New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

Yale Center for British Art

1,743 works

Featured

Filters

Works per page

Color

Shape

Grey wash drawing of a thatched cottage under a gnarled tree with figures at its doorway and a walker on the road.

Wooded Landscape with Figures outside a Cottage Door

Thomas Gainsborough, 1775

Four pencil and wash studies of tapering carved coffin lids, each bearing a different cross and decorative pattern.

Studies of Four Coffin Lids from ?Norfolk Churches

John Sell Cotman, 1822

Soft brown watercolor of trees lining a park path, a low wall, a small pavilion, and a pond in the foreground.

Trees in Hyde Park, London

Thomas Girtin, 1800

Brown and ochre wash drawing of a woodland pool with rocks beneath a leaning tree and foliage.

A Woodland Pool with Rocks and Plants

Thomas Gainsborough, 1765

Watercolor of a ruined castle with an arched doorway and broken tower on a grassy hill under a cloudy sky.

Unidentified Castle (Formerly Called Clanbury Castle)

John Sell Cotman

Grey wash drawing of St. Paul's Cathedral dome above brick buildings and a cart on a London street.

St. Paul's Cathedral, from St. Martin's-le-Grand, London

Thomas Girtin, 1795

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a wooded landscape with a leaning tree and small figures beside a pond.

Wooded Landscape with Figures

Thomas Gainsborough, 1788

Pencil sketch of a gabled stone rectory with a pointed doorway, an octagonal turret and shrubs in the foreground.

Upwell Rectory, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1816

Pencil drawing of a Gothic cathedral interior with ribbed vaults, clustered piers and a decorated stone screen.

St. Alban's Cathedral, Hertfordshire

Thomas Girtin, 1797

Grey wash landscape drawing of a horse-drawn cart on a road beneath large trees, with figures and a bare stump at right.

Wooded Landscape with Country Cart and Figures

Thomas Gainsborough, 1785

Two watercolor studies of upright stone coffin lids, each carved with a raised cross, on a cream paper ground.

Studies of Two Coffin Lids from Norfolk Churches

John Sell Cotman, 1822

Pencil sketch of a country house on a wooded hillside with trees and a small gateway in the foreground.

Sharpham, near Totnes, Devon

Thomas Girtin, 1797

Brown wash landscape of a horseback rider and walker with a dog near a stream and stone bridge under trees.

Hilly Landscape with Figures Approaching a Bridge

Thomas Gainsborough, 1763

Pencil drawing of a medieval brass with three praying figures, a central man flanked by two women, under gothic canopies.

The Sepulchral Brass of Robert Braunche and His Two Wives in Saint Margaret's Church, Lynn, Norfolk, 1364

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Pencil drawing of Peterborough Cathedral's west front with a tall central tower, spires, and detailed Gothic arches.

Peterborough Cathedral, Cambridgeshire

Thomas Girtin, 1794

Grey wash drawing of a covered cart and horsemen on a country road beneath a tree and misty hills.

Open Landscape with Horsemen and Covered Cart

Thomas Gainsborough, 1780

Pencil sketch of a narrow arched church window with iron bars and a star-patterned carved arch above it.

Window on the North Side of Burnham Ulph Church, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1815

Pencil sketch of a river with a boat in the foreground and a Gothic abbey with a tall tower across the water.

Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire

Thomas Girtin, 1801

Watercolor street view of a towered stone gatehouse with an archway, brick buildings, pedestrians, and a horse-drawn carriage

Whitehall Showing Holbein's Gate and Banqueting Hall

Thomas Sandby, 1760

Graphite drawing of two old horses standing in a flat field, one facing right and one turned away.

Two Old Horses Standing in a Field

John Sell Cotman

Grey wash drawing of a garden wall with a statue in a niche, tall poplars, a bell tower and rooftops behind.

In the Farnese Gardens, Rome

Thomas Girtin, 1795

Grey wash drawing of a riverside terrace with sailboats on a wide river and a domed church on the distant skyline.

View of London from Richmond House, Whitehall

Giovanni Antonio Canal

Pencil and chalk drawing of travellers and animals crossing a stone arch bridge over a steep alpine gorge.

Travellers Crossing a Bridge over an Alpine Gorge

John Sell Cotman, 1828

Brown wash drawing of a winged, helmeted figure seated with a staff in a rocky ravine, with a bird flying overhead.

The Archangel Gabriel Awaiting Night

Thomas Girtin, 1799

Pencil and blue-tinted drawing of an inverted nude male figure with arms raised, on cream paper.

An Angel with a Trumpet

William Blake, 1805

Pencil sketch of a tall stone tower with a conical roof, a figure with a basket, and a small market scene below.

Yarmouth, the North-west Tower

John Sell Cotman, 1811

Pen and ink sketch of ruined Gothic palace walls with arches, gabled roofs and a tower above a waterside foreground.

Ruins of Savoy Palace

Thomas Girtin, 1795

Pencil sketch of a man's head in three-quarter view on tan paper, with handwritten ink notes along the bottom edge.

A Visionary Head

William Blake, 1819

Watercolor caricature of a thin man offering papers to a stout man in brown coat, who raises a hand to refuse.

The Rise of the Stocks (One of a Set of Three)

John Sell Cotman, 1799

Pencil sketch of a rolling landscape with trees, cottages and a distant tower, by Thomas Girtin, 1796.

Thetford, Norfolk

Thomas Girtin, 1796