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Prints and Drawings 983
Paintings and Sculpture 31

Creator

Unknown artist 1,014
Vanity, Fair, 1868–1914 53
Constable, John, 1776–1837 25
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 23
DeWint, Peter, 1784–1849 16
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 13
Buckler, John FSA, 1770–1851 12
Francis, Frith & Co., 1859–1971 8
EMANUEL, Frank L., 1865–1948 6
Aggas, Ralph, 1540?–1621 4
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer, 1792–1864 4
Fairholt, Frederick William, 1814–1866 3
Bardwell, William, 1795–1890 2
Claxton, Florence, active 1855–1889 2
Hoppner, John, 1758–1810 2
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 2
Schnebbelie, Jacob C., 1760–1792 2
Withers, Alfred, 1856–1932 2
Ansell, Charles, ca. 1752–active 1790 1
Beham, Barthel, 1502–1540 1
Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828 1
Bowles, Thomas, ca. 1712–1767 1
Brasier, William, active 18th century 1
Callow, William, 1812–1908 1
Canaletto, 1697–1768 1
Chatelain, Jean Baptiste Claude, 1710–1771 1
Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842 1
Cox, David, 1783–1859 1
FINDLAY, J., active 1825–1857 1
Flaxman, John, 1755–1826 1

Date

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 983
Not on view 31

Image Use

Free to Use 554
Under Certain Circumstances 460

Image Available

available 664
unavailable 350

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Prints 482
Drawings & Watercolors 413
Photographs 47
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 32
Paintings 29
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures 8
Sculptures 2
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 1

Collective Title

Views Taken at Exmouth and in Its Vicinity 31
Sketchbook, 10 September, 1819 12
An Album of 17 Views of Erlestoke House, Park and Surroundings 11
A Collection of Surveys of Scottish Estates of the Earl of Selkirk 9
The Ports of England 1
Two Volumes of 187 Drawings and Manuscripts, Including, 4 Etchings 1

Period

19th century 1,008
18th century 3
19th century-20th century 1
20th century 1

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 301
graphite 236
watercolor 149
pen 83
black ink 66
brown ink 60
oil paint 38
laid paper 34
albumen process 31
painting (technique) 29
gouache 22
gray wash 22
scratching out 19
paper 17
brown wash 14
card 13
black chalk 12
line engraving 10
gray ink 9
white gouache 9
board 8
canvas 8
white chalk 7
gelatin silver process 6
ivory 6
platinum process 6
red chalk 6
salted paper processes 6
brown chalk 5
gum arabic 5

Height [cm]

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Work Type

drawing 305
watercolor 160
photograph 46
painting 29
intaglio print 16
miniature 5
planographic print 3
sculpture 2
statuette 2

Genre

architectural subject 162
landscape 154
animal art 41
figure study 34
marine art 34
portrait 28
genre subject 21
cityscape 14
botanical subject 9
cartographic material 9
religious and mythological subject 9
sporting art 4
literary theme 3
military art 3
still life 2
historical subject 1

Subject Terms

architectural subject 139
landscape 125
trees 65
animal art 37
figure study 34
men 26
portrait 26
figures 25
church 24
clouds 22
river 21
marine art 20
man 19
woman 19
genre subject 17
mountains 17
boats 15
costume 15
sky 15
rocks (landforms) 14
brushstrokes 13
cityscape 13
water 13
buildings 12
sea 12
bridge (built work) 11
horses (animals) 11
science 11
women 11
fence 10

Subject Period

Associated Places

England 71
United Kingdom 59
Europe 28
London 26
Wales 13
City of Westminster 11
Palace of Westminster 10
India 9
Westminster Abbey 7
Asia 6
Tenby 6
East Sussex 5
Italy 5
Mamallapuram 4
St. Stephen's Chapel, Palace of Westminster 4
Essex 3
House of Commons 3
Isle of Wight 3
Kent 3
Sussex 3
Thames 3
Wiltshire 3
Agra 2
Cambridgeshire 2
Cumbria 2
Dedham 2
Derbyshire 2
Dorset 2
France 2
Greater London 2

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 4
Beatrice 1
Benedick 1
Bewick, Thomas 1
Bottom (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream) 1
Celia 1
Charles I (1600–1649), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1
Crab 1
Desdemona (character in Othello) 1
Doll Tearsheet 1
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (63 BC–AD 14) 1
George IV 1
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 1
Jesus 1
Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet) 1
Katharine (character in The Taming of the Shrew) 1
Lady Macbeth (character in Macbeth) 1
Launce (character in The Two Gentlemen of Verona) 1
Lygon, William Beauchamp, second Earl Beauchamp (1782–1823), politician 1
Malvolio (character in Twelfth Night) 1
Margaret of Anjou (1430–1482), queen of England, consort of Henry VI 1
Maria (character in Twelfth Night) 1
Ophelia (character in Hamlet) 1
Othello (character in Othello, the Moor of Venice) 1
Parolles 1
Proteus 1
Romeo (character in Romeo and Juliet) 1
Rosalind (character in As You Like It) 1
Sir Andrew Aguecheek (character in Twelfth Night) 1
Sir John Falstaff 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
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 6
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 3
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 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
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 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
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) 1
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 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
Noble Simplicity and Silent Greatness - Neoclassical Art from 1700 - 1900 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1991-04-26 - 1991-09-29) 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
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
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) 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
Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30) 1
Taste & Beauty in Three Dimensions: Paul Mellon and British Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-10-23 - 2004-02-15) 1
The Noble Horse (II) (The Bunkamaura Museum of Art, 2000-09-02 - 2000-10-22) 1
The Story of The Farmington Canal " ... a work which is itself magnificent... " (New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1995-03-01 - 1996-01-01) 1
The Story of The Farmington Canal " ... a work which is itself magnificent... " (The Connecticut Historical Society, 1995-03 - 1996-01-01) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 814
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Michael H. LeWitt, Peter A. LeWitt, and Erwin Strasmick 49
Yale Center for British Art 41
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 34
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse 17
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Linda G. Mitchell and David M. Doret, Yale BA 1968 12
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Isaacs 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler in memory of Paul Mellon, Yale College, Class of 1929 4
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Paul Walter 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. Ruth Ivor 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr Jr. 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judith and Norman A. Zlotsky, Yale BS 1953 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael H. LeWitt, Peter A. LeWitt, and Erwin Strasmick 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Korn 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Melville Chapin, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 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 1
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935 1
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Fry Print Collection 1
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore 1

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Sunset on the Beach at Sark

ca. 1850
unknown artist

Canal under construction, possibly the Bude Canal

ca. 1840
unknown artist

Bologna

ca. 1826
unknown artist

French harbor scene

ca. 1825
unknown artist

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

ca. 1805
unknown artist

A Man Called Thomas Bewick (?)

ca. 1820
unknown artist

The Wolverhampton Racecourse

1837
unknown artist

Procession of Characters from Shakespeare's Plays

ca. 1840
unknown artist

Upright Landscape

ca. 1830
unknown artist

The Old Parish Church and Village, Hampton-on-Thames, Middlesex, 18th... [Read more]

late 18th century
unknown artist

Sunny Landscape with Trees and Monument on a Hill

ca. 1830
unknown artist

Tantallon Castle (?), a study

ca. 1830
unknown artist

The Burning of the Houses of Parliament

ca. 1834
unknown artist

Landscape with Lake and Two Figures Riding

ca. 1820
unknown artist

Yacht Racing on the Solent

ca. 1827
unknown artist

Street with Church and Figures

1822 to 1825
unknown artist

Building with Trees

1825 to 1827
unknown artist

Man on a White Horse

early 19th century
unknown artist

Landscape with Trees, Building in left middle distance

early 19th century
unknown artist

Avenue with Figures

ca. 1807
unknown artist

Landscape with Lake

1828 to 1829
unknown artist

Mountainous Landscape with Figures by a Lake

1825 to 1830
unknown artist

Mountainous Landscape with Figures and Cattle

1806 to 1807
unknown artist

Landscape with Trees on a Slope

early 19th century
unknown artist

Seapiece with Boats: Evening

ca. 1815
unknown artist

?Petit Andeleys on the Seine

1822 to 1825
unknown artist

An Exercise in Haute Ecole: the Passage to the Left along a Wall, after... [Read more]

ca. 1730
unknown artist

Crickhowell, Breconshire

ca. 1800
unknown artist

Ely Cathedral

ca. 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Currency'. Mr. James Delahunty. August 3, 1872

1872
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Upholsterer Turn'd Candidate

1802
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'Silk'. Mr. Henry William Eaton. October 14, 1871

1871
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Politicians - Vanity FAir -' ARmy Reorganization'. The Earl of Galloway.... [Read more]

1873
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Politicians - Vanity Fair - 'He devoured France with activity'. Leon... [Read more]

1872
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Whim of the Day, Or - Old Sarum Bringing in his New Member

1801
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Benediction of St. Patrick!!

1801
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

French Officer Holding a Trained Bear by a Chain

1801
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Resignation. From the Monument by Chantrey in Worcester Cathedral

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Worcester from Henwick Hill

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Moses, preserved by Pharoah's Daughter

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Jack'. Sir John Burgess Karslake. 22 February... [Read more]

1873
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Vanity Fair: Military and Navy; 'Bobs', General Sir F. Roberts, April 10,... [Read more]

1880
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'An Irish Baronet'. The Rt Hon. Sir Colman Michael... [Read more]

1872
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'The Parliamentary Empire'. M. Emile... [Read more]

1870
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'He refused the Wollsack and voted against the... [Read more]

1872
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Politicians - Vanity Fair. 'Telegraphs'. Mr. John Pender. 28 October 1871

1871
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Polo Players - Vanity Fair. 'I Say'. Mr. Neil Haig. 28 July 1898

1898
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Apsley House

1842
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Vanity Fair: Royalty; 'Heredictary Grand Falconer', William Amelius, Aubrey de... [Read more]

1873
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Fishing for Flats or a Drag from the Stock Exchange

1806

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