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Yale University Art Gallery

76 works

Watercolor sketch of two men on a boat deck at sea, one in a straw hat, with a distant sailboat on the horizon.

Unfinished drawing of two men sailing - (unidentified illustration)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a snowy winter field with bare trees and evergreens under a gray-purple sky, with distant buildings at left.

Untitled [Winter landscape - New Jersey]

Charles Warren Eaton, 1896

Watercolor of a man beside a horse-drawn charcoal cart with painted signs, a wooden barrel at his feet.

The Charcoal Cart

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Watercolor sketch of a fireplace design with a woman in a bonnet on the left, a bird panel in the center, and a landscape on

Preliminary sketch for a tile fireplace surround

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1878

Watercolor of ruined buildings with broken walls and chimneys, looking over a wooded valley toward a distant city.

The Devastation of Suresnes

Pierre Georges Jeanniot, 1871

Watercolor of a street oyster stall with a vendor in a top hat and a customer in striped trousers holding a plate.

The Oyster Stand

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

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

Watercolor of a wide coastal landscape with scrub in the foreground, a blue sea horizon, and billowing pale clouds above.

Panorama

Truman Seymour, 1884

Watercolor of a green cab pulled by a brown horse with a striped blanket, driver on top loaded with luggage.

The Cab

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

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

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

Watercolor drawing of a man in a straw hat driving a horse-drawn cart carrying blue milk churns and pails.

The Butter and Milk Man

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

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

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

Watercolor of an auctioneer on a table in a city street, surrounded by a crowd, furniture and framed paintings for sale.

The Auctioneer

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

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

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

Watercolor of an oyster seller blowing a long horn beside a horse-drawn cart of oysters, with a dog on the horse.

The Oyster Man

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

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

Watercolor of a fruit vendor in a straw hat gesturing to a top-hatted customer across a table of lemons and oranges.

The Lemon and Orange Vendor

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

The Pineapple Seller

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pencil sketch of a seated woman at a piano and a standing woman in a long gown beside a curtain in an interior.

Study for The Two Sisters (watercolor)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of an interior with a seated woman by a window, a standing figure, and a piano at right.

Study for An Old Song(?) (watercolor)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of three dandies in top hats beside a wall of theater playbills, with a pig and a water spout on a city street.

The Soap-Locks or Bowery Boys

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pen and ink sketch of robed figures including a priest, a tall woman in a gown, and a kneeling figure beside a column.

Study for Priest and the Great Lady (watercolor)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of an orchard with gnarled trees, dappled shadows on grass, and a farm cart in the distance.

Orchard with Farm Cart

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil and watercolor study of a figure in red cap and striped hose beside a stone arch overlooking the sea.

Study for "Wandering Minstrel"(?) (oil painting)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil and ink sketch of a branch with pink blossoms arching across a pale sheet of paper.

Sketch of a flowering tree

Edwin Austin Abbey

Loose brown wash landscape of rolling hills with faint pencil figure sketch in the sky area.

Landscape

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil and chalk studies of a seated woman in a yellow dress and white headdress on a grey-blue sheet.

Two studies for Ophelia and Hamlet in the Play Scene in Hamlet

Edwin Austin Abbey