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Prints and Drawings
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Foster, Myles Birket, 1825–1899
11
Cox, David, 1783–1859
8
Lewis, John Frederick, 1804–1876
5
FINDLAY, J., active 1825–1857
2
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
2
Unknown artist
2
Birch, G
1
Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803–1874
1
CUBITT, Thomas, 1788–1855
1
Callow, William, 1812–1908
1
Cattermole, George, 1800–1868
1
Cox, David Jr., 1809–1885
1
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
1
Danby, Francis, 1793–1861
1
Daniell, Edward Thomas Rev., 1804–1842
1
DeWint, Peter, 1784–1849
1
Demidov, Anatolīĭ, principe di San Donato, 1812–1870
1
Duncan, Edward, 1803–1882
1
Evans, William of Bristol, 1809–1858
1
Forrester, Alfred Henry, 1804–1872
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1827
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1803
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1840
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1809
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1816
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1822
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1753
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1806
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1838
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1717
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1767
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1851
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1751
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1779
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1850
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1757
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1759
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1841
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
56
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Free to Use
47
Under Certain Circumstances
9
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46
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10
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
48
Books
4
Archives & Manuscripts
1
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
1
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks
1
Creator Gender
male
45
unknown
11
Period
19th century
54
18th century
1
18th century-19th century
1
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
46
watercolor
45
graphite
39
gouache
14
brown ink
7
scratching out
6
black chalk
5
black ink
5
pen
4
white gouache
3
gum arabic
2
brown wash
1
card
1
crayon
1
gold
1
gray ink
1
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1
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drawing
47
ink drawing
4
coat of arm
3
wood engraving
3
sketchbook
2
botanical illustration
1
cut-paper work
1
errata lists (publishing)
1
exercise book
1
frontispiece
1
game
1
graphite drawing
1
landscape drawing
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marine painting
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overlay
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paperwork (crafts)
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printers' devices (publishing)
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landscape
14
architectural subject
13
genre subject
13
marine art
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figure study
3
animal art
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portrait
2
literary theme
1
sporting art
1
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architectural subject
12
genre subject
12
landscape
11
trees
8
marine art
6
boat
5
men
5
boats
4
clouds
4
costume
4
gondola
4
mountains
4
people
4
river
4
Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain.
3
Clifford -- Printer.
3
Dwellings -- Great Britain.
3
Historic buildings -- Great Britain.
3
beach
3
birds
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19th century
1
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Europe
13
Italy
8
United Kingdom
7
Venice
7
Veneto
6
Venezia
6
England
3
Tunbridge Wells
3
Birmingham
2
Bursa
2
Bursa Grand Mosque
2
France
2
Great Britain
2
Harborne
2
Turkey
2
Berkshire
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Boulogne
1
China
1
Crimea (Ukraine)
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Danube River
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Associated People
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
1
Exhibition History
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
3
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29)
2
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
2
Orientalism - Near East in French Painting (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1982-08-27 - 1982-10-17)
2
Orientalism - Near East in French Painting (Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, 1982-11-04 - 1982-12-23)
2
Sun, Wind, and Rain - The Art of David Cox (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 2009-01-31 - 2009-05-03)
2
Sun, Wind, and Rain - The Art of David Cox (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-10-16 - 2009-01-04)
2
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17)
1
David Wilkie : Genre Painter (Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2002-09-11 - 2002-12-01)
1
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
43
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
2
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Estate of Roberta A. Kendall
1
Language
English
8
French
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Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Sunset over a River Landscape
early 1840s
2
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
The Channel Sketchbook
ca. 1845
3
James Holland, 1799–1870
The Colleoni Statue, Venice
ca. 1845
4
William Callow, 1812–1908
Plymouth Dockyard after the Fire
1840
5
unknown artist
The Eton Boat on the Towpath of the Thames: Windsor Castle in Background
ca. 1845
6
J. Findlay, active 1825–1857
Sir Violet Sighaway & Mr. Villiers
undated
7
Alfred Henry Forrester, 1804–1872
Original Frontispiece for 'Book of Ballads' (Bon Gaultier)
ca. 1845
8
J. Findlay, active 1825–1857
Peter Callam & Elvira
undated
9
Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
Rain, Steam and Speed
undated
10
John Martin, 1789–1854
A Tropical Coast, Sunset
between 1840 and 1850
11
John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
A Greek Girl Standing on a Balcony
1840
12
John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Seated Turk
between 1840 and 1841
13
John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Interior of an Eastern House
between 1840 and 1851
14
John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Interior of the Great Mosque, (Ulucami) Bursa, Turkey
between 1840 and 1841
15
John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Main Entrance of Great Mosque, (Ulu cami) Bursa, Turkey,
between 1840 and 1841
16
Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
One of a Group of Three Studies of Gondolas
undated
17
Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon
undated
18
Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
One of a Group of Three Studies of Gondolas
undated
19
Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon
undated
20
Lt. Joseph Sparkhall Rundle, 1815–1880
Peiho River Foraging Party
1840
21
Charles James Richardson, 1806–1871
Design for an Elizabethan Style House
c.1840-1860
22
Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
A Storm on the Coast
between 1840 and 1850
23
George Cattermole, 1800–1868
Scene of Three Witches from Shakespeare's Macbeth
1840
24
Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Captain Leigh and His Dragoman
1840 or 1841
25
Thomas Richardson Jr., 1813–1890
A man resting
1840
26
Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
Lago Maggior, Italy
undated
27
John Varley, 1778–1842
Mountainous Landscape with Lake
1840
28
David Cox, 1783–1859
Knole, Kent
1840s
29
William Evans of Bristol, 1809–1858
The 'Royal' Coach Outside the White Lion Inn
ca. 1845
30
Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Threshing Corn
ca. 1845-1849
31
David Cox, 1783–1859
Girl in a Pinafore
between 1840 and 1849
32
David Cox, 1783–1859
On Lancaster Sands, Low Tide
1840s
33
David Cox, 1783–1859
Study of Turkeys
1840s
34
Rev. Edward Thomas Daniell, 1804–1842
Summit of Mount Sinai or Jebel Musa
1840
35
Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
The Watercart
undated
36
Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
The Balloon
undated
37
Edward Duncan, 1803–1882
Notre Dame, Paris, from the Left Bank
1840
38
unknown artist
A Parish Church
ca. 1845
39
David Cox, 1783–1859
The Abbey Gates Looking to Greenfield House
1840s
40
David Cox, 1783–1859
Greenfield House
1840s
41
David Cox, 1783–1859
Study of a Dog
1840s
42
Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon
undated
43
Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
The Jetty
undated
44
David Cox Jr., 1809–1885
Group Seated in Grounds of a Large House
between 1840 and 1849
45
Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
One of a Group of Three Studies of Gondolas
undated
46
David Cox, 1783–1859
Landscape near Dolgelly, Wales
1840s
47
Thomas Cubitt, 1788–1855
Osborne House, Isle of Wight
ca. 1845
48
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
North & south Devonshire
1840
49
Children's magical flowers
circa 1840
50
Groombridge place
[approximately 1840?]
51
Birch, G
Original sketches by an officer
1840?
52
Mackenzie, Maggie
Maggie Mackenzie botany notebook
Great Britain,
53
The Medway and its tributary streams
[approximately 1840?]
54
Demidov, Anatolīĭ, principe di San Donato, 1812–1870
Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée
MDCCCXL-1842 [i.e., 1840-1848]
55
Penhurst Place and Manor
[approximately 1840?]
56
Stocken, F
Collection of original designs for carriages, executed for F. Stocken, Carriage and Harness Manufacturers, Halkin Street, Belgrave Square, London
1840s