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Prints and Drawings
114
Rare Books and Manuscripts
1
Creator
Gilpin, Sawrey, 1733–1807
43
Francia, François Louis Thomas, 1772–1839
18
Anburey, Thomas, 1759–1840
6
Atkins, Samuel, active 1787–1808
6
Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
3
Mabon, Robert, died 1798
3
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
3
Underwood, Richard Thomas, 1772–1835
3
Adam, Robert, 1728–1792
2
Dayes, Edward, 1763–1804
2
Lambert, James of Lewes, 1725–1788
2
Nixon, John, ca. 1760–1818
2
Pearson, William, 1772–1849
2
Unknown artist
2
Webber, John, 1752–1793
2
Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753–1827
1
Brooke, William Henry, 1772–1860
1
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
1
Daniell, William, 1769–1837
1
Davis, Samuel, 1760–1819
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1867
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1745
307
1802
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1752
189
1804
187
1771
182
1794
166
1793
161
1814
161
1797
156
1775
154
1785
134
1825
131
1784
129
1795
126
1799
126
1820
124
1789
123
1792
121
1801
121
1700
120
1787
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1839
110
1830
105
1818
101
1780
100
1835
90
1836
90
1817
88
1763
87
1755
81
1796
81
1770
77
1815
77
1768
73
1807
73
1798
72
1740
70
1774
69
1805
69
1748
65
1786
65
1810
65
1855
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1782
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1812
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1827
60
1762
59
1765
59
1811
59
1783
58
1803
58
1840
56
1808
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1828
55
1764
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1788
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1813
53
1834
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1819
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1821
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1777
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1778
49
1823
49
1781
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1826
46
1861
43
1746
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1809
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1829
41
1749
40
1761
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1833
38
1776
37
1758
36
1760
36
1838
36
1843
36
1844
36
1857
36
1816
35
1822
35
1837
34
1806
33
1831
33
1753
32
1717
31
1767
31
1851
31
1751
30
1779
30
1850
30
1759
29
1841
29
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
115
Image Use
Free to Use
113
Under Certain Circumstances
2
Image Available
Available
108
Unavailable
7
New Additions
2024-2025
1
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
68
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks
43
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
2
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
1
Prints
1
Creator Gender
male
113
unknown
3
Collective Title
Fourty-three Studies of Horses and Riders
43
Collection of Sketches by Henry Swinburne
1
The Agreeable Surprise
1
Period
18th century
80
18th century-19th century
35
Materials & Techniques
graphite
89
brown ink
60
watercolor
57
gray wash
47
wove paper
37
laid paper
31
black ink
22
gouache
12
pen
10
card
8
brown wash
7
gray ink
5
black chalk
1
ivory
1
soft-ground etching
1
stumping
1
white chalk
1
white gouache
1
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Work Type
watercolor
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drawing
113
ink drawing
1
intaglio print
1
miniature
1
sketchbook
1
Genre
animal art
44
sporting art
44
landscape
27
marine art
20
architectural subject
18
genre subject
13
figure study
5
cityscape
3
portrait
2
literary theme
1
military art
1
religious and mythological subject
1
Subject Terms
animal art
44
landscape
22
architectural subject
17
marine art
17
men
17
trees
17
ships
15
genre subject
12
sea
12
waves (natural events)
10
clouds
9
buildings
7
man
7
boats
6
river
6
storm
6
woman
6
figure study
5
ship
5
women
5
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Associated Places
England
11
Europe
11
United Kingdom
11
East Sussex
3
France
3
Kent
3
Como
2
Ringmer
2
Thames
2
Bath
1
Bath and Northeast Somerset
1
Bay of Bengal
1
Blenheim Palace
1
Boulogne-sur-Mer
1
Brighton
1
Charenton-le-Pont
1
Chennai
1
Chennai Port
1
Château de Dieppe
1
Como, Lago di
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Associated People
Baker, John, of Orsett, Essex
1
Cowslip (character in The Agreeable Surprise)
1
Edwin, John, the elder (1749–1790), actor and singer
1
Lingo (character in The Agreeable Surprise)
1
Moore, James (British painter, 1762–1799)
1
St. Aubyn, Lady Elizabeth (née Wingfield) (married 1782, died 1796)
1
Wells [née Davies; other married name Sumbel], Mary Stephens (1762–1829), 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)
6
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
3
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
3
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
2
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
2
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
2
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
2
John Webber, R. A. (1752-1793) (Kunstmuseum Bern, 1996-03-26 - 1996-05-27)
2
John Webber, R. A. (1752-1793) (Whitworth Art Gallery, 1996-07-04 - 1996-09-15)
2
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (National Maritime Museum, 2005-08-25 - 2005-10-25)
2
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02)
2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
2
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28)
2
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15)
2
Seascapes - Marine Paintings and Watercolors from the U Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 2009-05-28 - 2009-08-23)
2
Thomas Rowlandson from the Paul Mellon Collection (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2005-04-14 - 2005-06-10)
2
Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07)
1
British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-13)
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
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
110
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport
1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Lydia Evans Tunnard
1
Language
English
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Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Tree at Easton Park
1787
2
Moses Haughton Jr., 1772–1848
A Young Country Couple
undated
3
Charles Heathcote Tatham, 1772–1842
Designs for Two Chiffoniers
undated
4
Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804
Interior of St. Paul's Cathedral
ca. 1792
5
William Pearson, 1772–1849
Unidentified Landscape: Trees with Church
undated
6
John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Eastbourne from Lord G.: Cavendish's Seat in the Park
1787
7
Attributed to William Pearson, 1772–1849
Landscape with a Church among Trees
undated
8
Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
View of the Cascine Near Florence
1787
9
Richard Thomas Underwood, 1772–1835
Leominster
undated
10
Thomas Anburey, 1759–1840
The Northern Entrance of Gundecotta Pass
ca. 1792
11
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Peshwa's Servant
ca. 1792
12
Gangaram Chintaman Navgire Tambat, active 1790s
Two Jeyties Fighting
ca. 1792
13
follower of François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Shipping Off the Coast
undated
14
François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Boats on a Calm Sea
undated
15
François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
View of Sheerness
undated
16
Robert Mabon, died 1798
Sketch of an Elaborately Saddled Horse
ca. 1792
17
Robert Mabon, died 1798
A Hindu Austere
ca. 1792
18
Thomas Anburey, 1759–1840
View Within the Southern Entrance of Gundecotta Pass (1 of 6)
ca. 1792
19
Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Herstmonceux
1787
20
Richard Thomas Underwood, 1772–1835
The Chapel at Wakefield Bridge, Yorkshire
undated
21
William Henry Brooke, 1772–1860
Portrait of a Girl Sketching
undated
22
James Moore, 1762–1799
The Artist Sketching Mlle. de St. Legier as a Shepherdess
1787
23
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Return from the Hunt
1787
24
Richard Thomas Underwood, 1772–1835
Composition: An Italian landscape with colonnade and tower
undated
25
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
The Woodyard, Great Windsor Park
ca. 1792
26
unknown artist
The Nave of Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire
1787
27
unknown artist
The Long Minuet as Danced at Bath
after 1787
28
James Lambert of Lewes, 1725–1788
North East View of a House at Ringmer with Cattle and Sheep by a Pond
1787
29
Print made by François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Landscape with Cottages
undated
30
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Prize Fight
1787
31
James Lambert of Lewes, 1725–1788
South View of a House at Ringmer with Gardeners at Work
1787
32
John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
The Steine, Brighton
1787
33
François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Windmill on a Knoll in a Landscape
undated
34
Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
The Gate at Blenheim
1787
35
François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Harvesting
undated
36
François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Running before the Wind
undated
37
George Engleheart, 1753–1829
Portrait of a Gentleman
1787
38
Samuel Atkins, active 1787–1808
A Warship Preparing to Leave the Anchorage
between 1787 and 1808
39
John Webber, 1752–1793
Pliny's Villa, belonging to the Marquis Canarizi near Como
1787
40
John Webber, 1752–1793
View on the Lake, Como
1787
41
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
42
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
43
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
44
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
45
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
46
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
47
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
48
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
49
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
50
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
51
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
52
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
53
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
54
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
55
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
56
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
57
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
58
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
59
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
60
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
61
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
62
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
63
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
64
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
65
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
66
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
67
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
68
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
69
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
70
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
71
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
72
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
73
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
74
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
75
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
76
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
77
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
78
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
79
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
80
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
81
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
82
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
83
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Sketchbook Drawing
1787
84
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Kirkstall Abbey from the N.W
ca. 1792
85
John Downman, 1750–1824
John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"
1787
86
Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Kelso Abbey, Rosburghshire
ca. 1792
87
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Figures in a Lakeside Romantic Landscape
1787
88
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Figures in a Rocky Romantic Landscape
1787
89
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Maniac
1787
90
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Bay Scene in Moonlight
1787
91
Samuel Atkins, active 1787–1808
A Trading Brig Preparing to Set Sail on the Thames, Warships Running Down the Estuary Beyond
between 1787 and 1808
92
William Daniell, 1769–1837
Madras
ca. 1792
93
François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Boulogne Harbour
undated
94
François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Shipping on the Medway, Kent
undated
95
François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
The Watermill Above the Bridge at Charenton
undated
96
François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Boats on a Stormy Sea
undated
97
Samuel Atkins, active 1787–1808
Ships of the Line off Dover
undated
98
Samuel Atkins, active 1787–1808
Merchant Ship off Shore
undated
99
Samuel Atkins, active 1787–1808
Men-of-War and other Shipping on the Thames (most probably at Deptford)
undated
100
Samuel Atkins, active 1787–1808
Man-of-War and Shipping off the Coast
undated
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