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Prints and Drawings 2,214
Paintings and Sculpture 430

Creator

Unknown artist 185
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 101
Blake, William, 1757–1827 87
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 70
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 67
Romney, George, 1734–1802 64
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806 63
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815 52
Jay, Bill, 1940–2009 47
Chambars, Thomas, ca. 1724–1789 46
Bannerman, Alexander, ca. 1730–1780 43
Dance, George, 1741–1825 43
Morley, Lewis, 1925–2013 39
Seymour, James, 1702–1752 39
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 36
Faber, John the Younger, ca. 1695–1756 32
Blair, Robert, 1699–1746 31
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811 31
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 31
Schiavonetti, Luigi, 1765–1810 31
Van Dyck, Anthony, Sir, 1599–1641 29
Davidson, Bruce, born 1933 27
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 25
Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771 25
Haid, Johann Jacobus, 1704–1767 24
Rijn, Rembrandt van, 1606–1669 22
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851 21
Bretherton, James, ca. 1730–1806 21
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646–1723 21
Cadell, Thomas, 1773–1836 20

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 2,211
Not on view 363
On view 70

Image Use

Free to Use 2,270
Under Certain Circumstances 374

Image Available

available 2,543
unavailable 101

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Prints 1,006
Drawings & Watercolors 1,004
Paintings 370
Photographs 150
Sculptures 57
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures 37
Posters 12
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 5
Ceramics 3

Collective Title

A Comparative Anatomical Exposition of the Structure of the Human Body with that of a Tiger and a Common Fowl 57
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres 45
Photographers Photographed 44
The Grave, A Poem, by Robert Blair 31
Album of Original Sketches by Sir Joshua Reynolds 26
The Poems of Thomas Gray 25
England / Scotland 1960 23
'The Copper-Plate Magazine' and 'The Itinerant,' 1794-1798 20
The Pocket Magazine 17
Cries of London 15
The Oxford Almanack 15
Young's Night Thoughts 14
Baziliologia, a Booke of Kings 11
Icones Principum Virorum 11
Isle of Wight Series 10
Sketches in Ireland, Killarney and Neighborhood 10
The Historie and Lives of the Kings of England 10
Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting in England 10
This Is Libya 8
Picturesque Views in England and Wales 7
Liber Studiorum 6
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album 5
Studies of, 167 Drawings, and 1 Print, for Oil Paintings, by Benjamin R. Haydon 5
The British Gallery of Contemporary Portraits 5
The Gentle Shepherd 5
The Tempest 5
The Tragedy of Macbeth 5
A Picturesque Tour of Italy 4
Thirteen Drawings of Horses, Horsemen, Hounds, etc. 4
Cahier de six sujets 3

Period

18th century 1,041
19th century 769
18th century-19th century 294
20th century 252
17th century 89
19th century-20th century 65
21st century 58
17th century-18th century 55
16th century 9
20th century-21st century 4
unknown period 3

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 1,057
laid paper 877
graphite 759
etching (printing process) 477
watercolor 446
painting (technique) 370
oil paint 345
brown ink 279
line engraving 275
canvas 257
black ink 247
mezzotint 240
pen 232
stipple engraving 167
gray wash 125
gouache 93
gelatin silver process 83
black chalk 81
photographic paper 81
red chalk 66
panel (wood) 62
brown wash 61
gray ink 56
drypoint 53
collage 46
ink jet printing 44
lithography 43
mixed media 42
white chalk 37
chine collé 35

Height [cm]

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Work Type

drawing 1,021
intaglio print 935
watercolor 565
painting 368
photograph 147
sculpture 59
planographic print 55
digital print 46
relief print 41
bust 30
miniature 27
statuette 16
poster 12
ticket 9
frontispiece 8
photomechanical print 7
medallion 5
collage 3
herm 2
high relief 1
statue 1

Genre

portrait 1,055
genre subject 618
figure study 468
landscape 314
religious and mythological subject 251
literary theme 185
architectural subject 181
sporting art 104
animal art 71
cityscape 67
marine art 57
historical subject 46
military art 30
abstract art 12
anatomical study 8
still life 6
cartographic material 1

Subject Terms

man 2,644

portrait 1,059
genre subject 590
woman 491
figure study 417
costume 357
landscape 352
coat 345
trees 285
religious and mythological subject 264
hat 238
horse (animal) 208
collar 207
artist 191
wig 187
cravat 171
literary theme 170
women 168
oval 166
architectural subject 152
clouds 147
beard 146
river 143
gaze 131
chair 124
nude 124
dog (animal) 121
tree 119
posing 116
sitting 116

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 319
England 269
Europe 185
London 66
Greater London 44
United States 27
India 25
Scotland 25
Italy 24
Oxfordshire 24
Oxford 22
South Asia 22
Wales 22
University of Oxford 20
Ireland 17
Thames 17
France 15
Asia 13
Kent 13
Spain 13
East Sussex 12
Tenerife 12
China 11
English Channel 11
Zhonghua 11
Isle of Wight 10
Killarney 10
Egypt 9
Paris 9
Rochester 9

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 63
saint 12
Cupid 11
Venus 11
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright 10
Adonis 9
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE) 8
West, Benjamin (1738–1820), American history painter active in Britain 8
Hercules 7
Locke, John (1632–1704), philosopher 6
Prospero (character in The Tempest) 6
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834–1903), painter and printmaker 6
Actaeon 5
Ariel (character in The Tempest) 5
Diana 5
Johnson, Samuel (1709–1784), author and lexicographer 5
Mellon, Paul (1907–1999), philanthropist and art collector 5
Miranda (character in The Tempest) 5
Paul, the Apostle, St. (c. AD 5–c. AD 67) 5
Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–1792), portrait and history painter and art theorist 5
Stubbs, George (1724–1806), painter, engraver, and anatomist 5
Fuseli, Henry (1741–1825), painter and writer 4
Henry VII (1457–1509), king of England and lord of Ireland 4
Hogarth, William (1697–1764), painter and engraver 4
Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth) 4
Mor, Antonis (born 1512–1516, died ca. 1576), portrait painter 4
Palmer, Samuel (1805–1881), landscape painter and etcher 4
Paris 4
Pope, Alexander (1688–1744), poet 4
Scaglia, Cesare Alessandro (1592–1641), Italian cleric and diplomat 4

Exhibition History

In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) 67
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 43
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) 43
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 31
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17) 25
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) 21
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05) 21
2016 - Long Gallery 408 (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-03-29 - ) 20
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28) 20
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15) 20
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 19
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 18
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06) 18
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 18
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23) 17
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 17
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) 16
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 15
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 15
The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30) 15
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15) 14
George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Tate Britain, 1984-10-17 - 1985-01-06) 13
George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-02-13 - 1985-04-07) 13
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) 12
Entrance Court 2003-4 (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-03-01 - 2004-09-07) 11
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29) 11
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) 11
William Blake: Burning Bright (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-09-04 - 2025-12-07) 11
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998-05-01 - 1998-07-05) 10
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of South Australia, 1998-09-16 - 1998-11-15) 10

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1,750
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 285
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc. 59
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 54
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 42
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938 40
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. J. Patrick and Patricia Kennedy 39
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Hay Whitney, Yale BA 1926, Yale MA (HON.) 1956, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery 21
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport 20
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965 18
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker 14
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery 13
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery 13
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960 12
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ralph and Nancy Segall 12
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 10
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund 9
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of The Hyman Collection, London (Claire and James Hyman) 9
Yale Center for British Art, Estate of Brian Sewell 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 6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert N. Whittemore, Yale BS 1943 6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judith and Norman A. Zlotsky, Yale BS 1953 5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD 5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Richard S. and Jeanne Press 5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove 4
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 4
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection 4
Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift, The Frederick Benjamin Kaye Memorial Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 3

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Francis Danby, 1793–1861

The Painter's Holiday

ca. 1844
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Landscape near Clifton

1822 to 1823
John Constable, 1776–1837

Captain Richard Gubbins

between 1804 and 1805
Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837

Miniature: Portrait of Abram Constable, brother of the artist

early 19th century
John Constable, 1776–1837

Dedham Vale

1802
John Constable, 1776–1837

Harwich: The Low Lighthouse and Beacon Hill

ca. 1820
John Constable, 1776–1837

Fen Lane, East Bergholt

ca. 1811
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hampstead Heath

ca. 1825
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hampstead Heath looking towards Harrow

1821 to 1822
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Mr. Hospey (?)Walker

1783
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Self-Portrait

ca. 1759
On view
William Hogarth, 1697–1764

William Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington, Later fourth Duke of... [Read more]

1741
William Hogarth, 1697–1764

John and Elizabeth Jeffreys and Their Children

1730
William Hogarth, 1697–1764

John Palmer, Barrister of the Inner Temple

1749
On view
William Hogarth, 1697–1764

Self-Portrait

ca. 1735
William Hogarth, 1697–1764

A Club of Gentlemen

ca. 1730
William Hogarth, 1697–1764

The Revd. John Lloyd, DD

1738
On view
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Landscape with Goatherd

ca. 1842
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Oberon and Titania

1837
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

El Cordobes

1965
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

El Rejoneador

1964
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Turning to Go Down

1976
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

Under Pressure

undated, between 1960 and 1980
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

The York Trophy

1977
Accessible in the Study Room
John R. Skeaping, 1901–1980

One of Burch's

1974
George Romney, 1734–1802

James Romney

between 1760 and 1762
George Romney, 1734–1802

A Man Called Mr. Cross

ca. 1785
George Romney, 1734–1802

Portrait of a Man

between 1758 and 1760
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925

Huntsman and Hounds

ca. 1896
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 Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Herdsman's Cottage

1850
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Herdsman's Cottage

1850
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Streets of the Tombs, Pompeii

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
attributed to Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Study of a Pilgrim

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

Male Nude

1808
Accessible in the Study Room
John Constable, 1776–1837

Mary Constable Reading

1812
Accessible in the Study Room
John Constable, 1776–1837

Hampstead Heath

1820
Accessible in the Study Room
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Human Figure, Posterior View, Partially Dissected (Finished Study for... [Read more]

1795 to 1806
Accessible in the Study Room
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Study of the Human Figure, Anterior View (Probably related to Table XI)

1795 to 1806
Accessible in the Study Room
George Stubbs, 1724–1806

Human Figure, Lateral View, after Removal of the Skin and the Underlying Fascial... [Read more]

between 1795 and 1806

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