Aubrey Beardsley
Frontispiece to Chopin's Third Ballade 1895
Pen and ink and ink wash on paper
unconfirmed: 260 x 245 mm
Presented by the Patrons of British Art through the Tate Gallery Foundation 1999
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Bt
Desiderium 1873
Pencil on paper
support: 210 x 133 mm
Presented by Sir Philip Burne-Jones Bt 1910
William Blake
The Simoniac Pope 1824-7
Pen and ink and watercolour on paper
support: 527 x 368 mm
Purchased with the assistance of a special grant from the National Gallery and donations from the Art Fund, Lord Duveen and others, and presented through the the Art Fund 1919
William Hogarth
A Rake's Progress (plate 5) 1735
Etching and engraving on paper
image: 314 x 391 mm
Transferred from the reference collection 1973
Thomas Girtin
The White House at Chelsea 1800
Watercolour on paper
support: 298 x 514 mm
Bequeathed by Mrs Ada Montefiore 1933
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Elizabeth Siddall Plaiting her Hair date not known
Pencil on paper
support: 171 x 127 mm
Bequeathed by H.F. Stephens 1932
Joseph Mallord William Turner
The Blue Rigi, Sunrise 1842
Watercolour on paper
support: 297 x 450 mm
Purchased with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Art Fund (with a contribution from the Wolfson Foundation and including generous support from David and Susan Gradel, and from other members of the public through the Save the Blue Rigi appeal) Tate Members and other donors 2007
John Singer Sargent
Dorothy Barnard 1885-6
Pencil on paper
support: 248 x 210 mm
Bequeathed by Miss Dorothy Barnard 1949
Joseph Mallord William Turner
The Northampton Election, 6 December 1830 circa 1830-1
Watercolour and gouache, with pen and red and brown ink on paper
support: 292 x 438 mm
Purchased 2007
Helen Beatrix Potter
'Where is My Twist?' circa 1902
Pen and ink and watercolour on paper
support: 111 x 92 mm
Presented by Capt. K.W.G. Duke RN 1946 Frederick Warne & Co. Limited
Edward Lear
Near Calvi 1868
Ink and pencil on paper
support: 152 x 229 mm
Presented by the Earl of Northbrook 1910
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Self-Portrait as a Figure of Horror circa 1784
Chalk on paper
frame: 629 x 470 x 32 mm support: 368 x 251 mm
Bequeathed by Henry Vaughan 1900
Alfred Stevens
Design for Roundel of a Door at Dorchester House circa 1864
Ink wash on paper
Presented by W.C. Alexander 1914
John Roddam Spencer Stanhope
Study for 'Thoughts of the Past' circa 1859
Pen and ink on paper
support: 610 x 318 mm
Presented by Mrs Evelyn de Morgan 1917
Peter De Wint
Ruins of the Bishop's Palace, Lincoln date not known
Watercolour on paper
support: 419 x 521 mm
Bequeathed by John Henderson 1879
John Constable
Netley Abbey by Moonlight circa 1833
Watercolour and pencil on paper
support: 146 x 200 mm
Purchased 1969
John Constable, David Lucas
Stonehenge published 1855
Mezzotint on paper
image: 131 x 198 mm
Purchased 1985
David Cox
Clouds 1857
Oil on paper
image: 165 x 238 mm support: 165 x 238 mm
Presented by Professor Luke Herrmann (from the Bruce Ingram Collection) through the Art Fund 2002
George Romney
Serena in the Boat of Apathy date not known
Pencil, pen and ink and brush and ink on paper
support: 297 x 249 mm
Purchased as part of the Opp Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
Henry Fuseli
Charis Phykomen. Verso: Head of a Woman, Unfinished 1791
Pencil, chalk and brush and watercolour on paper, Pencil, chalk and brush and watercolour on paper
support: 280 x 198 mm
Purchased as part of the Opp Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
Thomas Kerrich
Study of Two Clusters of Cumulus Clouds circa 1795
Chalk on laid paper
support: 226 x 280 mm
Presented by Angus Neill in memory of Leslie Parris 2005
Tate has a fine collection of British School art on paper spanning the sixteenth to the late nineteenth centuries. This rich and varied collection includes:
- satirical prints by William Hogarth
- visionary prints and watercolours by William Blake and Samuel Palmer
- preparatory works by the Pre-Raphaelite artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones
- exquisite watercolour illustrations by Helen Beatrix Potter for her book The Tailor of Gloucester.
Like the Oppé Collection and Turner Bequest the Historic British collection is also rich in landscape watercolours and engravings, featuring the works of Thomas Girtin, John Sell Cotman and Peter De Wint.
Prints and Drawings Rooms
The full range of historic British art in the collection can be surveyed in the Prints and Drawings Rooms.