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Prints and Drawings
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Carter, John, 1748–1817
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Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
7
Beilby, Thomas, 1747–1826
6
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
6
Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
5
Opie, John, 1761–1807
4
Brown, Mather, 1761–1831
2
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
2
Smith, John, 1749–1831
2
Unknown artist
2
Downman, John, 1750–1824
1
Gore, Charles, 1729–1807
1
Grimm, Samuel Hieronymus, 1733–1794
1
Hackert, Jakob Phillip, 1737–1807
1
Hodges, William, 1744–1797
1
Humphry, Ozias, 1742–1810
1
Malton, James, 1761–1803
1
Pars, William, 1742–1782
1
Porter, William Warren Rev., 1776–1804
1
Serres, Dominic M., c.1761–1804
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1748
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1945
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1828
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1806
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1893
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1740
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1811
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1809
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1822
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1848
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1746
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1838
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1861
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1739
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1855
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1846
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Free to Use
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
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Creator Gender
male
47
female
7
unknown
2
Collective Title
Drawings after Nature
6
King Lear
2
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2
Collection of Sketches by Henry Swinburne
1
The Tempest
1
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1
The Winter's Tale
1
Period
18th century
45
18th century-19th century
11
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
35
graphite
33
watercolor
26
black ink
24
wove paper
17
gouache
8
pen
8
scraping
7
brown ink
6
gray wash
6
gray ink
5
brown wash
4
black chalk
3
pens
3
red chalk
3
red ink
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white chalk
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blue wash
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crayon
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Work Type
drawing
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watercolor
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Genre
landscape
18
architectural subject
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figure study
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literary theme
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genre subject
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marine art
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portrait
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cartographic material
2
cityscape
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Subject Terms
landscape
13
trees
12
architectural subject
8
church
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figure study
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literary theme
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Grand Tour
7
mountains
7
plays by William Shakespeare
7
woman
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hills
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man
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rocks (landforms)
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clouds
5
men
5
genre subject
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gesturing
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lake
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portrait
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science
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Associated Places
United Kingdom
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England
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City of Westminster
7
House of Commons
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London
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Palace of Westminster
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St. Stephen's Chapel, Palace of Westminster
7
Europe
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Italy
4
Switzerland
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Alps
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Rome
2
Aare
1
Bohemia
1
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
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Church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti
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Czech Republic
1
France
1
Fucino, Conca del
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Geneva, Lake of
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
8
Cordelia (character in King Lear)
2
King Lear (character in King Lear)
2
The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
2
Antigonus (character in The Winter's Tale)
1
Ariel (character in The Tempest)
1
Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
1
Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
1
Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
1
Perdita (character in The Winter's Tale)
1
Stubbs, George (1724–1806), painter, engraver, and anatomist
1
Wesley [Westley], John (1703–1791), Church of England clergyman and a founder of Methodism
1
Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
8
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
6
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
4
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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
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)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
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)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
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)
2
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
2
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
2
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)
2
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
2
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
48
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon
4
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr. Yale BE 1945W, and John Charles Street, Yale BA 1951, MA 1952, PhD 1955 in memory of our fathers Edward Porter Street, Yale 1920, and Charles Larrabee Street, Yale 1914
1
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel
ca. 1781
2
Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810
Study of the Artist's Mother Sewing
ca. 1776
3
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Choir and Orchestra (A Choral Band)
1776
4
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare
1776
5
Jakob Phillip Hackert, 1737–1807
Lake Nemi
1776
6
Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Lago Fucino
1776
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unknown artist
Rochefort 1776
1776
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Dominic M. Serres, c.1761–1804
View of Perth from Moncrieffe Hill
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
River Landscape with Cattle Watering
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
A Country Church Amongst Hills
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unknown artist
L'Orient 1776: Map of the Port of Orient
1776
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Personalized Design
1776
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William Pars, 1742–1782
A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio
1776
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Mather Brown, 1761–1831
Man Seated on a Rock
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James Malton, 1761–1803
Preparatory drawing for the Title page, "Designs for Villas" (A Collection of Designs for Rural Retreats)
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Mather Brown, 1761–1831
A Page Boy in Blue with a Red Shield
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J. Tobin, active 1776
Preparing to lay eel traps
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
Morning - River Scene with Figures near a Cottage
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
Night - River Landscape with a Ruined Abbey
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Classical Female Figure
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Standing Classical Female Figure
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John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Isola Madre, Lago Maggiore
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Groins of the Cloisters, Adjoining St Stephen's Chapel West
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Groins of the Undercroft of St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Standing Classical Male Figure with Spear
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
Day - Landscape with Rapids and Cattle
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
Evening - Landscape with a Ruined Castle
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Draped Classical Torso
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John Downman, 1750–1824
Portrait of a Divine Called Reverend John Wesley
ca. 1781
35
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
A View of Tivoli Looking Towards Rome
ca. 1781
36
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost..
ca. 1781
37
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Antigonus Disposing of Perdita
ca. 1781
38
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
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Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Kennington Common
1776
40
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ferdinand and Ariel
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ophelia's Death
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Interlaken
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Upon the Aare between Unterseen and the Lake of Brientz
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Between Chamonix and Martigny
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Lake of Geneva from the Canton of Berne
1776
48
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Falls of the Reichenbach
1776
49
Thomas Beilby, 1747–1826
View near Sheffield
1776
50
Thomas Beilby, 1747–1826
South View of the Manor near Sheffield
1776
51
Thomas Beilby, 1747–1826
West View of Sheffield Manor
1776
52
Thomas Beilby, 1747–1826
Roche Abbey, near Sandbeck
1776
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Thomas Beilby, 1747–1826
Trinity Church, Sheffield
1776
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Thomas Beilby, 1747–1826
View of Heaton Mill, near Newcastle
1776
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William Hodges, 1744–1797
View of Chinsura from the River
ca. 1781
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Rev. William Warren Porter, 1776–1804
Landscape with Cattle
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