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Yale University Art Gallery

165 works

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 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

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

Pen and watercolor drawing of a woman in a brown coat and dark hat walking on a curving path beside a tree.

Woman Walking

Jean-Louis Forain

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

Painted study of a woman in a long black gown with dark hair, hand raised to her head, against a blue background.

Study for figure of 4 am in "The Hours" celing at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Edwin Austin Abbey

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 standing dandy in a brown coat, top hat, blue bow tie and striped trousers, holding a cane.

The Negro Dandy

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

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

Panorama

Truman Seymour, 1884

The Pineapple Seller

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a seated woman in a bonnet holding a white lap dog, with a teal window behind her.

Woman holding a lap dog

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor abstraction of overlapping orange, blue, teal and gray triangles arranged like sails, signed and dated 1921.

Abstraction Based on Sails, VII

David Kakabadzé, 1921

Watercolor drawing of a bearded man in a fire helmet pointing and holding a brass trumpet, standing on a grey platform.

The Head Fireman

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Watercolor study of a stained glass window with a red-robed figure holding a book and staff, plus two small sketched heads.

Study for an unidentified stained glass window picturing a cardinal(?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Loose ink and watercolor sketch of standing figures in hats and coats with a seated figure at lower right, dated 1921.

Artists' Ball: Pierrot and Figures Standing

Joaquín Torres-García, 1921

Watercolor drawing of a standing woman in a blue bodice and pink striped skirt holding a green parasol and white gloves.

The Negro Belle

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

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

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 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

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

Nude Standing, Right Profile

Watercolor of a man in a top hat and blue coat carrying two metal oil containers on a yoke across his shoulders.

The Oil Merchant

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a standing woman with short auburn hair wearing a long pink empire-waist gown.

Sketch of a woman in pink - costume study for a play?

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 a young boot cleaner in a greatcoat standing before a rack of shoes on a street pavement.

The Boot Cleaner

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Portrait of a young man (unidentified sitter)

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 a ragged street vendor holding a knife and a bucket of soap fat beside a brick wall and iron railing.

The Soap Fat Man

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Design study with hand-lettered title The Land of the Midnight Sun above yellow and orange sun motifs with radiating rays on

The Land of the Midnight Sun - illustration for a book jacket(?)

Edwin Austin Abbey