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Prints and Drawings 400
Paintings and Sculpture 47

Creator

Unknown artist 447
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 104
Wilkinson, Robert, 1758–1825 24
Bowles, & Carver, 1763–1830 17
Constable, John, 1776–1837 16
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793 10
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 10
Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794 8
Basire, James, 1730–1802 7
Baxter, George, 1804–1867 6
Topham, John, 1746–1803 6
DONOWELL, John, active 1753–1786 5
Francis, Frith & Co., 1859–1971 5
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 5
Bowles, John, 1701–1779 4
Cox, David, 1783–1859 3
DeWint, Peter, 1784–1849 3
Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802 3
Varley, John, 1778–1842 3
Vorsterman, Jan, ca. 1643–after 1685 3
Basire, James, 1769–1822 2
Billings, Robert William, 1813–1874 2
Canaletto, 1697–1768 2
Capon, William, 1757–1827 2
Carter, John, 1748–1817 2
Cleveley, John the younger, 1747–1786 2
Cole, Benjamin, 1697–1783 2
Coney, John, 1786–1833 2
Farington, Joseph, 1747–1821 2
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804 2

Date

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 400
Not on view 41
On view 6

Image Use

Free to Use 275
Under Certain Circumstances 172

Image Available

available 407
unavailable 40

Provenance

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Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 206
Prints 135
Paintings 47
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 46
Photographs 12
Posters 1

Collective Title

A Voyage Round Great Britain 103
"Some Account of the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Stephen, Westminster", John Topham, 1795 6
"The History of the Ancient Palace and Late Houses of Parliament at Westminster", Brayley and Britton, 1836 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
Environs of London 1
History of London from Its Foundation to the Present Time 1
History of the Isle of Wight, 1781 1
Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of England & Wales, 1786 1
The History of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green 1
The Rivers of England (River Scenery) 1
Twelve Prints, Representing the Surprising Events in the Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 1
“The History of the Ancient Palace and Late Houses of Parliament at Westminster”, Brayley and Britton, 1836. 1

Period

19th century 258
18th century 131
18th century-19th century 27
17th century 10
19th century-20th century 7
20th century 6
unknown period 4
17th century-18th century 1

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 257
watercolor 179
black ink 151
graphite 111
laid paper 64
oil paint 47
painting (technique) 47
canvas 37
pen 34
line engraving 32
brown ink 27
etching (printing process) 24
gray wash 19
black chalk 12
pens 11
lithography 10
aquatint 9
albumen process 8
gouache 8
panel (wood) 7
brown wash 6
stipple engraving 6
woodcut (process) 6
card 5
scraping 5
white chalk 5
gray ink 4
paper 4
chine collé 3
hand coloring 3

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Work Type

drawing 252
watercolor 191
intaglio print 60
painting 47
photograph 12
planographic print 9
relief print 7
collage 1
photomechanical print 1
poster 1

Genre

architectural subject 219
landscape 206
cityscape 59
genre subject 38
marine art 32
historical subject 12
sporting art 6
portrait 5
military art 3
animal art 2
cartographic material 1
literary theme 1
religious and mythological subject 1

Subject Terms

architectural subject 218
landscape 207
boats 121
trees 74
sails 72
men 61
hills 60
cityscape 55
river 50
cliffs 48
church 46
women 42
buildings 37
coastlines 35
genre subject 35
castle 32
house 31
marine art 28
ships 28
bridge (built work) 27
clouds 27
horses (animals) 27
costume 25
country house 23
birds 21
leisure 21
exterior view 20
sailboats 20
architecture 19
coastline 18

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 447

England 366
Europe 237
London 126
City of Westminster 75
Palace of Westminster 57
Greater London 52
Scotland 43
Kent 31
Wales 30
Thames 27
Devon 24
Lambeth 16
St. Stephen's Chapel, Palace of Westminster 16
Westminster Abbey 16
House of Commons 15
Cornwall 14
Southwark 14
Vauxhall Gardens 13
Somerset 10
St. Paul's Cathedral 10
City of London 9
Cumbria 9
East Sussex 9
Hinton St George 9
Highland 8
House of Lords 8
Isle of Wight 8
Wiltshire 8
Anglesey 7

Associated People

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
Jones, Inigo (1573–1652), architect and theatre designer 2
Paul, the Apostle, St. (c. AD 5–c. AD 67) 2
Adela, Countess of Warenne (12th century) 1
Barrett, Thomas (1744–1803), antiquary 1
Canynges, William (1402–1474), merchant and ecclesiastical benefactor 1
Charles I (1600–1649), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1
Edward III (1312–1377), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine 1
Flora 1
Foote, Samuel (bap. 1721, d. 1777), actor and playwright 1
George IV 1
God 1
Goring, Charles (1744–1829) 1
Neptune 1
Stow, John (1524/5–1605), historian 1
Taylor, Brook, mathematician (1685–1731) 1
Unknown attendant (active ca. 1765) 1
Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717–1797) 1
Wyatt, James (1746–1813), architect 1
saints 1

Exhibition History

Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 16
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 7
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 4
2016 - Long Gallery 408 (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-03-29 - ) 3
Art in Focus : The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06) 3
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) 3
Penn's England (Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art, 1982-09-05 - ) 3
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 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
Art in Focus : William III (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-04-08 - 2011-07-31) 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
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 2
The Anglo-Dutch Garden in the age of William and Mary (Christie's (UK), 1989-01-03 - 1989-02-02) 2
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
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
Juxtapositions (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-11-19 - 1998-01-04) 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
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
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

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 417
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 10
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Isaacs 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown, Yale MA (HON.) 1971 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alexander 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Monique Goldstrom in honor of Michael Goldstrom's role "Hersh" in "Modern Orthodox" by Daniel Goldfarb at Long Wharf Theatre 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Korn 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Cornelius Vandebilt, Vanderbilt Collection, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Renée and Geoffrey H. Hartman, Yale PhD 1953 1
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 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 Miss Elizabeth Manwaring 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection 1

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unknown artist

A View of Lambeth

ca. 1770
unknown artist

An Imaginary View of Westminster Bridge

mid-18th century
unknown artist

Thames at Lambeth Palace

after 1745
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

The Interior of Westminster Abbey

ca. 1714
unknown artist

Yacht Racing on the Solent

ca. 1827
unknown artist

Windsor Castle from the South

after 1681
On view
unknown artist

Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

ca. 1705
unknown artist

Ely Cathedral

ca. 1800
unknown artist

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

between 1790 and 1799
On view
Perhaps Jan van der Vaart, 1647–1721

Bifrons Park, Kent

between 1695 and 1705
unknown artist

Durham

ca. 1795
unknown artist

Crickhowell, Breconshire

ca. 1800
On view
Jan Vorsterman, ca. 1643–after 1685

Greenwich, with London in the distance

ca. 1680

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