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Prints and Drawings
35
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Paintings and Sculpture
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Reference Library
1
Creator
Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784
13
Kent, William, ca.1686–1748
4
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646–1723
3
Barret, George, 1732–1784
2
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
2
Unknown artist
2
Alexander, John, 1686–before 1768
1
Ashton, Matthew, active 1728
1
BEARD, Thomas, op. 1728?
1
Bell, Henry, 1647–1711
1
Buck, Nathaniel, active 1727–1753
1
Buck, Samuel, 1696–1779
1
Castell, Robert
1
Faber, John the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
1
Gibbs, James, 1682–1754
1
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
1
Jamesone, George, 1587/8–1644
1
Kirkall, Elisha, ca. 1682–1742
1
Lens, Bernard III, 1682–1740
1
Lens, Peter Paul, 1714–1750
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1799
374
1785
369
1780
360
1750
340
1798
326
1796
318
1749
314
1767
305
1783
298
1768
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1752
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1788
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1773
280
1787
273
1770
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1730
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1784
256
1739
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1800
236
1786
233
1778
229
1776
224
1725
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1782
216
1758
210
1771
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1755
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1754
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1738
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1777
190
1760
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1762
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1763
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1779
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1781
176
1765
170
1740
169
1772
161
1764
156
1742
154
1769
147
1753
145
1735
124
1751
123
1774
118
1717
111
1757
104
1748
101
1761
98
1766
97
1736
93
1715
89
1746
87
1705
84
1747
79
1720
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1737
75
1756
75
1732
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1731
72
1759
72
1743
66
1741
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1712
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1744
62
1719
58
1729
58
1728
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1710
46
1734
37
1733
34
1723
32
1727
32
1701
28
1724
28
1707
24
1709
23
1726
23
0
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1713
20
1722
19
1718
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1714
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1716
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1721
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1703
15
1690
14
1699
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1704
13
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
46
Accessible by appointment in the Reference Library
1
Not on view
1
Image Use
Free to Use
37
Under Certain Circumstances
11
Image Available
Available
35
Unavailable
13
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
22
Prints
11
Books
10
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
3
Archives & Manuscripts
1
Paintings
1
Creator Gender
male
35
unknown
14
Collective Title
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
5
Album of Original Sketches by Sir Joshua Reynolds
1
Period
18th century
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19th century
1
20th century
1
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
27
black chalk
12
graphite
11
black ink
8
pen
8
white chalk
8
wove paper
6
mezzotint
5
brown wash
4
gray ink
3
red chalk
3
stumping
3
watercolor
3
brown ink
2
gray wash
2
canvas
1
engraving (printing process)
1
gouache
1
line engraving
1
oil paint
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drawing
25
intaglio print
7
watercolor
5
engraving
3
armorial bookplates (provenance)
1
blank form
1
booksellers' advertisement
1
elevations (orthographic projections)
1
ephemera
1
etching
1
etchings (prints)
1
indenture
1
painting
1
plans (orthographic projections)
1
sections (orthographic projections)
1
vellum printings (printing)
1
wood engraving
1
Genre
figure study
14
portrait
10
architectural subject
5
literary theme
3
religious and mythological subject
3
animal art
2
genre subject
2
landscape
2
cityscape
1
historical subject
1
Subject Terms
portrait
15
figure study
14
head
6
architectural subject
5
men
5
studies (visual works)
5
coats
4
cuff links
4
oval
3
religious and mythological subject
3
sleeve ruffs
3
vignette
3
woman
3
women
3
Architecture -- Early works to 1800.
2
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1728.
2
Gardening -- Early works to 1800.
2
Palladian
2
animal art
2
breeches (trousers)
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Subject Period
17th century
1
Associated Places
England
7
United Kingdom
5
Europe
4
Buckingham
3
Buckinghamshire
3
Stowe house
3
Great Britain
2
Greater London
2
London
2
Chiswick
1
Cornwall (England : County)
1
Hertfordshire (England)
1
Italy
1
Mansion House
1
Richmond
1
Staffordshire
1
Stowe
1
Associated People
Alexander
1
Beales, William (Weaver)
1
Boulter, Hugh (1672–1742), archbishop
1
Charles I, King of England, 1600–1649
1
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738–1820
1
George IV (1762–1830), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover
1
Henrietta Maria, Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609–1669
1
Holofernes
1
James VI and I (1566–1625), king of Scotland, England, and Ireland
1
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE)
1
Judith
1
Mary [Mary Stewart] (1542–1587), queen of Scots
1
Richardson, Jonathan, the elder (1667–1745), portrait painter and writer
1
Scawen, Thomas, approximately 1654–1730,
1
Spill, William, born ca. 1720
1
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)
3
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
2
British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30)
1
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
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29)
1
Deconstructed: The NSLM Sporting Screen (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2019-04-12 - 2019-09-15)
1
Goya and the Satirical Print in England and on the Continent 1730 - 1850 (McMullen Museum of Art, 1991-01-28 - 1991-06-29)
1
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
The Anglo-American Artist in Italy 1750-1820 (University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, 1982-04-07 - 1982-05-09)
1
The Architect and the British Country House (High Museum of Art, 1986-08-03 - 1986-09-27)
1
The Architect and the British Country House (National Academy Museum & School, 1986-05-04 - 1986-06-20)
1
The Architect and the British Country House (The Octagon Museum, 1985-11-05 - 1986-04-06)
1
The Early Georgian Landscape Garden (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-04-20 - 1983-06-26)
1
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
32
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport
1
Language
English
11
French
1
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John Vanderbank, 1694–1739
A Young Gentleman Riding a Schooled Horse
between 1728 and 1729
Not on view
2
John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Matthew Prior
1728
3
Samuel Buck, 1696–1779
The South East View of Alnwick Castle in Northumberland
1728
4
William Kent, ca.1686–1748
Stowe House, Buckinghamshire: Design for Ceiling and Wall Decoration
between 1728 and 1732
5
William Kent, ca.1686–1748
Entrance Screen at Stowe House, Buckinghamshire: Elevation and Plan
ca. 1733
6
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Costume Study for a Portrait of a Man
undated
7
George Vertue, 1684–1756
James Craggs the Elder
1728
8
Print made by Elisha Kirkall, ca. 1682–1742
A Midnight Modern Conversation
ca. 1733, printed after 1779
9
Print made by Anton Joseph von Prenner, 1683–1761
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
1728
10
Thomas Beard, op. 1728?
Hugh Boulter, Archbishop of Armagh
1728
11
unknown artist
Sir Richard Steele
ca.1733
12
unknown artist
Sir Richard Steele
ca.1733
13
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Portrait of a Young Girl
undated
14
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Man Standing Holding a Staff in His Left Hand, Full Length
undated
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Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Head of a Young Woman or Man
undated
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Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Head of a Young Woman
undated
17
Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Woman and Infant
undated
18
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Study for a Portrait of a Seated Gentleman
undated
19
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Study of a Hand Holding a Hat
undated
20
George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784
Landscape with Trees and Sheep (Park Landscape with Sheep)
undated
21
William Kent, ca.1686–1748
Stowe House, Buckinghamshire: Elevation and Section of Chimney Piece in the Hall
ca. 1733
22
William Kent, ca.1686–1748
The Treasury, Whitehall, London: Alternate Elevations of the Facade
ca. 1733
23
Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Self-Portrait
ca. 1733
24
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Man Standing, Leaning on Left Elbow, Full-Length
undated
25
George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784
The Acacia Tree - Figures in a Park
undated
26
John Maurer, active 1713–1761
The Mansion House
undated
27
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Study for a Portrait of a Woman
undated
28
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
George IV, When Prince of Wales
undated
29
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Study for a Portrait of a Woman
undated
30
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Study for the Portrait of a Woman
undated
31
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Head of a Woman
undated
32
James Stuart, 1713–1788
Trumpeter on Galloping Horse
undated
33
Print made by John Alexander, 1686–before 1768
George Jameson
1728
34
Peter Paul Lens, 1714–1750
Studies of Human Head with Canine Features
1728
35
Hamlet Winstanley, 1698–1756
The Knowsley Gallery
1728-1729
36
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
The Memorial of Lord Darnley
1728
37
Indenture placing William Spill into the service of William Beales, broad weaver
1728 April 8
38
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
A sure method of improving estates, by plantations of oak, elm, ash, beech, and other timber-trees, coppice-woods, &c.
MDCCXXVIII [1728]
39
Gibbs, James, 1682–1754
A book of architecture
printed MDCCXXVIII [1728]
40
Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599–1641
Le cabinet des plus beaux portraits des plusieurs princes & princesses, hommes illustres, fameux peintres & autres
MDCCXXVIII [1728]
41
Salmon, N. (Nathaniel), 1675–1742
The history of Hertfordshire; describing the county and its antient monuments, particularly the Roman
M.DCC.XXVIII.[1728]
42
Mayne, Zachary, 1631–1694
Two dissertations concerning sense,
1728
43
Norden, John, 1548–1625?
Speculi Britanniae pars
1728
44
Castell, Robert
The villas of the ancients illustrated
1728
45
Leoni, Giacomo, approximately 1686–1746
[Plans, elevations, and section for Carshalton House]
[1728?]
46
Bell, Henry, 1647–1711
An historical essay on the original of painting
1728
47
Morris, Robert, 1701–1754
An essay in defence of ancient architecture, or, A parallel of the ancient buildings with the modern
1728
48
Langley, Batty, 1696–1751
New principles of gardening
1982