Group 6 Yale Center for British Art.
Anonymous Voices:
The Art of the Unseen
An online exhibition using open access collections from the Yale Center for British Art
25-26 Interpretations | Group 6
Can we see more truth when the artist remains unseen?
About Exhibition
How would you feel if you were anonymous? In this exhibition of unclaimed 19th century artworks, we investigate how much is revealed through the things we make, and how art can leave a lasting memory.
Title: Anonymous Voices: The Art of Unseen.
Venue:Online exhibition
Date:11 December 2025 to [TBD] 2026
Gallery
Unknown artist
Sunset on the Beach at Sark
About 1850
It’s hard to tell where the ocean ends and the land begins. Perhaps that’s what the telescope-holding figure on the far right was trying to figure out too.
Sark is a channel island off the coast of the UK and is rich in folklore. Up until the 1900s, most of the islanders believed in Pouquelayes, mischievous pixies with detachable heads who smoked pipes.
The mystery of the unknown artist adds to this magical atmosphere.
Unknown artist
Stonemasons, County Durham, England with Memorial Cross Erected in Burnmoor Church
Before 1873
20 feet tall, the monument dominates the scene, dwarfing the people below.
The cross was commissioned by the Earl of Durham to remember his wife, Beatrix Frances Lambton, Countess of Durham, who died unexpectedly in 1871 at only 35 years old.
Does this photograph of the memorial cross immortalise the artist along with the Countess, or emphasise how they remain forgotten?
Copyright information
All art collections are from Yale Centre For
British Art.
All are Public Domain/ CCO
https://britishart.yale.edu/
Thank you for visiting this exhibition
Curated by Xuedan Huang, Emma Williamson, and Minyoung Song.
All works in Anonymous Voices: The Art of the Unseen have been sourced from the Yale Center for British Art’s collection.