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Prints and Drawings 324

Creator

Unknown artist 48
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 32
Haden, Francis Seymour, Sir, 1818–1910 30
Bickham, George, 1683/4–1758 18
Overton, Henry, 1675/6–1751 18
Frink, Elisabeth, Dame, 1930–1993 16
Cooper, Alfred W., active 1850–1901 13
Houston, Richard, ca. 1721–1775 12
Barlow, Francis, 1622–1704 11
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 11
Detmold, Edward Julius, 1883–1957 11
Northcote, James, 1746–1831 9
Sowerby, James de Carle, 1787–1871 9
Calvert, Edward, 1799–1883 8
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 8
Bevan, Robert, 1865–1925 7
Le Brun, Christopher, Sir, born 1951 7
McLean, Thomas, 1788–1875 7
The, Paragon Press 7
Austin, Robert, 1895–1973 6
Benazech, Peter P., 1767–1794 6
Doyle, John ('H.B.'), 1797–1868 6
Fenn, C., active mid-eighteenth century 6
Ryall, John, active 1755–1762 6
Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794 6
Seymour, James, 1702–1752 6
Spencer, Thomas, 1700–1753 6
Withy, Robert, active 1750–1765 6
Bruce, James, 1730–1794 5
Heath, James, 1757–1834 5

Date

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 323
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery 1

Image Use

Free to Use 237
Under Certain Circumstances 87

Image Available

available 288
unavailable 36

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Prints 324

Collective Title

Twelve Portraits of Race Horses 12
A New Drawing Book principally consisting of Beasts in various Actions 9
A New Drawing Book Consisting of Various Kinds of Birds, Drawn from the Life by Mr. Francis Barlow 8
Fifty Etchings 7
For Japaning, Where May Be Had 200 Different Sorts 6
Political Sketches 6
Birds of Prey 5
Huntsman and Hounds 4
Études à l'eau-forte 4
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 2
Costumes of India 2
Eclogues of Virgil 2
English Version 2
Fourteen Vases from the Antique 2
Specimens of Polyautography 2
A Collection of 14 Lithographs, 1952-54 1
A New Drawing Book Consisting of Various Kinds of Birds, Drawn from y Life by Mr. Francis Barlow 1
Aesop's Fables 1
Baxter's "Gems of the Great Exhibition" 1
Etchings for the Art-Union of London by the Etching Club, 1857 1
Frank B. Simson, Sport in Eastern Bengal 1
From Natural History of Carolina, Florida and Bahama Islands. Volume I, 2nd Edition [Edwards], London: 1754 1
Gems of the Great Exhibition 1
Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene II 1
History of More than 300 Animals 1
History of Quadrupeds 1
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres 1
Illustrations of the Army & Navy Register and Woolwich Gazette 1
King Lear 1
Songs and Ballads of Shakespeare, 1853 1

Period

19th century 140
18th century 77
20th century 62
19th century-20th century 31
18th century-19th century 11
17th century 1
17th century-18th century 1

Materials & Techniques

etching (printing process) 171
wove paper 168
laid paper 104
drypoint 77
plate tone 38
hand coloring 36
mezzotint 33
lithography 32
wood engraving (process) 27
aquatint 25
line engraving 18
watercolor 16
Asian paper 14
chine collé 13
engraving (printing process) 10
color printing 8
colored ink 8
gouache 8
color lithography 7
card 6
open biting 6
retouching 6
stipple engraving 6
soft-ground etching 5
woodcut (process) 5
chromolithography 4
graphite 4
gray wash 4
gum arabic 4
vellum 4

Height [cm]

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Width [cm]

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Work Type

intaglio print 234
planographic print 48
relief print 32
watercolor 6
photomechanical print 2
drawing 1

Genre

animal art 310
landscape 109
genre subject 78
sporting art 39
architectural subject 25
literary theme 11
abstract art 10
religious and mythological subject 6
portrait 5
still life 5
botanical subject 4
cityscape 4
figure study 3
historical subject 3
military art 2
anatomical study 1

Subject Terms

animal art 324

landscape 110
trees 100
genre subject 72
clouds 50
river 49
hills 47
birds 44
cows 41
grass 41
hat 36
sheep 35
cattle 34
dog (animal) 30
oxen 30
man 29
animals 28
horse (animal) 27
light 27
men 26
plants 26
architectural subject 25
dogs (animals) 24
woman 24
bird 23
rocks (landforms) 23
staff 23
horses (animals) 22
sporting art 22
farming 21

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 32
Europe 31
England 27
India 6
Surrey 6
East Molesey 5
Perugia 5
Cymru 4
Hampton Court 4
Ireland 4
Tipperary 4
Wales 4
Asia 3
Bath 3
Bath and Northeast Somerset 3
Belgium 3
Dorset 3
Greater London 3
London 3
Redhill 3
Scotland 3
Avon 2
City of Westminster 2
Cowdray House 2
Cranbrook 2
Kent 2
Lancashire 2
Midhurst 2
Ribble 2
Wareham 2

Associated People

Russell, Lord John, 1st Earl Russell of Kingston Russell (1792–1878), politician/statesman 4
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 4
Chaucer, Geoffrey (1343–1400), English poet 2
Lambton, John George, 1st Earl of Durham (1792–1840), MP, Ambassador to Russia, Governor-General of Canada 2
O'Connell, Daniel (1775–1847), Irish nationalist leader 2
Peter, Henry, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868), politician/statesman 2
Bacchus 1
Bay, Jean-Baptiste de (1802–1862), sculptor 1
Bertini, Giuseppe (1825–1898), painter 1
Campbell, John, first Baron Campbell of St Andrews (1779–1861), lord chancellor 1
Copley, John Singleton, Baron Lyndhurst (1772 - 1863), Lord Chancellor 1
Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1830–1916) 1
Gadshill 1
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright 1
Grant, Charles, Baron Glenelg (1778–1866), Secretary for the colonies 1
Grey, Henry George, 3rd Earl Grey (1802 - 1894), Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Lieutenant 1
Hope, John, fourth earl of Hopetoun (1765–1823), army officer 1
Hume, Joseph (1777 - 1855), East India Company, Parliament 1
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE) 1
John Bull, fictitious epitomist of Englishness and British imperialism 1
Linnaeus, Carl (1707–1778), naturalist and taxonomist 1
Rice, Thomas Spring, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon (1790–1866), Whig politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1
Richard (character in Shakespeare's Richard III) 1
Richard III (1452–1485), king of England and lord of Ireland 1
Scott, Henry, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch and 5th Duke of Queensberry (1746–1812), landowner and army officer 1
Wellesley, Arthur, first duke of Wellington (1769–1852), army officer and prime minister 1
Williams-Wynn, Sir Watkin, fifth baronet (1772–1840), politician 1
Wood, Sir Charles, 1st Viscount Halifax (1800 - 1885), politician/statesman 1

Exhibition History

Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 9
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15) 6
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05) 6
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22) 4
The Romantic Landscape Prints - The Chiaroscuro of Nature (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-09-25 - 2002-12-29) 4
The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09) 4
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16) 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
Circa 1800 - The Beginnings of Modern Printmaking (Rutgers University Art Gallery, 1981-03-08 - 1981-04-19) 2
Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19) 2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 2
Rare and Wondrous: Birds in Art and Culture 1620-1820 (Toledo Museum of Art, 2021-04-24 - 2021-07-25) 2
Samuel Palmer 1805-1881 Vision and Landscape (British Museum, 2005-10-21 - 2006-01-22) 2
Samuel Palmer 1805-1881 Vision and Landscape (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006-03-07 - 2006-05-28) 2
Stubbs & The Horse (Kimbell Art Museum, 2004-11-14 - 2005-02-06) 2
Stubbs & The Horse (The National Gallery, London, 2005-06-29 - 2005-09-25) 2
Stubbs & The Horse (The Walters Art Museum, 2005-03-05 - 2005-05-20) 2
20th Century Works on Paper - Recent Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-11-01 - 2002-03-31) 1
Deluge (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-12-18 - 2019-03-24) 1
Fancy Pieces - Genre Mezzotints by Robert Robinson & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1994-11-19 - 1995-01-29) 1
John Copley 1875-1950 (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-06 - 1990-04-01) 1
Pearls to Pyramids: British Visual Culture and the Levant, 1600–1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28) 1
Printing Darkness (Yale University Art Gallery, 2025-06-20 - 2025-12-07) 1
The Engraved Work of George Stubbs (1724-1806) (Ferens Art Gallery, 2005-09-24 - 2005-11-06) 1
The Engraved Work of George Stubbs (1724-1806) (The British Sporting Art Trust, 2005-07-25 - 2005-08-17) 1
The Pastoral Landscape - The Legacy of Venice (National Gallery of Art, 1988-11-06 - 1989-01-22) 1
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06) 1
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 176
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 31
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 18
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields 16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James A. Bergquist 15
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield 12
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960 6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judith and Norman A. Zlotsky, Yale BS 1953 6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell 3
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Brian and Linda Gracie 3
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961 2
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 2
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery 2
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Emerson Tuttle, B.A. 1914 2
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. J. Dwight Dana 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bernard Quaritch Ltd. 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald and Willi Holden 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Florence and Maynard Mack 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George and Olga Kenney 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jack W. C. Hagstrom, M.D. 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Miss Grace Tuttle in memory of her father Emerson Tuttle, Yale BA 1914, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stanley J. Halle, Yale BA 1912, in memory of His Parents Jacques S. and Hattie S. Halle, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Susan Boyd-Bowman, Yale BA 1971 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Thomas S. Holman, New York, NY 1
Yale Center for British Art, The Lewis Walpole Library Collection 1

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On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Weary Ploughman

1858
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Horse Mart (Barbican No. 1)

1920
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Huntsman and Hounds

1898-1899
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Meet

1898-1899
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Found!

1898-1899
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Flying Pack

1898-1899
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Sale at Ward's Repository (Wards No. 2)

1921
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Who-o-p!

1898-1899
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Willow

1850
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Early Ploughman

begun before 1861
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Opening the Fold

1880
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Morning of Life

1860-1861
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Rising Moon

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Sleeping Shepherd

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Moeris and Galatea

1880-1883
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Weary Ploughman

1858
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Rising Moon

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Rising Moon

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Herdsman's Cottage

1850
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Homeward Star

etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Homeward Star

etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Morning of Life

1860-1861
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Rising Moon

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Moeris and Galatea

plate etched between 1880 and 1883; impression printed in 1924
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Sleeping Shepherd

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Rising Moon

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Rising Moon

1857
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Herdsman's Cottage

1850
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Weary Ploughman

1858
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made after George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Plate X, Fowl Body, Lateral View

1804
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806

A Horse Affrighted by a Lion

1788
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806

A Sleeping Leopard

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

A Tyger (Sleeping Leopard)

1788
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Stubbs, 1724–1806

A Tiger and a Sleeping Leopard

1788
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764

The Bruiser

1763
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Plyctolophus Galeritus. Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

1832
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868

The Old Donkey Turned Restive at Last

1848
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868

The Ass and the Sick Lion

1849
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by unknown artist

Harvest

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Head of a Lion

1756
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Placido Columbani, born ca. 1744, active 1801

At the Monte Cavallo at Rome

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Placido Columbani, born ca. 1744, active 1801

At the City of Albano

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758

Title page for a 'New Drawing Book principally consisting of Beasts... [Read more]

1730
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758

Four dogs, a Pl. for 'New Drawing Book...of Beasts in Various Actions' (1... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758

Two cows and a dog in a stream, Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book..of Beasts in Various... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758

Two cows and two sheep in a stream, a Pl. for 'New Drawing Book...of Beasts in... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758

Seven and a man, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book...of Beasts in Various... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758

A Horse and a dog, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book...of Beasts in Various... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758

Two Deer, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book...of Beasts in Various Actions' (1... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by George Bickham the Elder, 1683/4–1758

Two Crested cranes and four other birds, a Pl. for 'A New Drawing Book...of... [Read more]

1731

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