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Prints and Drawings 3,413
Paintings and Sculpture 253
Rare Books and Manuscripts 7

Creator

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 494
Unknown artist 269
Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797 201
Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802 199
Constable, John, 1776–1837 120
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 113
Haden, Francis Seymour, Sir, 1818–1910 113
Buckler, John Chessell, 1793–1894 109
Buckler, John FSA, 1770–1851 109
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 102
Morley, Lewis, 1925–2013 93
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 78
Davidson, Bruce, born 1933 66
Lucas, David, 1802–1881 57
Cooke, William Bernard, 1778–1855 56
Wilkinson, Robert, 1758–1825 56
Diston, Alfred, active 1818–1829 48
Bowles, & Carver, 1763–1830 46
Brandard, Robert, 1805–1862 46
Willmore, James Tibbits, 1800–1863 46
Wallis, Robert, 1794–1878 43
Lewis, Frederick Christian the Elder, 1779–1856 42
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 40
DeWint, Peter, 1784–1849 32
Allen, James Baylis, 1803–1876 31
Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828 31
Gore, Spencer Frederick, 1878–1914 29
CUNDY, Thomas, 1790–1867 26
Hearne, Thomas, 1744–1817 26
Cooke, George, 1781–1834 25

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 3,420
Not on view 211
On view 42

Image Use

Free to Use 3,219
Under Certain Circumstances 454

Image Available

available 3,673

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 1,860
Prints 1,051
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 288
Paintings 253
Photographs 167
Posters 44
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 4
Three-Dimensional Artifacts 2
Archives & Manuscripts 1
Books 1
Maps & Atlas (printed) 1
Maps & Atlases (manuscript) 1

Collective Title

Beaumont Album 187
Turner's Annual Tour- The Seine 159
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. 109
A Voyage Round Great Britain 103
Cooke's Picturesque Views of the Southern Coast of England 100
Rivers of France 74
Selection of Twenty of the Most Picturesque Views of Paris and its Environs 68
England / Scotland 1960 58
Études à l'eau-forte 46
Cries of London 25
Studies for Decorations for the Cave of the Golden Calf 24
A Picturesque Tour of Italy 23
English Landscape 23
English Landscape: Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery, from Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A. 19
The Keepsake 18
[One from a volume of 66] "Views Drawn from Nature in the Neighborhood of Rome and Abruzzo etc. By Sir Richard Colt Hoare Bart. In the Years 1786 to 1790" 18
Surveys of Edward Bacon's Seat at Earlham House 15
Illustrations to "The Vicar of Wakefield" 14
The Gentle Shepherd 12
Jubilee Set: Navel Review Series 11
The Environs of London 10
Rogers's Italy 9
Turner's Annual Tour, The Loire 9
Voyages pittoresques et romantiques dans l'ancienne France 9
Eight Watercolors of Country Houses 8
George Fox His Journal 7
North Italian Set 7
Sketches Illustrative of Picturesque Scenery of Norfolk 7
Scott's Poetical Works 6
Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae 6

Period

19th century 1,965
18th century 862
18th century-19th century 374
20th century 355
19th century-20th century 61
17th century 25
17th century-18th century 16
16th century 7
unknown period 4
20th century-21st century 1

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 1,830
graphite 1,526
watercolor 1,382
laid paper 927
black ink 651
etching (printing process) 528
pen 439
brown ink 402
line engraving 393
painting (technique) 253
oil paint 232
gray wash 228
gouache 207
drypoint 185
canvas 162
gelatin silver process 162
gray ink 144
photographic paper 135
brown wash 119
aquatint 104
varnish 102
chine collé 91
black chalk 90
plate tone 84
scratching out 75
mezzotint 70
soft-ground etching 60
lithography 57
red ink 47
panel (wood) 46

Height [cm]

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Work Type

drawing 2,140
watercolor 1,583
intaglio print 941
painting 253
photograph 167
planographic print 82
poster 44
relief print 9
frontispiece 3
map 3
photomechanical print 3
board game 2
collage 2
engraving 2
game 2
recreation 2
advertisement 1
albumen print 1
albums (books) 1
armorial bookplates (provenance) 1
atlase 1
botanical illustration 1
broadside 1
cartes-de-visite (card photographs) 1
ephemera 1
herbaria 1
ink drawing 1
lithograph 1
manuscript map 1
photograph album 1

Genre

landscape 1,590
architectural subject 1,478
cityscape 672
genre subject 593
marine art 527
portrait 136
sporting art 94
animal art 78
figure study 73
historical subject 63
military art 42
literary theme 28
still life 12
cartographic material 10
abstract art 8
religious and mythological subject 7
botanical subject 3

Subject Terms

architectural subject 1,440
landscape 1,366
trees 1,003
river 787
cityscape 608
genre subject 570
buildings 533
men 503
boats 430
marine art 358
hills 357
clouds 316
women 309
castle 294
church 291
mountains 284
windows 277
horses (animals) 240
bridge (built work) 224
figures 219
house 202
houses 199
landscape (representation) 194
rocks (landforms) 194
Grand Tour 187
ships 186
man 183
ruins 179
arches 178
country house 172

Subject Period

Associated Places

Europe 3,673

United Kingdom 2,375
England 2,074
France 547
London 482
Italy 425
Seine 268
Greater London 222
Île-de-France 168
Scotland 145
Kent 140
Thames 139
Wales 139
Paris 120
Devon 98
Lazio 85
East Sussex 82
City of Westminster 80
Loire 79
Suffolk 77
Cymru 73
Surrey 71
English Channel 68
Spain 66
Rome 65
Cornwall 64
Norfolk 57
Yorkshire 56
Essex 53
Dorset 52

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 21
Jones, Inigo (1573–1652), architect and theatre designer 8
Fox, George (1624–1691), a founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) 7
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright 5
Sir John Falstaff 5
Albert (1819–1861), prince consort, consort of Queen Victoria 3
Milton, John (1608–1674), poet and polemicist 3
Mitchell, Warren (1926–2015), actor 3
Moore, Dudley Stuart John (1935–2002), actor, musician, and composer 3
Victoria (1819–1901), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and empress of India 3
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834–1903), painter and printmaker 3
Anderson, Lindsay Gordon (1923–1994), film and theatre director 2
Bennett, Alan (born 1934), playwright, screenwriter, actor, and author 2
Caldwell, Zoe (born 1933), actress and director 2
Cameron, Rodrick (1914–1985), author and art collector 2
Charles I (1600–1649), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland 2
Cook, Peter (1937–1995), humorist and entertainer 2
Ghost of Hamlet's Father 2
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark 2
Herbert, Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery (1737–1831) 2
Herbert, George Augustus, 11th Earl of Pembroke and 8th Earl of Montgomery (1759–1827), politician/statesman, military/naval 2
James VI and I (1566–1625), king of Scotland, England, and Ireland 2
Katherine [née Harrison], Nicolette Elaine (1941–1993), former Marchioness of Londonderry 2
Kemble, John Philip (1757–1823), 2
Madonna 2
Maria (character in Twelfth Night) 2
Miller, Jonathan Wolfe (born 1934), stage director and author 2
Ronay, Edina (born 1944), fashion designer and actress 2
Russell, Bertrand Arthur William, third Earl Russell (1872–1970), philosopher, journalist, and political campaigner 2
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816), playwright and politician 2

Exhibition History

Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) 106
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 81
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) 60
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23) 54
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) 49
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16) 47
Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05) 45
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 44
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28) 44
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15) 44
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) 37
J.M.W. Turner: Romance & Reality (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-03-29 - 2025-07-27) 35
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 31
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 29
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 28
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 28
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) 28
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) 28
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) 28
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 27
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 26
The Romantic Landscape Prints - The Chiaroscuro of Nature (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-09-25 - 2002-12-29) 25
Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09) 23
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 21
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 20
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 19
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 18
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20) 18
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) 17
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 17

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 2,874
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 98
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy 93
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 78
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965 64
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker 45
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield 39
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 36
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick Gore 19
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ralph and Nancy Segall 18
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr., Yale BE 1945W 16
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. John Archer Gee for History of Art (History of Prints) 16
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960 15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Richard S. and Jeanne Press 15
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert N. Whittemore, Yale BS 1943 15
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 11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935 10
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Allen Evarts Foster, B.A. 1906 10
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., BA 1910 10
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery 8
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection 8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 7
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania 7
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 6
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery 6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 5
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield 5
Yale Center for British Art, Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards Collection, Gift of Alison Edwards Curwen 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia Cornwell and Harvard Art Museum 4

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English 6
German 1

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Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

July 15 1949 (St Ives harbour)

1949
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Boat Building near Dinan, Brittany

ca. 1838
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 Avon Gorge at Sunset

ca. 1850
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Weigh House, Cumberland Market

ca. 1914
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Hay Carts, Cumberland Market

1915
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Aldwych

1924
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Turn Rice-Plough, Sussex

ca. 1909
John Constable, 1776–1837

Malvern Hall, Warwickshire

1820 to 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Sketch for "The Hay Wain"

ca. 1820
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Fire in London, Seen from Hampstead

ca. 1826
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hadleigh Castle

1828 to 1829
John Constable, 1776–1837

Osmington Village

1816 to 1817
John Constable, 1776–1837

Sir Richard Steele's Cottage, Hampstead

1831 to 1832
John Constable, 1776–1837

Dedham Lock

between 1819 and 1820
John Constable, 1776–1837

Flatford Lock

between 1810 and 1811
John Constable, 1776–1837

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

ca. 1809
John Constable, 1776–1837

East Bergholt Church

1809
John Constable, 1776–1837

West Lodge, East Bergholt

between 1813 and 1816
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Flatford Mill

between 1810 and 1811
John Constable, 1776–1837

Flatford Mill

between 1810 and 1811
John Constable, 1776–1837

Somerset House Terrace from Waterloo Bridge

ca. 1819
On view
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hampstead Heath, with a Bonfire

ca. 1822
On view
John Constable, 1776–1837

Stratford Mill

1819 to 1820
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting, with a View of Creswell Crags, Taken on the Spot

ca. 1767
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

ca. 1766
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Newmarket Heath, with the King's stables rubbing house at the finish of the Beacon... [Read more]

ca. 1765
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Studies for or after "The third Duke of Richmond with the Charleton Hunt"

late 1750s
On view
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Labourers

1781
On view
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Margaret Newton (née Coningsby), Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the... [Read more]

ca. 1760
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Chateaux de St. Michael, Bonneville, Savoy

exhibited 1803
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Newark Abbey

ca. 1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

A Limekiln, Possibly at Briton Ferry in South Wales

ca. 1795-96
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Hope near Bergen

ca. 1840
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

A Lake in Norway

ca. 1825
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

The Launch of "La Sorcière" on the Lake of Geneva

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Chepstow Castle on the Wye

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

Sussex Farm Wagon

ca. 1906
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Over the Bank, Exmoor

ca. 1895

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