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Prints and Drawings 1,557

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Simpson, William, 1823–1899 617
Romney, George, 1734–1802 181
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 167
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 70
Keene, Charles Samuel, 1823–1891 67
Hart, Elizabeth Miss, Born 1887 60
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820 60
Foster, Myles Birket, 1825–1899 54
Ward, James, 1769–1859 46
Gilpin, Sawrey, 1733–1807 45
Farington, Joseph, 1747–1821 44
Woodward, George Moutard, ca. 1760–1809 28
Munnings, Alfred J. (Alfred James), Sir, 1878–1959 26
Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878 19
Edwards, George, 1694–1773 16
Larkins, William Martin, 1901–1974 6
Westmacott, Richard, Sir, 1775–1856 6
Luny, Thomas, 1759–1837 4
Unknown artist 4
Hare, Maria Leycester, 1798–1870 3
Rushout, Anne, ca. 1768–1849 3
Flaxman, John, 1755–1826 2
Howitt, Samuel, 1756–1822 2
Nattes, John Claude, 1765–1822 2
Ball, Wilfrid, 1853–1917 1
Bannerman, Alexander, ca. 1730–1780 1
Bardwell, Thomas, 1704–1767 1
Bloemaert, Abraham, 1566–1651 1
Bodichon, Barbara, 1827–1891 1
Bradshaw, Thomas, Born 1767 1

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Accessible in the Study Room 1,557

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Free to Use 1,462
Under Certain Circumstances 95

Image Available

unavailable 924
available 633

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Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 1,557

Collective Title

Rowlandson's Sketches: Album of 150 Drawings 150
Italian Sketchbook 130
Brighton Sketchbook, April to June 1870 67
Charles Keene Sketchbook 66
Sketchbook of Jerusalem, Odessa, and Sebastopol 57
Sketchbook of Metz and Scotland 56
Scotland Sketchbook 46
Sketchbook of Potsdam, Berlin, and England 45
Fourty-three Studies of Horses and Riders 43
Sketchbook of Italy and Scotland 42
Crimea Sketchbook, August to October 1855 38
Valence to Balaklava Sketchbook, October to December 1854 38
Watercolor Sketches, Egypt 38
Crimea Sketchbook, December 1854 to March 1855 37
Mont Cenis, Brindisi, and Alexandria Sketchbook 37
Athens Sketchbook 36
Sketchbook II 34
Sketchbook of Loreto, Brindisi and Greece 32
Italian Sketchbook, Views of Sicily 31
Sketchbook of Figure, Landscape and Animal Studies 29
Abyssinia Sketchbook 26
Circassia Sketchbook, October to November 1855 26
The Poethlyn Sketchbook 26
Paradise Lost Sketchbook 25
Pocket Sketchbook 18
Sketchbook I 18
Small Sketchbook 18
Bound Volume of 15, Original Water Colour Drawings, by Thomas Rowlandson 16
Sketchbook of Edinburgh, Dora Valley, and Mont Cenis 16
Sketchbook of Figure and Composition Studies 14

Period

19th century 849
18th century 253
18th century-19th century 220
20th century 93

Materials & Techniques

graphite 1,169
wove paper 820
brown ink 457
laid paper 304
black ink 278
gray wash 65
watercolor 62
pen 57
brown wash 22
white gouache 11
gray ink 8
gouache 6
ink 6
black chalk 2
black wash 2
red chalk 2
cardboard 1
collage 1
colored pencil 1
gold 1
iron gall ink 1
leather 1
pastel 1
red ink 1
vellum (paper) 1
vellum (skin) 1
wash 1
white chalk 1
wood engraving (process) 1

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drawing 1,223
watercolor 105
sketchbook 4
collage 1

Genre

genre subject 158
sporting art 71
landscape 66
animal art 50
architectural subject 35
figure study 35
literary theme 29
religious and mythological subject 24
marine art 22
still life 15
portrait 9
military art 3
cityscape 1
historical subject 1

Subject Terms

animal art 47
landscape 36
figure study 29
literary theme 27
sporting art 27
horse (animal) 26
Paradise Lost (published 1667) by John Milton 25
figures 24
religious and mythological subject 24
architectural subject 23
portrait 8
sketchbook 4
Grand Tour 3
ruins 3
sketches 3
bridges (built works) 2
castles 2
genre subject 2
horses (animals) 2
houses 2
lakes 2
marine art 2
mountains 2
rivers 2
Atlas moth 1
Pyrenean chamoios 1
Rupicapra pyrenaica (species) 1
The Tempest, play by William Shakespeare 1
abbeys 1
beach 1

Subject Period

Associated Places

Sicily 31
England 4
Europe 4
United Kingdom 4
Asia 3
India 3
Bharat 2
France 2
Italy 2
Kent 2
London 2
Abbotsford 1
Achray, Loch 1
Agrigento 1
Ahmedabad 1
Alderley Edge 1
Amritsar 1
Anglesey 1
Ard, Loch 1
As Samata 1
Baden 1
Biddulph 1
Bienne 1
Birseck Castle 1
Boulogne 1
Brackland Falls 1
Brig o' Turk 1
Callander 1
Cape of Good Hope 1
Cheshire 1

Associated People

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet 2
Siddons (née Kemble), Sarah (1755–1831), actress 1

Exhibition History

The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 5
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04) 4
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29) 3
The Grand Tour (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1998-01-10 - 1998-04-10) 3
Art in Focus : John Flaxman Modeling Bust of William Hayley (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-02-04 - 2010-05-30) 2
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20) 2
Romney: Brilliant Contrasts in Georgian England (Yale University Art Gallery, 2025-03-28 - 2025-10-19) 2
The Creative Printmaker (Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1986-03-05 - 1986-04-20) 2
The Creative Printmaker (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-07-09 - 1985-09-01) 2
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 1
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 1
Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07) 1
Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment (Harvard Art Museums, 2022-09-15 - 2023-01-16) 1
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 1
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17) 1
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) 1
J.M.W. Turner: Romance & Reality (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-03-29 - 2025-07-27) 1
Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24) 1
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22) 1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 1
Rebecca Salter (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-02-03 - 2011-05-01) 1
Recent Acquisitions - Summer 2005 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-05-19 - 2006-08-14) 1
Revealed Religion - Benjamin West's Commissions for Windsor Castle and Fonthill Abbey (San Antonio Museum of Art, 1983-09-18 - 1983-11-13) 1
Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (National Museum Wales, 1983-01-29 - 1983-03-20) 1
Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (Tate Britain, 1982-11-03 - 1983-01-02) 1
Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-04-20 - 1983-06-19) 1
Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting (National Museum Wales, 2014-07-05 - 2014-10-26) 1
Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-03-06 - 2014-06-01) 1
Romantics & Revolutionaries : Regency Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-03-30) 1
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 1,196
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 262
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 38
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth 27
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection, University Purchase, Everett V. Meeks, Yale BA 1901, Fund 25
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mark Emanuel 3
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Linda G. Mitchell and David M. Doret, Yale BA 1968 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Artist 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the artist in memory of her father Samuel Salter (1922-2005) 1

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

The Channel Sketchbook

ca. 1845
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Golosana[sic]; 4:30 P.M., 3 Jan. 1867 (56)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Ye Parienls of ye Welud Sleimann; Assioott [Asyut]; 9 Jan. 1867 (84D)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebel S. Eredi; 2:10 P.M., 10 Jan. 1867 (118)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebel Shk. es Said, near Mellawi; 5:00 P.M., 6 Jan. 1867 (90)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near[?]; 5:00 P.M., 13 Jan. 1867 (139)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Faiou Nesle Faiou; 3:30 P.M., 14 Jan. 1867 (148)

1867
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Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Thebes; 9:00 A.M., 18 Jan. 1867 (194)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Negadah; 5:30 P.M., 17 Jan. 1867 (192)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Above Kalabashe; 12:20 P.M., 31 Jan. 1867 (297)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Negadeh; 8:00 A.M., 25 Feb. 1867 (549)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Boats (Dahabeahs); 28 Feb. [1867] (565)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Salo; 2:35 P.M., 14 May 1867 (89)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Samata; 6:15 P.M., 28 Feb. 1867 (568)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Cefalù
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Agrigento
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Pantalica
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Catania
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Castel D'Aci
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Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Syracuse
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Taormina
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Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Mola
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Graphite sketch on loose sheet
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Vignette
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Palermo
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Rocca di Falconiera
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Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Landscape Study
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Monte Pellegrino
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Palermo
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Palermo
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Cefalù
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Borghetto
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Termini
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Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Segesta
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Landscape Study with Ancient Ruins
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Segesta
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Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Favara
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Agrigento
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Sommantino
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Pantalica

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