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Prints and Drawings 80
Paintings and Sculpture 22

Creator

Unknown artist 102
Wilkinson, Robert, 1758–1825 15
Bowles, & Carver, 1763–1830 9
Bowles, John, 1701–1779 7
Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794 6
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793 3
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 3
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 3
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 2
Gole, Jacob, 1660–1737 2
Gravelot, Hubert-François, 1699–1773 2
Knyff, Leonard, 1650–1721 2
Rigaud, Jacques, 1681–1754 2
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 2
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834 1
Adams, Francis E., active ca.1760–1775 1
Allom, Thomas, 1804–1872 1
Aveling, H. J., active 1839–1842 1
Barker, Thomas, 1769–1847 1
Baxter, George, 1804–1867 1
Bolton, James, 19th century 1
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811 1
Charton, Gabriel, active 1810 1
Claxton, Florence, active 1855–1889 1
Cosway, Richard, 1742–1821 1
Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842 1
DONOWELL, John, active 1753–1786 1
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 1
Darly, Matthew, active 1754–1778 1
Davey, George, active c.1820–1832 1

Date

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 80
Not on view 20
On view 2

Image Use

Free to Use 82
Under Certain Circumstances 20

Image Available

available 102

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Prints 42
Drawings & Watercolors 34
Paintings 22
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 3
Photographs 1

Collective Title

Twelve New Views in Rome and Naples 5
A Voyage Round Great Britain 1
Ackermann's Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics 1
Porfolio of Sixteen Designs after Greek Vases 1
Subjects copied from Barker's Rustic Figures 1

Period

18th century 48
19th century 35
18th century-19th century 9
17th century-18th century 5
unknown period 2
17th century 1
19th century-20th century 1
20th century 1

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 34
watercolor 26
laid paper 25
graphite 24
oil paint 22
painting (technique) 22
canvas 19
etching (printing process) 14
black ink 11
brown ink 8
line engraving 8
gouache 6
pen 6
lithography 5
mezzotint 4
brown wash 3
card 3
chine collé 2
colored ink 2
gray ink 2
gray wash 2
scraping 2
stipple engraving 2
aquatint 1
black chalk 1
board 1
gelatin silver process 1
hand coloring 1
ink 1
panel (wood) 1

Height [cm]

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Work Type

drawing 37
watercolor 29
painting 22
intaglio print 19
planographic print 5
photograph 1

Genre

genre subject 50
architectural subject 34
landscape 25
cityscape 20
marine art 7
religious and mythological subject 7
figure study 6
literary theme 5
portrait 4
sporting art 2
historical subject 1
military art 1
still life 1

Subject Terms

women 102

men 77
genre subject 46
architectural subject 34
costume 31
landscape 25
cityscape 20
buildings 19
trees 19
children 17
hats 15
boats 14
church 13
walking 13
dresses 12
interior 12
architecture 11
city 11
river 11
coats 10
gesture 10
horses (animals) 10
arches 9
caricature 9
dogs (animals) 9
leisure 9
dog (animal) 8
figures 8
gowns 8
man 8

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 42
England 41
Greater London 21
Europe 18
London 17
Italy 9
City of Westminster 8
Thames 8
City of London 4
Westminster Abbey 4
Campania 3
Chiswick 3
Chiswick House 3
France 3
Naples 3
Napoli 3
Richmond upon Thames (borough) 3
Royal Palace of Naples 3
Africa 2
Bristol 2
Clifton 2
India 2
Kent 2
Lazio 2
Roma 2
Rome 2
South Asia 2
St. Paul's Cathedral 2
Venice 2
Westminster bridge 2

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 4
Mary Magdalene, Saint (early 1st c. AD – mid-late 1st c. AD) 2
Aeneas 1
Andromeda 1
Aphrodite 1
Ariel (character in The Tempest) 1
Athena 1
Beatrice 1
Benedick 1
Bottom (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream) 1
Caxton, William (1415x24–1492), printer, merchant, and diplomat 1
Celia 1
Cordelia (character in King Lear) 1
Crab 1
Desdemona (character in Othello) 1
Doll Tearsheet 1
Edward IV (1442–1483), king of England and lord of Ireland 1
Edward V (1470–1483), king of England and lord of Ireland 1
Elizabeth (c.1437–1492), queen of England, consort of Edward IV 1
Esau 1
Flora 1
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 1
Henry IV (1553–1610), King of France and King of Navarre 1
Hera 1
Hermes 1
Isaac 1
Isabella, a novice nun (character in Measure for Measure) 1
Jacob 1
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE) 1
John the Evangelist, Saint (c. 1–c. 100 AD) 1

Exhibition History

Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 5
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 4
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 4
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) 3
Art in Focus : The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06) 2
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 2
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 2
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 2
Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30) 2
2016 - Long Gallery 408 (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-03-29 - ) 1
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 in Focus : William III (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-04-08 - 2011-07-31) 1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 1
Francis Hayman (Kenwood House, 1987-06-24 - 1987-09-30) 1
Francis Hayman (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-04-01 - 1987-05-31) 1
Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2025-03-24 - 2025-08-17) 1
Mrs Delany & Her Circle (Yale Center for British Art, 2009-09-24 - 2010-01-03) 1
Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19) 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
Penn's England (Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art, 1982-09-05 - ) 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
Rococo - Art and Design in Hogarth's England (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1984-04-30 - 1984-12-07) 1
Shakespeare in Western Art (Isetan Museum of Art, 1992-10-29 - 1992-11-24) 1
Shakespeare in Western Art (Kintetsu Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-02) 1
Shakespeare in Western Art (Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 1992-11-28 - 1992-12-23) 1
Shakespeare in Western Art (Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-08) 1
Tea Table - Coffee Table (Milwaukee Art Museum, 2005-02-15 - 2005-06-12) 1
The Age of William III and Mary II (Folger Shakespeare Library, 1989-02-13 - 1989-04-06) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 86
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 9
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert Halsband 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection 1

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On view
Perhaps Jan van der Vaart, 1647–1721

Bifrons Park, Kent

between 1695 and 1705
On view
unknown artist

Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

ca. 1705
unknown artist

Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest"

ca. 1780
unknown artist

View of Horse Guards and Whitehall

ca. 1750
unknown artist

Aeneas and the Sibyl

ca. 1800
unknown artist

Schloss Rosenau, Coburg

1841 to 1844
unknown artist

The Wolverhampton Racecourse

1837
unknown artist

Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i

between 1770 and 1780
unknown artist

The Mall

between 1740 and 1750
unknown artist

A Family Being Served with Tea, possibly the Carter family

ca. 1745
unknown artist

The Bell Tower of Evesham

ca. 1795
unknown artist

The Paper Buildings, Inner Temple, London

ca. 1725
unknown artist

A Country House in a River Landscape, Previously Identified as Oatlands

ca. 1805
unknown artist

Ely Cathedral

ca. 1800
unknown artist

Street with Church and Figures

1822 to 1825
unknown artist

An Imaginary View of Westminster Bridge

mid-18th century
unknown artist

Crickhowell, Breconshire

ca. 1800
unknown artist

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

ca. 1730
unknown artist

The Interior of Westminster Abbey

ca. 1714
unknown artist

Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays

ca. 1840
unknown artist

Lady Jane Mathew and Her Daughters

ca. 1790
Attributed to H. J. Aveling, active 1839–1842

First Grand Match of Cricket Played by Members of the Royal Amateur Society on... [Read more]

exhibited 1839
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Lady Time Present and Lady Time Past

1773
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Jacob Gole, 1660–1737

Drinking Scene

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Arrival of Ferries at London Bridge (?)

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphis (four of four)

ca. 1710
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Lake Maggiore

ca. 1850
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Long Minuet as Danced at Bath

after 1787
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Roundway Park, Wiltshire: Exterior View

ca. 1840
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Roundway Park, Wiltshire: Exterior View

ca. 1840
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Welsh Fisherwomen

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Meeting of Jacob and Esau

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Jacob Gole, 1660–1737

Love Scene

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Globe Inn

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Battersea Bridge

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Pile Driving on the Banks of the Thames

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Interior of Milan Cathedral

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Design for Wall Paper

ca. 1760
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Design for the Parterre at Hampton Court

early 18th century
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Design for a Greenhouse at Kew Gardens

undated

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