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Yale Center for British Art

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Painting of a river view of a spired city skyline under dramatic clouds, with a rowing boat and grazing horses on the bank.

Oxford from the River with Christ Church in the Foreground

William Turner, 1820

Painting of the Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ, both with golden halos, against a dark starry sky.

Virgin and Child

William Blake, 1825

Painting of a fortified island town across a bay, snow-capped mountains behind, with a shepherd and sheep under olive trees.

Corfu from Ascension

Edward Lear, 1862

Haloed figure rising above a table as two men lean toward it in a dark, dramatically lit scene.

Christ Disappearing at Emmaus

Henry Fuseli, 1792

Oil sketch of a winged angel reaching toward a seated woman holding an infant, with a cloaked figure in shadow at right.

The Angel of Mercy

Joseph Highmore, 1746

Painting of olive trees, grazing goats, ruins and a fortress on a sunlit coast with snowy mountains beyond the blue sea.

Corfu from Ascension

Edward Lear, 1860

Oil painting of a red brick country house on a hill with grazing cattle, trees and farm buildings in the foreground.

Saint Vincents, near West Malling, Kent

Dominic Serres, 1779

Christ standing with outstretched arms before kneeling apostles, rendered in brown and gold wash.

Christ Appearing to the Apostles after the Resurrection

William Blake, 1795

Pen and ink study with green wash of a bound nude male figure with arms raised, beside a draped cloaked figure.

Study for Saint Sebastian

Grey wash drawing of a bound nude figure on the left and a seated couple with onlookers on the right.

Illustration to Milton's Paradise Lost: Adam and Eve Guarded by the Angels

John Flaxman Jr

Pen and ink drawing of a robed preacher addressing a crowd beneath hovering angels, with head studies at right.

Saint Paul Preaching to the Britons

,John Hamilton Mortimer, 1775

Brown wash drawing of a vaulted stone crypt with an arched opening and a carved altar beneath a barred window.

Crypt of Saint Gervaise, Rouen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1817

Grey wash drawing of a seated Virgin holding the infant Christ, with a kneeling man bowing beside a ewer.

Adoration of the Magi

John Flaxman Jr

Head of a Woman, Study for The Bible Lesson

Philippe Mercier, 1743

Sepia drawing of a stone church with a tall tower and pointed roof beside a dirt road, with trees and a small figure.

Church of Yainville, near Saint Georges de Bocherville, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Graphite drawing of Christ blessing children, with a haloed figure and reaching hands among a crowd of people.

Christ Blessing Little Children

Pencil drawing of Christ Church, Blackfriars, showing a tall clock tower, arched windows and a pitched roof, with trees at le

Christ Church, Blackfriars, London

Thomas Girtin, 1792

Watercolor of three Romanesque arches with carved columns and two standing figures, cloister of Saint Georges de Bocherville.

Arches in the West Side of the Cloister of Saint. Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818

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

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 brown wash drawing of a Gothic church east end with arches and pinnacles, with a pack animal and figures on a stre

East End of Saint Jacques at Dieppe, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1819

Grey wash drawing of a hanging lamp above two kneeling figures before a pietà in a dim underground shrine.

An Underground Shrine with Two Figures Kneeling before a Pieta

Pencil sketch of Moses and Aaron before a crowd of kneeling and reclining figures, one raising a staff.

Moses Striking the Rock (Numbers 20:11)

Richard Westall, 1835

Drawing of carved Romanesque capitals and two bas-relief panels showing knights, religious figures, and animals, by John Sell

Capitals and A & B Bas-Reliefs in the Abbey Church of Saint Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Grey wash drawing of a Romanesque church interior showing stacked arcades, columns with carved capitals, and ribbed vaults.

Perspective Elevation of Part of the Abbey Church of Saint Stephen at Caen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Pencil sketch of Moses holding a staff beside stone tablets on a cloudy mountain, with a crowd gesturing below.

Moses Bringing the Ten Commandments from Mount Sinai (Exodus 34:29)

Richard Westall, 1835

Ink and wash drawing of a Romanesque church interior with rounded arches, columns with carved capitals, and a vaulted apse.

Interior of the Chapel of Saint Julien, near Rouen, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Pencil and brown wash drawing of a fortified building atop a steep rocky cliff, with small figures near an arched gateway.

Part of the Old Fortifications at Saint Lo, Normandy

John Sell Cotman, 1817

Pencil sketch of a winged angel pointing at a kneeling warrior in a plumed helmet, with tents and hills behind them.

Joshua and the Angel (Joshua 5:13)

Richard Westall, 1835

Watercolor interior of a Gothic cathedral with a pointed arch, shadowed passage, and sunlit tiled floor.

Norwich Cathedral: Entrance to Jesus Chapel

John Sell Cotman, 1807

Pencil and wash drawing of three panels of Romanesque relief carvings with knights, robed figures and a capital study.

Sculpture on a Suite of Capitals in the Cloisters of the Abbey Church of Saint Georges de Bocherville, near Rouen, No…

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Pencil sketch of Christ standing among a crowd beside a bier, with a veiled woman kneeling in the foreground.

Christ Raising the Widow's Son (Luke 7:13-16)

Richard Westall, 1836

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 sketch of a Gothic church porch with a pointed arch, carved capitals and a studded wooden door.

Porch of the Church of Stratton Saint Mary's, Norfolk

John Sell Cotman, 1811

Pencil sketch of a standing robed man facing a kneeling veiled woman reaching toward him in a wooded garden.

Christ Appears to Mary Magdalene (John 20:13-14)

Richard Westall, 1836