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

1. The Launch of "La Sorcière" on the Lake of Geneva

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 11 3/8 inches (19.4 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. A View on the Orwell

Creator:: Attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 6 15/16 inches (12.7 × 17.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Shipping on the Thames

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 x 5 1/8 inches (9.8 x 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Two Ships at Anchor

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (20 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Four East Indiamen at Archor

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 12 3/4 inches (19.4 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. A View of Boppart, with Figures on the River Bank

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, black chalk and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 12 1/2 inches (20 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Weymouth

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 8 5/8in. (14.6 x 21.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Shipping Scene, with Fishermen

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1815 and 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, brushed brown ink and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (21.6 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. 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

10. 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

11. Sketch of Two Ships on a Catalogue Page

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured cream wove paper, adhered to medium, slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 16 5/8 inches (22.5 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Hurries: Coal Boats Loading, Whitehaven

Creator:: attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 14 inches (21.9 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Shipping

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1828 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed brown ink, pen and brown ink, gouache, graphite and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches (13.6 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Teignmouth, Devonshire

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8 3/4 inches (15.2 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 17

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving and letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 1/8 inches (18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Bastimento del Nilo

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 x 18 inches (33.7 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Boscawen and Sheerness Privateers

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 20 9/16 inches (37.1 x 52.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. A Calm

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, hand colored with watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 x 21 1/8 inches (38.9 x 53.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. A Small Breeze

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Boydell, active 1750–1751
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 20 1/16 inches (36.2 x 50.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Morning

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 20 1/16 inches (36.2 x 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. 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

22. Night

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches (39.7 x 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Greenland Fishery

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1754
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

24. The Taking 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, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/16 × 18 5/8 inches (34.2 × 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. 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

26. 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

27. The Iron Yachts Mystery and Blue Belle in the Match Sailed May 23rd, 1843

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Goldsworth Dutton, 1819/20–1891
Date:: 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with hand coloring on thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 17 11/16 inches (38.2 x 45 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Fire in H.M. Dockyard at Devonport on the Morning of the 27th of September 1840

Creator:: Print made by William Clerk, ? 19th c.
Date:: after 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 x 18 3/4 inches (38.6 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Column at Yarmouth to the Memory of Lord Nelson

Creator:: Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 7/8 x 12 5/8 inches (47.9 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 17 inches (27.3 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Coastal Scene with Troops Embarking

Creator:: George Bryant Campion, 1796–1870
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black chalk, and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 × 29 inches (45.7 × 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Calcutta

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 x 29 5/16in. (53.3 x 74.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Man of War Moored in Harbor, Mountains in the Background

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 21 × 27 1/16 inches (53.3 × 68.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Seashore with Two Figures and a Distant Town

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 9/16 x 5 1/2 inches (9 x 13.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. His Majesty's Ship Britannia Leaving Hamoaze with the Lord High Admiral On Board

Creator:: Louis Haghe, 1806–1885
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 19 3/16 inches (36.9 x 48.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. His Majesty's Ship Britannia Returning to Port

Creator:: Louis Haghe, 1806–1885
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 18 15/16 inches (36.9 x 48.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Barmouth, Merionethshire

Creator:: Print made by William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 x 14 15/16 inches (26.8 x 38 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935

38. Ships on the beach

Creator:: Samuel Austin, 1796–1834
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 13 5/8 inches (12.4 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935

39. Moonlight

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 3/4 inches (30.2 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Noon

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 1/16 x 21 1/4 inches (38.3 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. 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

42. A Strong Gale or Squall

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: 12 1/8 × 15 7/8 inches (30.8 × 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Evening

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: 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

44. Night and a Ship on Fire

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: 14 15/16 x 21 7/16 inches (37.9 x 54.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Shipwreck

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 7/8 inches (30.2 × 40.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. A Ship in Distress

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: 14 7/8 x 21 13/16 inches (37.8 x 55.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon

Creator:: Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 1/4 × 1 3/4 inches (3.2 × 4.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Marine Study No. 2

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 14 inches (31.8 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Marine Study No. 1

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 13 7/8 inches (31.2 x 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Marine Study No. 4

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 13 15/16 inches (31.4 x 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Marine Study No. 3

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 9/16 x 14 1/16 inches (31.9 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Sails, Hulls, and Boats

Creator:: Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 10 7/8 inches (21.6 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell

53. H.M.S. St. Vincent at Plymouth

Creator:: Nicholas Condy, 1793–1857
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 10 1/16 inches (10.6 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Stockholm

Creator:: Print made by Sir Muirhead Bone, 1876–1953
Date:: 1923
Materials & Techniques:: Drypoint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches (29.9 x 42.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

55. Brightlingsea Hard, Landing Oysters

Creator:: Print made by Arthur John Reginald Trevor Briscoe, 1873–1943
Date:: 1929
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 16 inches (26.4 x 40.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

56. West India Docks

Creator:: Print made by John Bluck, active 1791–1831
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 x 12 5/8 inches (24 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

57. Thomas Smith, Esq.

Creator:: John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Date:: 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 10 1/8 inches (36.2 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth

58. Barmouth Bay

Creator:: Moses Griffith, 1747–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 16 3/4 inches (25.4 x 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Beach with Ships and Ship off Shore

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 11in. (15.6 x 27.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Moonlit Scene of Castle and Ships

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen and black ink, brown ink, graphite, gouache and gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 5 13/16 inches (11.1 × 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Greytown

Creator:: Godfrey Thomas Vigne, 1801–1863
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 14 3/4 inches (13.7 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Plymouth Roads

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen with black ink over graphite on slightly textured, medium, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 25 inches (22.5 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Holyhead, Highwater

Creator:: Rev. James Bulwer, 1794–1879
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 10 3/4 inches (13.7 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Ryde, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Frederick Calvert, ca. 1785–ca. 1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 8 1/4 inches (13.3 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Culver Cliff, Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Frederick Calvert, ca. 1785–ca. 1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 8in. (12.7 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Sun Under a Cloud

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 1/16 x 21 9/16 inches (38.3 x 54.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. The South View of Berwick Upon Tweed

Creator:: Samuel Buck, 1696–1779
Date:: ca. 1743-1745
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 31 7/8 inches (31.1 x 81 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

68. The Battle at La Hogue

Creator:: William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 25 1/16 inches (50.2 × 63.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection

69. The Representation of the Dealer of a Squardon of Spanish Ships

Creator:: Daniel Lerpiniere, c.1745–1785
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection

70. Porpoises, July 7, 1883

Creator:: Henry Moore, 1831–1895
Date:: 1883
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 13 15/16in. (25.4 x 35.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. The Rt. Hon. Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport, K.B.

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Freeman, 1773–1857
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 5 9/16 inches (22.4 × 14.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alexander

72. Storm, Representing that Violent one, which drove his Majesty King George I into Rye

Creator:: Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. A Sea Engagement between the English and Algerines

Creator:: Print made by Paul Fourdrinier, 1698–1758
Date:: ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 × 18 inches (31 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. The taking of the St. Joseph a Spanish Carracca Ship, Sept. 23 1739, by the Chester and Canterbury Men of War, this Prize was Valued at upwards of 150,000 pounds.

The taking of the St. Joseph a Spanish Carracca Ship, Sept. 23 1739, by the Chester and Canterbury Men of War, this Prize was Valued at upwards of 150,000 pounds.

Creator:: Print made by Remi Parr, 1743–after 1750
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 18 1/16 inches (31.8 × 45.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. The Fishery of Great Britain in its three different Branches vizt. Herring, Cod, and Whale Fishing

Creator:: Print made by Elisha Kirkall, ca. 1682–1742
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Shipwrack

Creator:: Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. The Expedition against Cape Breton in Nova Scotia

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 7 x 11in. (17.8 x 27.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Morning, or Sun rising

Creator:: Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Evening, or Sun setting

Creator:: Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 18in. (31.8 x 45.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Sweet William's Farewell to Black Eyed Susan

Creator:: Print made by Paul Fourdrinier, 1698–1758
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 × 18 1/8 inches (31.2 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. A Squadron of Ships in a calm where of one, A. presents the Stern, another B. the Head

Creator:: Print made by William Henry Toms, ca. 1700–ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 18in. (31.8 x 45.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. The Barfleur a Second Rate, carrying 90 Guns, and 680 Men, with a View of the Squadron Commanded by Lord Torrington in the Mediterranean

Creator:: Print made by John Harris, active 1686–1740
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. A View of His Majesty's Dock Yard at Plymouth, in the County of Devon, on the British Channel

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. A View of His Majesty's Dock Yard at Portsmouth, in the County of Hampshire, on the British Channel

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. A Cutter and Other Shipping in a Breeze

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1827-1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, blue ink, gouache, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 7 3/4 inches (14.8 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. A Merchantman Becalmed Offshore

Creator:: David Cox Jr., 1809–1885
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 7 1/16 inches (11.7 × 17.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. A South-East View of the City of Boston in North America

Creator:: J. Carwitham, active 1720–1740
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. A Castle on a River

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 1/8 inches (13.7 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Map of Raleigh's Virginia: The East Coast of North America from Cape Lookout to Chesapeake Bay, after original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 111 A]

Map of Raleigh's Virginia: The East Coast of North America from Cape Lookout to Chesapeake Bay, after original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 111 A]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, in pen, with brown ink, graphite and gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 15/16 × 8 15/16 inches (45.6 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Map of North America from Florida to Chesapeake Bay, after the original by John White in the British Museum [Sir Walter Raleigh's Virginia, No. 110]

Creator:: Mrs. P. D. H. Page, 20th century
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite, pen and brown ink, and gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 17 11/16 inches (36.2 × 44.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. A Fishing Village

Creator:: Print made by Alfred W. Cooper, active 1850–1901
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Wood-engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 6 11/16 inches (21.8 x 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. The Mouth of the Thames, Isle of Sheppey in Distance

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1891
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

93. A Frigate in a Calm

Creator:: J. Hill, active 19th century
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 x 16 7/16 inches (26.9 x 41.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. A Sloop of War in a Light Breeze

Creator:: J. Hill, active 19th century
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 16 7/16 inches (26.7 x 41.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. A Seventy-four in a Fresh Gale

Creator:: J. Hill, active 19th century
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 x 16 5/8 inches (26.9 x 42.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. A First Rate after a Storm

Creator:: J. Hill, active 19th century
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 16 9/16 inches (26.6 x 42.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. An East Perspective View of the City of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pensylvania, in North America, taken from the Jersey Shore...

Creator:: Print made by J. Carwitham, active 1720–1740
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 18 inches (31.1 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. In Portsmouth Harbor

Creator:: George Jackson, active 1839–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gouache, and scratching out on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 4 3/16 inches (8.6 × 10.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Carnarvon Castle

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (15.9 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Barge on the Medway with Warships Grampian and Dreadnaugh in the Background

Creator:: Print made by Miles Edmund Cotman, 1810–1858
Date:: ca. 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/16 × 8 1/16 inches (11.3 × 20.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Launch of "La Sorcière" on the Lake of Geneva

2. A View on the Orwell

3. Shipping on the Thames

4. Two Ships at Anchor

5. Four East Indiamen at Archor

6. A View of Boppart, with Figures on the River Bank

7. Weymouth

8. Shipping Scene, with Fishermen

9. St. Mawes, Cornwall

10. Margate

11. Sketch of Two Ships on a Catalogue Page

12. The Hurries: Coal Boats Loading, Whitehaven

13. Shipping

14. Teignmouth, Devonshire

15. Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 17

16. Bastimento del Nilo

17. The Boscawen and Sheerness Privateers

18. A Calm

19. A Small Breeze

20. Morning

21. Evening

22. Night

23. Greenland Fishery

24. The Taking of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

25. Noon

26. The Wreck of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

27. The Iron Yachts Mystery and Blue Belle in the Match Sailed May 23rd, 1843

28. The Fire in H.M. Dockyard at Devonport on the Morning of the 27th of September 1840

29. Column at Yarmouth to the Memory of Lord Nelson

30. The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797

31. Coastal Scene with Troops Embarking

32. Calcutta

33. Man of War Moored in Harbor, Mountains in the Background

34. Seashore with Two Figures and a Distant Town

35. His Majesty's Ship Britannia Leaving Hamoaze with the Lord High Admiral On Board

36. His Majesty's Ship Britannia Returning to Port

37. Barmouth, Merionethshire

38. Ships on the beach

39. Moonlight

40. Noon

41. Morning

42. A Strong Gale or Squall

43. Evening

44. Night and a Ship on Fire

45. Shipwreck

46. A Ship in Distress

47. One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon

48. Marine Study No. 2

49. Marine Study No. 1

50. Marine Study No. 4

51. Marine Study No. 3

52. Sails, Hulls, and Boats

53. H.M.S. St. Vincent at Plymouth

54. Stockholm

55. Brightlingsea Hard, Landing Oysters

56. West India Docks

57. Thomas Smith, Esq.

58. Barmouth Bay

59. Beach with Ships and Ship off Shore

60. Moonlit Scene of Castle and Ships

61. Greytown

62. Plymouth Roads

63. Holyhead, Highwater

64. Ryde, Isle of Wight

65. Culver Cliff, Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight

66. Sun Under a Cloud

67. The South View of Berwick Upon Tweed

68. The Battle at La Hogue

69. The Representation of the Dealer of a Squardon of Spanish Ships

70. Porpoises, July 7, 1883

71. The Rt. Hon. Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport, K.B.

72. Storm, Representing that Violent one, which drove his Majesty King George I into Rye

73. A Sea Engagement between the English and Algerines