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Prints and Drawings
151
Rare Books and Manuscripts
33
Paintings and Sculpture
10
Archives
7
Creator
Serres, John Thomas, 1759–1825
23
Ibbetson, Julius Caesar, 1759–1817
22
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
19
Monro, Thomas Dr., 1759–1833
13
Bretherton, James, ca. 1730–1806
9
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
9
Unknown artist
8
Dickinson, William, 1746–1823
7
Dixon, John, ca. 1740–1811
7
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
6
Earlom, Richard, 1743–1822
5
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
5
Ireland, Anna Maria, active late-18th century
5
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800
5
Lorrain, Claude, 1600–1682
5
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
4
Boydell, John, 1720–1804
4
Redouté, Pierre-Joseph, 1759–1840
4
Watson, Thomas, 1743–1781
4
Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
3
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1800
2,003
2004
1,300
1791
1,244
1999
1,223
2000
1,193
1802
1,173
1995
1,147
1996
1,147
1998
1,090
2006
1,079
1794
1,044
1997
1,029
1900
1,010
2002
1,008
2007
993
1994
968
2003
946
2001
918
2005
900
2010
890
1790
882
1834
874
2008
868
2011
843
2012
830
2016
808
1825
797
1830
791
2009
789
1795
787
1990
781
1989
766
1930
764
1796
736
1835
736
1993
714
2013
714
1820
711
1827
707
1988
705
1979
695
1745
675
1793
675
1775
674
1832
657
1826
655
1977
652
1983
649
1960
643
1978
638
1980
634
1985
629
1789
619
1804
618
2014
617
1814
614
2015
614
1792
613
1770
609
1771
606
1986
603
1991
601
1836
600
1700
595
1992
585
1840
584
2017
584
1799
581
1984
581
1850
577
1971
573
1808
567
1981
563
1823
562
1987
562
1833
559
1949
551
1982
548
1973
544
1797
534
1972
524
1855
523
1880
523
1784
522
1803
520
1772
519
1818
496
1976
495
1970
492
1780
483
1853
482
1870
482
1974
480
1821
475
1807
472
1968
470
1975
469
1828
467
2018
467
1801
464
On-site Access
Accessible in the Study Room
191
On view
7
Not on view
3
Image Use
Free to Use
163
Under Certain Circumstances
38
Image Available
Available
151
Unavailable
50
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
78
Prints
69
Books
28
Paintings
10
Archives and Manuscripts
7
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
3
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
2
Archives & Manuscripts
1
Maps & Atlas (printed)
1
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
1
Periodicals
1
Creator Gender
male
157
unknown
41
female
7
Collective Title
The Story of the Oak Tree
12
Liber Veritatis
5
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
3
Prints by Notable Dilettanti
2
Drawings after Nature
1
Eight Views of Northern England
1
Period
18th century
125
18th century-19th century
65
19th century
5
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
58
watercolor
52
laid paper
47
graphite
44
mezzotint
34
black ink
24
gray wash
19
brown ink
13
etching (printing process)
10
oil paint
10
painting (technique)
10
black chalk
9
canvas
9
pen
8
gray ink
7
stipple engraving
7
brown wash
4
gouache
4
black wash
3
ivory
3
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drawing
79
watercolor
69
intaglio print
52
painting
10
engraving
3
miniature
2
account book
1
aquatint
1
atlase
1
booksellers' advertisement
1
composite atlase
1
extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
1
ink drawing
1
land survey
1
map
1
nautical chart
1
pattern book
1
periodical
1
publishers' advertisement
1
Genre
landscape
44
genre subject
40
portrait
36
architectural subject
10
figure study
7
marine art
7
animal art
5
botanical subject
5
religious and mythological subject
4
historical subject
3
literary theme
3
military art
3
sporting art
3
still life
3
cityscape
2
Subject Terms
landscape
43
genre subject
26
trees
23
portrait
22
sea
22
men
21
cliffs
20
hills
18
coast
16
woman
14
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1774.
10
man
10
architectural subject
9
rocks (landforms)
9
women
9
children
8
figure study
8
Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Descriptive letters and drawings
6
Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Oriental memoirs
6
costume
6
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18th century
4
19th century
2
Associated Places
England
18
United Kingdom
14
Italy
12
Great Britain
10
Europe
9
Scotland
8
Wales
7
Campagna
3
Kent
3
Devon
2
Edinburgh (Scotland)
2
Gibraltar
2
London
2
Addington
1
Albano, Lago
1
Banffshire (Scotland)
1
Brentford
1
Cader Idris
1
Castel Gandolfo
1
Chiavenna
1
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Associated People
East India Company
6
Forbes, James, 1749-1819
6
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
2
O'Brien, Mary, 3rd Countess of Orkney (1755–1831)
2
America
1
Boyn, John
1
Britannia
1
Cupid
1
Damer [née Conway], Anne Seymour (1749–1828), sculptor and author
1
Diana (Sackville), Viscountess Crosbie (1756—1814)
1
Edgcumbe, Richard, second earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1764–1839), writer on opera
1
Father Time, man with wings and scythe
1
Fitzgerald, William Robert, second duke of Leinster (1749–1804), landowner and political reformer
1
Fletcher, Col Sir Robert (1738–1776), colonel in the Indian Army, M.P.
1
Hearne, Thomas (1744–1817), watercolour painter and topographical draughtsman
1
Henry Frederick, Prince, duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (1745–1790)
1
Hibernia
1
Locker (née Parry), Lucy ( -1780)
1
Locker, Edward Hawke (1777–1849), hospital administrator and watercolour painter
1
Locker, Elizabeth (b. 1776)
1
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Exhibition History
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30)
7
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
4
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
3
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
3
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
3
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
3
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
2
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
2
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
2
50th Anniversary Exhibition (Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, 2001-09-01 - 2002-05-31)
1
Alexander and J. R. Cozens (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1987-01-30 - 1987-03-29)
1
Artists' Portraits (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-02-06 - 2002-03-24)
1
British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30)
1
British Painting and the European Continent (Haus der Kunst Munich, 1979-11-20 - 1980-01-27)
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
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
123
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
13
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection
8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ira Brind and David Brind, Yale BA 2000
4
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Theodore Sizer
4
22609486600008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
22614392130008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
22642045200008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
22653444280008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
22666756980008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
1
22666771540008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
1
22677799960008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
22682900100008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
22698675110008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
22711750830008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
22735834730008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
22773645810008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
22809461260008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
22853743210008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
22853743220008651|Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
1
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Language
English
32
German
1
Archival Collections
James Forbes archive
6
Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens
1
Archival Level
object
7
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The Grand Altar-Piece, Fronting the principal Entrance, in the Excavations at the Isle of Elephanta. J. Forbes 1774
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
1774
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