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Prints and Drawings 4,358
Paintings and Sculpture 522

Creator

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 528
Unknown artist 447
Lysons, Daniel, 1762–1834 321
Constable, John, 1776–1837 151
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 128
Wyatt, James, 1746–1813 125
Buckler, John Chessell, 1793–1894 109
Buckler, John FSA, 1770–1851 109
Haden, Francis Seymour, Sir, 1818–1910 102
Davidson, Bruce, born 1933 100
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 96
Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842 95
Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802 90
Morley, Lewis, 1925–2013 90
Carter, John, 1748–1817 79
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 76
Cooke, William Bernard, 1778–1855 62
Lucas, David, 1802–1881 57
Wilkinson, Robert, 1758–1825 55
Cox, David, 1783–1859 48
Varley, John, 1778–1842 47
DeWint, Peter, 1784–1849 46
Bowles, & Carver, 1763–1830 43
CUNDY, Thomas, 1790–1867 41
Miller, William, 1796–1882 40
Wallis, Robert, 1794–1878 38
Basire, James, 1769–1822 37
Linnell, John, 1729–1796 34
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 34
Gore, Spencer Frederick, 1878–1914 32

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 4,357
Not on view 443
On view 80

Image Use

Free to Use 4,268
Under Certain Circumstances 612

Image Available

available 4,734
unavailable 146

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 2,155
Prints 1,380
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 529
Paintings 521
Photographs 239
Posters 51
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 4
Painted Objects 1

Collective Title

The Environs of London 304
Picturesque Views in England and Wales 114
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 92
England / Scotland 1960 73
Whitaker's History of Richmondshire 48
Études à l'eau-forte 45
Studies for Decorations for the Cave of the Golden Calf 26
Cries of London 25
'The Copper-Plate Magazine' and 'The Itinerant,' 1794-1798 23
English Landscape 20
English Landscape: Various Subjects of Landscape, Characteristic of English Scenery, from Pictures Painted by John Constable, R.A. 20
Rogers's Poems 16
Scott's Prose Works 16
The Oxford Almanack 16
Holloway's Continuation of England and Wales 15
Surveys of Edward Bacon's Seat at Earlham House 15
The Pocket Magazine 15
Illustrations to "The Vicar of Wakefield" 14
George Fox His Journal 13
"Vetusta Monumenta", Society of Antiquaries of London, 1747-1906 12
Jubilee Set: Navel Review Series 12
The Gentle Shepherd 12
Isle of Wight Series 10
Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland 10
Exhibition Etchings 9
Eight Watercolors of Country Houses 8
Fisher's Illustrations to Waverley Novels 8
Photographers Photographed 8

Period

19th century 2,326
18th century 1,130
18th century-19th century 791
20th century 479
19th century-20th century 73
17th century 33
17th century-18th century 17
21st century 9
unknown period 4
20th century-21st century 1

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 2,559
graphite 1,978
watercolor 1,756
black ink 1,144
laid paper 1,023
etching (printing process) 715
pen 592
painting (technique) 522
line engraving 493
brown ink 469
oil paint 463
gouache 394
canvas 335
gray wash 332
drypoint 215
gelatin silver process 195
photographic paper 171
gray ink 150
chine collé 136
brown wash 127
black chalk 88
panel (wood) 88
pens 87
plate tone 77
aquatint 76
lithography 74
mezzotint 74
scratching out 70
card 57
engraving (printing process) 56

Height [cm]

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Work Type

drawing 2,667
watercolor 1,709
intaglio print 1,187
painting 522
photograph 239
planographic print 107
poster 51
relief print 35
digital print 9
photomechanical print 6
ticket 4
frontispiece 3
architectural subject 1
collage 1
screen (furniture) 1

Genre

architectural subject 2,423
landscape 1,891
genre subject 749
cityscape 562
marine art 549
portrait 155
sporting art 137
historical subject 110
animal art 92
literary theme 61
religious and mythological subject 42
figure study 41
military art 32
still life 19
cartographic material 15
abstract art 13
botanical subject 7

Subject Terms

architectural subject 2,324
landscape 1,626
trees 1,045
river 875
church 751
men 745
genre subject 717
cityscape 557
castle 508
buildings 495
boats 466
marine art 454
women 437
clouds 421
windows 383
hills 367
man 319
horses (animals) 312
memorial 311
house 296
bridge (built work) 279
houses 251
woman 236
figures 229
country house 225
water 223
landscape (representation) 221
road 219
ruins 217
sea 217

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 4,880

England 4,143
Europe 2,460
London 1,317
Greater London 763
City of Westminster 380
Scotland 321
Kent 316
Thames 289
Wales 262
Palace of Westminster 236
Devon 163
Cymru 141
Suffolk 133
Norfolk 129
Cobham Hall 124
Cobham 122
Surrey 104
East Sussex 102
North Yorkshire 99
Cornwall 95
English Channel 91
Oxfordshire 90
Berkshire 78
Essex 75
Yorkshire 73
Cumbria 72
St. Stephen's Chapel, Palace of Westminster 72
Dorset 68
House of Commons 68

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 26
Fox, George (1624–1691), a founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) 13
Jones, Inigo (1573–1652), architect and theatre designer 13
Wellesley, Arthur, first duke of Wellington (1769–1852), army officer and prime minister 8
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright 7
Sir John Falstaff 7
Victoria (1819–1901), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and empress of India 5
Albert (1819–1861), prince consort, consort of Queen Victoria 4
James VI and I (1566–1625), king of Scotland, England, and Ireland 4
Charles I (1600–1649), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland 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
Paul, the Apostle, St. (c. AD 5–c. AD 67) 3
The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth) 3
saints 3
Anderson, Lindsay Gordon (1923–1994), film and theatre director 2
Apollo 2
Banquo (character in Macbeth) 2
Bennett, Alan (born 1934), playwright, screenwriter, actor, and author 2
Caldwell, Zoe (born 1933), actress and director 2
Charlotte (1744–1818), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and queen of Hanover, consort of George III 2
Cook, Peter (1937–1995), humorist and entertainer 2
Cupid 2
Fothergill, John (1712–1780), physician and naturalist 2
George I (1660–1727), king of Great Britain and Ireland and elector of Hanover 2
George III (1738–1820), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 2
George IV 2
George IV (1762–1830), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 2
Handel, George Frideric (1685–1759), composer 2

Exhibition History

Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) 106
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 84
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) 83
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 81
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) 79
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 66
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 64
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) 57
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23) 53
Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05) 42
Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09) 40
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28) 40
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15) 40
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) 38
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 38
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 36
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 34
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) 33
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 31
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) 30
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998-05-01 - 1998-07-05) 30
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of South Australia, 1998-09-16 - 1998-11-15) 30
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Queensland Art Gallery, 1998-07-15 - 1998-09-06) 30
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 29
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) 29
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) 29
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) 29
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) 29
J.M.W. Turner: Romance & Reality (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-03-29 - 2025-07-27) 29
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 29

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3,877
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 111
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy 90
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965 89
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 80
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 35
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield 34
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ralph and Nancy Segall 31
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove 30
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 26
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960 24
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 23
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick Gore 20
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse 19
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr., Yale BE 1945W 18
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. John Archer Gee for History of Art (History of Prints) 17
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 16
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, Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc. 13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania 13
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 12
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection 11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935 10
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett 10
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Allen Evarts Foster, B.A. 1906 10
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD 9
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., BA 1910 9
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery 8
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 7

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Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

July 15 1949 (St Ives harbour)

1949
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

1947 (Mousehole, Cornwall)

1947
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

Jan 20 1948 (still life, Newlyn)

1948
On view
Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982

May 1955 (Gwithian)

1955
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

The Avon Gorge at Sunset

ca. 1850
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

between 1816 and 1818
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Hampstead Heath, Sunset

ca. 1845
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Landscape near Clifton

1822 to 1823
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Hay Carts, Cumberland Market

1915
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

The Weigh House, Cumberland Market

ca. 1914
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

A View at Hampstead with Stormy Weather

ca. 1830
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

A View on Hampstead Heath, Early Morning

ca. 1821
On view
John Constable, 1776–1837

Harnham Gate, Salisbury

between 1820 and 1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Stormy Sea, Brighton

ca. 1828
John Constable, 1776–1837

East Bergholt

ca. 1813
John Constable, 1776–1837

Cloud Study, Early Morning, Looking East from Hampstead

1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

Barge below Flatford Lock

ca. 1810
John Constable, 1776–1837

Flatford Mill

between 1810 and 1811
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

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

ca. 1809
John Constable, 1776–1837

West Lodge, East Bergholt

between 1813 and 1816
John Constable, 1776–1837

East Bergholt Church

1809
John Constable, 1776–1837

Flatford Lock

between 1810 and 1811
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Flatford Mill

between 1810 and 1811
John Constable, 1776–1837

Ploughing Scene in Suffolk

1824 to 1825
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
John Constable, 1776–1837

Dedham Lock

between 1819 and 1820
On view
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hampstead Heath Looking Towards Harrow

1821
John Constable, 1776–1837

A Shepherd in a Landscape looking across Dedham Vale towards Langham

ca. 1811
John Constable, 1776–1837

Bardon Hill, Coleorton Hall

ca. 1823

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