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Yale University Art Gallery

1,302 works

Watercolor mourning picture of two obelisk memorials with urns under a weeping willow, with inscribed plaques and a landscape

Mourning Picture

Mary Eliza Stafford, 1821

Hand-colored print of workers picking cotton in a plantation field with palm trees, baskets, and a standing overseer at left.

Progress of Cotton: #1 - Cotton Plantation

James Richard Barfoot, 1840

Etching of a harbor quay with moored sailing ships, dockworkers, a horse and cart, and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Vue du Port au Chemin de Fer à Honfleur (View of the Port from the Railroad of Honfleur)

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1866

Hand-colored print of Laurel Hill Cemetery with a white colonnade, gravestones on a hill, riders on a dirt road, and trees.

Philadelphia, Laurel-Hill Cemetery, Plate 10 from a set of 54 views

Isidore Laurent Deroy, 1848

Watercolor landscape of a wide prairie with eroded bluffs, a winding river, distant riders, and blue mountains under a pale s

Big Hole Prairie from the North

John Mix Stanley, 1854

Lithograph of an elderly teacher pinning a medal on a schoolboy while classmates watch, by Honoré Daumier, 1846.

Mr. Alfred Cabassol, seul de la classe vous avez passé toute cette semaine sans vous moucher sur votre manche, receve…

Honoré Daumier, 1846

Hand-colored print of a naval battle between a Confederate sailing ship and an American steam warship amid smoke and rough se

Combat Naval entre le Kearsage & l'Alabama, No. 14 (Civil War)

Louis LeBreton, 1864

Hand-colored print of two sailing frigates fighting at sea, smoke rising between them, British and American flags flying.

Chesapeake and Shannon. Bound set of four views of the naval battle; a portrait of Sir Philip Vere Broke; and a table…

Red chalk sketch of a reclining nude woman with one arm raised behind her head, signed John Sloan.

Model Resting

Japanese woodblock print of visitors among blossoming plum trees beside a thatched teahouse, with benches and a wooden fence.

Plum Orchard in Kameido, from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital

Utagawa Hiroshige

Etching of a city street with a church facade, a tower topped by an equestrian statue, and figures in the foreground.

The Equestrian Monument, from the series Vedute (Views)

Canaletto, 1735

Engraving of a nude youth standing among figures during the flaying of a satyr beneath a tree, with onlookers and soldiers.

The Flaying of Marsyas

Melchior Meier, 1581

Black-and-white lithograph of a pale ghostly woman rising before a startled man, with serpents and demons in a dark cave.

Marguerite's Ghost Appearing to Faust, from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust

Eugène Delacroix, 1827

Pen and ink drawing of a rider spurring a rearing horse toward a mountain lion in a tree, with a hound dog nearby.

Spurring His Horse in Pursuit

Frederic Remington, 1878

Hand-colored print of Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon with brick wall, iron gate, obelisk and period-dressed visitors on a

Mount Vernon, Tomb of Washington, Plate 15 from a set of 54 views

Isidore Laurent Deroy, 1848

Etching of a courtly couple kissing on a garden terrace, with trees, a stone pedestal, and onlookers in period dress.

Le Baiser Rendu

Two Views of a Wolf's Head

John Singer Sargent, 1850

Hand-colored lithograph of a legislative chamber with semicircular desks, pink columns, galleries of spectators and a coffere

Washington, Chamber of Representatives, Plate 34 from a set of 54 views

Isidore Laurent Deroy, 1848

Watercolor of a man driving a horse-drawn cart loaded with straw bales, with spoked wheels and a shadowed ground.

The Old Straw Man

Nicolino Calyo, 1840

Etching of a harbour with a sailboat, wooden mooring posts, a domed city skyline and a lighthouse under a cloudy sky.

Harbour

Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande

Soft grey drawing of a still river lined with trees, a seated figure on a fallen log at lower left, hills beyond.

Milton, New York

George Inness, 1856

Etching of tall trees on a hillside with a distant city skyline and domed building, and small figures resting on the grass.

À Gentilly (At Gentilly)

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1910

Woodblock print of a formal wedding gathering with kneeling figures in kimono, a gold folding screen, and a bonsai pine.

The Wedding Sake Cup : The Marriage Ceremonies

Suzuki Harunobu

Dark etching of a crowd of figures in shadow, with a cloaked figure and a standing figure carrying a bundle in the foreground

Disparate general (General Folly), also known as Unas de gato y habito de beato (The Claws of a Cat and the Dress of…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Engraving of a sail-powered carriage crossing a fantastical landscape with palm trees, elephants, and clouds.

Le Carozze che si usano nella Luna e che vanno alla vela (The Carriages used on the Moon and which move by sails)

Filippo Morghen, 1766

Etching of a three-masted ship and smaller sailing boats in a harbor, with buildings on the right and reflections in the wate

Marine

Eugène-Louis Boudin, 1899

Etching of a sailing ship and small boats in a harbor, with waterfront buildings and a church spire behind them.

Entrée du Port de Honfleur (Entrance to the Port of Honfleur)

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1863

Etching of the Holy Family arriving at a town gate, with a donkey, a crowd in turbans, and an arched colonnade with a hanging

The Arrival of the Holy Family at the Gate of a Town, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Fligh…

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of ruined Doric temple interior with fluted columns, fallen stones, and small figures among the debris.

Veduta interiore del tempio esastilo ipetro dalla parte di settentrione (Interior View of the Hexastile Hypaethral Te…

Filippo Morghen, 1765

Red chalk study sheet with a nude male figure, a seated draped woman, and a kneeling mother with infant, on a grid.

Studies for "Hercules at the Crossroads" and for the "Nativity"

Pompeo Batoni, 1748

Etching of ruined Roman monuments including a tall column, a triumphal arch, and a pyramid, with small workers in the foregro

Landscape with Ruined Monuments, from the series Vedute (Views)

Canaletto, 1741

Etching of two cows and a seated figure by a river, with ruined buildings on a hill above dense trees.

The Two Cows Near the River, Tivoli

Engraving of a shepherd with sheep on a hill at sunset, with a dramatic cloudy sky and a distant village under a church spire

Shepherd and Sheep at Sunset

Schelte Adamsz. Bolswert

Etching of Dover Castle on a cliff above the sea, with two figures and a wooden pier in the foreground.

Dover Castle, from the series Divers Views after the Life

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1652

Etching of a matador in a cape turning aside a charging bull in an arena, with spectators sketched along the top edge.

El diestrísmo estudiante de Falces, embozado burla al toro con sus quiebros (The Very Skillful Student of Falces, Wra…

Francisco Goya, 1816

Pen and brown ink drawing of a mounted knight reaching toward a seated helmeted figure near rocks, with a fallen figure by a

Scene from Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata

Francesco Allegrini

Five-panel Japanese woodblock print of women in kimono playing music among screens, lanterns and a decorated shrine.

Joruri Story

Chobunsai Eishi, 1793

Etching of a demolition scene with a factory wall reading Fabrique des Cuirs Forts, a worker on the roof, and a horse cart.

Démolitions de la Rue des Francs-Bourgeois Saint-Marcel (Demolition at the Rue des Francs-Bourgeois Saint-Marcel)

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1873

Pen and wash drawing of a harbour with a sailing boat, rowing boat, stone tower and figures on the quay.

Harbour Scene

Abraham Rademaker

Etching of a canal town with a church bell tower, a palazzo, small boats on the water and figures on the bank.

Al Dolo (At Dolo), from the series Vedute (Views)

Canaletto, 1741

Etching of gnarled oak trees among boulders and undergrowth, with light filtering through a shaded forest clearing.

Chênes de Roche (Oaks in the Rocks)

Théodore Auguste Rousseau, 1861

Woodcut of a haloed seated figure refusing stones offered by a bearded figure, with a serpent on rocky ground.

The Temptation of Christ, by the Devil

Christoffel Jegher, 1633

Ink sketch of a cyclist leaning forward, with fragmented forms and motion lines suggesting speed, on tan paper.

Study I for Dynamism of a Cyclist

Umberto Boccioni, 1913

Etching of a snowy village house with a thatched roof and two women walking on a melting snowy path.

The Thaw

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

Etching of a haloed figure leading a donkey with baskets past a group of figures and pine trees on a rocky path.

The Virgin, Holding the Child, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750

Engraving of a Roman procession with soldiers, horses, a canopy, and a woman holding a laurel wreath and palm frond.

Trajan Crowned by Victory (or: Trajan between the City of Rome and Victory)

Marcantonio Raimondi, 1520

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

Etching of a dirt road beside a wooden fence at dusk, with a woman carrying a basket and rooftops in the distance.

Aux fortifications, Porte de Versailles

Louis Auguste Lepère, 1898

Octagonal etching of the Holy Family resting on the flight into Egypt, with Mary holding the Christ Child beside a reclining

Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Simone Cantarini

Etching of a multi-story palace facade with arched windows and columns, figures in a foreground courtyard, and a cloudy sky.

Veduta sul Monte Quirinale del Palazzo dell'Eccellentissima Casa Barberini, Architectura del Cav.r Bernino (View of t…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1749

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

Engraved view of Charles-Town harbor with a large sailing ship, city waterfront, church spire and choppy water under clouds.

A View of Charles-town, the Capital of South Carolina

Samuel Smith, 1776

Etching of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum showing a row of massive Doric columns with small figures among ruins in the fore

Temple de Neptune à Pesto, vu de côté, et dessiné plus en grand qu'on ne le voit dans la première planche (Temple of…

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1778

Etching of women tossing a flying man in the air with a sheet, while an animal-like form lies across the cloth.

Disparate femenino (Feminine Folly), plate 1 from the series Los disparates (Los proverbios) - (Follies [Proverbs])

Francisco Goya, 1816

Colour lithograph bird's eye view of Harvard College and Old Cambridge with five smaller building views below.

Bird's Eye View of Harvard College, and Old Cambridge

Julius Hermann Kummer, 1858

Engraving of a feathered rider on a dark horse throwing a lasso at a galloping herd of wild horses on a plain.

Lassoing Wild Horses

Felix Octavius Carr Darley, 1872

Hand-colored print of Philadelphia's waterfront seen across a river, with sailboats, rowboats, church spires and trees.

Philadelphia, Southeast View, Plate 7 from a set of 54 views

Isidore Laurent Deroy, 1848

Etching of a tall brick house with stepped gables framed by trees, figures on a path, and a church spire in the distance.

"T Huys te Kostverloren," Amsterdam

Etched print of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome, showing its columned facade, rooftop statues, and a carriage in the

Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano (The Church of St. John Lateran)

Engraving of the Battle of Lexington with militiamen firing, smoke, a wounded man in the foreground, and fleeing women near a

Battle of Lexington

Cornelius Tiebout, 1798

Etching of a rider on a pale flying beast with huge outstretched wings and a second head above on a dark ground.

Disparate volante (Flying Folly), from the series Los disparates (Follies [Irrationalities])

Francisco Goya, 1815

Etching of a large windmill beside a canal with sailboats, figures in a rowboat, and distant windmills under a cloudy sky.

Moulins en Hollande (Mills in Holland)

Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1867

Etching of Mary with a halo leading a donkey past a bearded traveler, with trees and a distant city behind them.

Mary Holding her Child in her Arms, from the series Idee pittoresche sopra la fuga in Egitto (Flight into Egypt)

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, 1750