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Yale University Art Gallery

681 works

Loose graphite sketch of figures in an interior, with a seated figure by a window and standing figures on the right.

Figures in an interior

Edwin Austin Abbey

Red and black chalk portrait drawing of a young girl in a pearl-trimmed bonnet and pearled gown, with French inscription.

Mary, Queen of Scots

François Clouet, 1549

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

Pencil sketch of a leafy branch with lobed leaves on grey paper, with faint preliminary leaf studies at left.

Study of a branch with leaves

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and ink sketch of a sick man in bed flanked by two hooded, cone-capped figures, by Honoré Daumier.

The Imaginary Invalid

Honoré Daumier, 1860

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

Charcoal study of a man with one arm raised, wearing a heavy draped robe, sketched on grey paper.

Figure study for King Arthur's Round Table, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of fifteen paintings for the B…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pastel portrait of a man with blue eyes in a black academic gown and pink hood, on tan paper.

David S. Smith, B.A. 1900, Dean of School of Music 1920-

William Sergeant Kendall

Pencil sketch of two women conversing in a salon with open windows, a fireplace, and a flower vase.

Women Conversing in a Salon with Open Windows and a Fireplace

Edouard Vuillard, 1915

Pencil sketch of two slender trees with leafy branches on a grassy bank, with faint background landscape.

Study of two trees

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1874

Pencil sketch of a coastal fort with a round watchtower overlooking a flat shoreline and distant horizon.

La Tehin de la Guayra

Camille Pissarro, 1854

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

The Negro Dandy

Pencil sketch of figures in a dim interior, including a standing man, a gesturing man, and a seated onlooker in a chair.

Study for "Miles Standish's Challenge"

Edwin Austin Abbey

Starboard view of a three-masted sailing ship under full sail on choppy turquoise sea, with an American flag at the stern.

U.S.S. 'St. Lawrence" (starboard view)

Worden Wood, 1927

Watercolor of a broad lawn lined with tall stone pines, a distant hazy woodland, and a small figure beside a garden urn.

Castel Fusano: Landscape - vast lawn and trees

William Stanley Haseltine

Watercolor landscape with a single leafy tree, blue cloudy sky, distant green hills, and a reflective pool of water in the fo

Landscape with tree

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a seated woman with a flower basket and book, while another woman places flowers in her hair under trees.

Two Women

Henri-Charles-Antoine Baron

Brown wash drawing of the Arch of Augustus in Rimini with a horse cart and figures on the road beneath it.

Arch of Augustus, Rimini

Louis-François Cassas, 1779

Ink sketch of a stooped man in a cap walking across a hatched landscape toward a rising sun on the horizon.

Cartoon of figure walking at sunrise. study for "The Belated Traveler."

Edwin Austin Abbey

The Pineapple Seller

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Pen and brown ink drawing of ruined arched buildings on a hill, a large tree at left, and a hunter with two dogs.

Termi de Caracalla (Baths of Caracalla)

Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi ?

Red chalk drawing of a mythological festival with revelers, satyrs and a herm sculpture among trees, in three panels.

Study for Festival of the God Pan (La Fete du Dieu Pan)

Claude Gillot, 1707

Ink sketch sheet with several loose figure studies, including a standing man, seated figures, and a woman with bobbed hair at

Sheet of sketches

Edwin Austin Abbey

Charcoal study of a seated male nude with an extended arm and a separate leg study, on pale paper.

Study of Perseus for Perseus on Pegasus Slaying Medusa, mural, Stairway, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [?]

John Singer Sargent, 1921

Pen and brown ink sketch of the Lamentation: the dead Christ held by grieving women, with three crosses on a hill behind.

Lamentation

Giulio Romano, 1528

Pencil sketch of a country house behind a stone wall, with trees and a wooden fence on tan paper.

Sketch of exterior of a country house with a stone wall foreground

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and ink sketch of a standing soldier seen from behind, with a plumed hat, ruffled sleeves and a sword.

Study of a Standing Soldier

Stefano Della Bella

Caricature of Pierre-Louis Ginguene

François-André Vincent

Charcoal and white chalk study of a hand gripping a pole on gray paper.

Sketch of one hand grasping a pole

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey wash drawing of a rustic saloon with a stone fireplace, a seated man by a doorway, and names scrawled on the wall.

Grand Saloon in the Hotel Conway

Alfred Wordsworth Thompson