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Prints and Drawings 948
Paintings and Sculpture 18

Creator

Unknown artist 966
Pugin, Augustus Charles, 1762–1832 53
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812–1852 51
Wilkinson, Robert, 1758–1825 30
Lafreri, Antonio, 1512–1577 27
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 25
Bowles, & Carver, 1763–1830 17
Bowles, John, 1701–1779 14
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 13
Buckler, John FSA, 1770–1851 11
Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794 11
Yenn, John, 1750–1821 11
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793 8
Basire, James, 1730–1802 7
Baxter, George, 1804–1867 7
Constable, John, 1776–1837 7
Illustrated, London News, 1842–2003 7
The, London Printing and Publishing Company 7
Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802 6
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer, 1792–1864 6
Thayer, Benjamin W., active 1841–1853 6
Topham, John, 1746–1803 6
DONOWELL, John, active 1753–1786 5
Godfrey, John 5
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677 5
J, & F Harwood, 1820s–1844 5
Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801 5
Stadler, Joseph Constantine, active 1780–1812 5
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792 4
Brandard, John, 1812–1863 4

Date

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 948
Not on view 13
On view 5

Image Use

Free to Use 691
Under Certain Circumstances 275

Image Available

available 727
unavailable 239

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Prints 379
Drawings & Watercolors 322
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 187
Photographs 54
Paintings 18
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures 5
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 1

Collective Title

[One of] Sixty-seven sheets of elevations, ground plans, and ornamentation from several Gothic structures. One loose drawing. 51
A Collection of Surveys of Scottish Estates of the Earl of Selkirk 38
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae 26
A Collection of 13 Rococo Designs for Furniture and Ornamental Work 12
Sketchbook, 10 September, 1819 12
A Voyage Round Great Britain 11
Twelve New Views in Rome and Naples 11
Eleven Designs for Houses and Shops 10
An Album of 17 Views of Erlestoke House, Park and Surroundings 7
"Some Account of the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Stephen, Westminster", John Topham, 1795 6
Views of Bencoolen 5
Architectural Remains removed to Farnley, by Walter Fawkes Esqr. from Different Ancient Hall Houses in his Possession 4
An Album of 17 Views of Erlestone House, Park and Surroundings 3
Architectural and Picturesque Views in Newcastle upon Tyne 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
Prints by Notable Dilettanti 2
Scotland Delineated 2
Scott's Poetical Works 2
Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs 2
"A Brief Account of Westminster Abbey ", WJ Loftie, 1894. 1
"History of Westminster Abbey", R. Ackermann, 1871. 1
"Vetusta Monumenta", Society of Antiquaries of London, 1747-1906 1
A Father's Memoirs of His Child 1
An Album of 17 Views of Erlestone House, Park, and Surroundings 1
Environs of London 1
Fountains Abbey - Views 1
History of London from Its Foundation to the Present Time 1
History of the Isle of Wight, 1781 1
Illustrations to Account of a Tour in Normandy, Dawson Turner, Vol. 1 1

Period

19th century 570
18th century 227
18th century-19th century 55
19th century-20th century 32
16th century 31
20th century 22
17th century 9
unknown period 7
17th century-18th century 6

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 606
graphite 402
watercolor 274
black ink 221
laid paper 167
pen 150
line engraving 149
brown ink 98
etching (printing process) 93
gray wash 84
hand coloring 34
gelatin silver process 27
lithography 26
aquatint 24
gouache 23
gray ink 23
albumen process 21
brown wash 21
canvas 18
oil paint 18
painting (technique) 18
steel engraving 18
pink ink 14
wash 14
black chalk 11
white gouache 11
pens 10
woodcut (process) 10
red ink 9
ink 7

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Work Type

drawing 489
intaglio print 266
watercolor 254
photograph 54
planographic print 36
painting 18
relief print 17
photomechanical print 14
miniature 3
collage 2
frontispiece 1

Genre

architectural subject 966

landscape 157
cityscape 79
genre subject 64
cartographic material 38
marine art 24
historical subject 11
religious and mythological subject 9
portrait 8
military art 4
botanical subject 3
still life 3
literary theme 2
sporting art 2
animal art 1

Subject Terms

architectural subject 820
landscape 108
trees 85
cityscape 62
castle 61
men 61
church 57
windows 57
Gothic (Medieval) 56
genre subject 52
house 51
design 45
plans (drawings) 45
buildings 40
women 37
costume 30
building 29
arches 28
architecture 26
horses (animals) 26
columns (architectural elements) 25
exterior view 25
river 25
country house 24
sections 24
steps 24
palace 23
ruins 23
boats 21
city 21

Subject Period

Associated Places

England 225
United Kingdom 219
Europe 112
London 103
City of Westminster 68
Palace of Westminster 54
Monmouthshire 35
Raglan Castle 34
Greater London 30
India 30
Italy 27
Westminster Abbey 20
Kent 17
St. Stephen's Chapel, Palace of Westminster 16
House of Commons 15
Rome 14
Scotland 14
Lazio 11
Levant 10
Hinton St George 9
Somerset 9
St. Paul's Cathedral 9
Wells 9
Yorkshire 9
East Sussex 8
Campania 7
City of London 7
House of Lords 7
Naples 7
Napoli 7

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 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 3
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright 2
Jones, Inigo (1573–1652), architect and theatre designer 2
Barrett, Thomas (1744–1803), antiquary 1
Brudenell-Bruce, Thomas (1729–1814), 1st Earl of Ailesbury 1
Caulfeild, James, first earl of Charlemont (1728–1799), politician 1
Charles I (1600–1649), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1
Flora 1
Foote, Samuel (bap. 1721, d. 1777), actor and playwright 1
George IV 1
God 1
Leopold I (1790–1865), king of the Belgians 1
Lowther, Sir William (1727–1756), 3rd Baronet, of Marske, Yorkshire 1
Neptune 1
Paul, the Apostle, St. (c. AD 5–c. AD 67) 1
Steavans, Thomas (ca. 1728–?1759) 1
Stow, John (1524/5–1605), historian 1
Taylor, Brook, mathematician (1685–1731) 1
Turner, Sir Charles (1727–1783), 1st Baronet, of Kirkleatham, Yorkshire 1
Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717–1797) 1
Wyatt, James (1746–1813), architect 1

Exhibition History

Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 19
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 5
2016 - Long Gallery 408 (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-03-29 - ) 4
When in Rome - Prints and Photographs, 1550-1900 (Smith College Museum of Art, 2016-09-30 - 2017-01-01) 4
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 3
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 3
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 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 Garden (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1979-05-21 - 1979-08-26) 3
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 3
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) 3
Art in Focus : William III (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-04-08 - 2011-07-31) 2
Company Culture (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-09-16 - 2004-01-05) 2
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) 2
The Anglo-Dutch Garden in the age of William and Mary (Christie's (UK), 1989-01-03 - 1989-02-02) 2
The Architect and the British Country House (High Museum of Art, 1986-08-03 - 1986-09-27) 2
The Architect and the British Country House (National Academy Museum & School, 1986-05-04 - 1986-06-20) 2
The Architect and the British Country House (The Octagon Museum, 1985-11-05 - 1986-04-06) 2
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 1
Art in Focus : The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06) 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
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 1
Giuseppe Vasi's Rome - Lasting Impressions from the Age of the Grand Tour (Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, 2010-09-25 - 2011-01-02) 1
Grand Tour - The Lure of Italy in the Eighteenth Century (Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1997-02-05 - 1997-04-07) 1
Grand Tour - The Lure of Italy in the Eighteenth Century (Tate Britain, 1996-10-10 - 1997-01-06) 1
Horticulture (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 1981-06-09 - 1981-08-23) 1
Juxtapositions (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-11-19 - 1998-01-04) 1
Making her Mark (Art Gallery of Ontario, 2024-03-30 - 2024-07-01) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 751
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 60
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection 27
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse 25
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan 25
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 18
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Linda G. Mitchell and David M. Doret, Yale BA 1968 16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler in memory of Paul Mellon, Yale College, Class of 1929 6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935 6
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection 4
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 3
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Paul Walter 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Isaacs 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas Kenny and Susan Phillips, In Memory of Richard Kressler and Leland Sweet 2
Yale Center for British Art 1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Caroline Fearey Schimmel 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr. Yale BE 1945W, and John Charles Street, Yale BA 1951, MA 1952, PhD 1955 in memory of our fathers Edward Porter Street, Yale 1920, and Charles Larrabee Street, Yale 1914 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr., Yale BE 1945W 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gregory F.W. Todd, Yale BA 1976, in memory of Joan Castle Sitwell 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jeanne-Marie & Homer Byington 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown, Yale MA (HON.) 1971 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Korn 1
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Elisabeth Manwaring 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. John Hill Morgan 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection 1
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Korn 1

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The Interior of Westminster Abbey

ca. 1714
unknown artist

Calke Hall, Derbyshire, the Seat of Sir Henry Harpur, Bt

ca. 1734
On view
Perhaps Jan van der Vaart, 1647–1721

Bifrons Park, Kent

between 1695 and 1705
unknown artist

Windsor Castle from the South

after 1681
unknown artist

Ely Cathedral

ca. 1800
unknown artist

View of Horse Guards and Whitehall

ca. 1750
On view
John Dixon, ca. 1740–1810 or 1811

Lee Priory, Kent

1785
unknown artist

The Hermitage

ca. 1772
unknown artist

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

ca. 1730
unknown artist

Llannerch, Denbighshire, Wales

ca. 1667
On view
unknown artist

Denham Place, Buckinghamshire

ca. 1695
On view
unknown artist

Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

ca. 1705
unknown artist

Durham

ca. 1795
unknown artist

Bologna

ca. 1826
unknown artist

Canal under construction, possibly the Bude Canal

ca. 1840

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