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The Lonely Tower
Creator:
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1868
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache and gum arabic on London board: a high-quality pasteboard sheet made of Whatman's finest drawing paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/4 x 27 7/8 inches (51.4 x 70.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Shepherd and his Flock under the Moon and Stars
Creator:
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash, gray wash, and white gouache with pen and brown ink on very thick, slightly textured, card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches (10.8 x 13 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Homeward Star
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/16 x 9 1/2 inches (16.4 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Cypress Grove
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
plate etched between ca. 1880 and 1883; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 15/16 x 12 1/16 inches (27.8 x 30.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Homeward Star
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
begun ca. 1880
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 5/16 inches (16.8 x 23.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Homeward Star
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 13/16 x 12 15/16 inches (27.4 x 32.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Cypress Grove
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
between 1880 and 1883
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches (25.7 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
The Lonely Tower
Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
1879
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/16 inches (26.1 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
Donati's Comet
Creator:
William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862
Date:
between 1858 and 1859
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 3/8 inches (25.7 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
An Eclipse in Harvest Time
Creator:
Samuel Wale, 1721–1786
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 7/16 × 4 5/16 inches (16.4 × 11 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Architectural Drawing of a Building with Astrological Symbols
Creator:
John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, graphite, watercolor and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 x 22 inches (31.1 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Indians Astonished at the Eclipse of the Moon foretold by Columbus
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
1768
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Korn
Summer Night
Creator:
Print made by Robert Sargent Austin, 1895–1973
Date:
1935
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 15/16 x 8 3/16 inches (27.8 x 20.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
The Eclipse of the Sun as it Will Appear at London on July 14, 1748
Creator:
Print made by J. Walker, active ca. 1748
Date:
1748
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Night

Night
Creator:
Print made by Sir George Clausen, 1852–1944
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 x 7 1/2in. (15.2 x 19.1cm)
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
Eclipse (?) Shakespeare
Creator:
Print made by John Scott, 1774–1828
Materials & Techniques:
Engraving
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection
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
The Eclipse at an End - and Political Tilting Discovered
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13in. (22.5 x 33cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Meteor of August 18, 1783, as seen from the East Angle of the North Terrace, Windsor Castle
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream laid apper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 19 inches (31.8 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection