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Yale University Art Gallery

681 works

Watercolor sketch of an English house with mullioned windows, a pedimented doorway, and a green lawn in front.

View of an English House

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and ink sketches of a seated child gesturing at a table and a figure slumped over a table on paper.

Sketch for "Phillada Flouts Me," from Old Songs I (book published by Harper in 1889, previously published in Harper's…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1889

Ink and wash drawing of a large man in a long coat swinging a bucket at two boys beside a wooden table.

Man Swinging Bucket at Two Boys (recto); Two Men Behind a Wall (verso)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a shirtless man seen from behind, seated and painting at an easel beside blue water and wooden posts.

The Artist on the Beach Sketching

Charles Demuth, 1934

Ink and wash sketch of a tall man with a cane walking past two playful boys on tan paper.

Man Walking with Two Boys

Edwin Austin Abbey

Loose graphite sketch on tan paper of two figures beside a bed, with diagonal hatching and a tall standing figure at right.

Study for "Beside the bed..." - illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and New York: 1902),…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890

Charcoal sketch on blue paper of an elderly woman in a pleated bonnet, with large round eyes and a downturned mouth.

Study of Benjamin Franklin for the murals at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (compl…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Charcoal sketch of a crouching nude male figure wearing a cap, reaching one arm downward, on cream paper.

Figure study for "Science Revealing the Treasures of the Earth" mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pe…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1902

Grey wash drawing of a rocky landscape with a natural arch, a kneeling hermit by a crucifix, and grazing animals.

St. Jerome in the Wilderness

Abraham Genoels

Pen and ink sketch of an elderly man seated on a stool beside a wicker basket in a dim interior.

Sketch for "Sally in Our Alley," from Old Songs

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1886

Pencil sketch of a leafless tree with a dark trunk and spreading branches, small buds visible at the twig tips, on aged paper

Sketch of budding tree branches

Edwin Austin Abbey

Charcoal and chalk study of a standing man in a wide-brimmed hat and long coat with lace cuffs on brown paper.

Study for figure at left in "Penn's Treaty," mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1908

Nude Standing, Right Profile

Dark brown wash drawing of rocky outcrops rising from a still lake beneath shadowed hills.

A Dark, Rocky Lake

Francis Danby, 1825

Watercolor study of trees, a green hedge, and a stone wall in a landscape on grey-blue paper.

Study of landscape with trees and stone wall

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and ink sketch of a young girl holding a stick beside New Year 1891 greeting lettering on a cream card.

Sketch for a greeting card: A Happy New Year 1891 from M.G.A. and E.A.A.

Edwin Austin Abbey

Brown wash drawing of two glazed wooden sheds beside overgrown shrubs, with a fence and steps at the right.

Shacks and Shrubs

Edwin Austin Abbey

Charcoal and red chalk study of a standing female figure with arms outstretched on blue-grey paper.

Study for "Spirit of Religious Liberty...guiding the ships," mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Penns…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink drawing of a bowing man in Elizabethan dress reaching toward a standing woman in a long embroidered gown.

Gratiano: "My eyes, my lord, can look as swift as yours," from Act III, Scene ii, Merchant of Venice

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1888

Watercolor of a man in cap and striped trousers sawing a log on a sawhorse beside stacked logs and a street grate.

The Wood Sawer

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Graphite and white chalk drawing of a standing nude woman with arms raised behind her head, with a smaller sketch beside her.

Study for the Figure of Venus

Elihu Vedder, 1893

Graphite sketch of a nude female figure with arms outstretched, leaning forward, on cream paper.

Study for figure of 9 am for "The Hours" mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Edwin Austin Abbey

Painting of the gray battleship USS Indiana at sea under a pastel sunset, smoke rising from two funnels, American flag at ste

U.S.S. Indiana off Santiago, Cuba, 1898, Spanish American War, 1898

Pen and ink sketch of a woman in a shawl facing a bearded man in a hat, with two figures standing behind them.

Figure Scene, study for "A Castle in Spain"

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor and ink landscape of rolling mountains and a valley under cloudy sky, with a stone wall in the foreground.

The Vale of Ambleside, Wansfell

Edwin Austin Abbey

Loose watercolor washes in grey, green, and yellow on paper, with faint suggestions of a landscape and white reserved highlig

Unidentified sketch - landscape (?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Loose watercolor sketch of figures in period dress seated and standing around a bench under green trees.

Figures seated along an outdoor bench

Edwin Austin Abbey

Loose watercolor and ink sketch of a man in a top hat sweeping a walkway beside an arched doorway and green shrubs.

Man in tophat and shirtsleeves sweeping a walkway

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of a standing figure in a robe and plumed hat gesturing toward a seated figure on a pale sheet.

Unidentified illustration (to a Shakespeare play?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Sketch of a sheep's head (?)

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1866