Materials & Techniques: gray wash / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Subject Terms: lake

1. A Temple Perched on a Rocky Outcrop Seen Across a Lake

Creator:: Alexander Runciman, 1736–1785
Date:: ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, blue wash and pen and black ink; verso: red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (14 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. Bridge in Countryside

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 8 3/8 inches (15.2 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935

3. Monte delle Beatitudini

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 7/16 inches (38 x 54.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Plan of Lake Tiberias

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 x 21 7/16 inches (37.7 x 54.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Tree and Lake

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1762 and 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 7 3/4 inches (12.7 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe

6. A Castle at the Edge of a Lake

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1762 and 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, yellow wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 × 5 1/2 inches (9.8 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe

7. Landscape with Large Cruciform

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink and gray ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 12 inches (24.4 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe

8. View of Windermere

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1762 and 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 9 3/8 inches (15.9 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe

9. Pine Trees and Castle in a Landscape

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1762 and 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 7 3/4in. (12.7 x 19.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe

10. Landscape (unfinished)

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1762 and 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, verso: Gray wash, brown wash, pen and black ink and brown ink on thick, moderately textured, beige 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, Gift of Arthur Weyhe

11. Sketch with a Castle on a Mountaintop

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1762 and 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 13 1/2 inches (21.9 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe

12. Landscape with Castle and River

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1762 and 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 15 9/16 inches (25.1 × 39.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe

13. Three Figures in a Landscape

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink and gray ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 17 7/16 inches (30.5 × 44.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe

14. Landscape with Road Leading to Abbey

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 13 1/4 inches (25.6 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe

15. Mountain Landscape

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1762 and 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink and gray ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 20 7/8 inches (33.3 × 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe

16. Scutari

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 x 21 1/4 inches (37.7 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Port d'Arona

Creator:: Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 × 27 inches (33.7 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. A Town on the Lake of Geneva

Creator:: Attributed to John Henderson, 1764–1843
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Blue wash, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 14 3/4 inches (24.4 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Como From Across the Lake

Creator:: Attributed to John Henderson, 1764–1843
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Blue wash, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 14 3/4 inches (24.4 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Chiddingstone Place, View from the Lake

Creator:: William Knight, active 1807–1845
Date:: ca. 1850s
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 11 7/8 inches (20.3 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Moonlit Landscape with a Ruined Castle

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: between 1820 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 9 5/8 inches (17.8 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Composition: Recollection of J.R. Cozen's of Nemi

Creator:: Dr. Thomas Monro, 1759–1833
Date:: between 1790 and 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 × 9 5/8 inches (18.6 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Italianate Landscape Composition

Creator:: pupil of Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, and black chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 11 1/16 inches (20 x 28.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Lake Scene

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Blue wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches (15.6 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Landscape at Ambleside

Creator:: Thomas Sunderland, 1744–1828
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, blue wash, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 17 13/16in. (33 x 45.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Pitch Lake

Creator:: Michel Jean Cazabon, 1813–1888
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, gray wash, graphite and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 inches (17.8 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Trees by a Lake

Creator:: Luke Sullivan, 1705–1771
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 9 inches (13.3 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Welsh Landscape

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash and white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (22.2 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Edge of the Lake

Creator:: Dr. Thomas Monro, 1759–1833
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (24.1 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. On the Banks of the Lago di Como

Creator:: Monro School
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (35.9 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Group of Four Figures by a Lake

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 9 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (24.8 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery

32. Classical Landscape with Two Figures on Lake Shore

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Brown and gray wash with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, prepared with yellow wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/16 x 7 3/4 inches (13.5 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Cumberland Landscape

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash, and graphite, with scraping out on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 inches (27.6 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Landscape with Lake and Mountains

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and brown ink, graphite and yellow ground on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches (16.2 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Castle above a Lake with Distant Mountain under Stormy Sky

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 9 7/16 inches (14.9 x 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Mountainous Landscape with Two Figures overlooking a Lake

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1780 and 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and brown ink, graphite and yellow ground on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 13/16in. (18.7 x 27.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Two Figures on Shore with Mountain Rising Behind

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Brown and gray wash with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, prepared with yellow wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 x 7 1/2in. (13.8 x 19.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Landscape with a Ruined Castle

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, prepared with orange wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches (13.7 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Landscape with Castle on a Hill at Left

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches (13.7 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Landscape with a Castle on a Hill at Right

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, prepared with yellow wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 5/16in. (14 x 18.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Landscape with Four Figures

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, prepared with orange wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 7 1/4in. (12.7 x 18.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Mountainous Landscape with a Lake

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches (13.7 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Two Figures on a Road by a Lake

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, prepared with orange wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 x 7 3/8 inches (11.9 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. A Lake with Mountains Rising Beyond

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, prepared with orange wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 x 7 3/8in. (11.7 x 18.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Cumberland Landscape

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (13 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Village Seen from Across a Lake

Creator:: Anthony Devis, 1729–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 13 1/8 inches (24.4 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Waterfall in the Lake District

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: ca. 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 1/8 × 18 9/16 inches (61.3 × 47.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Landscape with Mountain and Lake

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: 1750s
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brushed black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (9.5 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Upon the Aare between Unterseen and the Lake of Brientz

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, blue wash, gray wash, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (23.5 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Figures by a Lake

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches (26 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Trees Overhanging a Lake

Creator:: John White Abbott, 1763–1851
Date:: between 1803 and 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (29.8 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. A Temple Perched on a Rocky Outcrop Seen Across a Lake

2. Bridge in Countryside

3. Monte delle Beatitudini

4. Plan of Lake Tiberias

5. Tree and Lake

6. A Castle at the Edge of a Lake

7. Landscape with Large Cruciform

8. View of Windermere

9. Pine Trees and Castle in a Landscape

10. Landscape (unfinished)

11. Sketch with a Castle on a Mountaintop

12. Landscape with Castle and River

13. Three Figures in a Landscape

14. Landscape with Road Leading to Abbey

15. Mountain Landscape

16. Scutari

17. Port d'Arona

18. A Town on the Lake of Geneva

19. Como From Across the Lake

20. Chiddingstone Place, View from the Lake

21. Moonlit Landscape with a Ruined Castle

22. Composition: Recollection of J.R. Cozen's of Nemi

23. Italianate Landscape Composition

24. Lake Scene

25. Landscape at Ambleside

26. The Pitch Lake

27. Trees by a Lake

28. Welsh Landscape

29. The Edge of the Lake

30. On the Banks of the Lago di Como

31. Group of Four Figures by a Lake

32. Classical Landscape with Two Figures on Lake Shore

33. Cumberland Landscape

34. Landscape with Lake and Mountains

35. Castle above a Lake with Distant Mountain under Stormy Sky

36. Mountainous Landscape with Two Figures overlooking a Lake

37. Two Figures on Shore with Mountain Rising Behind

38. Landscape with a Ruined Castle

39. Landscape with Castle on a Hill at Left

40. Landscape with a Castle on a Hill at Right

41. Landscape with Four Figures

42. Mountainous Landscape with a Lake

43. Two Figures on a Road by a Lake

44. A Lake with Mountains Rising Beyond

45. Cumberland Landscape

46. Village Seen from Across a Lake

47. Waterfall in the Lake District

48. Landscape with Mountain and Lake

49. Upon the Aare between Unterseen and the Lake of Brientz

50. Figures by a Lake

51. Trees Overhanging a Lake