Materials & Techniques: graphite / Associated Places: France / Subject Terms: cityscape

1. Tours: Sunset: Looking Backwards

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1826 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches (12.4 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. A View of the Harbour at Cannes

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1869
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and scraping out on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 20 1/8 inches (16.7 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Nice from the Genoa Road

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1865
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 9 3/4 inches (14.3 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower

4. Calais Harbour

Creator:: Attributed to James Holland, 1799–1870
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 11 1/2 inches (16.8 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Pont des Arts, Paris

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: between 1831 and 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and brown ink, graphite and watercolor on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 13 1/8 inches (16.8 x 33.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Beauvais Cathedral

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/16 × 10 9/16 inches (40.8 × 26.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

7. Nîmes from the Tour Magne

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper (original mount)
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 1/4 × 23 7/8 inches (43.8 × 60.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Seine with Notre Dame

Creator:: Frederick Nash, 1782–1856
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 × 10 3/4 inches (17.6 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Cathedral of St. Pierre, Caen

Creator:: Ambrose Poynter, 1796–1886
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 3/16 inches (25.2 × 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Blois on the Loire

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/16 x 13 3/8 inches (13.5 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Porch, Reims Cathedral

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite, with scratching out on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 10 3/4 inches (42.2 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. View of the Pont Royal

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: ca. 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, graphite, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 × 19 13/16 inches (33.7 × 50.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Paris from the Boulevard de L'Hopital

Creator:: Ambrose Poynter, 1796–1886
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/16 × 10 1/2 inches (13.2 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The Pont Neuf

Creator:: William Henry Lake Price, ca. 1810–ca. 1896
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (16.5 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Place des Victoires, Paris

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor in pen and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream antique laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 21 inches (34.9 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. The Pont Neuf

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (19.1 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. A Southeast View of the Castle of Grigan in Provence near Dauphine

Creator:: Michel Vincent Brandoin, 1733–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 18 3/4 inches (31.8 × 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Pont de la Concorde and Tuileries Palace from the Cours la Reine

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown ink and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (16.5 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. The Mint, Pont des Arts and L'Institut de France, Paris

Creator:: Henry Edridge, 1769–1821
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 18 13/16 inches (31.1 × 47.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Street Scene in Calais

Creator:: John Scarlett Davis, 1804–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with scratching out over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 5 5/8 inches (18.4 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Ile de la Cité, the Pont au Change, and the Conciergerie, Paris, 1837

Creator:: Richard Redgrave, 1804–1888
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 12 1/8 inches (25.7 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Place St. Barthélemy, Rouen

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches (26.4 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Boulogne Harbor

Creator:: attributed to Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches (18.7 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. A French Market Place

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 12 3/8 inches (24.8 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Le Pont Royal, Paris

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches (14.3 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. View from the Pont Neuf

Creator:: William Henry Lake Price, ca. 1810–ca. 1896
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (16.5 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. View of Pont St. Michel, Taken from Pont Neuf

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, first engraver's proof, touched in graphite by the artist on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 x 16 1/2 inches (22.7 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Nice

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (14.6 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Lyons - From the Bridge at the Junction of the Rhone & Soane

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/2 inches (22.7 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Paris From the Hospital of Bicêtre

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Ruins of the Arsenal From the Place de St. Michel

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/2 inches (22.7 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Tours: Sunset: Looking Backwards

2. A View of the Harbour at Cannes

3. Nice from the Genoa Road

4. Calais Harbour

5. The Pont des Arts, Paris

6. Beauvais Cathedral

7. Nîmes from the Tour Magne

8. The Seine with Notre Dame

9. The Cathedral of St. Pierre, Caen

10. Blois on the Loire

11. The Porch, Reims Cathedral

12. View of the Pont Royal

13. Paris from the Boulevard de L'Hopital

14. The Pont Neuf

15. Place des Victoires, Paris

16. The Pont Neuf

17. A Southeast View of the Castle of Grigan in Provence near Dauphine

18. The Pont de la Concorde and Tuileries Palace from the Cours la Reine

19. The Mint, Pont des Arts and L'Institut de France, Paris

20. Street Scene in Calais

21. Ile de la Cité, the Pont au Change, and the Conciergerie, Paris, 1837

22. Place St. Barthélemy, Rouen

23. Boulogne Harbor

24. A French Market Place

25. Le Pont Royal, Paris

26. View from the Pont Neuf

27. View of Pont St. Michel, Taken from Pont Neuf

28. Nice

29. Lyons - From the Bridge at the Junction of the Rhone & Soane

30. Paris From the Hospital of Bicêtre

31. The Ruins of the Arsenal From the Place de St. Michel