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98
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Simpson, William, 1823–1899
68
Claxton, Florence, active 1855–1889
11
Vigne, Godfrey Thomas, 1801–1863
3
Dadd, Richard, 1817–1886
2
Unknown artist
2
COLLIER, Thomas, 1840–1891
1
Cox, David, 1783–1859
1
Duncan, Edward, 1803–1882
1
Graham, Thomas Alexander Fergusson, 1840–1906
1
Green, Charles, 1840–1898
1
Hunt, William Henry, 1790–1864
1
Ince, Eugene S., active 1860
1
Mole, John Henry, 1814–1886
1
Pasquier, James Abbott, active 1851–1872
1
Watts, George Frederic, 1817–1904
1
Woledge, Frederick William, active 1840
1
Wood, Thomas William, 1855–1872
1
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
98
Image Use
Free to Use
87
Under Certain Circumstances
11
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Unavailable
66
Available
32
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks
67
Drawings & Watercolors
31
Creator Gender
male
85
female
11
unknown
2
Collective Title
Crimea Sketchbook, August to October 1855
38
Circassia Sketchbook, October to November 1855
26
Sketches for the Passions
1
Period
19th century
96
19th century-20th century
2
Materials & Techniques
graphite
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98
wove paper
93
watercolor
23
gouache
12
black ink
6
brown ink
6
pen
5
gray wash
4
gray ink
2
laid paper
2
white gouache
2
black chalk
1
brown wash
1
gum
1
gum arabic
1
ink
1
iron gall ink
1
scratching out
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varnish
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wood engraving (process)
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Unknown
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drawing
98
watercolor
28
Genre
genre subject
15
landscape
9
figure study
6
animal art
3
architectural subject
3
cityscape
3
historical subject
2
marine art
2
military art
2
botanical subject
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literary theme
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religious and mythological subject
1
sporting art
1
still life
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Subject Terms
genre subject
13
landscape
8
costume
6
figure study
6
lady
5
men
5
mountains
4
women
4
animal art
3
cityscape
3
coast
3
dress
3
party
3
architectural subject
2
beard
2
beggar
2
bridge (built work)
2
clouds
2
death
2
discussion (meeting)
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Associated Places
United Kingdom
4
Asia
2
England
2
Europe
2
Ad Daffah al Gharbiyah
1
Bolivia
1
Brighton
1
Brighton Pier
1
Craig-y-barns
1
Crimean Peninsula
1
Cymru
1
Dunkeld
1
East Sussex
1
India
1
Jalandhar
1
Kent
1
Krym
1
Oruro
1
Palestine
1
Pegwell Bay
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Associated People
Abimelech (Judges)
1
Dadd, Richard (1817–1886), painter
1
Exhibition History
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)
2
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)
2
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)
2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
2
Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
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
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)
1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
1
From Merchants to Emperors - British Artists in India 1757-1930 (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986-10-02 - 1987-01-04)
1
From Merchants to Emperors - British Artists in India 1757-1930 (The Morgan Library & Museum, 1986-05-01 - 1986-07-31)
1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
Richard Dadd Exhibition (Davis & Langdale Co., Inc., 1994-05-03 - 1994-06-03)
1
Ruskin - Past: Present: Future (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-20 - 2000-02-27)
1
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
82
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
14
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Collection
1
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Eugene S. Ince, active 1860
An Album of Original Sketches
ca. 1860
2
Thomas Alexander Graham, 1840–1906
Drifting
undated
3
Charles Green, 1840–1898
The Visiting Card - Langham Sketching Club Subject
undated
4
Thomas William Wood, 1855–1872
A Lion
undated
5
David Cox, 1783–1859
Penmanmawr
1855
6
Godfrey Thomas Vigne, 1801–1863
Basilica of the Virgin of Copacabana, Bolivia
1855
7
William Simpson, 1823–1899
The Governor-General's and Commander-in-Chief's Camp at Jalandhar, 1 Febuary 1860
ca. 1860
8
John Henry Mole, 1814–1886
View from Craig-y-Barns, Dunkeld, Looking South
1855
9
William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Plums and Mulberries
ca. 1860
10
George Frederic Watts, 1817–1904
Studies of Death and the Resurrection, and a Head of a Man
ca. 1860
11
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sebastopol, Sketched From The Deck of H. M. S. Sidon, Feb. 1855
1855
12
Godfrey Thomas Vigne, 1801–1863
Oruro, Bolivia
1855
13
Godfrey Thomas Vigne, 1801–1863
Mount Washington
between 1855 and 1863
14
Frederick William Woledge, active 1840
Brighton: the front and the chain pier seen in the distance
undated
15
James Abbott Pasquier, active 1851–1872
A Struggle With a Load of Clay
1855
16
unknown artist
Too Late for the Meet, c. 1860: a Lady on horseback greeting a Man who is alighting from a gig
ca. 1860
17
Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Wallflowers
undated
18
Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Lady with Harp
undated
19
Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Miss Mac - Gardening
undated
20
Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Gentleman and a Lady
undated
21
Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Conversazione
undated
22
Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
A Game at Cards
undated
23
Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Sketch for Whiskers
undated
24
Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Gentleman with Whiskers
undated
25
Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Art Critics
undated
26
Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
L'Allegro
undated
27
Florence Claxton, active 1855–1889
Innocence
undated
28
Thomas Collier, 1840–1891
Leeds Castle, Kent
undated
29
unknown artist
Pegwell Bay (?)
ca. 1860
30
Edward Duncan, 1803–1882
The Bass Rock at Dawn
1855
31
Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Sketch to Illustrate the Passions: Suspense or Expectation
1855
32
Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Death of Abimelech at Thebez
1855
33
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Circassia Sketchbook, October to November 1855
1855
34
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Crimea Sketchbook, August to October 1855
1855
35
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
36
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
37
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
38
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
39
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
40
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
41
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
42
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
43
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
44
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
45
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
46
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
47
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
48
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
49
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
50
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
51
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
52
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
53
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
54
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
55
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
56
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
57
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
58
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
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William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
60
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
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William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
62
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
63
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
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William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
65
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
66
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
67
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
68
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
69
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
70
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
71
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
72
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
73
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
74
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
75
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
76
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
77
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
78
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
79
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
80
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
81
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
82
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
83
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
84
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
85
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
86
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
87
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
88
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
89
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
90
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
91
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
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William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
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William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
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William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
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William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
96
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
97
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855
98
William Simpson, 1823–1899
Sketchbook Drawing
1855