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Yale University Art Gallery

1,302 works

Ink and wash sketch of a man and woman in a rowboat by a riverbank beneath a leaning tree, rendered in grey tones.

Man and woman in rowboat, near riverbank - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey wash drawing of a mountain peak across water, with wooded shoreline on the right and cloudy sky above.

Highland Scene

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1881

Engraving of the Doric Temple of Neptune at Paestum with columns, cattle, and herders in the foreground.

Vue du Temple de Neptune, Dieu tutélaire de l'ancienne ville de Pesto, quoi que on n'y voye aucune marque qui puisse…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Etching of imaginary Roman ruins with a seated Minerva statue, overgrown columns, sarcophagi and tree canopy.

Frontispiece, Fantasy of Ruins with a Statue of Minerva in the Center Foreground, from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748

Pencil drawing of armored medieval knights and spearmen beside a kneeling blindfolded man before a heraldic banner.

Henry: "I pray them bear my former answer back. Bid them achieve me and then sell my bones.", Act IV, scene iii, Henry V

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1908

Hand-colored print of Boston harbor with ships, steamboats, church spires and a domed building, viewed from a grassy hill wit

View of the City of Boston from Dorchester Heights

Jr Robert Havell, 1841

Pastel study of a storm-tossed ship with robed and haloed figures on deck, painted in blues, reds and pale tones.

Study for "Solomon's Ship" in The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a teacher watching schoolboys at gymnastics, one hanging upside down from a bar and another climbing a rope.

Comme quoi la gymnastique forme les membres, mais déforme le nez. (Physical exercise may be forming the bones, but de…

Honoré Daumier, 1845

Charcoal and chalk sketch of a seated man gesturing toward a standing woman in a striped gown in an interior.

Petruchio banters Katharina (study for .1058) - Act II, Scene I, Taming of the Shrew

Edwin Austin Abbey

Hand-colored print of a bull in a bullring with a matador in pink holding a cape and spectators behind a wooden barrier.

Plate VII, from the series Colección de las principales suertes de una corrida de toros (Collection of the Main Actio…

Antonio Carnicero, 1790

Lithograph of jockeys in striped silks whipping galloping racehorses across a track, with a third rider behind.

La Course (The Race)

Théodore Géricault, 1823

Ink drawing of a man ducking beside a post as a woman throws a vessel from a doorway onto a cobbled street.

Christopher Sly, illustration for Introduction, Scene ii, Taming of the Shrew

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1892

Etching of the ruins of the Forum of Nerva in Rome, with a massive stone wall, columns, an arch, and figures in the street.

Veduta degli avanzi del Foro di Nerva (View of the remains of the Forum of Nerva), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1757

Charcoal and chalk sketch of three figures in a dim interior, a standing man gesturing toward a seated woman at a table.

Sketch for an unidentified Shakespeare play

Edwin Austin Abbey

Study of a maid

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and ink drawing of armored guards and a hooded woman in a columned hall with robed figures, by Edwin Austin Abbey, 1891.

The Imprisonment of the Queen - Act II, Scene I, The Winter's Tale

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1891

Pencil sketch of a log cabin with a shingled roof, a tall cornfield, and a man in a hat carrying a tool at right.

Uncle Ned's Cabin

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1866

Hand-colored print of a large city fire with flames over brick buildings, firefighters with hoses, and crowds in top hats.

The Great Fire of the City of New York, 16 December 1835

John T. Bowen, 1835

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

Woodcut of Christ praying on the Mount of Olives as an angel offers a chalice, with sleeping disciples and approaching soldie

Christ on the Mount of Olives

Hans Weiditz the Younger, 1522

Grey watercolor of a calm sea with dark headlands along the horizon, a small sailboat, and a layered cloudy sky.

Water scene with landscape

Edwin Austin Abbey

Colored lithograph of pilgrims landing on a rocky shore with a Native American man and a ship at sea behind them.

The Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 22nd 1620

Currier & Ives, 1876

Etching of vaulted Roman ruins with coffered ceilings, brick arches, workers, a horse cart and the Colosseum in the distance.

Veduta degli avanzi del Tablino della Casa aurea di Nerone detti volgarmente il Tempio della Pace (View of the Remain…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1774

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

A Dark, Rocky Lake

Francis Danby, 1825

Etching of ruined Doric columns and a fallen entablature with small figures and a dog among the stones.

A., B. Vue des deux restes de rangs de colonnes qui étoient au Temple de Neptune qui latéralement formoient les porti…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Loose watercolor and pencil sketch of several men in period costume, one in a green doublet and cap, one bending forward.

Probable study for "The Bowling Green," illustration to poems from: New Amsterdam, 1655

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of ruined Doric columns of a temple with cattle and a shepherd in the foreground, by Piranesi.

Vuë des restes de la celle du temple du Neptune (View of the remains of the cella of the temple of Neptune), from Dif…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Etching of a Venetian piazza with an arcaded library building, columns, an obelisk, and cloaked figures walking across paving

La Libreria. V., from the series Vedute (Views)

Canaletto, 1740

Etching of a dark vaulted prison interior with stairways, arches, and tiny figures on railed walkways.

The Gothic Arch, plate 14 from Carceri d'Invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

Engraving of armored warriors in a boat beside a ship on rough sea, framed by nude figures, fruit garlands and sea monsters.

Aeëtes Gathers the Limbs of his son Absyrtus, from Jason and the Golden Fleece

René Boyvin, 1563

Engraving of Apollo and Artemis shooting arrows from clouds at figures falling dead on a hillside below.

Apollo and Artemis Killing Niobe's Children

Philips Galle, 1557

Theatre programme poster with bold lettering, cast list, and a man reading at a table beside a seated couple.

Program for Théâtre de l'Oeuvre

Félix Edouard Vallotton, 1894

Engraving of three sailing ships in a storm, with a rider on a dolphin and sea monsters in the foreground waves.

Three Caravels in a Rising Squall with Arion on a Dolphin, from Sailing Vessels

Frans Huys, 1561

Engraving of a formal 1645 marriage contract ceremony in a decorated hall with courtiers in lace and cloaks, by Abraham Bosse

Ceremonie Observee au Contract de Mariage

Abraham Bosse, 1645

Etching of a calm Venetian lagoon with mooring posts, sailing ships, gondolas and a distant domed city skyline.

The Long Lagoon, from the Second Venice Set (A Set of Twenty-six Etchings)

James McNeill Whistler, 1879

Etching of a ruined Doric temple colonnade with oxen and herdsmen in the foreground, by Piranesi, 1778.

Vue latérale du Temple de Junon . . . (Side View of the Temple of Juno . . . ), from Différentes vues de . . . Pesto…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Etching of a tidal basin with dark wooded shoreline on the right, low islands in the distance, and a small boat on calm water

Thye Basin

Etching of turbaned riders confronting a charging bull and horse, with a fallen man and a swordsman in the foreground.

Los moros establecidos en España, prescindiendo de las supersticiones de su Alcorán, adoptaron esta caza y arte, y la…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Engraving of Leda reclining nude with a swan, a cupid and a seated figure, with a distant castle and mountains behind.

Leda and the Swan

Georges Reverdy, 1530

Engraved key with a naval battle scene on Lake Champlain showing sailing ships, smoke, mounted observers, and text tables bel

Macdonough's Victory on Lake Champlain (War of 1812) - Key for Tannen's print

Hugh Reinagle, 1814

Etching of a man wrestling a bull on open ground while two onlookers stand at right, from Goya's La tauromaquia.

El mismo vuelca un toro en la plaza de Madrid (The Same Man Throws a Bull in the Ring at Madrid), Plate 16 from La ta…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of a sailing ship battling choppy waves under a stormy sky, with smaller boats on the horizon.

"Naviere [sic] ordinaire qui passe de Douve a Calais" [Ship sailing Between Dover and Calais]

Stefano Della Bella

Engraved view of a naval bombardment with warships firing shells over a fort on a shoreline, with boats and houses.

A View of the Bombardment of the Fort Mc Henry

John Bower, 1819

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

Hand-colored lithograph of American and British soldiers fighting at night at Fort Erie, with smoke, fallen men and raised we

Repulsion of the British at Fort Erie, after E.C.W.

James Queen, 1841

Etching of a man pulling a loaded cart with children along a riverbank, a woman holding a child, and a sail at left.

L'Emménagement au bottin (Le Mobilier du bateau) [Moving into the Boat (The furnishings of the boat)]

Charles-François Daubigny, 1861

Etching of two leaning pine trees in a field with rolling hills and a hatched sky beyond.

Coucher du soleil (Sunset)

Alphonse Legros

Etching of a rider standing beside his horse with a sword, a second figure behind, and a dog sniffing rocks in front.

The Rider Standing by His Horse, from Vari capricci (Various Capriccios)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740

Etching of a Venetian church facade with rose window, beside a canal with rowing boats, gondolas and figures on the quay.

Chiesa del Spirtio Santo, from "Le Fabriche e Vedute di Venezia"

Luca Carlevarijs, 1703

Etching of a bull goring a fallen man in a bullring while a bullfighter with a cape and spectators look on.

La desgraciada muerte de Pepe Illo en la plaza de Madrid (The Unlucky Death of Pepe Illo in the Ring at Madrid), Plat…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Etching of the interior of an ancient amphitheater with tiered seating, arched arcades, and small figures in the arena.

Tav. 25 Anfiteatro di Verona (Pl. 25 Ampitheater of Verona), from Alcune Vedute di Archi Trionfali ed altri monumenti…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748

Panoramic print of Brooklyn harbor with crowded sailing ships, steamboats, a ferry landing, and city buildings along the hori

View of Brooklyn, LI from U.S. Hotel, New York

Francis Michelin, 1846

Etching of a hillside road with a covered wagon, carriage, travelers, trees and a distant town under a hatched sky.

Mountain Landscape with Five Bridges, from the series Vedute (Views)

Canaletto, 1741

Etching of a bearded preacher reading from a book to a crowd of men and women in an interior with leaded windows.

Le Preche de Junius

Léopold Flameng, 1860