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Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
3
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
2
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
2
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
2
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
2
A.J.K.H.
1
Alexander, Mary
1
Alpenny, Joseph Samuel, 1787–1858
1
Birch, G
1
Bodenham, Elizabeth Mary
1
Boughey, Anastasia Elizabeth, ca. 1817–1893
1
Bulstrode, Christopher Stone, 1818–1894
1
Burgess, Henry William, approximately 1792–1844
1
Byron, Jane
1
Cameron, Emy E.
1
Carr family
1
Carson, Agnes, fl. 1866
1
Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926
1
Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
1
Cowell, John
1
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
129
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Under Certain Circumstances
121
Free to Use
8
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Unavailable
97
Available
32
New Additions
2023-2024
3
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Drawings & Watercolors
79
Archives & Manuscripts
35
Books
1
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
1
Prints
1
Creator Gender
unknown
129
Period
19th century
116
20th century
13
18th century
12
17th century
1
21st century
1
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
6
watercolor (paint)
3
graphite (mineral)
2
ink
2
charcoal (material)
1
graphite
1
graphite (color)
1
vellum (parchment)
1
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sketchbook
129
graphite drawing
75
ink drawing
65
watercolor
58
travel sketche
35
landscape drawing
27
wash drawing
16
children's art
13
albums (books)
12
view
12
botanical illustration
10
portrait
9
caricature
8
drawings (visual works)
8
diarie
7
engraving
7
marine drawing
7
photograph
7
humorous picture
6
armorial bookplates (provenance)
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Drawing -- Study and teaching.
6
Women in natural history.
6
Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
5
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
5
Italy -- Pictorial works.
5
Ships in art.
5
Devon (England) -- Pictorial works.
4
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
4
France -- Description and travel.
4
Grand tours (Education)
4
Horses -- Pictorial works.
4
Kent (England) -- Pictorial works.
4
Scotland -- Pictorial works.
4
Switzerland -- Pictorial works.
4
Waterfronts.
4
Yorkshire (England) -- Pictorial works.
4
Animals in art.
3
Castles & palaces.
3
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
3
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881.
3
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19th century
16
20th century
5
18th century
1
Associated Places
Great Britain
41
England
8
France
8
Italy
8
Switzerland
8
Devon (England)
5
Kent (England)
5
Scotland
5
Yorkshire (England)
5
Germany
4
Hampshire (England)
3
Highlands (Scotland)
3
India
3
Belgium
2
Boulogne-sur-Mer (France)
2
Bristol (England)
2
Broadstairs (England)
2
Dover (England)
2
Essex (England)
2
Hertfordshire (England)
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Associated People
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
3
Linné, Carl von, 1707–1778
3
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
2
Head, Francis Somerville, 1846–1941
2
West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
2
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
2
Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819–1861
1
Alloway, Lawrence, 1926–1990
1
Asquith, H. H. (Herbert Henry), 1852–1928
1
Augustus II, King of Poland, 1670–1733
1
Backhouse, Edward, 1808–1879
1
Backhouse, John Mounsey
1
Backhouse, Lucy Backhouse, 1812–1872
1
Backhouse, Rachel, 1826–1898
1
Backhouse, Thomas J. (Thomas James), 1810–1857
1
Backus family
1
Balfour, Arthur James, 1848–1930
1
Barclay, Ann Ford, 1822–1913
1
Barclay, Elizabeth Gurney
1
Bodenham, Elizabeth Mary
1
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Exhibition History
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
5
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
1
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
Victorian Idyll (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-01-24 - 2019-04-21)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Constance Pierce
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Doret, Yale BA 1968, and Linda Mitchell
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Binder
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Hans and Agnes Platenius
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Magda Cordell McHale
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rebecca Salter, in memory of her father Samuel Salter.
1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund; Gift of Diane Nixon
1
Language
English
125
French
3
German
1
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Luxmoore, Mary
Sketches of Teignmouth and Torquay
circa 1830
2
Grand tour watercolor albums
1793-1842
3
Yelloly, Sophia Mary, 1811–1840
Yelloly family watercolor albums
1827-1839
4
Reid, Jane Caroline, 1797–1834
Sketchbook of figures, cattle, and views in Kolkata
between 1821 and 1831
5
Burges, Mary Anne, 1763–1813
Flora of the British Isles
circa 1790-1810?
6
Crompton, Elizabeth Jane, 1791–1869
Scotch scenery,
circa 1814
7
Pierce, Constance, born 1946
Sketchbook,
1995
8
Portraits of Cape Town figures
ca. 1828
9
Album of drawings of English moths, butterflies, flowers, and mollusks
1805-1822
10
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800
Original watercolors for A picturesque tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France,
1789
11
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
Album of watercolors of flowering plants in Yorkshire and Cumbria
1796-1803
12
Stapley, W. B.
Album of landscape drawings and compiled by W.B. Stapley
1855-1870
13
Lyon, G. F. (George Francis), 1795–1832
Sketches of the second Parry Arctic expedition
1821-1822
14
Album of drawings after John Flaxman's illustrations for The divine comedy, as engraved by Étienne Achille Reveil
not before 1833
15
Character of forest trees
circa 1817
16
Fenton, Ellen, b. ca. 1813
Ellen Fenton diaries
1854-1862
17
Dickson, Archibald, 1703–1747
Drawings of houses and gardens
1736-1743
18
Album of drawings
ca. 1900-1903
19
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
North & south Devonshire
1840
20
Palairet, Septimus Henry, 1807–1854
Sketchbook
circa 1830
21
Garnett, John, b. ca. 1791?
Sketchbook
circa 1811
22
Album of watercolors of British birds
circa 1820-circa 1830
23
A.J.K.H.
Album of comic sketches
1869-1873
24
Illustrations to the novels of Walter Scott
1830s?
25
Cowell, John
Sketches of John & George from home
June 25th, 1842
26
Jones, Calvert Richard, 1802–1877
Album of maritime and figure sketches
1849 September 4-1850 April 22
27
Album of animal drawings and lithographs
1832-1834
28
Wickham, Harriet, 1766–1847
A collection of English grasses
circa 1792-1808
29
Roberts, David, 1796–1864
Record books
1829-1864
30
Hancock, John, 1804–1839
Drawings and notebooks on porcelain painting
circa 1821-1836
31
Album of domestic interiors and figures in fashionable dress
circa 1860
32
Moser, Robert James, 1828–1908
Drawings of London street life
1888
33
Moses, Walter Thomas, b. 1862
Sketches by W.T. Moses at Kemp's Hall
[ca. 1875]
34
Churchyard, Harriet, 1836–1926
Sketchbook
late 19th century
35
McHale, John
John McHale archive,
ca. 1950-1978
36
Shepperson, Matthew, 1785–1874
Sketchbook
1818
37
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
Lawson Wood sketchbook,
1895, February
38
K. M. T
Flowers of Skye
1899-1901
39
Two sketchbooks of architectural views,
1834-1846
40
Wood, Lawson, 1878–1957
Lawson Wood sketchbook,
1890-1893
41
Bulstrode, Christopher Stone, 1818–1894
Sketchbook
1831-1832
42
Seymour, Louisa Caroline Harcourt, 1828–1889
Album of drawings of mosses
ca. 1844?
43
Pease family
Pease family collection of sketchbooks and exercise books,
1814-1909
44
G. C. T
Out for a holiday
1880, August 10-1881, August 15
45
Drawings of rural scenery and architectural details
mid-19th century?
46
Boughey, Anastasia Elizabeth, ca. 1817–1893
Album of embroidery designs
circa 1840
47
Swinburne, Edward, 1765–1847
Sketchbooks of tours in Italy
1792, July 21-1793, April 12
48
Davison, William, 1798–1870
Album of maritime sketches at Hartlepool
1831-1854
49
Cosby, Anne Beresford, -1872
Sketches in Scandinavia & Germany by Anne Beresford Cosby
circa 1859-1872
50
Sketchbook of English cathedral sculpture and women's hats
approximately 1876
51
[Views of St. Mary's Church and Nash's Field, Herriard]
[1836]
52
Richardson, A. G
Specimens of drawing
1862
53
Mouton
[Sketchbook from travels in Switzerland and France]
[September 1869]
54
Birch, G
Original sketches by an officer
1840?
55
John Hardman & Co
John Hardman & Co. album of stained glass designs
ca. 1850-ca. 2000
56
Paget, John, 1811–1898
Album of drawings, etchings, and watercolors
1829-1843 (bulk 1832-1834)
57
Madocks, John Edward, 1760–1806
Archery
1787
58
M. H., active 1814–1815
Sketchbook
1814-1815
59
Le Messurier's A.B.C. sketching frame
circa 1900?
60
Jones family
Jones family archive
1805-1945
61
Crompton-Stansfield, Mary Evelyn Maude, 1862–1946
Yorkshire sketchbook
approximately 1880
62
De Wilde, Samuel, 1751–1832
Theatrical drawings
1788-1832
63
Drawings of religious orders
circa [1800?]
64
Roget, John Lewis, 1828–1908
Sketchbook, with copies of work by George Cruikshank, Tony Johannot, and other artists
1840-1841
65
Delme-Radcliffe family
Sketchbook
mid-19th century
66
Bodenham, Elizabeth Mary
Italy sketchbook
1843
67
River Seine sketchbook,
early 19th century
68
Maxwell, James Scott, ca. 1845–1922
Sketchbook of British and American steam yachts, sailing vessels, paddle steamers, and warships
1888-1889
69
J. J
Sketchbook of views in England
1843-1844
70
Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
Charles Robert Leslie collection,
circa 1812-1900
71
Johnson, Edward Reginald, b. 1846
Sketchbook of Indian scenes and British colonial life
1869-1872
72
Townshend, Harriet Frances, -1880
Harriet Francis Townshend sketchbook,
1820-1825
73
Sketchbook of views in Wales, Devon, and Staffordshire,
1849 June 6-1850 November 4
74
Storer, H. S. (Henry Sargant), 1795–1837
Sixty-four original designs & drawings illustrative of Cowper's poems &c. by H. St. Storer
1822
75
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
Henrietta Matilda Crompton sketchbook
1826
76
Specimens of architecture, Grecian & Gothic
circa 1830
77
Fuller, Edmund George, 1858–1940
Edmund G. Fuller sketchbooks
approximately 1892-1923
78
Artist's sketchbook,
circa 1809?
79
Drawings of Peruvian costume
ca. 1820?
80
Isted, Ambrose, 1797–1881
Album of drawings of horses and hunting
circa 1810
81
Kultur, civilization, marooned
circa 1912
82
Mills, Anne, ca. 1795–1827
Anne Mills diary and sketchbook of a tour on the Continent
circa 1820
83
Fitzgerald-de-Ros, Cecilia, 1811–1869
Cecilia Fitzgerald-de-Ros sketchbook
1820s
84
Burgess, Henry William, approximately 1792–1844
Sketchbook of rural scenery
ca. 1827-ca. 1830
85
White, Frank H
Frank H. White sketchbook
1898
86
Byron, Jane
[Drawing book]
1801
87
Hockney, David, born 1937
220 for 2020
[2021]
88
Stanhope, Mary Alexandrina
Sketchbook
1875-1895
89
Jane, Fred T. (Frederick Thomas), 1865–1916
Ironclads of the world
1884-1889
90
Herkomer, Hubert von, Sir, 1849–1914
Hubert von Herkomer archive,
1862-1943
91
Crompton, Henrietta Matilda, 1793–1881
Sketches of Lynmouth, Bath and Clifton
approximately 1834-approximately 1849
92
Ridout, Louisa, 1785–1860
Sketchbook of tradesperson fashions in northern France
1815 December 21-1817 November 18
93
Wentworth, Dorothy Harriet, d. 1889
Album of drawings of animals and landscapes, by Dorothy Harriet Wentworth
1830?
94
Hamilton, Frederick William, Sir, 1815–1890
Drawings of mosaics, carvings, and other patterned ornament
1878 April-1886 July
95
S. J
Architectural sketchbook
1854, May 12-1856, July 29
96
Tompkin, Miss
Isle of Wight sketchbook
1874-1880
97
Tribe, Walter Harry, 1832–1909
Diaries of Walter Harry Tribe describing travels in Italy
1906-1907
98
Vues d'Angleterre
1843
99
Alpenny, Joseph Samuel, 1787–1858
Sketchbook
1835
100
Alexander, Mary
Sketchbook
circa 1840
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