Materials & Techniques: black chalk / Period: 19th century / Associated Places: England

1. Ruin of St. Botolph's Priory, Colchester

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Black and brown chalk over graphite with stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 x 14 7/8 inches (43.5 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Wooded Slope with a Receding Road

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk with stumping on medium, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 20 1/8 inches (34.6 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. A Page from a Cornish Sketchbook: Cornwall 30

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 x 7 inches (10.6 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Wilmot's Hill, Kent

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: ca. 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 7/8 inches (27.3 × 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Old Cedar Tree in Botanic Garden, Chelsea

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (26.7 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Boxhill

Creator:: attributed to Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1868
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, green wash, brown wash, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 1/8 inches (24.1 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Rock Slip near Boscastle

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, black chalk, yellow chalk, and blue chalk on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches (24.1 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Sheet from the Blake-Varley Sketchbook of 1819, Pages 37 and 38

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 8 inches (15.6 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Keith C., Yale BA 1968, and Mildred B. Marshall

9. Weymouth Castle

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 1/2 inches (24.8 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Millbank

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches (21.9 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Scene in Kent

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue-gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 11 1/2 x 17 1/8 inches (29.2 x 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Pike Pool, Beresford Hall, Derbyshire

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue-gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 22 inches (42.9 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Edgware Road, London

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue-gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (15.9 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Near Edgware Road, London

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 7 x 13 1/4 inches (17.8 x 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. A Scene in the Edgware Road, London

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue-gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches (11.4 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Folkestone

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 6 7/8 inches (12.1 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Castleton - The Peak

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 13 1/8 inches (26.4 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

18. Two Fishing Boats at Brighton Beach

Creator:: Attributed to Agostino Aglio the elder, 1777–1857
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (13.3 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Dedham Landscape

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (16.5 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. View of Windsor from down the River

Creator:: Dr. William Crotch, 1775–1847
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 7 5/8 inches (14.9 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Coast of Sussex from the Downs

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, red chalk, and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 14 inches (24.4 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Hastings Castle

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 × 11 inches (22.9 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black chalk and graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, mounted on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 13 5/8 inches (25.4 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. A Rowing Boat at Twickenham

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, light blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches (21.3 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Battle Abbey, Sept. 8, 1807

Creator:: Dr. William Crotch, 1775–1847
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, graphite, and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 14 1/8in. (21.6 x 35.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Sunrise

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 7 inches (12.1 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935

27. Cromer Pier

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 6 3/8 inches (11.1 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935

28. At Oxford

Creator:: Edna Kaulbach, active 1874
Date:: 1874
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 23 3/8 inches (42.5 × 59.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward I. Elicofon

29. The Beggar's Oak, Bagot's Park, Aug. 12th, 1820 (A Celebrated Ancient Tree on Lord Bagot's Blithfield Hall Estate in Staffordshire)

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 22 3/4 inches (34.6 x 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Ruin of St. Botolph's Priory, Colchester

2. Wooded Slope with a Receding Road

3. A Page from a Cornish Sketchbook: Cornwall 30

4. Wilmot's Hill, Kent

5. Old Cedar Tree in Botanic Garden, Chelsea

6. Boxhill

7. The Rock Slip near Boscastle

8. Sheet from the Blake-Varley Sketchbook of 1819, Pages 37 and 38

9. Weymouth Castle

10. Millbank

11. Scene in Kent

12. Pike Pool, Beresford Hall, Derbyshire

13. Edgware Road, London

14. Near Edgware Road, London

15. A Scene in the Edgware Road, London

16. Folkestone

17. Castleton - The Peak

18. Two Fishing Boats at Brighton Beach

19. Dedham Landscape

20. View of Windsor from down the River

21. The Coast of Sussex from the Downs

22. Hastings Castle

23. Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon

24. A Rowing Boat at Twickenham

25. Battle Abbey, Sept. 8, 1807

26. Sunrise

27. Cromer Pier

28. At Oxford

29. The Beggar's Oak, Bagot's Park, Aug. 12th, 1820 (A Celebrated Ancient Tree on Lord Bagot's Blithfield Hall Estate in Staffordshire)