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Reference Library 182
Prints and Drawings 98
Rare Books and Manuscripts 77
Paintings and Sculpture 24
Frames 2

Creator

Pond, Arthur, ca. 1705–1758 70
Knapton, Charles, 1700–1760 31
Guercino, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, 1591–1666 16
Carracci, Annibale, 1560–1609 9
Lorrain, Claude, 1600–1682 9
Meigh, Charles 9
Carracci, Agostino, 1557–1602 7
Parmigianino,, 1503–1540 7
Panini, Giovanni Paolo, 1691–1765 6
Auerbach, Frank, 1931–2024 4
William Ridgway, Son & Co 4
Beale, Mary, 1633–1699 3
Corbould, Edward Henry, 1815–1905 3
Emin, Tracey, born 1963 3
Grimaldi, Giovanni Francesco, 1606–1680 3
Reeves & Sons 3
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 3
Anderson, Hurvin 2
Brangwyn, Frank, Sir, 1867–1956 2
Catholic Church 2
Cazabon, Michel Jean, 1813–1888 2
Coldwell, Paul 2
Cordingly 2
Craig–Martin, Michael, Sir, born 1941 2
Donatus, Aelius 2
Forrester, Alfred Henry, 1804–1872 2
Hayter, George, Sir, 1792–1871 2
Hirst, Damien, born 1965 2
Ingram, Catherine 2
Kossoff, Leon, 1926–2019 2

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To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Reference Library 182
Accessible in the Study Room 175
Not on view 13
On view 11

Image Use

Under Certain Circumstances 285
Free to Use 98

Image Available

unavailable 331
available 52

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 383

Classification

Books 200
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 39
Drawings & Watercolors 20
Paintings 20
Prints 16
Archives & Manuscripts 4
Sculptures 4
Maps & Atlas (printed) 3
Frames 2
Photographs 2
Dissertations & Theses 1
Periodicals 1
Print-printing-plates 1

Collective Title

Arthur Pond's Album 70
Prints in Imitation of Drawings 69
Caricatures 1
Life-Sized Heads 1

Period

21st century 187
18th century 81
19th century 59
20th century 24
15th century 16
17th century 11
16th century 2
14th century 1
18th century-19th century 1

Materials & Techniques

etching (printing process) 72
chiaroscuro woodcut 66
wove paper 17
oil paint 16
canvas 10
graphite 9
board 7
laid paper 7
painting (technique) 7
acrylic paint 6
watercolor 5
brown ink 4
black ink 3
brown wash 3
wood 3
albumen process 2
aquatint 2
black chalk 2
collage 2
gouache 2
mixed media 2
paper 2
scraping 2
wood engraving (process) 2
Japanese paper 1
aluminium 1
balsa wood 1
block printing 1
brass (alloy) 1
cardboard 1

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Work Type

intaglio print 75
relief print 72
architectural subject 70
exhibition catalog 23
ceramic (material) 21
molding (forming) 21
stoneware (pottery) 21
painting 20
drawing 19
jugs (vessels) 17
fragments (object portions) 16
incunabula 16
glazed ceramic ware (visual works) 15
woodcut 14
artists' material 11
paint boxe 11
armorial binding 7
hand coloring 7
etching 6
watercolor brushe 6
biographie 5
engraving 5
catalogues d'exposition 4
photograph 4
watercolor 4
cuttings (partial works) 3
illustrated work 3
lids (covers) 3
sculpture 3
advertisement 2

Genre

figure study 78
landscape 73
religious and mythological subject 73
portrait 18
abstract art 8
architectural subject 4
military art 4
genre subject 3
still life 2
marine art 1

Subject Terms

Incunabula in Yale Library. 16
Parks, Stephen -- Ownership. 15
Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. 14
portrait 14
Gothic revival (Art) 13
Parks, Stephen -- Provenance. 9
Clergy. 8
Apostles. 7
Bedford, John, Duke of -- Bookplate. 7
Sykes, Mark Masterman, Sir, 1771–1823 -- Binding. 7
Silenus (Mythological character) 6
abstract art 6
Drinking of alcoholic beverages. 5
Emin, Tracey, born 1963 -- Exhibitions. 5
Tournaments, Medieval. 5
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851. 5
Satyrs (Greek mythology) 4
Art -- Conservation and restoration. 3
Art, British -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. 3
Artists. 3
Auerbach, Frank, 1931– -- Exhibitions. 3
Great Britain 3
Human figure in art -- Exhibitions. 3
Painting, British -- 20th century -- Exhibitions. 3
Papermaking. 3
architectural subject 3
figure study 3
ART / General. 2
Art -- Collectors and collecting. 2
Art -- Economic aspects. 2

Subject Period

20th century 22
19th century 8
21st century 8
18th century 7
17th century 4
16th century 1

Associated Places

Great Britain 26
England 14
Ireland 5
Europe 4
Italy 3
London 3
London (England) 3
Rome (Italy) 3
England Derbyshire 2
Germany 2
Rome 2
Switzerland 2
Wales 2
Amsterdam 1
Australia 1
Barbados 1
Benton Castle 1
Brazil 1
Burton 1
Cambridgeshire (England) 1
Capri (Italy) 1
Capri Island (Italy) 1
Caribbean Area 1
Connecticut 1
Dublin (Ireland) 1
England East Grinstead 1
England Kedleston Hall 1
France 1
Great Britain America 1
Great Britain Ireland 1

Associated People

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 7
Emin, Tracey, born 1963 6
Silenus (Mythological character) 6
Auerbach, Frank, 1931– 3
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992 3
Blake, William, 1757–1827 3
Bell, Vanessa, 1879–1961 2
Coldwell, Paul 2
Constable, John, 1776–1837 2
Craig–Martin, Michael, Sir, born 1941 2
Eli (Biblical figure) 2
Locke, Hew, 1959– 2
Pan (Greek deity) 2
Samuel (Biblical judge) 2
Searle, Ronald, 1920–2011 2
Allen, John, 1757–1808 1
Austen, Jane, 1775–1817 1
Bardi, Lina Bo, 1914–1992 1
Barlow, Phyllida, 1944–2023 1
Barns-Graham, Wilhelmina, 1912–2004 1
Beale, Charles (1632–1705) 1
Beale, Mary, 1633–1699 1
Bogle, John 1
Bomberg, David, 1890–1957 1
Boyle, Charles (ca. 1686/7–1720) 1
Boyle, Lady Mary Margaret (née O'Brien, 1650–93) 1
Brandenburg, Hilprand, 1442–1514 1
Chance, Carol 1
Chapman, Christopher, 1943–2023 1
Constable, John 1

Exhibition History

In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 11
20th Century Paintings and Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-27 - 2000-04-30) 2
Figuring Women - The Female in Modern British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-03-28 - 2008-06-08) 2
Painting Blind (The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 2015-02-11 - 2015-06-07) 2
Frank Auerbach (Royal Academy of Arts, 2001-09-15 - 2002-01-12) 1
Leon Kossoff (Tate Britain, 1996-06-06 - 1996-09-01) 1
Tracey Emin: I Loved You Until The Morning (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-09 - 2025-12) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Louise Lippincott, Yale BA 1974 70
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Collection of Matthew Rutenberg 25
Lent from a Private Collection 6
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 6
22711768230008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
Yale Center for British Art, Director's Discretionary Fund 3
22711768080008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2
Yale Center for British Art 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gordon VeneKlasen 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Purinton Family, in memory of our mother Katherine Rowley Purinton Tuttle and our ancestors 2
221217314610008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22627035420008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22688532950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22694000340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961 1
22700211340008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22709303250008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Driek and Michael Zirinsky in honor of her mother, Gertrude Maud Bersch Bestebreurtje, born in Sydney, Australia, July 30, 1915 1
22710531720008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22710545160008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22711750950008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22711768200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22711768310008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22739075640008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1
22749720400008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961 1
22749728760008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961 1
22749732770008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961 1
22749733510008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961 1
22749733740008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961 1
22749736020008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961 1
22749737350008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961 1
22749739010008651|Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Parks, Yale BA 1961 1

Language

English 226
Latin 11
German 9
French 4
Dutch 1
French, Middle (ca. 1300-1600) 1
Italian 1
Scottish Gaelic 1

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Frank Auerbach, 1931-2024

Portrait of Leon Kossoff

ca. 1955
George Gower, ca. 1538–1596

Portrait of Thomas Whythorne, Musician

1569
On view
Lucian Freud, 1922–2011

Girl in a Dark Dress

1951
On view
Frank Auerbach, 1931-2024

Head of E.O.W

1957
Damien Hirst, born 1965

Forgive

2003
On view
Mary Beale, 1633–1699

Charles Beale

ca. 1660
On view
Mason Chamberlin, 1727–1787

Joseph Nash

ca. 1775
On view
Mary Beale, 1633–1699

An Unknown Woman

ca. 1675
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784

Dorothy Rolleston (née Burdett)

1753
Tracey Emin, born 1963

I Followed you to the end

2024
On view
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, born 1977

Any Number of Preoccupations

2010
Frank Auerbach, 1931-2024

Seated Figure II

1961
Frank Auerbach, 1931-2024

Head of Jacob

1978 to 1979
Leon Kossoff, 1926–2019

Seated Figure

1960
On view
Leon Kossoff, 1926–2019

Fidelma III

1979
On view
Elizabeth Emma Soyer (née Jones), 1813–1842

Young Mariner and Dog

1833
Sir Christopher Le Brun, born 1951

Untitled (i)

1987
Jas Wood, 1889–1975

Color Study

1920
On view
Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646–1723

Mary Boyle (née O’Brien), Lady Boyle, Nursing Her Son Charles

1690
On view
Maria Spilsbury, 1777–1820

A Sunday School

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Rebecca Salter, born 1955

Untitled A21

1982
Accessible in the Study Room
William Young Ottley, 1771–1836

Christ in Pietà, Panel from Sant'Agostino Altarpiece

1798
Accessible in the Study Room
William Edward Frost, 1810–1877

Female Nude

ca. 1850
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Henry Corbould, 1815–1905

Military Frieze

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Henry Corbould, 1815–1905

Figure of Natural History

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Wilton, 1722–1803

Design for Ecclesiastical Wall Decoration in Rome

1737-1802
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir George Hayter, 1792–1871

Study for John Russell, the 6th Duke of Bedford

ca. 1835
Accessible in the Study Room
John Gibson, 1790–1866

Seated Mary from the Santa Croce Sacristy, Florence

ca. 1845
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Henry Corbould, 1815–1905

Segment of Military Frieze

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Edmund Thomas Parris, 1793–1873

Study for 'Navy'

between 1808 and 1873
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Hugh William "Grecian" Williams, 1773–1829

The River Esk near Auchindinny

1808
Accessible in the Study Room
George Richmond, 1809–1896

Figure Studies

between 1824 and 1896
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

Trade-card of Paul Sandby

between 1746 and 1809
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841

Hand Studies

between 1800 and 1840
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Sir Frank William Brangwyn, 1867–1956

Stretcher Bearers (Wounded Men)

1915
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

Pugg's Graces, Etched from his Original Daubing

1753
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Thomas Frye, 1710–1762

Old Woman Resting on a Cane

1760
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

Benton Castle

1778
Accessible in the Study Room
Alfred Henry Forrester, 1804–1872

Caricature Drawing

ca. 1850
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir Frank William Brangwyn, 1867–1956

Printing Block for "Stretcher Bearers (Wounded Men)"

1915
Accessible in the Study Room
Michel Jean Cazabon, 1813–1888

V. Plummer’s Residence

ca. 1850
Accessible in the Study Room
Michel Jean Cazabon, 1813–1888

V. Plummer's Residence, Interior

ca. 1850
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir Richard Long, born 1945

Battery Park

1969
On view
Hew Locke, born 1959

Ambassador 4

2022
Hurvin Anderson, born 1965

Mother's chicken: Hot 'n' Tender

2008
Accessible in the Study Room
Lubaina Himid, born 1954

Open Air Studio

1998
unknown framemaker

English Auricular frame

ca. 1675
unknown framemaker

frame
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Austin, 1895–1973

Portrait of James Woodford, the Artist's Brother-in-law

1926
Accessible in the Study Room
David Bomberg, 1890–1957

Hand Holding Sphere

ca. 1911
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir George Hayter, 1792–1871

Portrait of a Man (Mr. Ogle, Esq.)

ca. 1824
Hurvin Anderson, born 1965

Juici

2006
Accessible in the Reference Library
Ingram, Catherine

Extraordinary art dealers

2024
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Marcia Kupfer

Art and optics in the Herford Map
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Aronson, Julie

Perfect Likeness
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Richardson, C. J. (Charles James), 1806–1871

Model cottage and villa

1859-1869
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
J.M.W. Turner

[2025]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Green, Mowbray A. (Mowbray Aston)

Thomas Beach, "of Bath"

1904
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Godwin & Co (Lugwardine, England)

Encaustic tile

Lugwardine, England,
Accessible in the Reference Library
Julien, Isaac, Sir, born 1960

Isaac Julien

[2025]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Madocks, John Edward, 1760–1806

Archery

1787
Accessible in the Reference Library
Hand in hand

2024
Accessible in the Reference Library
Nash, David, born 1945

David Nash

2024
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Laing, Gerald, 1936–2011

Gerald Laing

[2024]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Meigh, Charles

Bacchanalian dance

1844
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902–1983

Pevsner

2016
Accessible in the Reference Library
Refashioning the Renaissance

2025
Accessible in the Reference Library
Noble, Charles (Curator)

Dürer to Van Dyck

[2024]
Accessible in the Reference Library
Bomberg Auerbach

[2024]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Catholic Church

[Horae]

[1491?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Malcolm Cormack

Oil on Water
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Reeves & Inwood

Watercolor box

between 1796 and 1811?
Accessible in the Reference Library
Craig–Martin, Michael, Sir, born 1941

Michael Craig-Martin

2024
Accessible in the Reference Library
Bacon, Francis, 1909–1992

Francis Bacon

2024
Accessible in the Reference Library
Emin, Tracey, born 1963

Tracey Emin

[2024]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Stephen Ongpin Fine Art

Two centuries of British drawings, watercolours and oil sketches

[2025]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Meigh, Charles

Apostles jug

1842
Accessible in the Reference Library
Forrester, Gillian

John Constable

2024
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Dawson, Robert Kearsley, 1798–1861

[Plans of borough towns included in List no. VIII on Parliamentary... [Read more]

[1832]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Silenus

ca. 1831
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Kettle, Alice, 1961–

Dark & light

[2024?]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688

Sculpturae veteris admiranda, sive, Delineatio vera perfectissimarum... [Read more]

anno MDCLXXX [1680]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
[Elders in adoration]

[18 December 1472]
Accessible in the Reference Library
Wax, Carol, 1953–

The mezzotint

[2023]
Accessible in the Reference Library
Digital asset management for museums

2025
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Lewis, C. T. Courtney

The Le Blond Book 1920
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Sandrart, Joachim von, 1606–1688

Altaria et sacella varia templorum Romae

[approximately 1690]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Static objects in a changing world

[2025]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Richard Green (Gallery : London, England)

Modern & Post-War British Art

[2024]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Mellan, Claude, 1598–1688

Livre de figures antiques de Rome

[circa 1670?]
Accessible in the Reference Library
Osborne, Walter F. (Walter Frederick), 1859–1903

Homecoming

2025
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Rudd, Andrew

"Knight errant of the distressed"

[2022]
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Lindsay

Georgian Edinburgh
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
Watercolor box

mid-19th century?
Accessible in the Reference Library
Women pioneers of the arts & crafts movement

2024
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Bridging the gap

2024
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Reference Library
Hepworth, Barbara, Dame, 1903–1975

Barbara Hepworth

[2025]
Accessible in the Reference Library
Printing colour 1700 - 1830

2025
Accessible in the Reference Library
Hirst, Damien, born 1965

Damien Hirst

2024
Image not yet available

Accessible in the Study Room
[Armorial bookplate of Hilprand Brandenburg]

[between 1465 and 1485?]

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