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
2
Paintings and Sculpture
1
Creator
Danby, Francis, 1793–1861
2
Martin, John, 1789–1854
1
Date
1867
8
1845
6
1863
5
1792
4
1800
4
1850
4
1858
4
1865
4
1805
3
1840
[remove]
3
1859
3
1880
3
1745
2
1775
2
1794
2
1799
2
1803
2
1804
2
1811
2
1816
2
1818
2
1820
2
1827
2
1831
2
1838
2
1855
2
1861
2
1868
2
1872
2
1926
2
1673
1
1685
1
1693
1
1740
1
1744
1
1750
1
1762
1
1768
1
1777
1
1778
1
1780
1
1782
1
1785
1
1786
1
1789
1
1793
1
1797
1
1798
1
1801
1
1802
1
1808
1
1810
1
1814
1
1821
1
1823
1
1825
1
1826
1
1828
1
1829
1
1830
1
1834
1
1836
1
1837
1
1842
1
1844
1
1848
1
1856
1
1860
1
1864
1
1882
1
1883
1
1890
1
1911
1
1912
1
1925
1
1936
1
1957
1
1960
1
1994
1
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
2
Not on view
1
Image Use
Free to Use
3
Image Available
Available
3
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
2
Paintings
1
Creator Gender
male
[remove]
3
Period
19th century
3
Materials & Techniques
gouache
2
graphite
2
watercolor
2
wove paper
2
brown ink
1
canvas
1
oil paint
1
painting (technique)
1
scratching out
1
Height [cm]
Height [cm] range begin
–
Height [cm] range end
Current results range from
16
to
40
Width [cm]
Width [cm] range begin
–
Width [cm] range end
Current results range from
24
to
50
Work Type
drawing
2
watercolor
2
painting
1
Genre
landscape
3
Subject Terms
landscape
3
sunset
[remove]
3
beach
1
birds
1
cattle
1
cliffs
1
coast
1
cows
1
evening
1
hill
1
light
1
mountains
1
palm trees
1
river
1
rocks (landforms)
1
sailboat
1
sea
1
shore (landform)
1
tree
1
tropical climate
1
more
Subject Terms
»
Associated Places
England
1
Greater London
1
Hampstead
1
United Kingdom
1
Exhibition History
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
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
1
English Romanticism (Center Gallery, Bucknell University, 1990-02-24 - 1990-04-08)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
3
Search Constraints
Start Over
You searched for:
Creator Gender
male
Remove constraint Creator Gender: male
Date
1840
Remove constraint Date: 1840
Subject Terms
sunset
Remove constraint Subject Terms: sunset
1
-
3
of
3
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
Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Hampstead Heath, Sunset
ca. 1845
Not on view
2
Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Sunset over a River Landscape
early 1840s
3
John Martin, 1789–1854
A Tropical Coast, Sunset
between 1840 and 1850