Materials & Techniques: brown wash / Associated Places: London

1. Hogarth Painting in Vauxhall Gardens in the Presence of Jonathan Tyers

Creator:: John Thomas Smith, 1766–1833
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, black ink, brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 9 3/4 inches (32.7 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Characters in the Streets of London

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 15 13/16 inches (30.2 x 40.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Interior of a Coppersmith's, Shoe Lane

Creator:: Henry William Burgess, active 1809–1860
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 7 5/8 inches (14 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Sketch of a Half-Facade for a Royal Palace, Hyde Park, London

Creator:: Sir John Soane, 1753–1837
Date:: ca. 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (8.9 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Waterloo Bridge from the Garden of M. A. Taylor, Esq.

Creator:: William Parrott, 1813–ca. 1869
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 × 8 3/8 inches (11 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. London Cries: A Man with a Basket (Man Selling Pots and Pans)

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash, graphite and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches (19.1 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Building of Waterloo Bridge

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash, and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 15 5/8 inches (25.4 x 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Newgate Prison, the Fire of London

Creator:: Thomas Wyck, 1616–1677
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 5 1/4 inches (9.5 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, brown ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 3/16 inches (24.8 x 33.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. London Cries: All Fire and No Smoke

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches (19.7 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. London Cries: A Man Swaggering

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (19.7 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. London Cries: A Man with a Bottle

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches (19.7 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Treasury, Whitehall, London: Alternate Elevations of the Facade

Creator:: William Kent, ca.1686–1748
Date:: ca. 1733
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 17 1/4 inches (21.6 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. King's Mews, Charing Cross, London: Section

Creator:: William Kent, ca.1686–1748
Date:: 1731
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 12 7/8 inches (25.1 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. London Cries: Throws for a Ha'penny Have You a Ha'penny

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, graphite, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches (19.7 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. London Cries: Small Coal or Brushes

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 5 3/8 inches (20.3 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Old London Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral From the Thames

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: ca. 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with scratching out on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 7 inches (10.5 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. A London Riot

Creator:: Charles Reuben Ryley, 1752–1798
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 12 inches (12.2 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. View of Guy Fawkes' Tower

Creator:: George Birch, 1842–1904
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on slightly textured, moderately thick, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 8 1/4 inches (27.9 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Ruins of Westminster Palace

Creator:: George Harley, 1791–1871
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on slightly textured, medium, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 6 1/4 inches (24.3 × 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Drawing Room Ceiling, No. 3 Old Palace Yard

Creator:: Charles James Richardson, 1806–1871
Date:: 1871
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, and brown wash on smooth, medium, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 5/8 inches (37.8 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Earthquake Scare in Piccadilly

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite, and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 5/8 × 16 1/2 inches (27 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. 'A Whistler!'

Creator:: George Moutard Woodward, ca. 1760–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 10 3/8 inches (21.7 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Ceiling to Boudoir House in Old Palace Yard

Creator:: Charles James Richardson, 1806–1871
Date:: 1871
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink, and brown wash on smooth, medium, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 9 5/16 inches (30.8 × 23.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Fullham Church

Creator:: James Stark, 1794–1859
Date:: June 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 9/16 × 6 5/16 inches (9 × 16 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Design for Approaches to London Bridge

Creator:: Charles Robert Cockerell, 1788–1863
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen with brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches (24.8 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Trees in Hyde Park, London

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 17 3/4 inches (26.4 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Hogarth Painting in Vauxhall Gardens in the Presence of Jonathan Tyers

2. Characters in the Streets of London

3. Interior of a Coppersmith's, Shoe Lane

4. Sketch of a Half-Facade for a Royal Palace, Hyde Park, London

5. Waterloo Bridge from the Garden of M. A. Taylor, Esq.

6. London Cries: A Man with a Basket (Man Selling Pots and Pans)

7. The Building of Waterloo Bridge

8. Newgate Prison, the Fire of London

9. Design for a Ceiling at Addiscombe: Bacchus and Ariadne

10. London Cries: All Fire and No Smoke

11. London Cries: A Man Swaggering

12. London Cries: A Man with a Bottle

13. The Treasury, Whitehall, London: Alternate Elevations of the Facade

14. King's Mews, Charing Cross, London: Section

15. London Cries: Throws for a Ha'penny Have You a Ha'penny

16. London Cries: Small Coal or Brushes

17. Old London Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral From the Thames

18. A London Riot

19. View of Guy Fawkes' Tower

20. Ruins of Westminster Palace

21. Drawing Room Ceiling, No. 3 Old Palace Yard

22. The Earthquake Scare in Piccadilly

23. 'A Whistler!'

24. Ceiling to Boudoir House in Old Palace Yard

25. Fullham Church

26. Design for Approaches to London Bridge

27. Trees in Hyde Park, London