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Prints and Drawings 7,313

Creator

Unknown artist 7,313

Vanity, Fair, 1868–1914 111
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 107
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 97
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 96
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 87
Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801 84
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815 77
Wilkinson, Robert, 1758–1825 69
Malton, Thomas the Younger, 1748–1804 56
Pugin, Augustus Charles, 1762–1832 53
Bowles, & Carver, 1763–1830 52
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812–1852 51
Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794 51
Pine, John, 1690–1756 48
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 47
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793 46
Clark, James, 19th century 46
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer, 1792–1864 41
Bannerman, Alexander, ca. 1730–1780 40
Cole, Benjamin, 1697–1783 39
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800 39
Constable, John, 1776–1837 36
Vertue, George, 1684–1756 30
Lafreri, Antonio, 1512–1577 29
Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607–1677 25
Major, Thomas, 1714–1799 25
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 25
Barker, Thomas, 1769–1847 24
Bowles, John, 1701–1779 23

Date

From

To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 7,313

Image Use

Free to Use 4,900
Under Certain Circumstances 2,413

Image Available

available 5,088
unavailable 2,225

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Prints 5,389
Drawings & Watercolors 1,577
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 194
Photographs 95
Posters 26
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures 25
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 4

Collective Title

A Voyage Round Great Britain 104
London Cries: A Volume of Seventy-Seven Drawings 75
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres 56
[One of] Sixty-seven sheets of elevations, ground plans, and ornamentation from several Gothic structures. One loose drawing. 51
Scenes of Ancient Rome from Richard Bundy's Translation of Catrou and Rouillé's Roman History 46
A Collection of Surveys of Scottish Estates of the Earl of Selkirk 39
Views Taken at Exmouth and in Its Vicinity 31
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae 26
A Book of Sundry Prints 25
Subjects copied from Barker's Rustic Figures 23
Porfolio of Sixteen Designs after Greek Vases 16
Prints by Notable Dilettanti 14
A Collection of 13 Rococo Designs for Furniture and Ornamental Work 13
An Album of 17 Views of Erlestoke House, Park and Surroundings 12
Sketchbook, 10 September, 1819 12
Twelve New Views in Rome and Naples 12
Twelve Prints, Representing the Surprising Events in the Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 12
Eleven Designs for Houses and Shops 10
A New Drawing Book principally consisting of Beasts in various Actions 9
Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs 9
Eight Drawings of Hunting and Coaching 8
Views of Bencoolen 8
Black Bess 7
Dogs Drawn from Nature 7
Original Sketches of Animals & etc. 7
"Some Account of the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Stephen, Westminster", John Topham, 1795 6
The Victorious Battles of the Immortal Prince, John Duke of Marlborough 5
An Album of 17 Views of Erlestone House, Park and Surroundings 4
Architectural Remains removed to Farnley, by Walter Fawkes Esqr. from Different Ancient Hall Houses in his Possession 4
English Etchings, A Collection of Thirty-three Original Etchings by English Artists 4

Period

19th century 3,332
18th century 2,220
18th century-19th century 338
20th century 111
19th century-20th century 109
17th century 94
17th century-18th century 70
16th century 33
unknown period 22
16th century-17th century 1

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 1,519
graphite 792
watercolor 702
laid paper 684
black ink 469
line engraving 383
etching (printing process) 331
pen 321
mezzotint 224
brown ink 219
gray wash 164
stipple engraving 115
gouache 105
hand coloring 74
gray ink 67
lithography 64
black chalk 61
brown wash 56
aquatint 45
albumen process 40
card 38
gelatin silver process 35
white chalk 31
scratching out 29
red chalk 27
steel engraving 27
letterpress printing 24
white gouache 24
chromolithography 21
woodcut (process) 19

Height [cm]

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Width [cm]

From

To

Work Type

drawing 1,184
intaglio print 1,154
watercolor 725
planographic print 106
photograph 93
relief print 50
photomechanical print 32
poster 26
miniature 20
frontispiece 15
ticket 6
collage 4
ceramic 3
medallion 3
trade card 1

Genre

architectural subject 947
landscape 499
portrait 397
genre subject 388
cityscape 185
animal art 158
marine art 140
figure study 121
religious and mythological subject 103
literary theme 73
military art 64
historical subject 59
cartographic material 53
botanical subject 35
still life 34
sporting art 32
frontispiece 5

Subject Terms

architectural subject 804
landscape 366
portrait 309
genre subject 196
trees 191
men 170
man 158
boats 145
cityscape 144
animal art 121
figure study 117
women 85
woman 81
sails 80
hills 78
castle 75
horses (animals) 74
marine art 74
clouds 69
church 67
costume 65
river 64
religious and mythological subject 62
windows 60
buildings 57
house 57
cliffs 56
Gothic (Medieval) 54
design 52
figures 51

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 400
England 363
Europe 276
London 122
City of Westminster 70
Palace of Westminster 57
India 45
Italy 44
Greater London 43
Scotland 43
Rome 41
Monmouthshire 35
Raglan Castle 34
Wales 32
Kent 29
Devon 27
Levant 25
Westminster Abbey 19
St. Stephen's Chapel, Palace of Westminster 16
House of Commons 15
East Sussex 14
Lambeth 14
Southwark 14
Thames 14
Cornwall 13
France 13
Vauxhall Gardens 13
Somerset 12
Africa 11
Isle of Wight 11

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 110
Jones, Inigo (1573–1652), architect and theatre designer 8
Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–1792), portrait and history painter and art theorist 5
The Virgin Mary 5
Dyck, Sir Anthony Van (1599–1641), painter and etcher 4
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright 4
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE) 4
Victoria (1819–1901), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and empress of India 4
Albert (1819–1861), prince consort, consort of Queen Victoria 3
Burnet, Gilbert (1643–1715), Bishop of Salisbury 3
Jesus 3
John the Baptist (c. 6 BC–c. AD 36) 3
Mary Magdalene, Saint (early 1st c. AD – mid-late 1st c. AD) 3
Rubens, Sir Peter Paul (1577–1640), painter 3
Wellesley, Arthur, first duke of Wellington (1769–1852), army officer and prime minister 3
Andromeda 2
Ariadne 2
Cosway, Richard (bap. 1742, d. 1821), artist and collector 2
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563–1639), painter 2
God 2
Hermes 2
Kauffmann, Angelica (1741–1807), history and portrait painter 2
King Lear (character in King Lear) 2
Kneller, Sir Godfrey, baronet (1646–1723), history and portrait painter 2
Mascall, Edward James (1757/8–1832), civil servant 2
Mor, Antonis (born 1512–1516, died ca. 1576), portrait painter 2
Opie, John (1761–1807), portrait and history painter 2
Paul, the Apostle, St. (c. AD 5–c. AD 67) 2
Perseus 2
Shee, Sir Martin Archer (1769–1850), portrait painter and writer 2

Exhibition History

Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 17
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 14
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 10
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
The Early Georgian Landscape Garden (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-04-20 - 1983-06-26) 7
Photographs | Contemporary Art: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-06-20 - 2019-09-08) 6
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16) 6
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) 6
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) 5
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17) 5
Fashionable Follies (The Museums at Stony Brook, 1981-11-25 - 1982-01-31) 5
Prodigal Son Narratives 1480 - 1980 (Clark Art Institute, 1996-03-02 - 1996-04-14) 5
Prodigal Son Narratives 1480 - 1980 (Davison Art Center, 1995-09-01 - 1995-10-28) 5
Prodigal Son Narratives 1480 - 1980 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1995-04-04 - 1995-07-16) 5
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06) 5
Three Centuries of Comic Art-Eighteenth Century Satire: John Collet (Museum of Art and Archaelogy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998-06-06 - 1998-08-23) 5
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) 4
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 4
When in Rome - Prints and Photographs, 1550-1900 (Smith College Museum of Art, 2016-09-30 - 2017-01-01) 4
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 3
Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07) 3
British Comic Art 1730 - 1830 (Museum of Art and Archaelogy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1988-10-14 - 1988-12-04) 3
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 3
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 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
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 2
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and his Worlds (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-09-27 - 2007-12-30) 2
Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31) 2
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 2

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 5,438
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection 383
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 285
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert 254
Yale Center for British Art 153
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Michael H. LeWitt, Peter A. LeWitt, and Erwin Strasmick 105
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles 52
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Prof. William H. Dunham Jr. 49
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan 42
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Michael Zinman 42
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 34
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection 33
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker 28
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse 25
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965 25
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Mr. George L. Green 20
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection 19
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Linda G. Mitchell and David M. Doret, Yale BA 1968 17
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935 17
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James A. Bergquist 15
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 14
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Korn 12
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Godfrey Pearlson 9
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Herman W. Liebert 9
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas Kenny and Susan Phillips, In Memory of Richard Kressler and Leland Sweet 9
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 8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David M. Doret in memory of William Ferguson 6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD 6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Korn 6

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Accessible in the Study Room
after Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Brown's Parakeet

1832
Accessible in the Study Room
George Romney, 1734–1802

The Temptation of Christ

1795-1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to Thomas Cook, 1744–1818

Plan of Lambeth Palace

1750
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Bartholomew Fair, 1721

ca. 1721
Accessible in the Study Room
S. G. Hughes, active 1832

View of the Intersection Bridge on the line of St. Helen's & Runcorn Gap... [Read more]

1832
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Sheet of Six Sketches

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Her Majesty Queen Victoria at the Banquet given by the Corporation of... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

A view of the inside of Westminster Hall

ca. 1700
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

St. Stephen's Chapel, Speaker's House, &c. from the River

ca. 1835
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Mr. Lee's House After the Fire, House of Lords

ca. 1835
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Westminster Hall

ca. 1820
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

House of Commons Restored Giving Additional Sitting Room for 100 Members

ca. 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Section of the House of Commons as it is at Present

ca. 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Basire, 1730–1802

Plate X: St Stephen's Chapel

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Basire, 1730–1802

Plate IX: St Stephen's Chapel

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Basire, 1730–1802

Plate VIII: St Stephen's Chapel

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Basire, 1730–1802

Plate XIII: St Stephen's Chapel

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Basire, 1730–1802

Plate XII: St Stephen's Chapel

1795
Accessible in the Study Room
John Carter, 1748–1817

Detail for View in a Chapel in Area of Cloisters of St Stephen's Chapel,... [Read more]

between 1790 and 1802
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Plate XXXII: Longitudinal Section through the Chantry Chapel and Cloister,... [Read more]

1835
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Grave of the Supposed William Lyndewode

1852
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Entrance of the House of Lords with the Office of Ordnance

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Near Chiavenna

ca. 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to William Capon, 1757–1827

Elevation of Buildings Fronting Westminster Hall

1822
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Exterior & Interior Views of the Painted Chamber & Old House of Lords

1823
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Henry VII Chapel (Exterior)

ca. 1890
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Sky study

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Sky study

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Sky study

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Sky study

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Sky study

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Sky study

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Sky study

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Sky study

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Pottery Shop

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Cattle and Trees on a River Bank

ca. 1780
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Figures Seated in front of Piled Hay and Thatched Cottages

ca. 1780
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Landscape with Cottage on the Water

ca. 1780
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Stanton-Moor Urn

1784
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Jacques Joseph du Guet

ca. 1780
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Thatched Cottage on an Island

ca. 1780
Accessible in the Study Room
Jacobus Houbraken, 1698–1780

Handel

ca. 1737
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

William Shakspeare

1786
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Untitled: William Shakespeare
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Shakspeare
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

William Shakespear
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

William Shakespeare
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Willm. Shakespeare
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Untitled portrait of William Shakespeare
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Untitled: Portrait of William Shakespeare
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Shakspeare (from the Chandos Picture)
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Untitled: Portrait of William Shakespeare
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Shakspere
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

William Shakespeare
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Wm. Shakespeare

1817
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Wm. Shakespeare

1817
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Study of the Head of a Young Man

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Studies for the Head of a Lady (Studies of a Woman's Head)

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Design for a Chandelier

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Design for an Overmantel

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Design for a Chandelier

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

An Unidentified Country House: Back Elevation

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

An Unidentified Country House: Perspective

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

An Unidentified Country House: First Floor Plan

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

An Unidentified Country House: Elevation of the Entrance Front

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

An Unidentified Country House: Ground Floor Plan

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

An Unidentified Country House: Elevation of the Garden Front

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

An Unidentified Country House: Cellar Plan

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Fortified House with Four Octagonal Courts: Ground Floor Plan

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Fortified House with Four Octagonal Courts: First Floor Plan

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Design after a Greek Vase

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Design after a Greek Vase

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Design after a Greek Vase

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Design after a Greek Vase

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Tobermory, on the Isle of Mull

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Gribune-head in Mull

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Arros Castle, Isle of Mull

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Beaumaris Castle Anglesea

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Loch-na-Gael, near Knock on Mull

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Pier at Tanera, Loch Broom

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Cathedral at Iona

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Ben Skulvhein, from Loch Inver

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Near Kingswear, on the Dent, Devon

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Ardnamurchan Point, Argylshire

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Near Mullyan Cave, Cornwall

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Gair-loch, Ross-shire

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Hull, Yorkshire

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

View of Cuniag, from Loch Inver

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Nairn

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Tynemouth, Northumberland

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Dungeness Light-House

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Mount Edgecombe, from the Citadel, Plymouth

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

The Bass Rock

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Near Beechy-head

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Lord Henry Seymours Castle

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Winchelsea

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Brighton

after 1814
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Folkestone, Kent

after 1814

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