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Prints and Drawings 2,242
Paintings and Sculpture 203

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Gilpin, Sawrey, 1733–1807 235
Unknown artist 177
Balugani, Luigi Antonio Melchiorre, 1737–1771 139
Bruce, James, 1730–1794 134
Sowerby, James, 1756–1822 120
Smith, Charles Hamilton, 1776–1859 116
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 96
Gay, John, 1685–1732 72
Stockdale, John, ca. 1749–1814 71
Howitt, Samuel, 1756–1822 64
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 61
Heath, James, 1757–1834 54
Robinson, & Co., 1764–1830 53
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 48
Seymour, James, 1702–1752 44
Ward, James, 1769–1859 44
Wootton, John, approximately 1682–1764 34
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 33
Stewart, James, 1791–1863 30
Page, P. D. H. Mrs., 20th century 28
Hills, Robert, 1769–1844 27
White, John, active 1585–1593 27
Haden, Francis Seymour, Sir, 1818–1910 26
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815 23
Kent, William, ca.1686–1748 23
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 23
Bevan, Robert, 1865–1925 21
Barlow, Francis, 1622–1704 20
Skeaping, John, 1901–1980 20
Sowerby, James de Carle, 1787–1871 20

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Accessible in the Study Room 2,241
Not on view 158
On view 45
On view at the Yale University Art Gallery 1

Image Use

Free to Use 2,093
Under Certain Circumstances 352

Image Available

available 2,192
unavailable 253

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 1,374
Prints 720
Paintings 161
Photographs 82
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 50
Sculptures 38
Posters 16
Ceramics 2

Collective Title

Original Sketches of Animals & etc. 145
Gay's Fables 72
Fables by John Gay, Vol. I 54
Album of Drawings of (51) Fishes 44
Fourty-three Studies of Horses and Riders 43
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres 34
Album of 34 Drawings of Animals and Birds from The Bruce Archive 33
Album of Twenty-eight Drawings of Birds from The Bruce Archive 27
Thirty-five Watercolor Drawings of Fish, Birds, Flowers, and Plants 26
Picturesque Views in England and Wales 25
Fables by John Gay, Vol. II 18
Vessel 14
Rogers's Poems 12
Twelve Portraits of Race Horses 12
Studies for Decorations for the Cave of the Golden Calf 11
England / Scotland 1960 10
Nine Early Engravings by Edward Calvert 10
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 8
Thirteen Drawings of Horses, Horsemen, Hounds, etc. 8
Dogs Drawn from Nature 7
For Japaning, Where May Be Had 200 Different Sorts 6
London Zoo Studies 6
Political Sketches 6
Birds of Prey 5
Liber Studiorum 5
Prints by Notable Dilettanti 5
Whitaker's History of Richmondshire 5
'History of Cassiobury Park,' 1816 and 1837 4

Period

18th century 786
19th century 759
18th century-19th century 477
20th century 291
19th century-20th century 70
17th century-18th century 23
17th century 17
21st century 6
unknown period 2
20th century-21st century 1

Materials & Techniques

graphite 1,184
wove paper 1,130
laid paper 782
watercolor 711
etching (printing process) 340
brown ink 331
pen 328
gouache 281
black ink 246
line engraving 186
painting (technique) 161
oil paint 156
mezzotint 151
gray wash 133
canvas 109
drypoint 78
gray ink 73
engraving (printing process) 67
black chalk 63
hand coloring 52
brown wash 49
lithography 39
bronze 38
stipple engraving 37
photographic paper 36
plate tone 35
gelatin silver process 33
white gouache 33
wood engraving (process) 33
aquatint 31

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Work Type

drawing 1,409
watercolor 835
intaglio print 609
painting 161
photograph 73
planographic print 72
relief print 40
sculpture 39
statuette 34
photomechanical print 17
poster 16
collage 9
ceramic 4
statue 3
digital print 2
frontispiece 2
maquette 1

Genre

animal art 2,445

landscape 280
genre subject 247
sporting art 182
literary theme 110
architectural subject 107
portrait 87
figure study 73
religious and mythological subject 35
still life 25
cityscape 24
abstract art 18
marine art 18
military art 14
botanical subject 10
historical subject 10
anatomical study 5

Subject Terms

animal art 1,897
landscape 235
horse (animal) 191
genre subject 162
trees 161
horses (animals) 137
dog (animal) 126
animals 115
sporting art 115
birds 114
bird 99
clouds 80
cows 77
deer 75
cattle 71
man 71
portrait 71
men 69
river 68
dogs (animals) 65
hills 65
sheep 63
fish 61
grass 61
plants 59
figure study 58
architectural subject 50
branch 50
hat 48
flowers (plants) 46

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 92
Europe 79
Asia 77
England 74
India 61
Bharat 58
London 26
City of Westminster 15
Scotland 12
Italy 11
The Cave of the Golden Calf 11
Wales 9
Greater London 8
Suffolk 7
Newmarket 6
Cymru 5
Egypt 5
Perugia 5
West Sussex 5
Emilia-Romagna 4
France 4
Ireland 4
Lancashire 4
Piacenza 4
Tipperary 4
Africa 3
Albani, Colli 3
Arun 3
Arundel 3
Arundel Castle 3

Associated People

Calvert, Edward (English painter and printmaker, 1799–1883) 10
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 9
Russell, Lord John, 1st Earl Russell of Kingston Russell (1792–1878), politician/statesman 4
Gulliver, Lemuel, fictional protagonist and narrator of 'Gulliver's Travels', a novel written by Jonathan Swift, first published in 1726 3
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
Spencer (née Beauclerk), Lady Mary (1743–1812), daughter and heir of 1st Baron Vere; wife of Lord Charles Spencer 2
Ayscough, Augusta Anne (1749—1837) 1
Bacchus 1
Bardoletti, Girolamo (unknown life dates), household servant to William Morgan from 1725 to at least 1732 1
Bay, Jean-Baptiste de (1802–1862), sculptor 1
Bedford, Francis Russell, 5th Duke of (British aristocrat, 1765–1802) 1
Bertini, Giuseppe (1825–1898), painter 1
Burgoyne, Roger, sixth baronet (1710–1780), MP for Bedfordshire 1
Burke, Edmund (1729/30–1797), politician and author 1
Campbell, John, first Baron Campbell of St Andrews (1779–1861), lord chancellor 1
Chaucer, Geoffrey (1343–1400), English poet 1
Cholmondeley, Lady Hester Frances (1763—1844) 1
Cockburn, Sir George 10th Baronet (1772—1853), Royal Navy officer 1
Cockburn, Sir James 9th Baronet (1771—1852), British Governor of Bermuda 1
Cockburn, Sir William 11th Baronet (1773—1858), Church of England clergyman 1
Copley, John Singleton, Baron Lyndhurst (1772 - 1863), Lord Chancellor 1
Crewe, John 2nd Baron Crewe (bap. 1772—1835), soldier 1
Day, John Barham (1793–1860), jockey and racehorse trainer 1
Filley, Mrs. Oliver 1
Frances Anne, Lady Crewe (bap. 1748, d. 1818), political hostess 1
Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria (1830–1916) 1
Gadshill 1
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright 1

Exhibition History

In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 46
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) 36
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 29
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05) 28
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 23
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15) 23
Taste & Beauty in Three Dimensions: Paul Mellon and British Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-10-23 - 2004-02-15) 21
James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22) 20
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 16
Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19) 15
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 13
George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Tate Britain, 1984-10-17 - 1985-01-06) 12
George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-02-13 - 1985-04-07) 12
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27) 12
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 10
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22) 9
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 8
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 8
Stubbs - An Exhibition in Honor of Paul Mellon (National Gallery of Art, 1985-04-11 - 1985-05-04) 8
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 7
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 7
Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05) 7
Drawings by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-02-04 - 1987-03-29) 6
Fancy Pieces - Genre Mezzotints by Robert Robinson & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1994-11-19 - 1995-01-29) 6
J. L. Agasse (Museum of Art and History, Geneva, 1988-10-20 - 1989-01-22) 6
J. L. Agasse (Tate Britain, 1989-02-15 - 1989-04-02) 6
Reflections on a Life with Horses : Paintings by Sir Alfred Munnings from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-01 - 2008-04-01) 6
Stubbs & The Horse (Kimbell Art Museum, 2004-11-14 - 2005-02-06) 6
Stubbs & The Horse (The National Gallery, London, 2005-06-29 - 2005-09-25) 6
Stubbs & The Horse (The Walters Art Museum, 2005-03-05 - 2005-05-20) 6

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1,902
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 128
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD 72
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc. 34
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 32
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe 24
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 21
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965 17
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James A. Bergquist 15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields 15
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield 11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans P. Kraus, Jr. 10
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick Gore 9
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of three Australian sisters - Gwendoline Ewens, Jean Parkin, and Joyce Wilson 8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 6
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; Yale University Art Gallery Collection 6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan 5
Yale Center for British Art, The William K. Rose and Eugene A. Carroll Collection 4
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Emerson Tuttle, B.A. 1914 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Brooke Allen and Peter Aaron 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Graham Howe 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John D. Viener, Yale AB 1961 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ralph and Nancy Segall 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Richard S. and Jeanne Press 3
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 3
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery 3

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

The Weary Ploughman

1858
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Turn Rice-Plough, Sussex

ca. 1909
John Constable, 1776–1837

Golding Constable's Black Riding-Horse

between 1805 and 1810
On view
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Brown and White Norfolk or Water Spaniel

1778
On view
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Horse Attacked by a Lion (Episode C)

between 1768 and 1769
On view
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Greenland Falcon

1780
On view
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Lustre, held by a Groom

ca. 1762
On view
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Lion and Lioness

1770
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Sleeping Leopard

1777
On view
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Pumpkin with a Stable-lad

1774
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Water Spaniel

1769
On view
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Horse Frightened by a Lion

between 1762 and 1768
On view
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Zebra

1763
On view
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

A Lion Attacking a Stag

between 1765 and 1766
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Bulls Fighting

1786
On view
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

A Lion Attacking a Horse

1762
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

ca. 1766
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Foxhound

1971
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Greyhound

1976
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Racing Greyhounds

1977
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Mill Reef

1973
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Fort Marcy

1973
Accessible in the Study Room
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Key to the Mint

1974
Accessible in the Study Room
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Key to the Mint

1974
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Indian Rhinoceros

Cast 1990 (original model 1915)
Accessible in the Study Room
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Fighting Stallions

1976
Accessible in the Study Room
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Arab Horsemen, Two Grey Horses

1965
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Poodle

1977
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Mare and Foal

1980
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

The Racehorse Zanzibar with Pug Dog of the same

1962
Accessible in the Study Room
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Afghan Horsemen

1976
Accessible in the Study Room
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Mare and Foal

1976
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Filly Foal

1980
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Arab Stallion

1968
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Shirley Heights

1978
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

A Harrow in the Orchard

ca. 1896
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Horse Mart

ca. 1917
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

Found!

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

Who-o-p!

1898-1899

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