Materials & Techniques: watercolor / Genre: marine art / Subject Terms: cliffs

1. St. Mawes, Cornwall

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (14.3 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Margate

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches (15.6 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Folkestone Harbour and Coast to Dover

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 17 7/8in. (28.9 x 45.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Coast Scene with White Cliffs and Boats on Shore

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches (18.4 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Near Dendour

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/2 x 7 7/16 inches (6.3 x 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

6. Gebel Abu Fodde

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on thick, rough, cream wove paper, mounted on very thick, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/16 x 6 15/16 inches (6.2 x 17.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

7. Ladrone Islands in the China Sea

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, mounted on linen
Dimensions:: Mount: 24 1/8 × 32 3/4 inches (61.3 × 83.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Near Broadstairs

Creator:: William J. Blacklock, 1805–1858
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (14 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Fisherman's Quarters, Robin Hood's Bay

Creator:: Joseph Powell, 1780–1834
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 11 1/4 inches (20.3 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Scarborough: Shipwreck at the Foot of the Castle Cliff

Creator:: Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Date:: ca. 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 16 1/2in. (30 x 41.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Fanali di Villa Franca

Creator:: Monro School
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 15/16 × 7 7/16 inches (12.5 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Beach Scene

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, pen and gray ink, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 inches (19.7 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Bolt Head, West North West (one of five drawings on one mount)

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 10 1/2 inches (7.9 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Staithes, Yorkshire

Creator:: Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 7/16in. (23.2 x 31.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Clovelly, North Devon

Creator:: William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite with scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 29 1/4 x 44 1/2 inches (74.3 x 113 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Pier at Tanera, Loch Broom

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (16.5 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Lighthouse on Flambro' head, Yorkshire

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches (16.5 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Near Beechy-head

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches (16.5 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Sidmouth

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with gouache on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 13 7/8in. (25.7 x 35.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. On the Coast of Brittany

Creator:: Alexander T. Francia, 1820–1884
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 12 3/8 inches (19.1 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Boscastle Pier on the Coast of Cornwall

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches (18.4 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. A Frigate Awaiting a Pilot

Creator:: William Anderson, 1757–1837
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches (20 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Dover

Creator:: James Stark, 1794–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 10 1/8 inches (17.1 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Shipwrecked Sailors

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen and black and gray ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 x 9 3/16 inches (16.7 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Castle on Holy Island

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 17 7/8 inches (14 x 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. St. Mawes, Cornwall

2. Margate

3. Folkestone Harbour and Coast to Dover

4. Coast Scene with White Cliffs and Boats on Shore

5. Near Dendour

6. Gebel Abu Fodde

7. Ladrone Islands in the China Sea

8. Near Broadstairs

9. Fisherman's Quarters, Robin Hood's Bay

10. Scarborough: Shipwreck at the Foot of the Castle Cliff

11. Fanali di Villa Franca

12. Beach Scene

13. The Bolt Head, West North West (one of five drawings on one mount)

14. Staithes, Yorkshire

15. Clovelly, North Devon

16. Pier at Tanera, Loch Broom

17. Lighthouse on Flambro' head, Yorkshire

18. Near Beechy-head

19. Sidmouth

20. On the Coast of Brittany

21. Boscastle Pier on the Coast of Cornwall

22. A Frigate Awaiting a Pilot

23. Dover

24. Shipwrecked Sailors

25. Castle on Holy Island