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Yale University Art Gallery

3,067 works

Loose pencil sketch of a man bent forward with arms extended downward, as if shoveling, on a cream sheet.

Study of a figure shoveling

Edwin Austin Abbey

Engraving of Christ pointing toward two fishermen hauling a net from a boat on a lake, with a village and castle behind.

Calling of Saint Peter and Saint Andrew

Dirk Jacobsz. Vellert, 1523

Watercolor costume sketch of an armored knight in heraldic tabard, with pencil notes, for Richard II.

Aumerle (armed), costume sketch for Henry Irving's 1898 Planned Production of Richard II

Edwin Austin Abbey

Brown ink and wash drawing of a classical procession with a reclining figure carried past columns and arches.

The Marriage Procession of Psyche, study for a fresco in the Castel Sant'Angelo (r); heavily draped figures (v)

called Perino del Vaga Pietro Buonaccorsi, 1545

Etching of a vast imaginary prison interior with stone arches, timber scaffolding, hanging chains, and tiny figures.

The Well, plate 13 from Carceri d'Invenzione (Imaginary Prisons)

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1750

Pen and ink sketch of a man in a feathered cap and steel armor with a gorget and pauldron, unfinished lower body.

Sketch of a knight in armor

Edwin Austin Abbey

Etching of soldiers with pikes raiding a village, chasing townspeople past a stone house with a porch.

La maraude, plate 4 from the series Les grandes miseres de la guerre

Black and white lithograph of a woman in a dark dress and white cap leaning over a reclining figure on a sofa beneath a frame

Le Feuilleton

Engraved bust portrait of a man in a dark coat and white cravat, with the caption Daniel Webster below.

Daniel Webster

Asher Brown Durand, 1836

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of three men in hats and cloaks in a dim room, one seated beside a desk.

Three men, study for Taming of the Shrew (?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Nude male figure study, life class

Edwin Austin Abbey

Sheet of sketches of faces and bodies

Edwin Austin Abbey

Lithograph of a seated woman and a standing man in a hat pulling back a curtain in a period interior room.

Le vicomte Aime de Trois Etoiles et dame Eloa de Tremblemont vont...

Paul Gavarni, 1840

Charcoal and white chalk study of two hands gripping a vertical pole on blue-gray paper.

Sketch of two hands climbing a pole

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1889

Etching of a crowded city square with figures in cloaks, stone buildings, a tower, and an arched bridge over a river.

The Slave Market or The Small View of Paris

Jacques Callot, 1629

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