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Prints and Drawings
634
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Creator
Unknown artist
335
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
144
Brockedon, William, 1787–1854
31
Constable, John, 1776–1837
31
Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785–1841
15
Woodward, George Moutard, ca. 1760–1809
15
Carter, John, 1748–1817
13
Knight, John Baverstock, 1785–1859
9
Alken, Samuel Henry Gordon, 1810–1894
8
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
8
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
6
Cox, David, 1783–1859
5
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
5
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
4
Calvert, Frederick, ca. 1785–ca. 1845
3
Chalon, John James, 1778–1854
3
Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
3
Shaw, Henry, 1800–1873
3
Varley, Cornelius, 1781–1873
3
Ward, James, 1769–1859
3
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1758
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1770
118
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1798
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1829
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1762
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1857
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1788
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1765
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1833
69
1828
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1806
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1893
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1740
61
1705
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1862
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1811
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1776
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1809
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1822
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1848
50
1746
48
1861
48
1739
47
1855
47
1838
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1846
46
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
638
Image Use
Free to Use
432
Under Certain Circumstances
206
Image Available
Available
500
Unavailable
138
New Additions
2023-2024
1
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
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638
Creator Gender
male
363
unknown
339
female
1
Collective Title
The Life of Timon of Athens
2
King Lear
1
One of seven miscellaneous drawings: landscape
1
Othello, the Moor of Venice (?)
1
Sketchbook: Lessons in Landscape Painting
1
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (?)
1
Period
19th century
577
18th century
41
18th century-19th century
12
19th century-20th century
5
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
460
graphite
416
watercolor
297
pen
133
black ink
109
brown ink
109
gouache
65
laid paper
57
gray wash
31
scratching out
26
black chalk
25
brown wash
18
gray ink
18
white gouache
18
red chalk
16
pens
14
card
13
white chalk
12
gum arabic
11
oil paint
11
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Unknown
46
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79
Unknown
47
Work Type
drawing
509
watercolor
337
intaglio print
7
sketchbook
2
collage
1
ink drawing
1
pattern book
1
Genre
landscape
197
architectural subject
136
sporting art
105
genre subject
68
marine art
44
animal art
42
portrait
34
figure study
32
literary theme
17
cityscape
13
religious and mythological subject
12
military art
9
botanical subject
5
still life
4
cartographic material
1
historical subject
1
Subject Terms
landscape
167
architectural subject
132
men
122
trees
109
sporting art
97
horses (animals)
83
horseback riders
74
horseback riding
74
genre subject
58
hunting
53
dogs (animals)
49
hunters
49
hunt
46
fence
40
animal art
39
hounds (dogs)
36
man
35
portrait
34
galloping
31
figure study
29
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Associated Places
United Kingdom
84
England
81
Europe
49
London
29
City of Westminster
17
Palace of Westminster
17
Wales
13
Scotland
6
Suffolk
6
Cymru
5
Devon
5
Isle of Wight
5
Italy
5
Thames
5
East Sussex
4
Fife
4
Greater London
4
House of Lords
4
Kent
4
Leicestershire
4
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
6
Alcibiades (c. 450–404 BC), Athenian statesman, orator, and general
1
Claudius (character in Hamlet)
1
Columbus, Christopher (ca. 1450–1506, Italian explorer and navigator
1
Desdemona (character in Othello)
1
Earl of Kent (Caius), character in King Lear
1
Flaxman, John (1755–1826), sculptor
1
Fool (character in King Lear)
1
Green, Edward Aveling, 1842–1930
1
Iachimo
1
Imogen (character in Cymbeline)
1
Jesus
1
King Lear (character in King Lear)
1
Moore, Elizabeth Susanna
1
Othello (character in Othello, the Moor of Venice)
1
Shee, Sir Martin Archer (1769–1850), portrait painter and writer
1
Smart, John (1741/2–1811), miniature painter
1
St. Peter
1
The Virgin Mary
1
Timon (character in Timon of Athens)
1
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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
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
7
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
5
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
4
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28)
4
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15)
4
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
4
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
4
Thrill of the 'Chace: Steeplechasing in Art (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2020-09-09 - 2021-03-22)
4
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
3
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
3
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
3
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
3
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
3
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
3
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
3
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
3
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)
2
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
2
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
2
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
588
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
9
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935
8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Francis P. Garvan, Yale BA 1897, in memory of Harry Payne Whitney, Yale BA 1894, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery, Whitney Sporting Art Collection
6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse
3
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
2
Yale Center for British Art, Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Collection, Gift of Alison Edwards Curwen
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown, Yale MA (HON.) 1971
2
Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Anne Parmelee Reed Dean in memory of her grandfather, the Reverend Edward Allen Reed, and her father, Professor Edward Bliss Reed, Yale 1894
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Rhyne
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Folds
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler in memory of Paul Mellon, Yale College, Class of 1929
1
Yale Center for British Art, Iola S. Haverstick Fund
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, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Everett V. Meeks, B.A. 1901 Fund
1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Everett V. Meeks, Fund
1
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