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1. A Lake in Norway

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 16 5/16 inches (30.9 x 41.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Avon Gorge, Looking toward Clifton

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite with scraping out on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 28 3/4 inches (48.9 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Subterranean Pool with Sculptural Torchere

Creator:: attributed to Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, with scraping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 9 inches (26 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Haunted Wood

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and brown ink with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches (15.9 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Rocky Landscape in Wales

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1835 or 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and watercolor with gum and black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 18 7/8 inches (38.1 × 47.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Vesuvius in Eruption

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1817 and 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum, scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 15 5/8 inches (28.6 x 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Mer de Glace, in the Valley of Chamonix

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gum, scraping out and stopping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, smooth wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 3/4 x 41 inches (70.5 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Upper Fall of the Reichenbach: Rainbow

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 1/2 inches (27.9 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Tivoli with the Temple of the Sybil and the Cascades

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1796 and 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 21 5/8 inches (41.9 x 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Avon near Bristol

Creator:: Samuel Jackson, 1794–1869
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache, with scraping and gum on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches (28.5 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. St. Goarhausen on the Rhine between Koblenz and Mainz

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, black chalk, and graphite, with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 8 inches (17.1 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Via Mala

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 5 3/4 inches (21.9 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Valley of Lutscheuen

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, and graphite, with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (19.7 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. View from Skiddaw over Derwentwater

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: between 1772 and 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches (27.3 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Coast Scene near Plymouth

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown ink, black ink, and g over graphite on thick, rough, beige board, pasted on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 × 23 inches (46 × 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Crater of Vesuvius

Creator:: William Haygarth, active 1810–1816
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 21 1/8 inches (33.3 × 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Tivoli

Creator:: Thomas Jones, 1742–1803
Date:: ca. 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with gum on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 16 1/4 inches (27.6 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Cape Aia and Balaklava Bay, 1854

Creator:: Gaspard Le Marchant Tupper, 1862–1906
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 21 inches (18.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Lismore Castle, Ireland

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 7/8 inches (26 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Alpine Landscape, possibly the Matterhorn

Creator:: William James Muller, 1812–1845
Date:: ca. 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 11 1/2 inches (15.2 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Bridge

Creator:: William James Muller, 1812–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite, with gouache and some gum on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 × 20 3/4 inches (34.6 × 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Waterfall, North Wales

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 7/8 inches (26.7 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Rhine at Assmannshausen

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen, and brown ink, graphite, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 5/16 inches (30.8 x 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. 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

25. A Rocky Hillside with Trees and Figures

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 7/8 inches (24.8 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Ascent of Vesuvius

Creator:: Henry Tresham, 1751–1814
Date:: 1785 to 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/8 x 27 5/8 inches (44.8 x 70.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Listener

Creator:: Conroy Ronald Maddox, 1912–2005
Date:: 1953
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on very thick, smooth, cream wove card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 14 1/2 inches (24.8 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lois Severini and Enrique Foster Gittes, Yale BA 1961

28. Mountainous Landscape

Creator:: John Ruskin, 1819–1900
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 11 1/4 inches (23.2 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. A High Waterfall

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown, gray and black ink over graphite; verso: watercolor splotches on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 12 5/16 inches (21.7 x 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Slate Quarries at Bron Llwyd

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 8 1/4 inches (12.7 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Craig y Ladron - The Thieves Precipice

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/8 inches (14 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Loch Scavaig, Isle of Skye

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: ca. 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and scraping over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on very thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/8 × 13 3/8 inches (23.2 × 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Near Chiavenna

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gray wash and blue wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 9 1/2in. (38.1 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Pirate's Isle

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with stopping out, and scraping out on moderately thick slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 30 3/4 x 42 1/2 inches (78.1 x 108 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. In the Via Mala, Between Coire and Splugen

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gray wash and blue wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 9 5/8 inches (38.1 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. View of the Rhydaer

Creator:: Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (29.8 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. On the Banks of the Lago di Como

Creator:: Monro School
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (35.9 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Castle Point

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches (14.6 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Between Chamonix and Martigny

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, watercolor, graphite, gray wash and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 15/16 x 17 11/16 inches (32.8 x 45 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. A View of Tivoli Looking Towards Rome

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 32 inches (52.1 x 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Mountainous Landscape with Clouds

Creator:: Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847
Date:: ca. 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, light blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 15 inches (25.7 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Seascape with Rocks Lizard, Cornwall

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 17 1/2 inches (30.2 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. A Bridge in Wales

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 × 18 1/4 inches (30.3 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. The Falls of the Reichenbach

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash and green wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches (24.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Bolton Castle

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 23 inches (38.1 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. A View of the Valley of Stones, Devon, with a scene in the Tempest, Act 1

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid down on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with drawn border
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 25 1/8 inches (41.3 × 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

47. Fishing near a Waterfall

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 7 5/16 inches (16.2 x 18.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

48. Alpine Landscape with Figures and Bridge

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 13 inches (24.4 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, John Hill Morgan Fund

49. Vesuvius in Eruption

Creator:: Clarkson Stanfield, 1793–1867
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 19 3/8 inches (33 × 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Professor G. Evelyn Hutchinson

50. Stromboli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 x 14 15/16 inches (54.3 x 37.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Landscape, Corsica

Creator:: John Minton, 1917–1957
Date:: 1947
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and pen and gray-blue ink with wash, white wax crayon and pastel on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 19 1/2 inches (38.1 x 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. A Lake in Norway

2. The Avon Gorge, Looking toward Clifton

3. Subterranean Pool with Sculptural Torchere

4. The Haunted Wood

5. Rocky Landscape in Wales

6. Vesuvius in Eruption

7. Mer de Glace, in the Valley of Chamonix

8. Upper Fall of the Reichenbach: Rainbow

9. Tivoli with the Temple of the Sybil and the Cascades

10. The Avon near Bristol

11. St. Goarhausen on the Rhine between Koblenz and Mainz

12. The Via Mala

13. The Valley of Lutscheuen

14. View from Skiddaw over Derwentwater

15. Coast Scene near Plymouth

16. Crater of Vesuvius

17. Tivoli

18. Cape Aia and Balaklava Bay, 1854

19. Lismore Castle, Ireland

20. Alpine Landscape, possibly the Matterhorn

21. The Bridge

22. Waterfall, North Wales

23. The Rhine at Assmannshausen

24. Clovelly, North Devon

25. A Rocky Hillside with Trees and Figures

26. The Ascent of Vesuvius

27. Listener

28. Mountainous Landscape

29. A High Waterfall

30. The Slate Quarries at Bron Llwyd

31. Craig y Ladron - The Thieves Precipice

32. Loch Scavaig, Isle of Skye

33. Near Chiavenna

34. Pirate's Isle

35. In the Via Mala, Between Coire and Splugen

36. View of the Rhydaer

37. On the Banks of the Lago di Como

38. Castle Point

39. Between Chamonix and Martigny

40. A View of Tivoli Looking Towards Rome

41. Mountainous Landscape with Clouds

42. Seascape with Rocks Lizard, Cornwall

43. A Bridge in Wales

44. The Falls of the Reichenbach

45. Bolton Castle

46. A View of the Valley of Stones, Devon, with a scene in the Tempest, Act 1

47. Fishing near a Waterfall

48. Alpine Landscape with Figures and Bridge

49. Vesuvius in Eruption

50. Stromboli

51. Landscape, Corsica