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Yale University Art Gallery

3,066 works

Pastel costume sketch of a standing man in green tunic, white headcloth and red-lined sleeves holding a staff, labeled Bushy.

Bushy, costume sketch for King Richard II

Edwin Austin Abbey

Stipple engraving of a military officer in tricorn hat and epaulette holding a rolled document and sword, with foliage behind

His Excellency / Major General Jackson (James)

Peter Rushton Maverick, 1791

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man in a fur cap with head bowed, against a stippled background.

Old Man with a Beard, from the Raccolta di Teste (Collection of Heads)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1771

Lithograph of an older woman in a shawl and a younger woman in a bonnet standing before a wall with posters.

Ma fille a chante

Paul Gavarni, 1857

Hand-colored print of a snowy farmyard in winter with a farmhouse, barn, cows, chickens, and a man carrying hay.

The Farmer's Home - Winter

Currier & Ives, 1863

Watercolor costume sketch of a man in a cream fur-trimmed cloak, red hose, and red hat, labeled Aumerle.

Aumerle, costume sketch for Henry Irving's Planned Productino of King Richard II

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of Tiber Island in Rome with a church, stone bridges, rowing boats on the river and an overgrown embankment.

Veduta dell'Isola Tibertina (View of the Tiber Island), from Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1775

Brown ink sketch of a helmeted man holding a sword, with a smaller head study at upper right, on squared paper.

Sketch for "Endicott Cutting the Cross from the King's Banner"

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1875

Lithograph of two women in a draped interior, one at a dressing table with a jewelry box, the other by a window.

Les Medaillons a la Mode

Paul Gavarni, 1839

Lithograph of a young girl in a bonnet reading a book while seated in an upholstered armchair.

Laure

Lithograph of a bearded man in a cloak sitting head bowed on straw in a stone prison cell beside a barred window.

Rose De Tannebourg

Paul Gavarni, 1842

Etching of a man pointing while carrying a woman on his back, surrounded by grotesque, shouting onlookers in dark setting.

Disparate desordenado (Disorderly Folly) or Disparate matrimonial (Matrimonial Folly), also known as La que mal marid…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Pencil sketch of a man in a wide hat and coat with a walking stick, beside a small boy, with a dark shadow at left.

Man and Boy (recto); Heads and Figures of Chinamen (verso)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of the Bridge of Sighs over a narrow Venetian canal, with a smaller arched bridge and boats in the distance.

Bridge of Sighs, Venice

Mortimer Menpes, 1910

Lithograph of two women in period dress facing each other in front of draped curtains, one in a dark veil.

Declaration De Guerre

Ink sketch of two seated men, one in a wide-brimmed hat and one in a top hat, on a cream sheet with a handwritten note.

Sheet of studies both sides, pilgrims, etc.

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of two men on a stone bench beside a carved pedestal, one reclining with a beard, the other gesturing toward him.

T'es bete, va! pour une queue, une mechante queue...

Man in apron holding a gun

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a snowy Paris street with bare trees, pedestrians, a horse carriage, and a tall church spire on the left.

La Sainte - Chapelle

Eugène Bejot, 1898

Pencil sketch of a young child with bowed head and loosely drawn curly hair, body indicated by quick lines on white paper.

Portrait of an unidentified child

Edwin Austin Abbey

Hand-colored caricature lithograph of a woman smoking a cigar in a top hat beside a man, with a crowd and buildings behind.

Un soi disant Négociant, victime de ses victimes, fou, dissipateur et intrigant . . . (This is a so called merchant,…

Honoré Daumier, 1840

Black and white woodcut of stylized trees and angular branches forming a dense park scene pattern.

Park Scene

Jacoba van Heemskerck van Beest, 1914

Pencil sketch on tan paper of overgrown shrubs before a stone wall, an arched doorway and a tall tree.

Overgrown garden(?) cemetery(?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of two clenched hands and forearms in combat, with faint scribbled studies on the lower right of the page.

Sketch of two arms in combat

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a smiling man in a top hat arm in arm with another figure, with a woman in a bonnet in the background.

Vous connaissez cette charmante personne?...

Paul Gavarni, 1851

Hand-colored print of a cotton weaving mill with rows of power looms, workers, and a young girl in a pink dress.

Progress of Cotton: # 10 - Weaving

James Richard Barfoot, 1840

Black and white woodcut by Paul Gauguin showing a large hatted figure, a dog, a standing woman and a palm tree beneath a titl

Noa Noa (Fragrance)

Paul Gauguin, 1893

Line drawing of a nude female figure with raised arm and closed eyes, with blue crayon accents, on tan paper.

Caryatide au Sein Pointu (Caryatid with Pointed Breast)

Amedeo Modigliani, 1913

Charcoal portrait sketch of a man with a mustache holding a pipe, signed Orpen, on cream paper.

William W. Goodbody

Etching of a seated man in a wide-brimmed hat with arms folded, with a small standing figure sketched in the upper left corne

Guillaumin

Paul Cézanne, 1873

Pencil sketch of a boy seen from behind, standing with one arm extended, drawn in loose quick lines on pale paper.

Study of a boy

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of Roman ruins near the Ponte Palatino, with a round temple, a colonnaded temple, cattle and figures in a square.

Anticaglie presso il Ponte Palatino (Ruins near the Ponte Palatino)

Ink drawing of a standing man in period costume with tricorn hat, long coat and breeches, hands in pockets.

Costume de Galimafre, joue par Lemenil. ...

Lithograph of a young man in a beret with hands in pockets, standing in a doorway beside boots and a numbered door.

Excusez! - Un etudiant en berret, les deux mains...

Etching of massive ancient stone walls by a river, with rowing boats, a sewer arch, and a domed temple above.

Veduta delle antiche Sostruzioni fatte da Tarquinio Superbo dette il Bel Lido, e come altri erette da Marco Agrippa a…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1776

Pencil landscape of mountains, a river with an arched stone bridge, trees, and a small figure on a path.

"Grange" - landscape with river, bridge, mountains in distance

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey wash drawing of a crowd of townspeople watching a puppet show booth, with a dog and children in the foreground.

Crowd Scene

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of a harbor with tall sailing ships, a stone fortified tower, a rowboat and figures on the shore.

View of a Corner of Calais (Vue d'un coin de Calais)

Stefano Della Bella, 1646

Pastel study of a standing woman in a flowing red gown against a window, drawn on brown paper.

Study of a woman in Renaissance costume - (unidentified illustration for a Shakespeare play?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of mounted Union generals riding through a wooded field past a camp of white tents and an American flag.

Gen. U.S. Grant and Generals

Augustus Tholey, 1867

Engraving of a crowned woman beside a winged helmet and foliage crest, with a human skull on a shield in the foreground.

The Coat of Arms with the Skull

Albrecht Dürer, 1503

Pencil sketch of an interior with a standing man reading aloud and two seated women, one holding a fan.

Sketch of an interior: man reading aloud, women knitting - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Engraved full-length portrait of a seated man in a velvet coat beside a writing desk, in an elegant interior.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord

Auguste Gaspard Louis Desnoyers

Hand-colored print of a wooden bridge over Brunswick Falls with boatmen carrying lumber in the river below.

East View of Brunswick Falls, Me

Pencil sketch of a robin perched on a branch with handwritten Herrick poem lines below on tan paper.

"To Robin Red Breast," sketch for an unrealized illustration for Selections from the Poetry of Robert Herrick (book p…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1882

Black and white lithograph of a man and woman dancing a minuet, with a crowd of onlookers sketched behind them.

Un menuet

Watercolor study of a cloaked figure on a windy dune beside a leaning tree and a pale robed figure.

Study for "The Scarlet Letter"(?) (oil painting)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of two glassblowers with long blowpipes beside a box, with an arched building and a third figure in the backgro

Study of glassblowers (recto); Studies of calligraphic designs (verso)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and ink sketch of a woman in a long gown in a hall beside a Gothic balustrade, with faint figures behind her.

Juliet in hall, from Romeo and Juliet

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of ducks taking flight over rippling water beneath a cloudy sky, with reeds along the distant shoreline.

The Alarm P. 111 Pub. St.

Frank Weston Benson, 1917

Lithograph of a man in lace-trimmed period dress seated beside a woman in a full gown, facing each other in a curtained room.

Louis Le Grand! L'Amour N'Obeit Pas

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

Pencil sketch of a man with shoulder-length hair and a steady gaze, signed in the lower left, on cream paper.

Study for Rittenhouse: sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (comple…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of two young men in period dress walking past a ruined stone arch on a country path, one with a bundle on his back

ROUSSEAU ET SON AMI BACLE. "Je pars avec ma fontaine et mon amu Bacle,...

Watercolor costume sketch of a standing man in a loose blue robe with striped trim, hand on hip, by Edwin Austin Abbey.

John of Gaunt, costume sketch for Henry Irving's Planned Production of King Richard II

Edwin Austin Abbey

Engraved full-length portrait of General Robert E. Lee in uniform with sword, beside a table with a map and books.

General. Robert E. Lee

Thomas Kelly, 1867

Charcoal study of a hooded, robed figure leaning on a staff, drawn on grey paper with white highlights and grid lines.

Figure study for the Knighting of Sir Galahad, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of fifteen paintings for th…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1892

Pen and ink drawing of an elderly man in a dark robe holding a book beside a carved wooden chair and baluster.

"His looks adorned...," illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and New York: 1902), p. 47

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890

Ink sketch of a seated woman in a long skirt and a standing man with raised hands beside a wooden chair.

Study of two women at table - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of a draped female figure with arms raised overhead and flowing hair on tan paper.

An angel

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a standing figure in a belted tunic, puffed sleeves, veil headdress and boots, holding a walking stick.

Varlet

Etching of St. Peter's Basilica and square with obelisk, colonnades, carriages and figures in the foreground.

Veduta della Basilica, e Piazza di S. Pietro in Vaticano (View of the Basilica, and Piazza of Saint Peter’s in the Va…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1748

Pencil line drawing of a vaudeville dancer in a high kick, wearing a small hat and fitted costume, on pale paper.

Vaudeville Dancer

Charles Demuth, 1916

L'Albanaise