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Prints and Drawings 23,545
Rare Books and Manuscripts 11,794
Reference Library 1,908
Paintings and Sculpture 884
Frames 239

Creator

Unknown artist 3,369
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 3,083
Vanity, Fair, 1868–1914 1,063
Smith, Charles Hamilton, 1776–1859 747
Simpson, William, 1823–1899 645
Ward, Leslie Matthew ("Spy"), 1851–1922 572
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 542
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 539
Hastings, Thomas Capt., 1778–1854 520
Smirke the Younger, Robert, Sir, 1781–1867 433
Blake, William, 1757–1827 378
Goodall, Edward, 1795–1870 322
Stothard, Thomas, 1755–1834 295
Miller, William, 1796–1882 294
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 249
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 244
Pugin, Augustus Charles, 1762–1832 240
Pellegrini, Carlo ("Ape" and "Singe"), 1839–1889 237
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 236
Unknown framemaker 229
Constable, John, 1776–1837 227
Turner, Charles, 1774–1857 218
Wallis, Robert, 1794–1878 207
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846 191
Finden, Edward Francis, 1791–1857 180
Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842 173
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 172
Shepherd, Thomas Hosmer, 1792–1864 171
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore, 1812–1852 169
Cooke, William Bernard, 1778–1855 163

Date

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To

On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 35,291
Accessible in the Reference Library 1,908
Not on view 775
On view 150
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery 7

Image Use

Free to Use 23,731
Under Certain Circumstances 14,599

Image Available

available 20,753
unavailable 17,577

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 59

Classification

Prints 13,815
Books 10,996
Drawings & Watercolors 8,410
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 849
Paintings 816
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 792
Archives & Manuscripts 541
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 455
Photographs 360
Frames 239
Articles & Chapters 234
Maps & Atlas (printed) 188
Periodicals 130
Music (printed) 116
Visual Materials 52
Sculptures 47
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures 37
Ceramics 15
Postcards 7
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 6
Painted Objects 6
Videos 5
Manuscripts 3
Computer Files 2
Print-printing-plates 2
Posters 1
Silver 1

Collective Title

A Collection of Continental Drawings, From a Set of Four Sketchbooks, 1802-1804 425
Picturesque Views in England and Wales 389
Album of Drawings for Book Illustrations 214
Turner's Annual Tour- The Seine 208
Liber Studiorum 196
Sketches, Volume IV: Drawings of Isle of Wight, Hampshire and Devon 189
Studies of, 167 Drawings, and 1 Print, for Oil Paintings, by Benjamin R. Haydon 166
Scott's Prose Works 157
Rogers's Poems 155
Sketches, Vol. 6: 152 Drawings of Isle of Wight, Canterbury, and Hampstead, etc. 153
Original Sketches of Animals & etc. 147
Drawings for the Atlas Pocket Books, Volume 1 137
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres 124
Scott's Poetical Works 121
Cooke's Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England 116
Rivers of France 112
Castellated and Domestic Architecture of England and Wales from the 11th Century to the 19th, Vol. 2, Drawn by J. Buckler, F.S.A. & J.C. Buckler for T. L. Parker, Esqr. 110
A Voyage Round Great Britain 104
Jerusalem: The Emanation of The Giant Albion, Copy E 100
Rogers's Italy 99
Sketches, Vol. 7: Drawings of Devon, Wales, Lakes, etc. 96
Views of France, Volume II 92
Views of England and Wales, Volume I 82
Views of France, Volume I 81
Views of Northern Europe, Volume II 78
Drawings for the Atlas Pocket Books, Volume 2 77
Finden's Landscape Illustrations to the Bible 77
Subjects from the Liber Studiorum after J.M.W. Turner 77
Views of England and Wales, Volume II 74
Whitaker's History of Richmondshire 74

Period

19th century 38,330

20th century 367
18th century 176
17th century 36
21st century 24
16th century 18
15th century 8

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 11,615
graphite 6,806
watercolor 4,651
etching (printing process) 2,791
line engraving 2,532
brown ink 2,151
pen 1,778
black ink 1,657
laid paper 1,649
mezzotint 967
gouache 927
painting (technique) 816
oil paint 803
chine collé 638
brown wash 550
gray wash 519
lithography 506
canvas 474
aquatint 368
stipple engraving 339
white gouache 310
hand coloring 292
black chalk 268
gray ink 264
engraving (printing process) 263
drypoint 261
wood 248
scratching out 235
gold leaf 231
albumen process 193

Height [cm]

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Width [cm]

From

To

Work Type

drawing 8,223
intaglio print 6,244
watercolor 5,219
wood engraving 1,472
lithograph 1,283
aquatint 986
painting 815
engraving 803
ephemera 688
auction catalog 632
planographic print 631
chromolithograph 598
photograph 471
etching 334
relief print 329
recreation 256
frame 239
advertisement 233
chromoxylograph 230
armorial bookplates (provenance) 224
drawing book 196
steel engraving 194
ink drawing 188
botanical illustration 184
map 180
panorama 176
memorial card 171
game 149
publisher's advertisement 144
cut-paper work 140

Genre

landscape 6,156
architectural subject 5,273
genre subject 2,034
marine art 1,753
cityscape 1,351
portrait 1,117
literary theme 1,107
religious and mythological subject 848
animal art 757
figure study 588
sporting art 531
historical subject 375
military art 356
still life 85
botanical subject 79
cartographic material 54
anatomical study 27
abstract art 1

Subject Terms

architectural subject 3,572
landscape 3,251
river 1,634
trees 1,518
genre subject 1,420
men 1,289
portrait 904
cityscape 785
man 769
marine art 755
women 660
animal art 597
clouds 584
religious and mythological subject 577
boats 571
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs. 564
landscape (representation) 563
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs. 558
water 531
woman 508
buildings 507
horses (animals) 506
sky 496
castle 494
church 494
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate. 485
costume 472
literary theme 470
hills 464
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. 442

Subject Period

19th century 1,460
18th century 126
20th century 86
17th century 24
16th century 21
15th century 9
15th and 16th centuries 3
To 500 3
11th century 2
12th century 2
Alfred, 871-899 2
Silurian 2
13th century 1
18h century 1
19h century 1
19th Century 1
6th century 1
Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D 1
To 332 B. C 1
To 332 B.C 1
To 400 1
[18--] 1

Associated Places

England 3,489
Great Britain 2,794
United Kingdom 2,326
Europe 2,095
London 1,259
France 840
Italy 457
London (England) 423
Scotland 415
Seine 326
Africa 307
India 303
Egypt 301
Wales 258
Nile 206
City of Westminster 199
Greater London 194
Île-de-France 179
Edinburgh (Scotland) 174
Thames 169
Palace of Westminster 163
Paris 159
Switzerland 151
Ireland 145
Kent 133
Devon 132
Spain 124
Germany 122
United States 116
Edinburgh 112

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 426
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1901 69
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 53
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 47
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE) 38
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821 37
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 36
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 35
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 33
Ruskin, John, 1819–1900 28
Scott, Walter, 1771–1832 28
Venus 27
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828 26
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764 25
Job 23
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861 22
Russell, Lord John, 1st Earl Russell of Kingston Russell (1792–1878), politician/statesman 22
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762–1830 20
Adonis 19
Britton, John, 1771–1857 18
Jack Sheppard 17
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792, 17
Sir John Falstaff 17
Jesus Christ 16
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 16
Raphael, 1483–1520 16
William Hogarth 16
Cupid 15
Jesus 15
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 14

Exhibition History

Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05) 182
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06) 163
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14) 161
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 154
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978) 120
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 108
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 107
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 101
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04) 101
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) 96
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) 86
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 83
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) 81
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 80
The Romantic Landscape Prints - The Chiaroscuro of Nature (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-09-25 - 2002-12-29) 78
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 72
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 69
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977) 69
Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22) 68
J.M.W. Turner: Romance & Reality (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-03-29 - 2025-07-27) 67
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) 62
Turner and the Sublime (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1980-11-01 - 1981-01-04) 59
Turner and the Sublime (British Museum, 1981-05-15 - 1981-09-20) 59
Turner and the Sublime (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-02-11 - 1981-04-19) 59
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 55
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) 55
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) 50
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) 50
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) 50
The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09) 49

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 18,355
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 965
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection 964
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Michael H. LeWitt, Peter A. LeWitt, and Erwin Strasmick 922
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 435
Yale Center for British Art 386
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert 180
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery 118
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 115
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker 111
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Mr. George L. Green 102
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan 95
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960 89
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 71
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael H. LeWitt, Peter A. LeWitt, and Erwin Strasmick 64
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 62
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of three Australian sisters - Gwendoline Ewens, Jean Parkin, and Joyce Wilson 59
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse 56
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc. 55
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection 53
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield 49
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Alan S. Fortunoff 46
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Godfrey Pearlson 45
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent 45
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Prof. William H. Dunham Jr. 42
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell 41
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Linda G. Mitchell and David M. Doret, Yale BA 1968 39
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 37
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert N. Whittemore, Yale BS 1943 34
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth 31

Language

English 12,867
French 300
German 108
Latin 41
Italian 33
Undetermined 22
Spanish 14
Swedish 9
Dutch 8
Russian 5
Efik 4
Multiple languages 3
Scots 3
Danish 2
English, Middle (1100-1500) 2
Hebrew 2
Greek, Ancient (to 1453) 1
Japanese 1
Norwegian 1
Polish 1
Portuguese 1
Welsh 1

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

The Weary Ploughman

1858
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Ship in a Storm

ca. 1826
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

St. Michael's Mount

1820 to 1826
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Gloucester Cathedral

1820 to 1825
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Paestum

between 1820 and 1826
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

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

Hampstead Heath, Sunset

ca. 1845
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

End of Lake Geneva

1835
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 Mountain Torrent

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

Sunset at Sea after a Storm

ca. 1824
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

The Avon Gorge at Sunset

ca. 1850
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

The Avon Gorge

between 1816 and 1818
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Study of Three Parrot Tulips

ca. 1832
On view
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

ca. 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

A Shepherd in a Landscape looking across Dedham Vale towards Langham

ca. 1811
John Constable, 1776–1837

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

1829
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

A Cloud Study, Sunset

ca. 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Coastal Scene with Cliffs

ca. 1814
John Constable, 1776–1837

Dedham Vale

1802
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

ca. 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Sketch for "The Hay Wain"

ca. 1820
John Constable, 1776–1837

Study of an Ash Tree

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

Rushes by a pool

ca. 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study with Trees

1821
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

Bardon Hill, Coleorton Hall

ca. 1823
John Constable, 1776–1837

Fen Lane, East Bergholt

ca. 1811
John Constable, 1776–1837

View Towards the Rectory, East Bergholt

1813
On view
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study

1822

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