Collection: Paintings and Sculpture / Associated Places: England / Subject Terms: sea

1. Wreckers -- Coast of Northumberland, with a Steam-Boat Assisting a Ship off Shore

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1833 and 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 5/8 x 47 9/16 inches (90.5 x 120.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. 1947 (Mousehole, Cornwall)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1947
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and pencil on board
Dimensions:: 7 5/8 x 9 inches (19.4 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Purchased with funds from Neil Phillips, Yale LLB 1951, and Ivan Phillips, Yale BA 1956, in memory of their parents, The Hon. Lazarus Phillips and Rosalie Phillips
On View:: Not on view

3. Jan 20 1948 (still life, Newlyn)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982
Date:: 1948
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas, laid on board
Dimensions:: 31 3/4 x 20 1/4 inches (80.6 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Coastal Scene with Cliffs

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 5 × 9 5/8 inches (12.7 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Harwich: The Low Lighthouse and Beacon Hill

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 x 20 inches (33 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Hove Beach

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1824 to 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on board
Dimensions:: 9 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches (23.2 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Stormy Sea, Brighton

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 6 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (16.5 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Nocturne in Blue and Silver

Creator:: James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:: 1872 to 1878, butterfly added ca. 1885
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 24 inches (44.5 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: On view at YUAG

9. Off the Nore

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1840 and 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 x 18 inches (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Channel Coast

Creator:: Ruskin Spear, 1911–1990
Date:: ca. 1975
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on masonite board
Dimensions:: 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
On View:: Not on view

11. Landscape, Possibly the Isle of Wight or Richmond Hill

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 8 7/8 x 12 inches (22.5 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Forecast

Creator:: John Tunnard, 1900–1971
Date:: 1945
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on gesso-prepared board
Dimensions:: 24 x 22 3/4 inches (61 x 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
On View:: Not on view

13. After the Barge Race, Pin Mill

Creator:: Edward Brian Seago, 1910–1974
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 11 x 16 inches (27.9 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
On View:: Not on view

14. St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall

Creator:: Thomas Creswick, 1811–1869
Date:: ca. 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 9 x 6 3/4 inches (22.9 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Morecambe Sands

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 × 12 inches (22.9 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Monique Goldstrom in honor of Michael Goldstrom's role "Hersh" in "Modern Orthodox" by Daniel Goldfarb at Long Wharf Theatre
On View:: Not on view

16. Sandown Bay, from near Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight

Creator:: John Glover, 1767–1849
Date:: ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 52 inches (91.4 x 132.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Shipping in a Calm

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: between 1700 and 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 12 1/4 inches (40.6 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: ca. 1703
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 x 54 inches (61.6 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Whitehaven, Cumbria, Showing Flatt Hall

Creator:: Matthias Read, 1669–1747
Date:: between 1730 and 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 72 inches (101.6 x 182.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Ship wrecked on a rocky coast

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: between 1747 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 22 inches (36.8 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Yarmouth Pier

Creator:: John Crome, 1768–1821
Date:: between 1810 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/2 x 33 inches (52.1 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. The Frigate 'Surprise' at Anchor off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Creator:: Francis Holman, 1760–1790
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 57 inches (76.2 x 144.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. Coast Scene at Cullercoats near Whitley Bay

Creator:: Attributed to John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: ca. 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper on masonite board
Dimensions:: 8 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (21.6 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. A Packet Boat Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland

Creator:: Thomas Luny, 1759–1837
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 33 3/8 × 57 inches (84.8 × 144.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Man of War Rocks, Coast of Dorset

Creator:: John Brett, 1831–1902
Date:: 1884
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 × 48 inches (61 × 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Henry Luce Foundation
On View:: Not on view