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
18
Creator
Unknown artist
12
Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
3
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
3
Constable, John, 1776–1837
2
Alexander, William, 1767–1816
1
Canaletto, 1697–1768
1
Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
1
Knight, John Baverstock, 1785–1859
1
Mayer, Luigi, ca. 1755–1803
1
Varley, John, 1778–1842
1
Date
1867
51
1800
[remove]
18
1772
17
1764
16
1793
16
1767
11
1780
10
1717
9
1791
9
1797
8
1775
7
1782
7
1792
7
1795
7
1798
7
1841
7
1745
6
1778
6
1815
6
1826
6
1836
6
1857
6
1787
5
1790
5
1794
5
1799
5
1814
5
1840
5
1796
4
1804
4
1808
4
1818
4
1827
4
1839
4
1771
3
1784
3
1785
3
1788
3
1789
3
1801
3
1802
3
1803
3
1805
3
1806
3
1807
3
1810
3
1831
3
1832
3
1837
3
1842
3
1844
3
1846
3
1738
2
1755
2
1779
2
1783
2
1811
2
1813
2
1816
2
1819
2
1820
2
1821
2
1823
2
1825
2
1828
2
1829
2
1830
2
1834
2
1835
2
1838
2
1845
2
1848
2
1850
2
1872
2
1662
1
1700
1
1715
1
1737
1
1739
1
1744
1
1748
1
1756
1
1758
1
1762
1
1765
1
1768
1
1770
1
1774
1
1776
1
1777
1
1809
1
1812
1
1817
1
1824
1
1833
1
1843
1
1849
1
1853
1
1854
1
1859
1
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
18
Image Use
Under Certain Circumstances
11
Free to Use
7
Image Available
Available
17
Unavailable
1
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
18
Creator Gender
male
14
unknown
12
Period
19th century
16
18th century
1
18th century-19th century
1
Materials & Techniques
graphite
[remove]
18
wove paper
15
watercolor
14
brown ink
7
pen
7
black ink
5
gouache
3
gray wash
2
gum arabic
2
scratching out
2
board
1
card
1
gray ink
1
laid paper
1
scraping
1
Height [cm]
Height [cm] range begin
–
Height [cm] range end
Current results range from
4
to
46
Width [cm]
Width [cm] range begin
–
Width [cm] range end
Current results range from
5
to
58
Work Type
drawing
18
watercolor
16
Genre
marine art
12
architectural subject
5
cityscape
5
genre subject
4
landscape
4
Subject Terms
boats
[remove]
18
marine art
11
men
8
sailboats
8
buildings
6
cityscape
6
figures
6
landscape
6
architectural subject
5
beach
5
sails
5
bridge (built work)
4
genre subject
4
sea
4
ocean
3
sand
3
seamen
3
ships
3
basket
2
coast
2
more
Subject Terms
»
Associated Places
England
7
United Kingdom
7
Europe
3
Devon
2
Thames
2
Aberconwy and Colwyn
1
Africa
1
Asia
1
Battersea
1
Battersea Bridge
1
Cambridgeshire
1
Chelsea
1
China
1
Conwy
1
Conwy Castle
1
Cymru
1
Egypt
1
Greater London
1
Hampshire
1
Italy
1
more
Associated Places
»
Exhibition History
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
2
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
2
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
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)
1
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
1
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
1
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)
1
Thomas Girtin and the Art of Watercolour (Tate Britain, 2002-07-04 - 2002-09-29)
1
Thomas Girtin: Genius in the North (Harewood House Trust Ltd., 1999-03-09 - 1999-06-13)
1
Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
18
Search Constraints
Start Over
You searched for:
Materials & Techniques
graphite
Remove constraint Materials & Techniques: graphite
Date
1800
Remove constraint Date: 1800
Subject Terms
boats
Remove constraint Subject Terms: boats
1
-
18
of
18
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
unknown artist
View of London from Richmond House, Whitehall
undated
2
unknown artist
Thumbnail Sketch of Port City
undated
3
unknown artist
Port
undated
4
unknown artist
Thumbnail Sketch of Venice
undated
5
unknown artist
Boats and Men on Beach
undated
6
unknown artist
South View of St. Neot's Bridge, Built About 1589 Out of the Ruins of the Priory
undated
7
unknown artist
Ships and Hulks Moored in an Estuary
undated
8
unknown artist
Conway Castle
undated
9
Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Coast Scene near Plymouth
undated
10
John Baverstock Knight, 1785–1859
Sidmouth
undated
11
unknown artist
Battersea Bridge
undated
12
Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
An East Indiaman Moored, Small Boats Alongside, Other Boats Further Off
undated
13
unknown artist
Ruins of The Ptolomean Library
undated
14
unknown artist
Ships near the Coast
undated
15
unknown artist
Sailing Boats
undated
16
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Ouse Bridge, York
1800
17
William Alexander, 1767–1816
View Near the City of Tientsin
1800
18
Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
The Beach at Low Tide
undated