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Prints and Drawings 678
Paintings and Sculpture 102

Creator

Lysons, Daniel, 1762–1834 302
Unknown artist 53
Wilkinson, Robert, 1758–1825 37
Bowles, & Carver, 1763–1830 25
Haden, Francis Seymour, Sir, 1818–1910 22
Davidson, Bruce, born 1933 20
Constable, John, 1776–1837 19
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 13
Bowles, Thomas, ca. 1712–1767 12
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 11
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793 9
Baxter, George, 1804–1867 8
Linnell, John, 1729–1796 8
Morley, Lewis, 1925–2013 7
Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794 7
Scott, Samuel, ca. 1702–1772 7
Wale, Samuel, 1721–1786 7
Bonneau, Jacob, 1741–1786 6
DeWint, Peter, 1784–1849 6
Gwynn, John, 1713–1786 6
Maurer, John, active 1713–1761 6
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 6
Canaletto, 1697–1768 5
DONOWELL, John, active 1753–1786 5
Fitton, Hedley, 1859–1929 5
Heckel, Augustin, 1690–1770 5
Marlow, William, 1740–1813 5
Nash, Frederick, 1782–1856 5
Rooker, Michael "Angelo", 1746–1801 5
Varley, John, 1778–1842 5

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 678
Not on view 79
On view 23

Image Use

Free to Use 693
Under Certain Circumstances 87

Image Available

available 762
unavailable 18

Provenance

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Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 412
Prints 203
Paintings 102
Photographs 33
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 24
Posters 6

Collective Title

The Environs of London 289
England / Scotland 1960 20
Études à l'eau-forte 14
The Book of Gems 5
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. 3
George Fox His Journal 3
Original Views of London As It Is, 1842 3
Photographers Photographed 3
The Pocket Magazine 3
Beauties of England and Wales 2
Design for a Chapel at Enfield 2
English Landscape: Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery, from Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A. 2
Microcosm of London, 1808-1810 2
Studies for Decorations for the Cave of the Golden Calf 2
Thames Set 2
The Envrions of London 2
The Life of Sir John Falstaff 2
Views in London and Its Vicinity, 1826-34 2
'The Copper-Plate Magazine' and 'The Itinerant,' 1794-1798 1
Baxter's "Gems of the Great Exhibition" 1
Cries of London 1
English Landscape 1
Gems of the Great Exhibition 1
History of London from Its Foundation to the Present Time 1
Les Quatre Heures du Jour, or The Four Times of the Day 1
Londina Illustrata 1
Metropolitan Improvements: London in the Nineteenth Century 1
Microcosm of London 1
Political Sketches 1
Richard III 1

Period

18th century-19th century 326
19th century 194
18th century 155
20th century 63
19th century-20th century 19
17th century 8
21st century 3
17th century-18th century 2
20th century-21st century 1

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 427
graphite 350
watercolor 348
black ink 307
gouache 186
etching (printing process) 112
laid paper 105
painting (technique) 102
oil paint 86
canvas 63
pen 51
drypoint 43
brown ink 39
line engraving 31
gelatin silver process 29
gray wash 27
photographic paper 25
gray ink 23
aquatint 21
panel (wood) 17
plate tone 17
stipple engraving 17
card 16
brown wash 15
lithography 12
colored ink 10
woodcut (process) 10
hand coloring 9
Asian paper 8
board 8

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Work Type

drawing 433
intaglio print 144
watercolor 111
painting 102
photograph 33
planographic print 18
relief print 10
poster 6
digital print 3
ticket 3
photomechanical print 1

Genre

architectural subject 526
genre subject 154
cityscape 144
landscape 130
marine art 44
historical subject 35
portrait 15
animal art 8
sporting art 7
literary theme 6
military art 5
religious and mythological subject 5
cartographic material 2
figure study 2
abstract art 1
botanical subject 1
still life 1

Subject Terms

architectural subject 522
church 362
memorial 301
men 190
genre subject 149
cityscape 142
buildings 136
river 129
women 127
landscape 122
trees 108
boats 80
horses (animals) 66
costume 64
children 53
bridge (built work) 52
clouds 50
architecture 49
hats 48
city 46
man 44
windows 43
walking 42
houses 41
street 41
people 40
arches 38
tomb 36
brass 34
marine art 34

Subject Period

Associated Places

Greater London 780

United Kingdom 763
England 758
London 580
Europe 233
Thames 119
City of Westminster 104
City of London 52
St Mary's Church 41
Chiswick 29
Chelsea 27
Fulham 27
All Saints Church 26
St. Paul's Cathedral 22
Greenwich 21
Richmond 21
Westminster Abbey 21
Acton 20
Hampstead 20
Hampton 20
Westminster 20
Middlesex 18
St Mary's Parish Church 18
Twickenham 18
St. Nicholas Church 17
Hyde Park 16
Hillingdon 14
Lambeth 14
East Ham 13
Southwark 13

Associated People

Jones, Inigo (1573–1652), architect and theatre designer 10
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 8
Wellesley, Arthur, first duke of Wellington (1769–1852), army officer and prime minister 8
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright 5
James VI and I (1566–1625), king of Scotland, England, and Ireland 4
Fox, George (1624–1691), a founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) 3
Charles I (1600–1649), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland 2
Charlotte (1744–1818), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and queen of Hanover, consort of George III 2
George IV (1762–1830), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 2
Kemble, John Philip (1757–1823), 2
Scott, John, 1st Earl of Eldon (1751–1838), Lord Chancellor 2
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816), playwright and politician 2
Sir John Falstaff 2
Southwell, Lady Anne (1574–1636), poet 2
St. Cecilia as patroness of music 2
St. Cecilia making music and/or singing 2
saint 2
the virgin martyr Cecilia of Rome; possible attributes: falcon, musical instruments, organ, wreath of roses and lilies 2
Achilles 1
Adair, Amelia, daughter of Robert Adair 1
Adair, Caroline, daughter of Robert Adair 1
Adair, Lady Caroline, wife of Robert Adair and daughter of William Anne Earl of Albemarle 1
Adair, Robert "Robin" (1711–1790), surgeon 1
Addington, Henry, first Viscount Sidmouth (1757–1844), prime minister 1
Addison, Joseph (1672–1719), writer and politician 1
Adelaide (1792–1849), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, consort of William IV 1
Albert (1819–1861), prince consort, consort of Queen Victoria 1
Althea 1
Apollo 1
Bay, Jean-Baptiste de (1802–1862), sculptor 1

Exhibition History

In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 22
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) 15
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 14
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) 13
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 13
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) 12
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) 12
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) 9
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
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 7
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 6
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 6
The Creative Printmaker (Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1986-03-05 - 1986-04-20) 6
The Creative Printmaker (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-07-09 - 1985-09-01) 6
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 5
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 5
Bloomsbury Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-05-20 - 2000-09-03) 5
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17) 5
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28) 5
A Palace of Art in Victorian England - The Grosvenor Gallery (Denver Art Museum, 1996-06-01 - 1996-08-25) 4
A Palace of Art in Victorian England - The Grosvenor Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 1996-03-01 - 1996-04-28) 4
British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30) 4
British Comic Art 1730 - 1830 (Museum of Art and Archaelogy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1988-10-14 - 1988-12-04) 4
Canaletto in England - A Venetian Artist Abroad, 1746-1755 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-19 - 2006-12-31) 4
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 4
Paul Mellon - A Cambridge Tribute (The Fitzwilliam Museum, 2007-06-12 - 2007-09-23) 4
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 4
Revisiting Traditions [BAC 20th century painting & sculpture] (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-04-30 - 2005-05-18) 4
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23) 4
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998-05-01 - 1998-07-05) 4

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 647
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 17
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 13
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 13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy 7
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Richard S. and Jeanne Press 7
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 7
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965 6
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield 5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker 4
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., BA 1910 4
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc. 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania 3
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald and Willi Holden 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Parnassus Foundation, courtesy of Jane and Raphael Bernstein 2
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery 2
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection 2
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. John Archer Gee for History of Art (History of Prints) 2
Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequeathed by Weyland Wells Williams, Yale BA 1910, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Boris I. Bittker 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David M. Doret 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elliot Wilcox 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick Gore 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent 1

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Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Hampstead Heath, Sunset

ca. 1845
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Aldwych

1924
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, Early Morning, Looking East from Hampstead

1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

A View from Hampstead Heath (?)

ca. 1825
John Constable, 1776–1837

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

1829 to 1831
On view
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hampstead Heath, with a Bonfire

ca. 1822
John Constable, 1776–1837

Sir Richard Steele's Cottage, Hampstead

1831 to 1832
John Constable, 1776–1837

Somerset House Terrace from Waterloo Bridge

ca. 1819
On view
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hampstead Heath Looking Towards Harrow

1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hampstead Heath

ca. 1825
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hampstead Heath looking towards Harrow

1821 to 1822
John Constable, 1776–1837

Undergrowth

ca. 1815
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Sketch from Nature in Sion Park

1819
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Bayhorse, Tattersall’s

1921
Accessible in the Study Room
John Constable, 1776–1837

Fulham Church from across the River

1818
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Kensington Gardens

ca. 1848
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Interior of St. John's Palace, Eltham

ca. 1793
On view
Walter Richard Sickert, 1860–1942

The Camden Town Murder, or What Shall We Do for the Rent?

ca. 1908
On view
Charles Ginner, 1878–1952

The Fruit Stall, King's Cross

1914
John Collet, ca. 1725–1780

Scene in a London Street

1770
Walter Richard Sickert, 1860–1942

Mr. Sheepshanks's House, Camden Crescent, Bath

1917 to 1918
John Cleveley the elder, ca. 1712–1777

Launching at Deptford

ca. 1757
John Ferneley, 1782–1860

William Massey-Stanley driving his Cabriolet in Hyde Park

1833
Claude de Jongh, ca. 1600–1663

The Thames at Westminster

ca. 1630
R. B. Kitaj, 1932–2007

School of London Diasporists

1988 to 2004
Claude de Jongh, ca. 1600–1663

View of London Bridge

1632
Lionel Constable, 1828–1887

Landscape at Hampstead, with Harrow in the Distance

between 1849 and 1855
Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755

Pope's Villa, Twickenham

ca. 1755
On view
Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772

A View of the Tower of London, Supposed on his Majesty's Birthday

1771
John Seguier, 1785–1856

Excavating the Regent's Canal, with a View of Marylebone Chapel

between 1812 and 1813
William Marlow, 1740–1813

Whitehall

ca. 1775
unknown artist

The Interior of Westminster Abbey

ca. 1714
George Morland, 1763–1804

St. James's Park

between 1788 and 1790
Attributed to George Sidney Shepherd, 1784–1862

The Serpentine, Hyde Park

mid-19th century
Henry Pether, active 1828–1865

Lambeth Palace

1858
On view
Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772

Arches of Westminster Bridge

ca. 1750
Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755

Charing Cross, with the Statue of King Charles I and Northumberland House

ca. 1750
On view
William Marlow, 1740–1813

St. Paul's and Blackfriars Bridge

between 1770 and 1772

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