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
[remove]
18
Creator
Dickinson, William, 1746–1823
4
Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
3
Opie, John, 1761–1807
3
Peters, Matthew William, 1742–1814
3
Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794
3
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
2
Fisher, Edward, 1722–1785
2
Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618–1680
2
Bogle, John, 1746–1804
1
Earlom, Richard, 1743–1822
1
Green, Valentine, 1739–1813
1
Guercino, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, 1591–1666
1
Humphry, Ozias, 1742–1810
1
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
1
Watson, Thomas, 1743–1781
1
Zoffany, Johann, 1733–1810
1
Date
1749
70
0
65
1772
48
1960
38
1800
33
1738
31
1789
27
1808
27
1797
26
1754
23
2004
22
1780
20
1828
19
1776
[remove]
18
1771
17
1784
17
1785
17
1792
17
1787
16
1675
15
1770
14
1795
14
1850
14
1782
13
1790
13
1796
13
1893
13
1745
12
1781
12
1788
12
1799
12
1820
12
1825
12
1875
12
1910
12
1774
11
1775
11
1798
11
1717
10
1765
10
1783
10
1786
10
1801
10
1821
10
1766
9
1779
9
1793
9
1804
9
1817
9
1873
9
1965
9
1719
8
1747
8
1753
8
1769
8
1794
8
1803
8
1805
8
1807
8
1826
8
1855
8
1864
8
1674
7
1740
7
1755
7
1757
7
1762
7
1764
7
1777
7
1778
7
1802
7
1810
7
1813
7
1814
7
1815
7
1829
7
1830
7
1835
7
1841
7
1843
7
1863
7
1884
7
1895
7
1700
6
1756
6
1760
6
1791
6
1812
6
1818
6
1827
6
1851
6
1890
6
1917
6
1920
6
1963
6
1710
5
1741
5
1752
5
1773
5
1819
5
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
18
Image Use
Free to Use
18
Image Available
Available
16
Unavailable
2
Classification
Prints
11
Drawings & Watercolors
7
Creator Gender
male
15
female
3
Collective Title
The Vicar of Wakefield
2
King Lear
1
The Tempest
1
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1
Period
18th century
18
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
15
mezzotint
8
graphite
5
watercolor
4
scraping
3
wove paper
3
black ink
2
etching (printing process)
2
line engraving
2
stipple engraving
2
black chalk
1
brown ink
1
brown wash
1
gouache
1
red chalk
1
white chalk
1
Height [cm]
Height [cm] range begin
–
Height [cm] range end
Current results range from
8
to
58
Width [cm]
Width [cm] range begin
–
Width [cm] range end
Current results range from
8
to
59
Work Type
intaglio print
11
drawing
6
watercolor
4
Genre
literary theme
6
figure study
5
portrait
5
religious and mythological subject
2
architectural subject
1
genre subject
1
Subject Terms
woman
[remove]
18
literary theme
6
figure study
5
portrait
5
posing
5
dress
4
gaze
4
nude
4
plays by William Shakespeare
4
cloak
3
hands
3
illustration
3
man
3
necklace
3
The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
2
bed
2
blankets
2
circle (plane figure)
2
clouds
2
cross (motif)
2
more
Subject Terms
»
Associated Places
England
1
Europe
1
Greater London
1
London
1
United Kingdom
1
Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
4
Ariel (character in The Tempest)
1
Cecilia, Saint (born 2nd c. AD), patroness of musicians
1
Cordelia (character in King Lear)
1
Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
1
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright
1
God
1
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE)
1
King Lear (character in King Lear)
1
Linley [married name Sheridan], Elizabeth Ann (1754–1792), singer and writer
1
Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
1
Savile (nee Stephenson), Elizabeth (1760s - 1821), Countess of Mexborough
1
The Virgin Mary
1
muse
1
Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
3
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
1
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
8
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
7
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon
3
Search Constraints
Start Over
You searched for:
Collection
Prints and Drawings
Remove constraint Collection: Prints and Drawings
Date
1776
Remove constraint Date: 1776
Subject Terms
woman
Remove constraint Subject Terms: woman
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
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard, in the Tragedy of 'Macbeth.' Act II. Scene III
1776
2
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Virgin and Child
1776
3
Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Angelina
1776
4
Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Lucilia
1776
5
Print made by John Bogle, 1746–1804
Night Watchman
1776
6
Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, later Elizabeth Savile, Countess of Mexborough
1776
7
Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Mrs. Sheridan as 'St. Cecilia'
1776
8
Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810
Study of the Artist's Mother Sewing
ca. 1776
9
John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Draped Classical Torso
undated
10
John Opie, 1761–1807
Standing Classical Female Figure
undated
11
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Lady Gertrude, Marchioness of Halifax
1776
12
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Lady Gertrude, Marchioness of Halifax
1776
13
John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Classical Female Figure
undated
14
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ophelia's Death
ca. 1781
15
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
16
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ferdinand and Ariel
ca. 1781
17
Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Lydia
1776
18
Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Lydia
1776