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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
477
Blake, William, 1757–1827
101
Ireland, Samuel, died 1800
47
Unknown artist
43
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
38
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
22
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764–1811
22
Ireland, A. M., active before 1801
20
Stubbs, George Townly, 1748–1815
15
Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
15
Howitt, Samuel, 1756–1822
14
Romney, George, 1734–1802
14
Cumberland, George, 1754–1848
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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
9
Laurie, Robert, 1755?–1836
9
Porter, William Warren Rev., 1776–1804
9
Wales, James, 1746 or 1747–1795
9
Wheatley, Francis, 1747–1801
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Canaletto, 1697–1768
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Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
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Accessible in the Study Room
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479
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male
447
unknown
131
female
5
Collective Title
The First Book of Urizen, Copy A
29
Picturesque Views with an Historical Account of the Inns of Court in London and Westminster
28
The First Book of Urizen, Copy C
26
Europe. A Prophecy, Copy A
17
Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Copy F
17
Thoughts on Outline
12
Cries of London
6
'The Copper-Plate Magazine' and 'The Itinerant,' 1794-1798
4
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
4
Propagation of a Lie
3
The Cries of London
2
Macklin's British Poets
1
The Copper-Plate Magazine' and 'The Itinerant, 1794-1798
1
The Pocket Magazine
1
The Tragedy of Macbeth
1
Period
18th century
507
18th century-19th century
40
19th century
9
20th century
3
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wove paper
248
watercolor
163
color printing
93
relief etching
88
graphite
83
etching (printing process)
72
black ink
64
laid paper
33
line engraving
31
stipple engraving
31
oil paint
26
mezzotint
22
pen
22
aquatint
19
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17
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12
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10
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watercolor
167
intaglio print
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drawing
129
relief print
88
aquatint
15
painting
10
auction catalog
8
engraving
8
drawing book
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map
4
armorial bookplates (provenance)
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conder token
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etching
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game
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halfpennie
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recreation
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soft-ground etching
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token
3
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literary theme
83
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61
architectural subject
56
genre subject
47
landscape
38
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33
military art
29
portrait
27
figure study
13
marine art
11
animal art
10
sporting art
8
cityscape
5
botanical subject
2
still life
2
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Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Descriptive letters and drawings
479
Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Oriental memoirs
479
men
72
text
66
literary theme
59
architectural subject
53
religious and mythological subject
50
nudes
46
trees
42
women
39
landscape
35
historical subject
29
vines
28
flames
27
children
26
fire
25
beard
21
leaf
20
man
20
clouds
19
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5
17th century
1
19th century
1
20th Century
1
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England
522
Wales
484
Scotland
482
Italy
480
United Kingdom
36
Europe
24
Great Britain
17
London
15
India
12
Mumbai (India)
10
Pune (India)
10
Greater London
7
Kent
7
France
5
London (England)
5
Hampshire
3
Lambeth
3
River Medway
3
Rochester
3
Southwark
3
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Associated People
East India Company
479
Forbes, James, 1749-1819
479
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
20
Daniell, Thomas, 1749-1840
10
Gaṅgārāma, active 18th century
10
Mabon, Robert
10
Malet, Charles Warre, 1752-1815
10
Wales, James, 1746 or 1747-1795
10
Hamilton, Emma, Lady, 1761?-1815
2
Ariel (character in The Tempest)
1
Bannister, John (1760–1836), actor
1
Barret, George (1732?–1784), landscape painter
1
Bartolozzi, Francesco (1728–1815), engraver
1
Bligh, William, 1754–1817
1
Bodimeade, William, -1794
1
Bourgeois, Peter Francis, Sir, 1756–1811
1
Brewster, Kingman, Jr., 1919-1988
1
Burch, Edward (bap. 1730, d. 1814), gem-engraver
1
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713–1792
1
Calonne, Charles Alexandre de, 1734–1802
1
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Exhibition History
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
47
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
47
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
43
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
34
The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)
31
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)
8
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05)
7
William Blake (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-03-26 - 2000-07-05)
6
George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15)
5
Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
5
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
5
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30)
4
William Blake and the Age of Aquarius (Block Museum of Art, 2017-09-23 - 2018-03-11)
4
British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-13)
3
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28)
3
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15)
3
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
3
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
2
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
2
Francis Wheatley (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-08-31 - 2006-02-05)
2
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
357
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection
44
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
26
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
8
Yale Center for British Art
6
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr., Yale BE 1945W
6
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of William S. Konecky
3
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
3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
2
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Herman W. Liebert
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Rhyne
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David M. Doret in memory of William Ferguson
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. Anitha E. Deitch
1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Yale University Library
1
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Allen Evarts Foster, B.A. 1906
1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth
1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. John Hill Morgan
1
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection, Bequest of Doris M. Brixey
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Language
English
83
French
4
German
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Archival Collections
James Forbes archive
479
James Wales archive
10
Collection of historic photographs and negatives of the Yale Center for British Art
1
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1001.
Drawings mentioned in the preceding Letter; 1781, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1002.
Drawings of Animals, and various subjects in Natural History; at Surat. 1772, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1003.
Drawings of Animated Nature, at the Cape of Good-Hope; and from different Parts of Africa. 1776, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1004.
Drawings of Armenians, and other Strangers, who occasionally reside at Bombay, or visit the Island from Arabia, Persia, China, and different parts of India, drawn from Nature. J. Forbes, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1005.
Drawings of different Subjects in the Island of Caranjah. 1775, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1006.
Drawings of different Subjects mentioned in the preceding Letter from Cambay. 1781, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1007.
Drawings of different Subjects, of Natural History, in South America. J. Forbes, 1765. [section page]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1008.
Drawings of Natural History in the Jamboseer Purgunna. 1781, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1009.
Drawings of Natural History, in the vicinity of Zinore, on the Banks of the Nerbedda. 1780, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1010.
Drawings of Plants, Shrubs, Flowers, Sea-Weed, and other Botanical Subjects, at the Cape of Good Hope. 1776, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1011.
Drawings of several Subjects mentioned in the preceding letter. 1771, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1012.
Drawings of the Animals and Reptiles, found in the Wilds of the Coast of Brazil. 1765, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1013.
Drawings of the Hindoos, in many of their different Casts, or Tribes; taken from Nature, during a long residence in Hindostan. J. Forbes [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1014.
Drawings of the Hindoos, the original Inhabitants of Hindoostan. 1775, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1015.
Drawings of the Mahometans, in different ranks of life; settled on the Island of Bombay. J. Forbes [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1016.
Drawings on a Journey, from Fort-Victoria to Bombay. 1771, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1017.
Drawings on Subjects, mentioned in the preceding Letter. 1780, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1018.
Drawings on various Subjects, mentioned in the preceding Letter. 1775, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1019.
Emberiza Regia. Another variety of the Neuva, Whidah, or Widow-Bird; at the Brazils. J. Forbes
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
redrawn between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1020.
Erica Coronata, at the Cape of Good Hope. J. Forbes
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
redrawn between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1021.
Erica Massonia at the Cape of Good-Hope. J. Forbes
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
redrawn between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1022.
Erica-Versicolor; at the Cape of Good-Hope. J. Forbes
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
redrawn between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1023.
Euphorbia. A branch of the large Milk-bush, of the natural size. J. Forbes
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
redrawn between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1024.
Euphorbia; a branch of the small Milk-bush, of the natural size. J. Forbes 1775
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
redrawn between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1025.
Euphorbia, and other Productions, on the Island of Caranjah. 1775, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1026.
Euphorbia. The Large Milk-Bush; on a reduced size. J. Forbes 1775
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
redrawn between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1027.
Euphorbia, Tiru-calli. The Small Milk-bush, of a reduced size. J. Forbes 1775
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
redrawn between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1028.
Euphorbia Venifolia. The large Milk-Bush, in Leaf; of the natural size. J. Forbes
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
redrawn between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1029.
Feronia, another very curious Butterfly at the Brazils. J. Forbes
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
redrawn between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1030.
FISH caught at Rio de Janeiro, on the Coast of Brazil. J. Forbes 1765
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
redrawn between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1031.
Four Letters containing a Description of the Caves of Canara, on the Island of Salsette; the Excavations at the Elephanta; and the Conquests of the English, on Salsette and Caranjah; 1775, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1032.
Four Letters containing a Journey from Baroche to Ahmed-abad; through the Province of Guzerat: with a particular Description of the capital City of Ahmed-abad. 1781, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1033.
Hindoos, the original Inhabitants of Hindostan; with a Pagoda, and surrounding Landscape, characteristic of the Country. J. Forbes 1775
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
text added between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1034.
A North-west View of the Isle of Mayo, one of the Cpe de Verd Islands; taken at 5 Leagues distance. J Forbes 1765
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
redrawn between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1035.
A Pagoda, belonging to the Malabars; at Eddova, near Anjengo. J. Forbes 1772
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
text added between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1036.
A Scene on the Banks of the Nurbeda, near Chandode. J. Forbes. 1775
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
text added between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1037.
A Second Voyage from England to Bombay. 1777, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1038.
A Sepoy, or Indian Soldier, in the pay of Ragojee Angria; with a Beggar at the Gate of Marr. J. Forbes 1771
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
redrawn between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1039.
A Series of Letters, containing the Rise and Progress of the Mahratta Empire, until the Massacre of Narron-Row in 1773. with the Memoirs of the Campaign in the Province of Guzerat, in 1775; in support of his Uncle, Ragonath Row. J. Forbes 1775, [section title]
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1040.
A Snake common in the Woods of South America; smaller than life. J. Forbes
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
redrawn between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1041.
A South View of the City of Baroche; taken from the Melon-Island in the River Nerbudda. J. Forbes 1775
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
text added between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1042.
A South View of the City of Dhuboy, in the Province of Guzerat. The Winter Quarters for the English Detachment with Colonel Keating in 1775. J. Forbes
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
redrawn between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1043.
A Spear-man, A Foot Soldier in the Mahratta Army. J. Forbes 1775
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
text added between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
1044.
A View of St. Helena; taken from the Side-path Mountain, near the Town. J. Forbes 1784
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Date:
redrawn between 1794 and 1800
Collection:
Archives
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