Skip to splash images
Yale Center for British Art Home Page
<< YCBA Home
Yale Center for British Art
Yale Center for British Art
<< YCBA Home
Welcome to YCBA Collections Online
The museum is closed for building conservation. We regret that we are unable to accept orders for new collections photography until January 2025.
    Search Options:
Search in
Simple Search
All Fields
Title
Creator
Subject Terms
Call Number
Search Provenance
Fielded
search for
Search
YCBA Collections Search
Toggle facets
Refine your search
Collection
Prints and Drawings
6
Creator
Carwitham, Thomas, active 1723
3
Devoto, John, active 1708–1752
3
Date
1791
742
1800
538
1802
462
1796
388
1834
374
1867
338
1771
336
1832
334
1830
304
1826
301
1793
297
1804
290
1827
260
1825
255
1795
251
1818
241
1799
236
1794
225
1820
222
1836
220
1833
218
1772
217
1792
208
1797
198
1835
188
1749
184
1784
180
1811
164
1870
163
1803
162
1812
160
1789
158
1807
157
1814
155
1764
154
1775
152
1855
151
1808
147
1817
146
1828
145
1839
141
1831
140
1813
134
1821
134
1801
133
1805
129
1790
126
1819
126
1829
123
1810
117
1838
116
1815
115
1850
113
1846
112
1745
111
1854
110
1758
109
1823
104
1841
104
1822
103
1837
102
1798
100
1768
96
1809
96
1847
88
1845
86
1806
84
1868
84
1824
83
1877
83
1816
82
1840
82
1785
77
1851
76
1859
74
1781
71
1842
71
1780
69
1843
67
1848
67
1844
66
0
65
1748
65
1869
65
1777
64
1788
63
1857
61
1860
60
1910
58
1774
57
1700
52
1770
51
1739
49
1787
49
1782
48
1783
46
1861
43
1762
41
1853
41
1786
40
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
6
Image Use
Free to Use
[remove]
6
Image Available
Available
6
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
6
Creator Gender
male
6
Period
18th century
6
Materials & Techniques
brown ink
6
wove paper
[remove]
6
brown wash
4
pens
3
gray wash
1
laid paper
1
watercolor
1
Height [cm]
Height [cm] range begin
–
Height [cm] range end
Current results range from
9
to
23
Width [cm]
Width [cm] range begin
–
Width [cm] range end
Current results range from
7
to
33
Work Type
drawing
6
watercolor
6
Genre
architectural subject
3
religious and mythological subject
2
figure study
1
literary theme
1
Subject Terms
architectural subject
3
fantasy
3
columns
2
religious and mythological subject
2
Erichthonius, hidden in a basket, is handed over by Minerva to Aglauros and her sisters (Cecrops' daughters) to be taken care of
1
Ionic
1
Ovid's Metamorphoses
1
angels
1
arches
1
basket
1
capriccio
1
cherubs
1
cloth
1
clouds
1
crow (animal)
1
cup
1
figure study
1
figures
1
forest
1
heaven
1
more
Subject Terms
»
Associated People
Aglaurus, Athenian princess, one of the three daughters of Cecrops, sister to Herse and Pandrosos
1
Erichthonius, legendary early ruler of ancient Athens
1
Herse, figure in Greek mythology, daughter of Cecrops, sister to Aglauros and Pandrosos
1
Pandrosos, one of the three daughters of Cecrops, the first king of Athens, sister to Aglauros and Herse
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
6
Search Constraints
Start Over
You searched for:
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
Remove constraint Materials & Techniques: wove paper
Date
1723
Remove constraint Date: 1723
Image Use
Free to Use
Remove constraint Image Use: Free to Use
1
-
6
of
6
Sort by collection
collection
relevance
artist (A-Z)
date
title (A-Z)
Number of results to display per page
100 per page
100
per page
50
per page
15
per page
View results as:
List
Masonry
Search Results
1
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Design for a Ceiling Decoration
1723
2
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
The Daughters of Cecrops discover Ericthonius: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2
1723
3
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Figure studies
1723
4
John Devoto, active 1708–1752
A ruin fantasy
undated
5
John Devoto, active 1708–1752
An architectural fantasy
undated
6
John Devoto, active 1708–1752
A Capriccio
undated