Yale Center for British Art

The Center houses the largest collection of British art outside of the United Kingdom. Located in a magnificent building designed by Louis I. Kahn (D.F.A. 1965), the collection chronicles the development of British art, life, and thought from the Elizabethan era onward, with particular strength in the period from the birth of William Hogarth in 1697 to the death of J.M.W. Turner in 1851. The Center and its ongoing programs are made possible by the generosity of Yale’s great philanthropist Paul Mellon (B.A. 1929).

Jerusalem: Jerusalem in Her Desolation William Blake, 1757–1827 ca.1804–1820 Relief etching printed in orange with pen and black ink, watercolor, and gold

Mrs. Abington as Miss Prue Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792 1771 Oil on canvas

Zebra George Stubbs, 1724–1806 1763 Oil on canvas

Glacier and Source of Arveyron, Going Up to the Mer de Glace Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851 1803 Watercolor, graphite, and gum with scraping out and stopping out Continue to The Peabody Museum of Natural History...