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Yale University Art Gallery

3,066 works

Etching of an imaginary prison with drawbridges, arches, towers, and ropes, with small figures walking across the bridges.

The Drawbridge, from Carceri d'Invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1751

Engraved portrait of Abraham Lincoln seated in an armchair before a draped curtain, wearing a suit and bow tie.

Abraham Lincoln

Samuel Sartain, 1866

Etching of Villa Pamphilj near Rome showing a palace, formal parterre gardens, terraces, and strolling figures among trees.

Villa Panfili fuori di Porta S. Pancrazio (Villa Pamphilj outside the Porta San Pancrazio), from Vedute di Roma (View…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1776

Lithograph of two men talking in a tavern, one leaning against a wall in a cloak and cap, the other seen from behind.

Ces godelureaux-la voisin, ce ne doute de rien!...

Sheet of studies (Nu et Profil Barbu or Feuille d'Etudes avec Nu Feminin)

Study of a young girl in pinafore

Edwin Austin Abbey

Chalk study on grey paper of a standing female figure with one arm raised and flowing drapery.

Study for central figure in "Spirit of Religious Liberty...guiding the ships" mural at the state capitol building in…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1902

Etching of a skeleton with a scythe beside a reclining woman in an ornate room, with flying skulls above.

La luxure (Lust), from the portfolio Les péchés capitaux (The Deadly Sins)

James Ensor, 1904

Etching of masked carnival revelers dancing in a plaza, with a cloaked figure on stilts at right, by Francisco Goya.

Disparate de carnabal (Carnival Folly), also known as Alegrias antruejo, que mañana seras ceniza (Rejoice, Carnival,…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Hand-colored 1859 panoramic print of South Boston showing a tree-lined road, carriages, pedestrians, houses and distant spire

South Boston, 1859

Joseph Foxcroft Cole, 1859

Pencil and ink sketch of a standing and a kneeling figure in prayer beside a candle and chalice in an interior.

Two figures praying: study for "Galahad's Vigil" in The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of two men in period dress talking in a room, one stooping forward toward the other in a top hat.

Mais ce Mathieu est a son aise...

Black and white lithograph of a costumed man in a feathered hat gesturing dramatically beside a man seen from behind.

Encore soif!...

Paul Gavarni, 1843

Pen and ink drawing of two cloaked women and a young couple beneath a leafy pergola, dappled light on the ground.

Polixenes and Perdita - Act IV, Scene III, The Winter's Tale

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1891

Etching of three soldiers and a boy in a landscape, one holding a flag and another kneeling beside a helmet and cloth.

Three Soldiers and a Boy, from Vari capricci (Various Capriccios)

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1740

Pencil sketch of two standing men in period clothing, one in a top hat, with a small head study of a mustached man between th

Sketch of two men talking - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of two men in dark coats in a crowded room with a chandelier, one bearded man gesturing, by Paul Gavarni.

Quand tu eprouveras le besoin d'etre fichu a la porte de cette maison-ci...

Etching of a vast vaulted prison interior with a wooden rack, pulleys, classical sculpture fragments, and crowds of small fig

The Man on the Rack, plate 2 from Carceri d'Invezione (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761

Etching of a naval fleet with monitors and sailing boats on calm water, with sketched figures in the foreground.

The Fleet: Monitors, from the Jubilee Set

James McNeill Whistler, 1887

Charcoal and white chalk head study of a woman in a turban on grey paper, sketch for a mural.

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

Edwin Austin Abbey

Engraving of Christ's arrest: soldiers with swords, spears and torches surround a bearded figure as a man strikes with a swor

The Betrayal of Christ, from The Engraved Passion

Albrecht Dürer, 1508

Lithograph of two men walking side by side, one in a cap and one in a top hat holding an umbrella, with trees behind them.

I'ne pleuvra pas, certainement! mais i'pourrait pleuvoir,...

Paul Gavarni, 1858

Black and white lithograph of a man reading at a desk under a lamp in a dark room, with papers and a chair nearby.

Under the Lamp, from Stéphane Mallarmé's translation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven

Édouard Manet, 1875

Etching of two women and a child near a cottage and tree in a hatched rural landscape, signed in the lower left corner.

La Petite Soeur (The Little Sister)

Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, 1854

Charcoal sketch of a man in plaid kilt and white shirt stepping through a doorway, carrying a white cloth over his arm.

Provost with Ragozine's head - Act IV, Scene III, Measure for Measure

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1889

Seated Kalmuck Warrior

Jean-Baptiste Le Prince, 1760

Pastel portrait of a man with slicked-back hair and a blue tie against a tan background, with handwritten name inscription.

George Parmley Day, B.A. 1897, Treasurer of Yale Univ. 1910-

William Sergeant Kendall

Charcoal sketch of a hooded, kneeling female figure with clasped hands and heavy draped robes on cream paper.

Sketch of a kneeling female figure in pink dress for Galahad the Deliverer, one of the Holy Grail murals at the Bosto…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a standing man in a tasseled wool bonnet, braided jacket, puffed breeches and belt with knife.

BASQUE. Bonnet de laine. ...

Pencil sketch of a crowd of loosely drawn figures standing and seated, shown in quick gestural lines on paper.

Sketch of a crowd - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Engraving of the Virgin standing on a crescent moon, holding the Christ child and a sceptre, with a starred crown and radiati

Virgin on the Crescent with Sceptre and Starry Crown

Albrecht Dürer, 1516

Engraving of a haloed figure holding a sword and balance scales, with a crouching lion beside it.

Sol Iustitiae

Albrecht Dürer, 1499

Grey wash drawing of boys in hats chasing a girl in a white collar past a farmhouse and trees, 1628.

Boys Chasing a Girl

Esaias van de Velde, 1628

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a feathered hat beneath the Harper's Weekly masthead, a cover design study.

Design for cover and contents for Harper's Weekly

Edwin Austin Abbey

Black and white lithograph of two men struggling in a room, one gripping the other from behind beside a tilted chair.

Ah!...t'aimes les femmes...Eh bien! prendes-en une...une vrai...

Duke of York, costume sketch for Henry Irving's Planned Production of King Richard II

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketches of a wooden bucket, a cannon on a carriage, an iron vessel, and cylindrical fittings on a sheet of paper.

Sketches: Spars and Buckets

Truman Seymour, 1871

Etching of a bull goring a fallen horse and rider in an arena while a man with a cape distracts it, spectators above.

Caida de un picador de su caballo debajo del toro (A Picador is Unhorsed and Falls Under the Bull), Plate 26 from La…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Engraved view of a ruined Doric temple with tall fluted columns, figures, cattle and riders in a farm landscape.

Veduta del tempio esastilo perittero dalla parte di mezzo giorno (View of the Peripteral Hexastyle Temple from the So…

Filippo Morghen, 1765

Lithograph of a young man covering his mouth as a young woman in a long dress gestures beside him near a window.

Elle vous repond le jeudi...

Lithograph of an older man in a top hat walking with a young woman in a checked dress and lace bonnet through countryside.

Ils vivent de ses rentes

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long skirt leading a harnessed horse beside a carriage, with figures in the background.

"Marianne(?) Willett's Exploit" - [sketch of a horse and carriage]

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of an older man in a top hat walking arm in arm with a woman in a feathered bonnet and shawl.

Mon cher Mosieu Jalury, faut vous distraire; faut pas comme ca...

Lithograph of two men on a rocky mountain road, one with arms folded and one leaning in with a walking stick.

Si tu ne tais pas ton bec, Adophe (sic), nous aurons des mots

Paul Gavarni, 1847

Pen and ink drawing of two children in period dress before a stone wall, with bowls on a bench at right.

Illustration for "Phillada Flouts Me," from Old Songs

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1886

Black and white lithograph of a woman with a bonnet and a man with hands on hips in an interior with chairs and a pillar.

Eh! l'argent est rare! a qui le dites-vous? bon Dieu!...

Pencil costume sketch of an armored knight with an eagle crest, labeled Bolingbroke, Tournament, with a small mounted rider s

Bolingbroke (Tournament scene), costume sketch for Henry Irving's Planned Production of King Richard II

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of hooded figures with torches and an open book facing a looming spectral figure in swirling clouds.

L'orchestre de la mort (The Orchestra of Death)

Alphonse Legros, 1904

Lithograph of a tall white-shrouded phantom reaching toward a sign on a stone building at night, with glowing orbs in the sky

The Phantom

Honoré Daumier, 1835

Wood engraving of children catching chestnuts on a cloth as a boy shakes a tree, by Winslow Homer, 1870.

Chestnutting, from Every Saturday, October 29, 1870

Winslow Homer, 1870

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

Panorama

Truman Seymour, 1884

Black and white lithograph of an older man offering banknotes to a young man leaning on a draped table in an ornate room.

Voici beaucoup d'argent pour votre honneur, milord!...

Pencil and watercolor costume sketch of two dancers in striped yellow and red-black outfits with feathered details.

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

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor costume sketch of an armored knight in a red cross-patterned tabard with handwritten note reading Berkeley.

Berkeley, costume sketch for Henry Irving's Planned Production of Richard II

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a courtly audience in an interior watching costumed actors perform a scene, with a standing man at right.

Hamlet Has the Actors Play the Scene of the Poisoning of His Father (Act. III Sc. II), from Shakespeare's Hamlet

Eugène Delacroix, 1835

Etching of a garden doorway with stone steps, ivy-covered walls, arched windows, and a seated figure at the lower left.

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

James McNeill Whistler, 1879

Loose charcoal sketch of an older man's head turned three-quarters, with wide eyes and heavy brows on pale paper.

Study for Smith?: sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (completed b…

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 of a yellow-haired figure on a dark rock beside a swimming figure in blue underwater seaweed.

Underwater scene

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a bandaged figure asleep in a bed beside a candle and cup on a table, framed by dark curtains.

Un Cataplasme Partage

Etching of an old farmhouse with two chimneys beside a large tree, with a dirt path in the foreground.

An Old Settler

Charles A. Platt, 1882

Lithograph of a clown in a white ruff costume talking with two men in top hats and riding boots on a city street.

Parbleu, monsieur le Baron, je suis bien satisfait...

Paul Gavarni, 1839

Pen and ink drawing of two women in long gowns descending a stone staircase past urns and balustrades in a garden.

Ursula: "She's lim'd, I warrant you!; we have caught her, madam." Hero: "If it prove so, then loving goes by haps: So…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1891

Hand-colored print of sailors fighting with swords on a sailing ship deck, with rigging and an American flag.

Boarding and Taking the American Ship Chesapeake

Heath, 1816