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Prints and Drawings
156
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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41
Watson, James, 1740–1790
28
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
25
Pillement, Jean, 1728–1808
15
Vernet, Horace, 1789–1863
11
Beilby, William, 1740–1819
8
Houston, Richard, ca. 1721–1775
8
Cole, Benjamin, 1697–1783
7
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
7
Brookes, Richard, 1721–1763
6
Gilpin, Sawrey, 1733–1807
6
Canot, Pierre Charles, ca. 1710–1777
5
Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
4
McArdell, James, ca. 1729–1765
4
Parker, Henry, 1725–1809
4
Pyle, Robert, active 1760–1768
4
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
4
Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794
4
Seymour, James, 1702–1752
4
Boydell, John, 1720–1804
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Under Certain Circumstances
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138
Unavailable
51
Classification
Prints
104
Drawings & Watercolors
40
Books
30
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
9
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
3
Maps & Atlas (printed)
3
Creator Gender
male
143
unknown
74
Collective Title
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
15
Eight Watercolors of Country Houses
8
Twelve Portraits of Race Horses
6
Geometrical Plan of his Majesty's Dockyard
3
The Humours of an Election
2
Eight Views of Northern England
1
Period
18th century
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Materials & Techniques
laid paper
95
mezzotint
49
watercolor
24
graphite
16
black ink
15
gray wash
15
brown ink
10
wove paper
10
line engraving
7
pen
7
etching (printing process)
6
black chalk
4
white chalk
4
Engraving
3
gouache
3
gray ink
3
ivory
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2
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intaglio print
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drawing
46
watercolor
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annotations (provenance)
4
armorial bookplates (provenance)
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auction catalog
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catalog
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engraving
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handbooks and manual
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prices (provenance)
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wood engraving
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drawing book
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early work
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etching
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etchings y 1755
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portrait
41
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19
architectural subject
16
animal art
12
figure study
10
landscape
10
marine art
7
military art
7
sporting art
7
cartographic material
2
cityscape
2
religious and mythological subject
2
still life
2
literary theme
1
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portrait
33
animal art
12
architectural subject
11
genre subject
11
landscape
11
men
10
man
9
figure study
8
trees
7
castle
6
figures
6
river
6
exterior view
5
flags
5
horses (animals)
5
marine art
5
sheep
5
ships
5
woman
5
animals
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18th century
2
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England
18
United Kingdom
14
Europe
10
London
6
Northumberland
6
Great Britain
3
Italy
3
London (England)
3
Thames
3
Warkworth Castle
2
Aln
1
Alnwick
1
Alnwick castle
1
Banqueting House
1
Battersea
1
City of Westminster
1
Deptford
1
France North America
1
Great Britain America
1
Greater London
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Associated People
Mead, Richard, 1673–1754
3
Juno
2
Abington, Frances (1737–1815), actress
1
Cavendish, William, third Duke of Devonshire (1698–1755), nobleman and Whig politician
1
Collier, Christiana (née Gwyn) (1749—1772)
1
Elliot, Ann (1743–1769), courtesan and actress
1
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727–1788), painter and printmaker
1
Herbert, Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery (1737–1831)
1
Herbert, George Augustus, 11th Earl of Pembroke and 8th Earl of Montgomery (1759–1827), politician/statesman, military/naval
1
Herbert, Henry, 10th Earl of Pembroke and 7th Earl of Montgomery (1734–1794), military/naval
1
Jones, Inigo (1573–1652), architect and theatre designer
1
Jones, Inigo, 1573–1652
1
Latimer, Hugh, 1485?-1555
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Lonsdale, James Lowther, Earl of, 1736–1802
1
Manners, John James Robert , 7th Duke of Rutland (1818 - 1906), Leader in Young England Movement, Postmaster General
1
Manners, John, marquess of Granby (1721–1770), army officer and politician
1
Parsons, Anne [Nancy; married name Anne Maynard, Viscountess Maynard] (c.1735–1814/15), courtesan and political mistress
1
Quincey, William Penson De (born 1781/2), brother of Thomas Penson De Quincey (1785–1859)
1
Roubiliac, Louis François (1702–1762), sculptor
1
Smith, Joseph, 1674–1770
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Exhibition History
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
3
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
3
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
2
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
2
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
2
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
2
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
2
Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31)
1
Art in Focus : Joseph Wright and the Spectacle of Science (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-03-30 - 2007-06-11)
1
British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30)
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
Canaletto (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989-10-30 - 1990-01-21)
1
Canaletto in England - A Venetian Artist Abroad, 1746-1755 (Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2007-01-24 - 2007-04-15)
1
Canaletto in England - A Venetian Artist Abroad, 1746-1755 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-19 - 2006-12-31)
1
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
125
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
17
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
6
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection
5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Kenneth D. Rapoport, MD
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth
1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Chauncey B. Tinker, B.A. 1899
1
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English
28
French
4
Latin
1
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William Hogarth, 1697–1764
An Election Entertainment, Plate I
1755-58
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James Watson, 1740–1790
Miss Elizabeth Greenway
undated
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James Watson, 1740–1790
Harry Woodward
undated
4
Thomas Major, 1714–1799
Lady Charlotte Finch (née Fermor)
1755
5
John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Miss Meux
1755
6
James Watson, 1740–1790
Miss Nelly O'Brien
undated
7
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Studies of Groups of Heads
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8
attributed to John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Two Heads in a Roundel
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9
attributed to John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Portrait of John Saxby
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10
Jacob More, 1740–1793
Falls near Terni
undated
11
follower of Thomas Hazlehurst, active 1740–1821
Brother of Thomas De Quincey
undated
12
Follower of Thomas Hazlehurst, active 1740–1821
Elizabeth DeQuincey, nee Penson
undated
13
James Mason, 1710–1783
South East View of Netley Abbey, Near Southampton
1755
14
unknown artist
A View of Gravesend in Kent, with Troops Passing the Thames to Tilbury Fort
ca. 1760
15
Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Man Holding a Candle
ca. 1760
16
James Watson, 1740–1790
Miss Francis Lascelles
undated
17
Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Evening
1755
18
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Thomas Gainsborough, R.A
undated
19
John June, active 1740–1770
A Prospect of Greenwich Hospital from the River
undated
20
James Mason, 1710–1783
View of Mount Edgecumbe from the Blockhouse
1755
21
James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Mrs. Anne Bonfoy (née Eliot)
1755
22
James Mason, 1710–1783
A View of Plymouth Fort and St. Nicholas Island
1755
23
Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Domestic Amusement: Playing on the Guitar
ca. 1760
24
Richard Brookshaw, 1736–1804
Mrs. Anne Bastard (née Worsley)
undated
25
unknown artist
The Hospital at Greenwich
1755
26
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Mrs. Cholmondley
undated
27
unknown artist
Lady Anne Fenoulhet (née Day)
ca.1760
28
Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Mrs. Turner
ca. 1760
29
Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Domestic Employment: Needlework
1755 to 1760
30
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Lady Caroline Scarsdale and Her Son the Hon. John Curzon
undated
31
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Margaret Georgiana, Viscountess of Spencer and Her Daughter
undated
32
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
John Marquess of Granby
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33
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Miss Nancy Parsons
undated
34
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Three Soldiers in Armour Sitting on Stone Blocks
undated
35
unknown artist
Lady Anne Fenoulhet (née Day)
ca.1760
36
James Watson, 1740–1790
Miss Charlotte Fish
undated
37
Richard Brookes, 1721–1763
Monkeys (one of three on one mount)
ca. 1760
38
Richard Brookes, 1721–1763
Monkeys (one of three on one mount)
ca. 1760
39
Richard Brookes, 1721–1763
Monkeys (one of three on one mount)
ca. 1760
40
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Mary, Duchess of Ancaster
between 1755 and 1790
41
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Spring
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42
James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Andrew Wilkinson
1755
43
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Garden View from the Side of a House
ca. 1760
44
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketch of Castle
ca. 1760
45
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Disproportioned Horse Drawing
ca. 1760
46
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
A Dwelling
ca. 1760
47
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Italianate Landscape with Travellers no. 2
ca. 1760
48
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
A Lady with a Fan
ca. 1760
49
attributed to Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Stream and Wooden Bridge
between 1755 and 1757
50
Canaletto, 1697–1768
Old Walton Bridge seen from the Middlesex Shore
1755
51
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Studies of Academics
undated
52
attributed to John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Portrait of James Tuffs
undated
53
William Beilby, 1740–1819
Kielder Castle, Northumberland
undated
54
Richard Brookes, 1721–1763
Rough Diamonds
ca. 1760
55
Richard Brookes, 1721–1763
Sheep, and Three Animals
ca. 1760
56
Richard Brookes, 1721–1763
Crystals and Fossils
ca. 1760
57
unknown artist
Design for Wall Paper
ca. 1760
58
Attributed to Francis Xavier Vispré, active 1730–1790
Louis François Roubiliac
ca. 1760
59
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Lady Christiana Collier
undated
60
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Miss Frances Lascelles
undated
61
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Miss Elliot
undated
62
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Reclining Female Figure in an Italian Landscape
undated
63
John Bacon, 1740–1799
Allegorical Female Figure: holding a flaming torch
undated
64
Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798
Whitehall Showing Holbein's Gate and Banqueting Hall
ca. 1760
65
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Autumn
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66
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
The Brickdust Man
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67
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Winter
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68
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Summer
undated
69
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Domestick Amusement: Playing the Guitar
undated
70
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Mrs Bull
between 1755 and 1790
71
unknown artist
Gentleman in a Plum-Colored Coat
ca. 1760
72
Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Self-portrait
ca. 1760
73
James Watson, 1740–1790
Elizabeth Duchess of Manchester and George Mandeville Her Son
undated
74
James Watson, 1740–1790
L'Allegro
undated
75
James Watson, 1740–1790
Mrs. Abington
undated
76
Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Rt. Hon. John Manners, Marquess of Granby, and a Servant
undated
77
unknown artist
A View of the Treasury and Canal in St. James's Park
1755
78
Benjamin Cole, 1697–1783
Cripplegate Ward with its Divisions into Parishes
1755
79
Benjamin Cole, 1697–1783
Breadstreet Ward and Cordwainer Ward
1755
80
unknown artist
A Map of St. Giles, Cripple Gate without....
1755
81
Print made by unknown artist
A View of the Orchestra with the Band of Music, the Grand Walk, etc. in Marybone Gardens
1755
82
John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
William, Duke of Devonshire
1755
83
unknown artist
A Map of the Parishes of St. Olave and St. Thomas Southwark
1755
84
unknown artist
The Parish of St. James's Westminster
1755
85
unknown artist
Man with a Stick, Seen From Behind
1755
86
unknown artist
The City of Worcester
1755
87
unknown artist
Man Walking Using a Long Staff
1755
88
Nathaniel Smith, 1740–1787
Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's from Battersea Fields
undated
89
J. Mynde, active 1740–1770
Blenheim House
undated
90
William Woollett, 1735–1785
A View of the Garden at Carlton House in Pall Mall, a Palace of H.R.H. the Princess Dowager of Wales
ca. 1760
91
William Beilby, 1740–1819
Kielder Castle, Northumberland
undated
92
William Beilby, 1740–1819
Bridge at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland
undated
93
William Beilby, 1740–1819
Prudhoe Castle, Northumberland
undated
94
William Beilby, 1740–1819
Stanwich Park, Yorkshire
undated
95
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Edward Mason
between 1755 and 1760
96
Print made by Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Canvassing for Votes, Plate II
1755-1758
97
Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Geometrical Plan of his Majesty's Dockyard, Deptford
1755
98
Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Geometrical Plan of his Majesty's dockyard, at Sheerness
1755
99
unknown artist
[One of a ] Set of 12 engravings
ca. 1760
100
unknown artist
[One of a ] Set of 12 engravings
ca. 1760
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