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1. Dunstanborough Castle

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink First published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 16 3/4 inches (29.5 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Christ and the Woman of Samaria

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 17 3/8 inches (29.2 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Dunstanborough Castle

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 17 1/8 inches (29.5 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Holy Island Cathedral

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 7/8 inches (29.2 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. View of a Valley with Ruins at Sardis

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with gray ink and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 21 5/16 inches (37.8 x 54.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Top Panel: Plan, Column Details; Bottom Panel: View of a Ruined Theater, Probably that at Miletus

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with gray and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 15 inches (54 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Members of a Corinthian Temple in Ruins at Ephesus

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/16 x 15 3/16 inches (54.2 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. View of the Modern City of Pergamon

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 21 5/16 inches (38.3 x 54.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. View of the Ruined Theater of Aezani at Tjaden

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 9/16 inches (37.6 x 54.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Gierusalemme

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 5/16 x 21 1/2 inches (36.4 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. View of Ruins at Tivoli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 1/4 inches (38.1 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. View of the Ruined Baths at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 5/16 inches (38.1 x 54.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Moon-Light

Creator:: Print made by John Browne, 1741–1801
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 16 7/16 inches (32 x 41.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Ruins of the Old Bridge, Vernon

Creator:: Frederick Goulding, 1842–1909
Date:: 1879
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly texture, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 10 1/4 inches (13.7 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Judith Zlotsky

15. No. 6 Temple of Neptune the King, View and Elevation of the 2nd temple - seen from the east

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 11 5/8 inches (37.9 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. No. 7 the interior part of the 3rd temple looking from the west front

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 12 inches (35.6 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Mount Palatine

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 3/16 inches (18.1 x 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Man Sleeping Outdoors

Creator:: John Glover, 1767–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, blue-green laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (19.1 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 1/4 inches (27.6 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Mountain Landscape with Castle Ruins on a Cliff

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and black wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 x 17 inches (27.8 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Rome, A View of the Arch of Constantine with Other Ruins

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 16 3/4 inches (15.2 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Castell Dinas Brân, Wales

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 × 19 5/8 inches (33 × 49.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Linlithgow Palace

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/16 x 7 3/16 inches (13.1 x 18.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Brougham Castle

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, wash, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 13 1/4 inches (22.2 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Ruins Outside Rome

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 x 14 3/16 inches (23.7 x 36 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Hilly Landscape with Figures Approaching a Bridge

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, on contemporary mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 inches (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, James W. and Mary C. Fosburgh Collection

27. The Villa Adrianna, Rome

Creator:: James William Giles, 1801–1870
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and pen and brown ink with touches of white gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 16 5/8 inches (27.5 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Ruins in Rome

Creator:: William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:: between 1768 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black and brown ink, white gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 18 3/16in. (34 x 46.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Castle Acre Priory

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, brown wash, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches (18.1 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Ruins of Leiston Abbey

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 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

31. Italian Landscape with Ruined Castle

Creator:: William Taverner, 1703–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 9 5/8 inches (12.1 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Landscape with two figures beside an old building

Creator:: David Charles Read, 1790–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 3/4 inches (11.7 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

33. Temple of Venus and Rome from the Colosseum

Creator:: William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 16 3/8 inches (30.6 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum

Creator:: Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros, 1748–1810
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 x 29 1/8 inches (53 x 74 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Remains of the Temple of Olypian Jove with a View of Ortygia, Syracuse

Creator:: Henry Tresham, 1751–1814
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 19 7/8 inches (31.8 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Maxstoke Priory, Warwickshire

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 9 1/8 inches (14.9 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 15/16 x 5 15/16 inches (10 x 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. 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

39. A View at Terracina

Creator:: Jacob More, 1740–1793
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper in contemporary laid paper insert with pen and black ink, and gray wash boader
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 x 21 1/2 inches (40.6 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Ruins of the College of Lincluden, near Dumfries

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (16.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. View of Ruins of the Asclepium at Pergamon

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 1/4 inches (37.9 x 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Ruins at Pergamon, Probably of the Amphitheatre

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with gray wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 1/4 inches (38 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. The Basilica at Pergamon

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: 15 3/16 x 21 1/4 inches (38.5 x 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. No. 2. A. Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and black wash on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 7/8 inches (27.3 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, rough, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 16 9/16 inches (28.7 x 42.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Netley Abbey

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches (15.9 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. The Ruins of the College of Lincluden

Creator:: Print made by William Byrne, 1743–1805
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 14 15/16 inches (27.5 x 38 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. The Offer

Creator:: Samuel Wale, 1721–1786
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 5 7/8 inches (11.4 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Crowcombe Court: a gentleman with his dog walking by the river

Creator:: Coplestone Warre Bampfylde, 1719–1791
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 18 3/16 inches (29.5 × 46.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Temple of Venus Monday, March 18th, 1782

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 × 19 9/16 inches (35.6 × 49.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. East Side of Sheriff Hutton Castle

Creator:: Francis Place, 1647–1728
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and blue wash with pen and black ink and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 8 7/8 inches (10.2 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. No. 2 Elevation of the Front of the first temple fronting the sea

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 11 1/8 inches (33 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. No. 5 interior part of the 2nd temple seen from the North Side

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 11/16 x 12 1/16 inches (37.3 x 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Paestum: No. 4 View of the Interior part of the 2nd temple from the east front

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 11 7/8 inches (34.3 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Maxstoke Priory

Creator:: Heneage Finch fourth Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 x 13 3/4 inches (36.6 x 35 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Roman Sketchbook

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Sketchbook with sketches in graphite, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, black wash, gouache and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, bound in vellum
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 5/8 inches (19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Arch of Janus, after Piranesi

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1798 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 x 12 1/8 inches (21.1 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Classical Composition

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1798 to 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, laid paper, mounted on very thick cardboard
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 18 13/16 inches (30.5 x 47.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (16.8 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. The Colosseum from the Caelian Mount, with the Arch of Constantine and a View of the Forum, Rome.

Creator:: Carlo Labruzzi, 1748–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 inches (37.5 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

61. Sepulchre on the Via Nomentana in the Roman Campagna

Creator:: Carlo Labruzzi, 1748–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 19 inches (29.5 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

62. Part of the Colosseum with the Arch of Constantine and Arch of Titus in the Distance, Rome

Creator:: Carlo Labruzzi, 1748–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 1/8 inches (37.5 x 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. The Baths of Caracalla, Rome

Creator:: Carlo Labruzzi, 1748–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 18 5/8 inches (29.2 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

64. A Panoramic View toward St. Peter's from the Palace of the Caesars

Creator:: Carlo Labruzzi, 1748–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 18 1/4 inches (29.2 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

65. The Claudian Aquaduct, Rome

Creator:: Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink, over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 18 1/2 inches (32.1 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Valle Crucis Abbey, near Llangollen

Creator:: imitator of Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 5/8 inches (21 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Tempio di Clitumno, Rome, after Piranesi

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 x 12 1/8 inches (21.4 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Guisborough Priory

Creator:: follower of Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 20 1/8 inches (30.3 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Classical Landscape with Ruin on Left, Two Figures on Right

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, prepared with yellow wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/16 x 7 1/2in. (13.5 x 19.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Three Figures in a Hilly Landscape with Ruins, beyond

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
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/16 x 6 3/4 inches (11.3 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Landscape with a Ruined Castle on the Right

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, prepared with pink wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 3/8in. (14 x 18.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading an Inscription on a Tombstone beside a Ruined Church, Figures, Donkey, Sheep and Distant Mountains

Creator:: attributed to Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 15 inches (29.2 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Mitford Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 6 3/16 inches (10.6 × 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Holy Island and Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 6 3/16 inches (10.6 × 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Ruined Archway with a Line of Washing, possibly in Rome

Creator:: Heneage Finch fourth Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:: after 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and blue wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 7/8 inches (26.7 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. An Old Barn, Trees and Cow

Creator:: Heneage Finch fourth Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 1/8 inches (21 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Facade of Ruined (?) Roman Temple, with Columns and Doorway

Creator:: Heneage Finch fourth Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:: after 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite, verso: blue wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 8 inches (23.5 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. William Daniell, the Artist's Nephew, Sketching a Ruined Temple at Zafarabad on the Gumti River

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 1/2 inches (22.5 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Bridge and Patna Gate and Monghyr Fort

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 × 20 3/4 inches (36.4 × 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Norham Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/16 × 6 1/16 inches (10.3 × 15.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Landscape with a Ruined Norman Church

Creator:: attributed to Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 x 19 1/8 inches (33.3 x 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Temple Ruins at Plessey

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 13 1/2 inches (21.9 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

83. Hadleigh Castle, Essex, England

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 7 13/16 inches (16.5 × 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Chapel of the Holy Ghost, Basingstoke, England

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 3/8 inches (16.8 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Cerne Abbey

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 8 3/8 inches (16.7 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Eagle Tower of Caernarfon Castle, Wales

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 5/16 inches (16.8 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Ludlow Castle, Shropshire

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 1/4 inches (16.8 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Ludlow Castle, Shropshire

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 1/4 inches (16.8 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Montgomery Castle, Powys, Mid-Wales

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 5/16 inches (16.8 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Ruins at Capua

Creator:: Carlo Labruzzi, 1748–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 12 1/2 inches (38.4 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Ecclesiastical Ruins beside the Thames (?)

Creator:: John Collet, ca. 1725–1780
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 7 1/8 inches (12.4 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. In the Camp Vaccinio at Rome

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: ca. 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 23 13/16 inches (38.4 x 60.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. An Interior View of the Colosseum, Rome

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (36.8 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Ruins of a Temple, Sunset

Creator:: George Chinnery, 1774–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 7 7/8 inches (12.7 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Knaresborough Castle

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 9 5/8 inches (34.3 × 24.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Caerphilly Castle

Creator:: Hendrik Danckerts, ca. 1625–1680
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, brown wash, and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 16 7/8 inches (28.3 x 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Italian Landscape

Creator:: Richard Cooper the Elder, 1701–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, and bistre wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 15in. (22.5 x 38.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. 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

99. Classical Landscape with Two Figures on Horseback at Right

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 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches (13.7 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. A ruin fantasy

Creator:: John Devoto, active 1708–1752
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 2 7/8 inches (9.2 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Dunstanborough Castle

2. Christ and the Woman of Samaria

3. Dunstanborough Castle

4. Holy Island Cathedral

5. View of a Valley with Ruins at Sardis

6. Top Panel: Plan, Column Details; Bottom Panel: View of a Ruined Theater, Probably that at Miletus

7. The Members of a Corinthian Temple in Ruins at Ephesus

8. View of the Modern City of Pergamon

9. View of the Ruined Theater of Aezani at Tjaden

10. Gierusalemme

11. View of Ruins at Tivoli

12. View of the Ruined Baths at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli

13. Moon-Light

14. Ruins of the Old Bridge, Vernon

15. No. 6 Temple of Neptune the King, View and Elevation of the 2nd temple - seen from the east

16. No. 7 the interior part of the 3rd temple looking from the west front

17. Mount Palatine

18. Man Sleeping Outdoors

19. Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

20. Mountain Landscape with Castle Ruins on a Cliff

21. Rome, A View of the Arch of Constantine with Other Ruins

22. Castell Dinas Brân, Wales

23. Linlithgow Palace

24. Brougham Castle

25. Ruins Outside Rome

26. Hilly Landscape with Figures Approaching a Bridge

27. The Villa Adrianna, Rome

28. Ruins in Rome

29. Castle Acre Priory

30. The Ruins of Leiston Abbey

31. Italian Landscape with Ruined Castle

32. Landscape with two figures beside an old building

33. Temple of Venus and Rome from the Colosseum

34. Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum

35. Remains of the Temple of Olypian Jove with a View of Ortygia, Syracuse

36. Maxstoke Priory, Warwickshire

37. Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds

38. Nîmes from the Tour Magne

39. A View at Terracina

40. The Ruins of the College of Lincluden, near Dumfries

41. View of Ruins of the Asclepium at Pergamon

42. Ruins at Pergamon, Probably of the Amphitheatre

43. The Basilica at Pergamon

44. No. 2. A. Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum

45. Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

46. Netley Abbey

47. The Ruins of the College of Lincluden

48. The Offer

49. Crowcombe Court: a gentleman with his dog walking by the river

50. Temple of Venus Monday, March 18th, 1782

51. East Side of Sheriff Hutton Castle

52. No. 2 Elevation of the Front of the first temple fronting the sea

53. No. 5 interior part of the 2nd temple seen from the North Side

54. Paestum: No. 4 View of the Interior part of the 2nd temple from the east front

55. Maxstoke Priory

56. Roman Sketchbook

57. Arch of Janus, after Piranesi

58. Classical Composition

59. Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland

60. The Colosseum from the Caelian Mount, with the Arch of Constantine and a View of the Forum, Rome.

61. Sepulchre on the Via Nomentana in the Roman Campagna

62. Part of the Colosseum with the Arch of Constantine and Arch of Titus in the Distance, Rome

63. The Baths of Caracalla, Rome

64. A Panoramic View toward St. Peter's from the Palace of the Caesars

65. The Claudian Aquaduct, Rome

66. Valle Crucis Abbey, near Llangollen

67. Tempio di Clitumno, Rome, after Piranesi

68. Guisborough Priory

69. Classical Landscape with Ruin on Left, Two Figures on Right

70. Three Figures in a Hilly Landscape with Ruins, beyond

71. Landscape with a Ruined Castle on the Right

72. Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading an Inscription on a Tombstone beside a Ruined Church, Figures, Donkey, Sheep and Distant Mountains

73. Mitford Castle, Northumberland