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Yale University Art Gallery

1,672 works

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

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

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

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

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. ...

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

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

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