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Prints and Drawings
3,215
Rare Books and Manuscripts
2,752
Frames
446
Reference Library
90
Paintings and Sculpture
2
Creator
Unknown artist
873
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
521
Unknown framemaker
433
Bruce, James, 1730–1794
209
Heath, James, 1757–1834
188
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
144
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727–1785
137
Chelsum, James, 1738–1801
132
Vivares, Francois, 1709–1780
127
Major, Thomas, 1714–1799
100
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
82
Guercino, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, 1591–1666
66
Blake, William, 1757–1827
60
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800
55
Malton, Thomas, 1726–1801
54
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
50
Darly, Mary, active 1762 –1772
49
Gillray, James, 1756–1815
49
Rocque, John, -1762
49
Gilpin, William, 1724–1804
44
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654
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90
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2
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3,751
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2,752
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3,290
Unavailable
3,213
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2024-2025
4
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Prints
3,207
Books
2,337
Frames
446
Maps & Atlas (printed)
150
Drawings & Watercolors
115
Archives & Manuscripts
109
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
55
Periodicals
28
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
15
Articles & Chapters
9
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
3
Music (printed)
3
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks
2
Visual Materials
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Ceramics
1
Dissertations & Theses
1
Paintings
1
PrintsVisual Materials
1
Rare Books
1
Creator Gender
unknown
3,715
male
2,758
female
105
Collective Title
A Book of Sundry Prints
111
Young's Night Thoughts
37
Etchings by the Late Richard Gough, Esq.
35
Gilpin's Day
23
Gymnastics for Youth
11
Vetusta Monumenta
7
An Account of some Ancient Monuments in Westminster Abbey
6
Geometrical Plan of his Majesty's Dockyard
6
Caricatures
5
English History Delineated
4
Two Volumes of, 187 Drawings and Manuscripts, Including, 4 Etchings
4
Collection of Prints by Notable Dilettanti
2
William Maitland, History of London from its Foundation to the Present Time
2
A Select Collection of English Songs
1
Album of Prints after Old Master Drawings
1
Constitutions of Masonry
1
Eight Views of Northern England
1
Geometrical Plan of His Majesty's Dockyard
1
Peregrine Pickle
1
Picturesque Views of the Inns of Court
1
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18th century
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6,503
19th century
169
20th century
101
17th century
40
16th century
18
15th century
8
21st century
5
Materials & Techniques
gold leaf
444
wood
443
original gilding
421
stipple engraving
397
later gilding
307
oil gilding
294
line engraving
284
water gilding
187
mezzotint
184
regilding
76
compo
73
etching (printing process)
45
brown wash
15
patinating
15
chiaroscuro woodcut
10
watercolor
10
burnishing (polishing)
9
ebonizing
9
hand coloring
9
lacquering
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intaglio print
682
frame
446
engraving
386
etching
186
aquatint
143
auction catalog
142
armorial bookplates (provenance)
137
map
122
wood engraving
81
drawing book
78
watercolor
64
handbooks and manual
46
annotations (provenance)
41
ticket
41
ephemera
39
atlase
37
woodcut
35
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
33
ink drawing
33
early work
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portrait
271
religious and mythological subject
198
genre subject
146
literary theme
100
historical subject
27
animal art
21
architectural subject
20
military art
19
figure study
16
landscape
14
sporting art
12
cityscape
8
cartographic material
3
marine art
3
anatomical study
1
botanical subject
1
Subject Terms
frame alteration: no alteration
187
frame status: Out of period
170
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
120
frame alteration: yes
119
London Institution -- Ownership.
113
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
113
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
109
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
105
frame cross-section: Concave
96
frame style: 'Carlo Maratta' frame
94
frame cross-section: Ogee with frieze
86
frame feature: Rare pattern
86
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
80
Drawing -- Technique.
79
Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
78
frame status: Contemporary
78
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
71
frame style: Neoclassical
69
frame style: Louis XIV style
67
frame alteration: probably not
66
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18th century
184
19th century
46
17th century
26
16th century
7
11th century
2
15th century
2
17th-18th centuries
2
12th century
1
15th and 16th centuries
1
18th centtury
1
Alfred, 871-899
1
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Great Britain
534
England
312
London
168
London (England)
109
France
64
Italy
48
Scotland
33
Wales
32
Europe
27
United States
26
Ireland
25
United Kingdom
24
Bath (England)
23
Oxford (England)
23
Dublin (Ireland)
22
Westminster (London, England)
17
Paris
16
Edinburgh (Scotland)
15
Cambridge (England)
14
London Region (England)
14
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
39
Blackburne, Anna, 1726–1793
20
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
17
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
11
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
9
Mead, Richard, 1673–1754
6
Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of, 1656–1733
6
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
6
Bachaumont, Louis Petit de, 1690–1771
5
Cobham, Richard Temple, Viscount, 1669?-1749
5
Cook, James, 1728–1779
5
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
5
Hare, Francis, 1671–1740
5
Raphael, 1483–1520
5
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606–1669
5
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641
5
Vitruvius Pollio
5
Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753–1813
4
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713–1792
4
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
4
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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)
44
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
37
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
37
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
16
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
16
Color Printing in England, 1486-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, April 20, 1978-June 25, 1978)
12
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
11
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
11
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
8
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
7
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
7
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
7
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30)
6
Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31)
5
Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
5
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Historic Royal Palaces, 2017-06-22 - 2017-11-12)
5
Francis Hayman (Kenwood House, 1987-06-24 - 1987-09-30)
5
Francis Hayman (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-04-01 - 1987-05-31)
5
Rembrandt in Eighteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-10-19 - 1983-12-30)
5
The Mapmaker's Art: 300 Years of British Cartography (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 1989-March 12, 1989)
5
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
2,976
Yale Center for British Art
496
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection
50
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection
30
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
22
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of Jane and Richard C. Levin, President of Yale University (1993-2013)
21
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
14
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960
10
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alan Richards, Yale BA 1967, JD 1972
9
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Korn
9
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James N. Spencer and Kathleen Moretto Spencer
7
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Ralph Kirkpatrick, Yale MA (HON.) 1965
7
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
5
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of the Library Associates
5
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frederick W. Hilles
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Lyall Dean, Mrs. Borden Helmer, and the Estate of Bliss Reed Crocker in memory of Mr and Mrs. Edward Bliss Reed, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Korn
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret Albert.
3
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English
2,449
French
177
Latin
52
Italian
32
German
30
Dutch
21
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Spanish
3
Undetermined
3
Japanese
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Danish
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Elamite
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Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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Hebrew
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Modeled by William Hackwood, died 1836
Queen Charlotte
ca. 1776
Not on view
2
unknown artist
Hunting Scenes: five oval plaques in one frame, perhaps Staffordshire or Liverpool and possibly enamel transfer-printed in black
18th century
Not on view
3
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Pit Ticket
1759
4
Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Simon, Lord Lovat
5
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Fair Scene
1733
6
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Painting of Pharoah's Daughter and Moses in the Foundling Hospital
1752
7
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Mr. Garrick in the Character of Richard III
1746
8
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Paul before Felix
9
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Beer Street
1751
10
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
The Distressed Poet
1740
11
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Hudibras Vanquished by Trulla
12
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
The Four Stages of Cruelty: Cruelty in Perfection (The Murderer)
1751
13
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Prospectus print "Crown & Mitre"
1754
14
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
William Hogarth
1764
15
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Hudibras Sallying Forth (no.2)
16
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Frontispiece and its Explanation (no.1)
1726
17
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Hudibras in Tribulation (no.6)
18
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Hudibras Vanquish'd by Trulla (no.5)
19
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Hudibras Triumphant (no.4)
20
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Hudibras's First Adventure (no.3)
21
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Hudibras Catechiz'd (no.9)
22
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Large Illustrations to Samuel Butler's Hudibras: Hudibras and the Skimmington (no.12)
23
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Hudibras Encounters the Skimmington (no.12)
24
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Burning ye Rumps at Temple-Barr (no.11)
25
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Where sense runs savage broke from reason's chain' (Page 46)
1797
26
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'His hand the good man fastens on the skies' (Page 86)
1797
27
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'If angels tremble, 'tis at such a sight' (Page 93)
1797
28
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till death, that mighty hunter, earths them all' (Page 70)
1797
29
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Draw the dire steel? – ah no! – the dreadful blessing' (Page 73)
1797
30
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The longest night though longer far, would fail' (Page 15)
1797
31
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Second. On Time, Death, and Friendship; Title Page (Page 17)
1797
32
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours' (Page 31)
1797
33
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Like that, the dial speaks; and points to thee' (Page 33)
1797
34
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Love, and love only, is the loan for love' (Page 37)
1797
35
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Is lost in love! thou great Philanthropist' (Page 87)
1797
36
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'That touch, with charm celestial heals the soul' (Page 90)
1797
37
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'When faith is virtue, reason makes it so' (Page 92)
1797
38
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Emblem of that which shall awake the dead' (Page 19)
1797
39
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'We censure nature for a span too short' (Page 23)
1797
40
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Teaching, we learn; and giving, we retain' (Page 35)
1797
41
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'O treacherous conscience! while she seems to sleep" (Page 27)
1797
42
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Night the Third. Narcissa; Title Page
1797
43
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades' (Page 55)
1797
44
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Disease invades the chastest temperence' (Page 10)
1797
45
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'What, though my soul fantastick measures trod' (Page 4)
1797
46
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Till at Death's toll, whose restless iron tongue' (Page 7)
1797
47
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Its favours here are trials, not rewards' (Page 12)
1797
48
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The present moment terminates our sight' (Page 13)
1797
49
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The thunder, if in that the Almighty dwells' (Page 80)
1797
50
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Behold him, when past by; what then is seen' (Page 25)
1797
51
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Angels should paint it, angels ever there' (Page 40)
1797
52
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'One radiant mark, – the death-bed of the just' (Page 41)
1797
53
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'As if the sun could envy, check'd his beam' (Page 49)
1797
54
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The vale of death! that hush'd cimmerian vale' (Page 54)
1797
55
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'Trembling each gulp, lest death should snatch the bowl' (Page 57)
1797
56
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'This King of Terrors is the Prince of Peace' (Page 63)
1797
57
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The Sun beheld it – No, the shocking scene' (Page 75)
1797
58
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'And vapid; sense and reason shew the door' (Page 72)
1797
59
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
'The goddess bursts in thunder and in flame' (Page 95)
1797
60
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Christian Triumph; Title Page
1797
61
William Blake, 1757–1827
Original Wrapper to The Book of Thel
1789
62
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Complaint, and the Consolation; or, Night Thoughts
1797
63
George Romney, 1734–1802
Figure Composition Study 20
mid-1790s
64
Taylor, active 1790
Two Gentlemen... Act V, Scene IV
1790
65
Page, fl. 1784–1803
Taming... Act II, Sc. I
1791
66
Print made by William Walker, 1729–1793
Peregrine and Emilia Exchange Rings
1781
67
unknown artist
Paradise St., Birmingham
undated
68
Print made by William Walker, 1729–1793
Grandison, Plate XI
1783
69
William Angus, 1752–1821
Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act I, Sc. II
1790
70
Mathieu Liart, 1736–1782
Loves Labour Lost, Act. IV, Scene IV
1774
71
J. Barlow, active 1791
Merchant of Venice, Act III, Sc. I
1791
72
Print made by John Augustus Richter, active 1722–1799
Head-piece, Book XI, Paradise Lost
1795
73
unknown artist
The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act III, Sc. I
1800
74
Page, fl. 1784–1803
Merchant...Act V, Scene 1
1790
75
W. Taylor, active 1790–1810
All's Well... Act III, Sc. V
1791
76
Print made by William Walker, 1729–1793
Grandison, Plate XXVIII
1783
77
William Angus, 1752–1821
Much Ado About Nothing Act IV, Sc. I
1785
78
unknown artist
Much Ado About Nothing
1798
79
unknown artist
Untitled
1778
80
Thomas Medland, 1755–1823
Goldsmith's Traveller, page 10
1800
81
Page, fl. 1784–1803
Taming...Act III, Scene I
1791
82
Print made by unknown artist
Christopher Smart, A.M
1791
83
unknown artist
Mrs. Gardiner - The Tragedy of Macbeth
1778
84
Print made by unknown artist
Floral Design from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy
undated
85
John Keyse Sherwin, c.1751–1790
James MacPherson, Esquire
86
Print made by unknown artist
Sir Richard Steele, Kt
1755
87
Print made by T. Thornton, active 1780–1789
The Devastations occasioned by the Rioters of London Firing the New Goal of Newgate and burning Mr. Akerman's furniture & c. June 6, 1780
1780
88
James Sayer, 1748–1823
The Biographers
1786
89
Charles Warren, 1767–1823
The Surprise of Peregrine Pickle, by a visit from a Lady of Quality, who comes to relieve his distresses
1798
90
R. Stanier, 18th century
James Burnet, Lord Monboddo
91
William Ridley, 1764–1838
Edward Gibbon, Esqr
1794
92
Jacobus Houbraken, 1698–1780
Sir Walter Ralegh
1739
93
Jacobus Houbraken, 1698–1780
John Pym, Esquire
1738
94
Print made by William Ridley, 1764–1838
Miss Seward
1797
95
Print made by unknown artist
Johann August Hermes
1775
96
Print made by unknown artist
Little Will, at the Turks Head Coffee-house
1800
97
Print made by Burnet Reading, 1749/50–1838
Mr. Sheridan in the Character of Oedipus
1776
98
Joseph Constantine Stadler, active 1780–1812
Court of Common Pleas, Westminster Hall
1808
99
Print made by unknown artist
Hieroglyphics
1769
100
unknown artist
Bell's British Theatre Comedies
1776
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