On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: marine art / Subject Terms: cliffs

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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. Evening

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 20 3/16 inches (36.3 x 51.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Noon

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, hand colored with watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/16 x 21 inches (39.2 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Wreck of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 x 21 3/16 inches (39.6 x 53.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Bouvignes and Dinant

Creator:: Print made by George Arnald, 1763–1841
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 × 11 3/4 inches (22.1 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Paul Sandby Munn, 1773–1845
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 3/4 x 20 1/8 inches (40 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Morning

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 7/8 inches (38.1 x 55.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. 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

14. 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

15. St. Vincent's Rocks, Clifton (Hotwell House and Baths)

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 21 1/8 inches (40.7 x 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Penzance, Cornwall

Creator:: Print made by James C. Allen, active 1821–1831
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving with chine collé on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 5 11/16 x 9 inches (14.5 x 22.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Dunvalanree

Creator:: Print made by Sir David Young Cameron, 1865–1945
Date:: 1910
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on thin, slightly textured, beige Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 8 7/16 inches (28.7 x 21.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

18. Sailboat near Rocks

Creator:: James Miller, active 1773–1814
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 7 13/16 inches (16.2 × 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

19. Excelsior (tail piece)

Creator:: Print made by Alfred W. Cooper, active 1850–1901
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 x 6 3/16 inches (11.8 x 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. View of a Sea Port

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 16 3/4 inches (27.6 x 42.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Theodore Sizer

21. View with several Vessels lying close to the Shore

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 x 16 15/16 inches (28.1 x 43 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Theodore Sizer

22. Ceyx and Alcyone

Creator:: William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 x 22 inches (45.7 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Scene of a Storm, with a Vessel Wrecked

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 16 15/16 inches (28.2 x 43 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Theodore Sizer

24. 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

25. 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

26. A Coastal Scene (Italian) with Breakwater, High Cliffs and a Fort

Creator:: Thomas Wyck, 1616–1677
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 7 3/4 inches (15.2 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. Harbour Scene with Town

Creator:: Print made by Charles Golding Constable, 1821–1879
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 x 7 3/8 inches (13.8 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Professor Giles Constable

39. Harbour Scene with Town

Creator:: Print made by Charles Golding Constable, 1821–1879
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 8 11/16 inches (15 x 22 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Professor Giles Constable

40. Shipping Scene with Three Figures on shore

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite with some scraping on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, prepared with yellow wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 13/16 inches (13.7 x 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. Outward Bound

Creator:: Print made by Arthur John Reginald Trevor Briscoe, 1873–1943
Date:: 1927
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 x 19 inches (33.6 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

46. Drimnin

Creator:: Print made by Sir David Young Cameron, 1865–1945
Date:: 1932
Materials & Techniques:: Drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 16 inches (27.9 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

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1. Coast Scene with White Cliffs and Boats on Shore

2. St. Mawes, Cornwall

3. Margate

4. Folkestone Harbour and Coast to Dover

5. Near Dendour

6. Gebel Abu Fodde

7. Evening

8. Noon

9. The Wreck of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

10. Bouvignes and Dinant

11. Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight

12. Morning

13. Castle on Holy Island

14. Beach Scene

15. St. Vincent's Rocks, Clifton (Hotwell House and Baths)

16. Penzance, Cornwall

17. Dunvalanree

18. Sailboat near Rocks

19. Excelsior (tail piece)

20. View of a Sea Port

21. View with several Vessels lying close to the Shore

22. Ceyx and Alcyone

23. Scene of a Storm, with a Vessel Wrecked

24. Lighthouse on Flambro' head, Yorkshire

25. Clovelly, North Devon

26. A Coastal Scene (Italian) with Breakwater, High Cliffs and a Fort

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

28. Near Broadstairs

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

30. Ladrone Islands in the China Sea

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

32. Staithes, Yorkshire

33. Fanali di Villa Franca

34. Sidmouth

35. Pier at Tanera, Loch Broom

36. Near Beechy-head

37. Shipwrecked Sailors

38. Harbour Scene with Town

39. Harbour Scene with Town

40. Shipping Scene with Three Figures on shore

41. A Frigate Awaiting a Pilot

42. Dover

43. Boscastle Pier on the Coast of Cornwall

44. On the Coast of Brittany

45. Outward Bound

46. Drimnin