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Paintings and Sculpture 2,095

Creator

Unknown artist 140
Constable, John, 1776–1837 71
Hoyland, John, 1934–2011 36
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 31
Sickert, Walter, 1860–1942 29
Skeaping, John, 1901–1980 29
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 29
Munnings, Alfred J. (Alfred James), Sir, 1878–1959 28
Ward, James, 1769–1859 26
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 22
Haseltine, Herbert, 1877–1962 21
Wheatley, Francis, 1747–1801 21
DeWint, Peter, 1784–1849 20
Moore, Henry, 1898–1986 19
Morland, George, 1763–1804 18
Wilson, Richard, 1713–1782 17
Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797 17
Nicholson, Ben, 1894–1982 16
Herring, J. F. (John Frederick), 1795–1865 15
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 15
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 14
Brooking, Charles, 1723–1759 14
Danby, Francis, 1793–1861 14
Linnell, John, 1729–1796 14
Pollard, James, 1792–1867 14
Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828 13
Golding, John, 1929–2012 13
Wootton, John, approximately 1682–1764 13
Constable, Lionel, 1828–1887 12
Turner, F. C. (Francis Calcraft), approximately 1782–1846 12

Date

From

To

On-site Access

Not on view 2,095

Image Use

Free to Use 1,513
Under Certain Circumstances 582

Image Available

available 2,090
unavailable 5

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 13

Classification

Paintings 1,812
Sculptures 239
Ceramics 23
Painted Objects 6
Drawings & Watercolors 3
Models 2
Photographs 1
Silver 1

Collective Title

Period

19th century 775
18th century 636
20th century 522
17th century 52
21st century 48
16th century 19
18th century-19th century 18
19th century-20th century 13
15th century 2
20th century-21st century 2
17th century-18th century 1

Materials & Techniques

painting (technique) 1,806
oil paint 1,618
canvas 1,185
panel (wood) 285
bronze 130
paper 107
board 106
acrylic paint 69
millboard 35
marble 32
wood 20
copper 15
card 14
enamel paint 13
Masonite (TM) 12
glass 12
duck (cloth) 10
terracotta 10
collage 9
plaster 9
steel 9
lead 8
pencil 8
porcelain 8
gouache 6
mixed media 6
plywood 5
charcoal 4
ink 4
linen (material) 4

Height [cm]

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Width [cm]

From

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Work Type

painting 1,810
sculpture 231
statuette 112
bust 39
statue 17
medallion 13
ceramic 4
maquette 4
drawing 3
herm 3
high relief 3
bench 2
cigar box 2
low relief 2
miniature 2
snuff box 2
waxwork (sculpture) 2
altarpiece 1
bozzetto/sketch 1
buttons 1
cake 1
letter box 1
misericord 1
overmantel 1
palette 1
photograph 1
screen (furniture) 1
tableau 1
watercolor 1

Genre

landscape 496
portrait 446
genre subject 345
abstract art 226
sporting art 226
animal art 158
cityscape 124
marine art 123
architectural subject 96
figure study 69
literary theme 61
religious and mythological subject 56
still life 35
military art 21
historical subject 19
botanical subject 8

Subject Terms

landscape 631
portrait 490
costume 412
men 367
man 365
genre subject 291
woman 255
trees 245
abstract art 238
river 215
clouds 202
sporting art 202
women 194
water 185
animal art 183
horse (animal) 182
horses (animals) 177
dog (animal) 155
sky 143
buildings 142
hills 133
boats 131
rural 128
cityscape 127
sea 122
animals 121
dogs (animals) 116
marine art 106
people 106
brushstrokes 99

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 443
England 397
Europe 211
London 83
Greater London 79
Thames 66
Italy 46
France 35
Suffolk 34
City of Westminster 24
Kent 21
India 20
Wales 20
Cymru 18
Scotland 16
Westminster 16
Essex 14
Lazio 14
Newmarket 14
Norfolk 13
Surrey 13
Derbyshire 12
North Yorkshire 12
Roma 12
Hampstead 11
Berkshire 10
Cornwall 10
East Bergholt 10
Gloucestershire 10
Oxfordshire 10

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 37
Mellon, Paul (1907–1999), philanthropist and art collector 6
Sir John Falstaff 6
Venus 6
George III (1738–1820), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 5
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE) 5
Locke, John (1632–1704), philosopher 5
Pope, Alexander (1688–1744), poet 5
Bell [née Stephen], Vanessa (1879–1961), painter 3
Cupid 3
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright 3
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 3
Mistress Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor) 3
Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727), natural philosopher and mathematician 3
Shylock (character in The Merchant of Venice) 3
William III and II (1650–1702), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and prince of Orange 3
Actaeon 2
Aeneas 2
Amherst, Jeffrey, first Baron Amherst (1717–1797), army officer 2
Ariel (character in The Tempest) 2
Biggin, George (died 1803) 2
Calmady, Miss Emily (1818–1906), daughter of Charles Biggs Calmady of Langdon Hall, Devonshire 2
Calmady, Miss Laura Anne (1820–1894), daughter of Charles Biggs Calmady of Langdon Hall, Devonshire 2
Charlotte (1744–1818), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and queen of Hanover, consort of George III 2
Cleopatra VII Philopator (late 69 BC–30 BC), last pharaoh of Ancient Egypt 2
Cordelia (character in King Lear) 2
Day, John Barham (1793–1860), jockey and racehorse trainer 2
Diana 2
Dudley, Robert, earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588), courtier and magnate 2
Foote, Samuel (bap. 1721, d. 1777), actor and playwright 2

Exhibition History

Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 147
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) 122
20th Century Paintings and Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-27 - 2000-04-30) 61
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) 58
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 55
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) 49
Revisiting Traditions [BAC 20th century painting & sculpture] (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-04-30 - 2005-05-18) 48
Taste & Beauty in Three Dimensions: Paul Mellon and British Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-10-23 - 2004-02-15) 45
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 42
Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1998-02-08 - 1998-04-26) 41
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 40
2016 - Long Gallery 408 (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-03-29 - ) 37
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998-05-01 - 1998-07-05) 35
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of South Australia, 1998-09-16 - 1998-11-15) 35
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Queensland Art Gallery, 1998-07-15 - 1998-09-06) 35
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) 34
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 32
Art in Focus : The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06) 32
Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09) 32
Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (The Grand Rapids Art Museum, 1999-10-22 - 2000-01-02) 29
Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2001-02-25 - 2001-05-20) 28
Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19) 28
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 27
In a New Light: Paintings from the Yale Center for British Art (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-03-24 - 2023-12-03) 26
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 24
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 23
Bloomsbury Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-05-20 - 2000-09-03) 22
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) 21
James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22) 21
The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30) 21

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1,392
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 198
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker 43
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Samuel and Gabrielle Lurie 39
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 21
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia Cornwell and Harvard Art Museum 18
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942 17
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 16
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nicholas Pritzker 15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Isabel S. Kurtz in memory of her father, Charles M. Kurtz 11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the John Golding Artistic Trust, 2017 11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Priseman Seabrook Collection 11
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends 11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush & Kaller, LLP 9
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962 9
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lois Severini and Enrique Foster Gittes, Yale BA 1961 8
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Solomon A. Smith II, Solomon Byron Smith and Barbara Neff Smith Collection 5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Craig Jacobson 5
Yale Center for British Art, Iola S. Haverstick Fund 5
Lent from a Private Collection 4
Yale Center for British Art, Estate of Brian Sewell 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Artist 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Anthony and Madeleine Carter 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barford Sculptures, Ltd. 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Brigitte Graneau 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bruce McCashin 3

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Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961

Snow at Charleston

ca. 1950
Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961

Design for Overmantel

1912 to 1913
Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961

Self-Portrait

ca. 1915
Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961

The Artist in her Studio

1952
Vanessa Bell, 1879–1961

Christmas Decorations

ca. 1915
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

1930 (playing cards)

1930
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

1951 (still life – sweet peas)

1951
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

1947 (Mousehole, Cornwall)

1947
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

1969 (2 circles in a stone block)

1969
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

September 1960 (wood)

1960
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

May 64 (Kepler)

1964
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

1938 (composition)

1938
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

February 1957 (brown and grey)

1957
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

February 1961 (Galileo)

1961
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

July 15 1949 (St Ives harbour)

1949
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

Jan 20 1948 (still life, Newlyn)

1948
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

April 1950 (goblets)

1950
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

1934 (still life)

1934
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

1969 (winter blue)

1969
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

August 1963 (two mugs, one blue)

August 1963
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

1929 (still life)

1929, reworked 1935
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

The Mountain Torrent

between 1820 and 1830
Attributed to Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Sunset at Sea after a Storm

ca. 1824
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

A View across the Artist's Garden from his House at Exmouth, Devonshire

mid-19th century
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

The Avon Gorge at Sunset

ca. 1850
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

The Avon Gorge

between 1816 and 1818
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

End of Lake Geneva

1835
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

A Mountain Chieftain's Funeral

ca. 1848
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Boat Building near Dinan, Brittany

ca. 1838
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Study for 'Calypso's Grotto'

ca. 1843
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Shipwreck

ca. 1850
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

The Painter's Holiday

ca. 1844
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Children by a Brook

ca. 1822
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Landscape near Clifton

1822 to 1823
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Hampstead Heath, Sunset

ca. 1845
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

A Morning at Tattersall's

1921
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Hay Carts, Cumberland Market

1915
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Weigh House, Cumberland Market

ca. 1914
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Ford

1918 to 1919
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Aldwych

1924
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Turn Rice-Plough, Sussex

ca. 1909
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Caller at the Mill

1918 to 1919
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

A Church in the Trees

ca. 1800
John Constable, 1776–1837

Captain Richard Gubbins

between 1804 and 1805
John Constable, 1776–1837

A View from Hampstead Heath (?)

ca. 1825
John Constable, 1776–1837

Malvern Hall, Warwickshire

1820 to 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Ploughing Scene in Suffolk

1824 to 1825
John Constable, 1776–1837

Extensive Landscape with Grey Clouds

ca. 1821
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Fire in London, Seen from Hampstead

ca. 1826
John Constable, 1776–1837

Horse and Cart

ca. 1814
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Miniature: Portrait of Abram Constable, brother of the artist

early 19th century
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Study of Hollyhocks

ca. 1826
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hadleigh Castle

1828 to 1829
John Constable, 1776–1837

Osmington Village

1816 to 1817
John Constable, 1776–1837

East Bergholt Church

1809
John Constable, 1776–1837

West Lodge, East Bergholt

between 1813 and 1816
John Constable, 1776–1837

Golding Constable's House, East Bergholt: the Artist's birthplace

ca. 1809
John Constable, 1776–1837

Flatford Mill

between 1810 and 1811
John Constable, 1776–1837

Somerset House Terrace from Waterloo Bridge

ca. 1819
John Constable, 1776–1837

Sir Richard Steele's Cottage, Hampstead

1831 to 1832
John Constable, 1776–1837

Golding Constable's Black Riding-Horse

between 1805 and 1810
John Constable, 1776–1837

Barge below Flatford Lock

ca. 1810
John Constable, 1776–1837

Flatford Lock

between 1810 and 1811
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Flatford Mill

between 1810 and 1811
John Constable, 1776–1837

Half-size Sketch for The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (“Whitehall Stairs,... [Read more]

1829 to 1831
John Constable, 1776–1837

Dedham Lock

between 1819 and 1820
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hadleigh Castle, The Mouth of the Thames--Morning after a Stormy Night

1829
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Summer - Evening Landscape

ca. 1825
John Constable, 1776–1837

Dedham Lock

between 1819 and 1820
John Constable, 1776–1837

Study of a Cloudy Sky

ca. 1825
John Constable, 1776–1837

Undergrowth

ca. 1815
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hove Beach

1824 to 1828
John Constable, 1776–1837

Dedham Vale

1802
John Constable, 1776–1837

Parham Mill, Gillingham

ca. 1826
John Constable, 1776–1837

A Shepherd in a Landscape looking across Dedham Vale towards Langham

ca. 1811
John Constable, 1776–1837

Rushes by a pool

ca. 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hampstead Heath

ca. 1825
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

ca. 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Sketch for "The Hay Wain"

ca. 1820
John Constable, 1776–1837

An Autumnal Landscape at East Bergholt

between 1805 and 1808
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Study of an Ash Tree

between 1801 and 1803 or between 1810 and 1830
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study with Trees

1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hampstead Heath looking towards Harrow

1821 to 1822
John Constable, 1776–1837

Fen Lane, East Bergholt

ca. 1811
John Constable, 1776–1837

View Towards the Rectory, East Bergholt

1813
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study, Early Morning, Looking East from Hampstead

1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Mary Freer

1809
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Study of Three Parrot Tulips

ca. 1832
John Constable, 1776–1837

Coastal Scene with Cliffs

ca. 1814
John Constable, 1776–1837

Lane near Dedham

1802
John Constable, 1776–1837

Harwich: The Low Lighthouse and Beacon Hill

ca. 1820
John Constable, 1776–1837

Stormy Sea, Brighton

ca. 1828
John Constable, 1776–1837

East Bergholt

ca. 1813
John Constable, 1776–1837

A View at Hampstead with Stormy Weather

ca. 1830
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

A View on Hampstead Heath, Early Morning

ca. 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

ca. 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

A Cloud Study, Sunset

ca. 1821

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