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Yale University Art Gallery

3,067 works

Colored print of a bison herd crossing a river at sunset, with mesas and grassland under a dramatic sky.

Herd of Bisons on the Upper Missouri, from the book Maximilian, Prince of Wied's, Travels in the Interior of North Am…

Sigismond Himely, 1839

Loose pencil sketch of strolling figures, a woman and child, beneath trees with a bench at left.

Study for Strolling Players (watercolor)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a calm canal with sailing boats, moored vessels, a small house on the left, and birds near the shore under a cloud

Canal aux Martigues

Adolphe Appian, 1876

Etching of a row of leaning poplar trees, a windmill, and grazing cattle in a flat landscape under a cloudy sky.

Rideau des peupliers (Vendée) (Curtain of Poplars [Vendee])

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1911

Charcoal sketch of three thatched rustic houses with a winding path and a standing figure in the foreground.

Three Houses

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Engraved print of a laurel-crowned bust in armour inside an arched niche with columns, titled L'Avant-Victorieux.

Bust of Henry IV (L'Avant-Victorieux)

Léonard Gaultier, 1610

Black and white lithograph of a hooded robed figure bending over and embracing a thin kneeling man in an arched frame.

El franciscano (The Franciscan)

José Clemente Orozco, 1929

Ink sketch of a woman in a wide hat carrying a tray with a glass and a small object, seen from behind.

Woman with Tray

Watercolor of a grey horse pulling a blue cart stacked with rows of bottles, driven by a man in a green coat.

The Mead, Ginger & Rootbeer Cart

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Etching of a woman bending over a basin in a dim interior, with a bright window at upper right and a second figure at left.

Sunday Morning

Anders Zorn, 1892

Japanese woodblock print of uniformed military musicians playing brass and woodwind instruments in a room with a curtained wi

Wind Ensemble

Tsukioka Kogyo, 1900

Hand-colored print of whalers in a boat attacking a sperm whale, with two ships emitting smoke in the background.

The Whale Fishery:/ Attacking a Sperm Whale...and "Cutting in"

Currier & Ives, 1857

Hand-colored print of the American frigate United States in battle with the English frigate Macedonian at sea, smoke rising.

Engagement between the American Frigate, The United States and the English Frigate the Macedonian, one of a pair, see…

Alexandre Jean Louis Jazet, 1850

Pencil sketch of tall sumac plants with seed heads and leafy stems, with handwritten colour notes in the lower right.

Sketch of weeds

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a seated woman in a bonnet playing a stringed instrument, shaded with dense crosshatching.

Old Ballad II

Anders Zorn, 1898

Two hummingbirds with a nest and eggs in a misty green mountain landscape with palm trees.

Brazilian Hummingbirds III

Martin Johnson Heade, 1863

Lithograph of a dark horse with a white blaze standing in a stable with a bridle, hay and straw around it.

Cheval arabe à l'écurie (An Arabian Horse in a Stable)

Chalk and graphite study of a nude man with raised arm and upturned head on orange paper.

Study for figure of 5 am in "The Hours" mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Edwin Austin Abbey

Engraved print of a standing general in uniform beside a white horse, cannon, and distant battle with a flag.

George Washington at the Battle of Trenton (1792)

Thomas Cheesman, 1795

Etching of a riverside city with a tall column, domed church, boats on water, figures and a cart, framed by a large tree.

Imaginary View of Padua, from the series Vedute (Views)

Canaletto, 1735

Pencil sketch of a large Victorian house with many chimneys, framed by trees and a garden of shrubs and lawn.

Sketch of an exterior: gaden, wall and large Victorian house

Edwin Austin Abbey

Engraving of a woodland festival for Pan with nymphs, satyrs and musicians gathered around a pedestal under a grotto arch.

Fete du Dieu PAN, celebrée par des Sylvains et des Nymphes

Claude Gillot, 1708

Ink and watercolor sketch of spectators in theater boxes, men in black evening dress and women in hats, by Joaquín Torres-Gar

Artists' Ball: Spectators in Theater Boxes

Joaquín Torres-García, 1921

Pencil sketch of a wooden clapboard building with dormer windows, a porch, a tall tree, and a dirt path in front.

Sketch of exterior of a building

Edwin Austin Abbey

Brown ink and wash drawing of an armored archangel with a sword above falling rebel angels in clouds.

Fall of the Rebel Angels

or copy after? Domenico Piola

Grey-wash drawing of a dilapidated farmhouse with thatched roof, climbing vines, barrels, and a leaning ladder in the yard.

The Dilapidated Farmhouse

François Boucher, 1740

Loose charcoal sketch of a nude female figure with raised arms and one knee bent, on cream paper.

Figure study for "The Hours": sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Woodblock print of a standing woman with a fan and two seated figures beside a latticed screen, with calligraphy above.

First singing of the utai: The Five Artistic Starts of the Year

Isoda Koryusai, 1774

Etching of the Virgin nursing the infant beneath trees while a haloed Saint Joseph kneels reading in a landscape.

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Stefano Della Bella, 1641

Sketch of a woman in a yellow dress with a brown veil over her face, drawn in chalk and graphite on tan paper.

Study, Woman in yellow dress with brown veil over face

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a standing couple in plumed hats with a skeleton emerging from a tomb at lower right.

Death Appearing, from an Open Grave, to a Wedded Couple

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1639

Engraving of Hercules on horseback abducting a nude woman while a fallen figure lies beneath rearing horses; Latin caption ab

Hercules Kidnapping Jole

Sebald Beham, 1544

Loose graphite sketch of figures in an interior, with a seated figure by a window and standing figures on the right.

Figures in an interior

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a bearded older man in a dark coat holding a wine glass, with two men in shadow behind him.

A Toast II

Anders Zorn, 1893

Etching of a bearded man in a turban embracing a veiled woman seated beneath a large tree, with a landscape to the right.

Judah and Tamar

Pencil sketch of a leafy branch with lobed leaves on grey paper, with faint preliminary leaf studies at left.

Study of a branch with leaves

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of Niagara Falls seen from a rocky ledge, with small figures in period dress watching the cascade and mist.

Niagara Falls. Part of the British Fall, taken from under the Table Rock

John Hill, 1829

Drawn figures of a woman embracing a limp child across her lap, shaded in grey with a blue background.

Frau mit totem Kind (Woman with Dead Child)

Käthe Kollwitz, 1903

Charcoal study of a man with one arm raised, wearing a heavy draped robe, sketched on grey paper.

Figure study for King Arthur's Round Table, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of fifteen paintings for the B…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Charcoal drawing of a fen with clustered trees, reflective water in the foreground, and streaked clouds over a tan sky.

Fen near Saasveld

Piet Mondrian, 1907

Etching of a wooden jetty in Honfleur harbor with moored sailing ships, rowboats, sailors, and a distant lighthouse.

Jetée en Bois dans le Port de Honfleur (Wood Jetty in the Port of Honfleur)

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1865

Pencil sketch of two slender trees with leafy branches on a grassy bank, with faint background landscape.

Study of two trees

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1874

Engraved portrait of a man in a long curled wig and draped cloak, seated beside an open book and stacked books.

Portrait of Antoine Coypel

Gerard Edelinck

Hand-colored print of a river between hills, with a rowboat, a fisherman, and buildings of a glassworks village on the far ba

View of the Water Gap and Columbia Glass Workshop

William Strickland, 1826

Pencil sketch of figures in a dim interior, including a standing man, a gesturing man, and a seated onlooker in a chair.

Study for "Miles Standish's Challenge"

Edwin Austin Abbey

Engraved oval portrait of a clergyman with a white collar and cross pendant, with Latin inscription and coat of arms below.

Jean de Montpezat de Carbon, Archevêque de Bourges, puis de Sens (Archbishop of Bourges, then of Sens)

Robert Nanteuil, 1673

Mezzotint portrait of George Washington standing beside a table of books, an inkstand, and a carved chair, with drapery behin

George Washington

Edward Savage, 1801

Watercolor landscape with a single leafy tree, blue cloudy sky, distant green hills, and a reflective pool of water in the fo

Landscape with tree

Edwin Austin Abbey

Washington

Elijah C. Kellogg, 1844

Pencil drawing of a nude woman with head tilted back in front of a shaded bearded male head, with a dedication inscription.

Woman and Head of Christ

Kahlil Gibran, 1921

Etching of two men shaking hands and toasting, with a French menu and handwritten signatures below.

Etching by E.A. Abbey: The Kinsmen - (illustration to a French verse)

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1887

Monochrome sketch of bridge towers, cranes and scaffolding under construction by a river, with cathedral spires in the misty

Building the Bridge, at Cologne

Joseph Pennell, 1914

Engraved oval portrait of a bishop in clerical collar with a cross necklace, with inscription and coat of arms below.

François Bosquet, Evêque de Montpellier (Bishop of Montpellier)

Robert Nanteuil, 1671

Ink sketch of a stooped man in a cap walking across a hatched landscape toward a rising sun on the horizon.

Cartoon of figure walking at sunrise. study for "The Belated Traveler."

Edwin Austin Abbey

Hand-colored print of Niagara Falls with two figures and a dog on a rocky path in the foreground.

Niagara Falls. Part of the American Fall, from the foot of the Stair Case

John Hill, 1829

Etching of a woman in a headscarf spoon-feeding a child seated in her lap, with cross-hatched shading.

La Bouillie (Woman Feeding Her Child)

Jean-François Millet, 1861

Watercolor of the frigate Constitution under full sail on blue waves, American flags flying, pale clouds overhead.

U.S.S. "Constitution" under full sail, in strong breeze (starboard view)

Worden Wood, 1929

Engraving of the Old Saint Anthony's Gate in Amsterdam with a round tower, boats on the canal and a distant church spire.

D'oude St. Anthonis Poorte, t' Amsterdam (The Old Saint Anthony's Gate, Amsterdam)

Engraving of a winter village with thatched houses, a donkey carrying firewood, men chopping wood and butchering a pig.

Winter, from the Four Seasons

Etching of Saint Joseph kneeling before the Holy Family under a palm tree, with a donkey and two angels nearby.

Saint Joseph Adoring the Infant Jesus, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1752

Etching of a row of old houses with chimneys beside a canal path, with a large tree and open field on the right.

Les Maisons au Bord du Canal (The Houses Alongside the Canal)

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1862

Etching of a mother with two children on a bed, a standing woman at right, and a tray with dishes beside heavy curtains.

Le Déjeuner (ou Maternité heureuse) [Lunch, or Happy Maternity]

Albert Besnard, 1886

Daniel Webster

Elijah C. Kellogg, 1844

Hand-colored print of a picador on horseback lancing a charging bull while two matadors with capes watch in an arena.

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

Antonio Carnicero, 1790