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Yale University Art Gallery

681 works

Charcoal and white chalk sketch on tan paper of a reclining male figure with arm and torso outlined and shaded.

Sketch of a man's arm

Edwin Austin Abbey

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

Pencil and colored pencil drawing of a white flower with green leaf and pink bud, with handwritten dedication below.

Flower

Joseph Stella, 1920

Loose pen sketch of two wine glasses held in hands, with faint printed text visible on the paper beneath.

Sketches of hands holding wine glasses

Edwin Austin Abbey

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 of tall autumn trees in red and gold foliage above grazing cattle, a fence, and distant hills under a cloudy sky.

Fall Landscape

John Alexander MacDougall

Sheet of Studies: Woman, Head, and Hands

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a newsboy in a green jacket and blue cap holding a newspaper labeled The Sun beside a chain fence.

The Newsboy

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Red and black chalk drawing of an elderly man with long curly hair gazing upward, turned to the left.

Head of an Old Man, Study for A Marriage Contract

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1761

Loose pencil sketch of strolling figures, a woman and child, beneath trees with a bench at left.

Study for Strolling Players (watercolor)

Edwin Austin Abbey

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

Pastel portrait of a gray-haired man with a mustache and spectacles, wearing a white collar and tie, on tan paper.

Charles C. Torrey Prof. of Semitic Languages 1900-

William Sergeant Kendall

Pencil sketch of tall sumac plants with seed heads and leafy stems, with handwritten colour notes in the lower right.

Sketch of weeds

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor drawing of a dancing man in striped trousers and pink shirt, holding a hat aloft on a grey stage.

The Negro Dancer

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pen and wash drawing of winged angels guiding robed figures across rocky ground beneath clouds and foliage.

Destruction of Sodom

Jean-Baptiste Corneille

Chalk and graphite study of a nude man with raised arm and upturned head on orange paper.

Study for figure of 5 am in "The Hours" mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of two sailing ships on blue sea, one flying an American flag, the other burning with smoke rising.

Privateer Brig. "General Armstrong" burning a prize (starboard view), moderate sea

Worden Wood, 1929

Pen and ink study of draped women and figures in a colonnaded classical interior, drawn on red-chalk grid paper.

St. Agatha refusing to worship idols, for a fresco in Sant'Agata dei Goti, Rome. Verso: Female figure and decorative…

Paolo Gismondi, 1660

Pencil sketch of a large Victorian house with many chimneys, framed by trees and a garden of shrubs and lawn.

Sketch of an exterior: gaden, wall and large Victorian house

Edwin Austin Abbey

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

Pastel portrait of a balding man with spectacles, mustache and dark suit on tan paper, with handwritten name inscription.

Ross G. Harrison, Director of Osborn Zoological Laboratory 1918-?

William Sergeant Kendall

Pencil sketch of a wooden clapboard building with dormer windows, a porch, a tall tree, and a dirt path in front.

Sketch of exterior of a building

Edwin Austin Abbey

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

Charcoal sketch of two trees with dark branches over a hillside, with faint handwriting running vertically across the tan pap

Two Trees (with figure?)

Jean-François Millet, 1851

Loose charcoal sketch of a nude female figure with raised arms and one knee bent, on cream paper.

Figure study for "The Hours": sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor drawing of a standing Mandan chief in fringed tunic and horned headdress holding a spear, dated 1840.

Mah-To-Toh-Pa

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pencil sketch of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat with eyes lowered, on tan paper.

Edward Winslow, sketch for Signing of the Compact in the Cabin of the Mayflower

Sketch of a woman in a yellow dress with a brown veil over her face, drawn in chalk and graphite on tan paper.

Study, Woman in yellow dress with brown veil over face

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a bundled man in a cap and red scarf standing behind a newspaper stand on two barrels.

The Newspaper Stand

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pencil drawing of a mechanical head with a Z206 sign, a wheel, horn tubes, and a branching hand rising from roots.

Head with Sign, Hand, Wheel, and Auto Horn

Angelika Hoerle, 1922