–1754 4
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 4
Baxter, George, 1804–1867 3
Parr, Nathaniel, active 1742–1751 3
Parr, Remi, 1743–after 1750 3
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) 3
Black, Jeremy, 1955– 2
Boime, Albert 2
Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828 2
Bowles, John, 1701–1779 2
Bryant, Julius 2
Childs, Adrienne L. 2
Christie, Manson & Woods 2
Cox, David, 1783–1859 2
Dolan, Brian 2
Farington, Joseph, 1747–1821 2
Foot, Mirjam 2

Date

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To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 406
Accessible in the Reference Library 371
Not on view 16
On view 3

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 642
Free to Use 154

Image Available

unavailable 520
available 276

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 4

Classification

Books 446
Drawings & Watercolors 182
Prints 62
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 34
Paintings 19
Archives & Manuscripts 17
Maps & Atlas (printed) 16
Articles & Chapters 7
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 5
Periodicals 3
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 2
Computer Files 1
Photographs 1
Posters 1

Collective Title

A Voyage Round Great Britain 103
The Victorious Battles of the Immortal Prince, John Duke of Marlborough 4
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae 2
Environs of London 1

Period

19th century 280
20th century 205
21st century 165
18th century 86
18th century-19th century 29
17th century 18
16th century 5
unknown period 4
15th century 3
19th century-20th century 3
17th century-18th century 2

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 183
watercolor 169
black ink 131
graphite 79
laid paper 43
pen 31
brown ink 23
oil paint 19
painting (technique) 19
canvas 14
gray wash 14
black chalk 13
etching (printing process) 8
gouache 7
brown wash 6
white chalk 5
line engraving 4
lithography 4
panel (wood) 4
scraping 4
aquatint 3
blue wash 3
stipple engraving 3
card 2
chine collé 2
gray ink 2
ink 2
scratching out 2
wash 2
woodcut (process) 2

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Work Type

drawing 216
watercolor 186
history 19
painting 19
engraving 18
intaglio print 18
diarie 14
wood engraving 13
aquatint 11
exhibition catalog 11
lithograph 11
travel literature 11
woodcut 11
atlase 10
map 9
recreation 7
game 6
board game 4
chromoxylograph 4
nautical chart 4
planographic print 4
armorial bookplates (provenance) 3
botanical illustration 3
catalog 3
chromolithograph 3
etching 3
ink drawing 3
lithotint 3
publisher's advertisement 3
travel writing 3

Genre

landscape 157
architectural subject 112
cityscape 50
marine art 23
genre subject 20
military art 11
sporting art 5
portrait 4
historical subject 2
animal art 1
cartographic material 1
religious and mythological subject 1

Subject Terms

landscape 159
boats 116
architectural subject 112
Painting, European -- Catalogs. 69
Europe -- Description and travel. 67
sails 67
trees 64
cityscape 55
Painting, Modern -- 17th century -- Europe -- Catalogs. 51
Painting, Modern -- 18th century -- Europe -- Catalogs. 51
hills 48
cliffs 42
Europe. 36
coastlines 35
men 29
ships 29
castle 25
house 24
marine art 23
river 23
genre subject 20
Europe -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. 19
birds 19
bridge (built work) 19
clouds 18
horses (animals) 18
women 18
buildings 17
coastline 17
sea 16

Subject Period

17th century 78
19th century 74
18th century 37
20th century 25
16th century 11
17th-18th centuries 7
15th century 3
12th century 1
17th-19th century 1
21st century 1

Associated Places

Europe 796

United Kingdom 237
England 190
Italy 38
Scotland 30
France 29
Kent 24
London 24
Wales 23
Great Britain 21
Devon 20
Germany 15
Cornwall 14
Thames 11
Greater London 10
Rome 10
Hinton St George 9
Somerset 9
Switzerland 9
Belgium 8
East Sussex 8
Highland 8
Anglesey 7
Lazio 7
Venice 7
Wiltshire 7
Argyll and Bute 6
City of Westminster 6
Cumbria 6
Dorset 6

Associated People

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 7
Albert (1819–1861), prince consort, consort of Queen Victoria 3
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 3
Victoria (1819–1901), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and empress of India 3
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861 2
Bossi, Silvestro 2
Cooper, Edward Joshua, 1798–1863 2
Goya, Francisco, 1746–1828 2
Parker, Thomas Browne, 1797–1833 2
Richardson, Jonathan, 1665–1745 2
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641 2
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 2
Albert, Groebritannien, Prinzgemahl, 1819–1861 1
Alford, Henry, 1810–1871 1
Alice, Grand Duchess, consort of Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt, 1843–1878 1
Ardizzone, Edward, 1900–1979 1
Arthur, Prince, Duke of Connaught, 1850–1942 1
Barrett, Thomas (1744–1803), antiquary 1
Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg, 1857–1944 1
Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753–1827 1
Beckford, William, 1760–1844 1
Berry, Agnes, 1764–1852 1
Berry, Mary, 1763–1852 1
Blake, William, 1757–1827 1
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313–1375 1
Bonaparte family 1
Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803–1874 1
Braidwood, James, 1800–1861 1
Brett, Charles Edward Bainbridge, 1928– 1
Bridgman, Frederick Arthur, 1847–1928 1

Exhibition History

Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 6
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) 6
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 4
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16) 3
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) 2
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019) 2
Penn's England (Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art, 1982-09-05 - ) 2
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 2
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) 1
2016 - Long Gallery 408 (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-03-29 - ) 1
All The Queen's Horses (National Horse Racing Museum, 2003-04-26 - 2003-08-23) 1
Antiques & Fine Art Fair 2002 (BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair, 2002-03-13 - 2002-03-19) 1
Art in Focus : The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06) 1
Britannia & Muscovy: English Silver at the Court of the Tsars (Yale Center for British Art, May 24, 2006-September 10, 2006) 1
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 1
Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14) 1
Horticulture (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 1981-06-09 - 1981-08-23) 1
J. M. W. Turner - A Selection of Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (National Gallery of Art, 1968-10-31 - 1969-04-21) 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
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 1
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) 1
Rejoicing in Woods and Springs: A Journey through Garden Cultures in China and the Wider World (Suzhou Museum, 2025-07-26 - 2025-10-31) 1
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) 1
Richard Parkes Bonington (Musée du Petit Palais, 1992-03-05 - 1992-05-17) 1
Richard Parkes Bonington (Yale Center for British Art, 1991-11-13 - 1992-01-19) 1
Royal River (National Maritime Museum, 2012-04-27 - 2012-09-09) 1
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 1
The Architect and the British Country House (High Museum of Art, 1986-08-03 - 1986-09-27) 1
The Architect and the British Country House (National Academy Museum & School, 1986-05-04 - 1986-06-20) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 281
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935 4
22653444540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
22711751970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
22614753900008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22614798810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22614814180008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22623916500008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22624101360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22624104970008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22624307930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22630634370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22632260360008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22632296060008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22632298320008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22633078040008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22634547210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22636008240008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22636008260008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22637302220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22637438960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22648622550008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972 1
22649632370008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22653444280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22662614530008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957 1
22666285900008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22666285930008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22666760090008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22666782860008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
22669170700008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1

Language

English 448
German 26
French 12
Latin 6
Italian 3
Multiple languages 2
Dutch 1
Estonian 1
German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500) 1

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Charles Goring of Wiston and an Unknown Attendant

ca. 1765
unknown artist

A Game of Cricket (The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields, now Regent's... [Read more]

between 1790 and 1799
unknown artist

A Review of the London Volunteer Cavalry and Flying Artillery in Hyde... [Read more]

ca. 1804
unknown artist

The Burning of the Houses of Parliament

ca. 1834
unknown artist

French harbor scene

ca. 1825
unknown artist

The Wolverhampton Racecourse

1837
unknown artist

Trentham Park

ca. 1801
unknown artist

An Imaginary View of Westminster Bridge

mid-18th century
unknown artist

Lincoln's Inn, the Chapel, and Old Hall, London

ca. 1730
On view
unknown artist

Frost Fair on the Thames, with Old London Bridge in the distance

1684
unknown artist

Durham

ca. 1795
On view
Jan Vorsterman, ca. 1643–after 1685

Greenwich, with London in the distance

ca. 1680
unknown artist

Llannerch, Denbighshire, Wales

ca. 1667
On view
John Dixon, ca. 1740–1810 or 1811

Lee Priory, Kent

1785
unknown artist

A View of Lambeth

ca. 1770

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