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1. Study of Waves

Creator:: attributed to Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown washes with white gouache over graphite on thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 8 7/8 inches (14.8 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. A Page from a Cornish Sketchbook: Cornwall 30

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 x 7 inches (10.6 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. 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

4. Ships in a Breeze

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink First published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 3/4 inches (29.2 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Lake of Thun, Switzerland

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink Engraver's proof (a) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 11 inches (20 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Ships in a Breeze

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink Engraver's Proof on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 12 inches (21.9 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Coast of Yorkshire

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 17 1/8 inches (28.9 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Ships in a Breeze

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 11 inches (20.3 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Abu Seer

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 6 5/16 inches (8.6 x 16 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

10. Wolgemuth Rescuing the Shipwrecked off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (14 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

11. Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 22 1/8 inches (39.4 x 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

12. The Wave

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 x 19 inches (33.7 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Jerusalem, Plate 24, "What have I said?...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Jerusalem, Plate 78, "The Spectres of..."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 101, "Ode for Music."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Jerusalem, Plate 44, "With one accord...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The First Book of Urizen, Plate 22 (Bentley 24)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Help! Help!; Plate 12

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. 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

20. 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

21. French Fishing Boat off the Shears

Creator:: Print made by Miles Edmund Cotman, 1810–1858
Date:: 1846
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on thick, slightly textured, cream card with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 x 6 3/8 inches (14.2 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Coast Scene with Figures

Creator:: Robert Brandard, 1805–1862
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 12 5/8 inches (15.2 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. A Stiff Breeze

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and gouache, with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 12 inches (18.4 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Leander Taking Leave of Hero Before Swimming Back Across the Hellespont

Creator:: Attributed to William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, pen and brown ink, red chalk, graphite, with scraping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 5/8 inches (35.9 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Ferdinand Riding the Waves

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gray wash and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 1/4 inches (24.8 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. A Seascape

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 12 inches (22.2 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Needles from Alum Bay

Creator:: George Barret Jr., 1767–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, gray wash and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 12 inches (14 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. A Woman Rescued from the Sea and Assisted Ashore, Rowing Boat and Rescuers in Background

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 5/8 inches (16.5 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown

Creator:: Alfred William Hunt, 1830–1896
Date:: 1868
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, gum, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches (37.1 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. Christ Stilling the Tempest

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 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. Ships on a Stormy Sea

Creator:: Samuel Owen, 1768–1857
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches (14 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Sailing Ships and Small Boats in Rough Sea off the Coast

Creator:: Samuel Owen, 1768–1857
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (13.3 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. 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

35. The Wheel

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: 11 5/16 x 16 11/16 inches (28.7 x 42.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

36. The Main Tack

Creator:: Print made by Arthur John Reginald Trevor Briscoe, 1873–1943
Date:: 1928
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches (38.8 x 24.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

37. Securing the Boats

Creator:: Print made by Arthur John Reginald Trevor Briscoe, 1873–1943
Date:: 1928
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 11/16 x 10 7/16 inches (42.4 x 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

38. At the Tiller

Creator:: Print made by Arthur John Reginald Trevor Briscoe, 1873–1943
Date:: 1929
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 14 3/4 inches (24.5 x 37.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

39. The Beach at Culbone, Somerset

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 6 1/8 inches (8.5 x 15.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. A Tropical Coast, Sunset

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: between 1840 and 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and brown ink over graphite with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches (15.5 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Coast Scene with Shipping

Creator:: Charles Bentley, 1806–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink over graphite, with scraping out on heavy, moderately textured, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 14 5/8 inches (23.5 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Thumbnail Sketch of Port City

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink, and gouache on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 7/16 × 2 1/16 inches (3.7 × 5.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Harbor

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 9 1/4in. (14.6 x 23.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Folkestone

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 6 7/8 inches (12.1 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Ryde, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Frederick Calvert, ca. 1785–1845
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

46. The Needles, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Frederick Calvert, ca. 1785–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 8 1/8in. (13 x 20.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Design for a Medal: Britannia Ruling the Waves

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: 1736
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and graphite, incised for transfer on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 × 7 3/4 inches (27.9 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Laying Storm Anchors

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 4 1/2 inches (17.8 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Castle on a Cliff with Stormy Sea

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 13 13/16 inches (22.2 x 35.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. 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

51. The Wreck of the Apollo Frigate, 1803

Creator:: William H. Overend, 1851–1898
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, white gouache, and pen and black ink on very thick, smooth, cream wove card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 3/8 inches (35.6 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

52. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

Creator:: Follower of William Owen, 1769–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 3/4in. (19.1 x 27.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

Creator:: Follower of William Owen, 1769–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 1/2in. (19.1 x 26.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Composition: Italian Seascape Effect

Creator:: Dr. Thomas Monro, 1759–1833
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 10 1/8 inches (13 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Storm Over a Coast

Creator:: Giles F. Phillips, 1780–1867
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/16 × 9 1/2 inches (15.4 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Fishmarket on the Beach

Creator:: Giles F. Phillips, 1780–1867
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 8 1/4 inches (13.8 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Mole Head, Algiers

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches (10.8 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Walenstadt, from Weesen, Switzerland

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink, graphite, gouache and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 9/16 x 25 7/16 inches (44.6 x 64.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. 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

60. Off Portsmouth: Boats Loading or Unloading a Large Hulk, Small Craft Nearby

Creator:: Follower of Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 10 3/16 inches (16.9 × 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. A Harbour; Breakwater Left, Small Boats Moored Alongside a Quay with Figures Right

Creator:: Follower of Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown ink and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, green-beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 7 13/16 inches (11.7 × 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Coastal Scene

Creator:: Jonathan Girtin, ca.1780–aft.1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 13 3/8 inches (23.7 × 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

63. View of Sheerness

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 12 inches (16.2 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Men-of-War and Sailing Boats Near a Shore

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red brown and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/16 x 18 1/4 inches (20.5 x 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Allen Evarts Foster, B.A. 1906

65. Gull and Wave

Creator:: Print made by Clare Leighton, 1898–1989
Date:: ca. 1954
Materials & Techniques:: Woodcut on thin, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 4 1/2 inches (12.7 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

66. Distress

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1790 to 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown and red ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 17 1/16 inches (31 x 43.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. 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

68. 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

69. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Etching; open etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 11 inches (42.5 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. P. Monamy

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 9 1/4 inches (30.3 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Fingal's Cave Staffa

Creator:: Print made by William Forrest, 1802–1889
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Royal Crescent, County Hospital, St. George's Chapel, Kemp Town

Creator:: Print made by Day & Co., 1824–1913
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with hand coloring on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 20 15/16 inches (35.5 x 53.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Study for a composition: The Wreck of an East Indiaman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 6 7/8 inches (12.1 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Study - The River Taw (Sycamore) June 13, 1998

Creator:: Susan Derges, born 1955
Date:: 1998
Materials & Techniques:: Dye destruction print on photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 66 1/2 × 24 1/4 inches (168.9 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joy of Giving Something, Inc.

75. Shipping off Staffa

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, brown ink, gray ink, black ink, gouache, gum, and graphite, with scraping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 3/8 inches (31.1 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. The Race of Daldey

Creator:: Heneage Finch fourth Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (21 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Boats on a Stormy Sea

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 7 inches (10.2 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. The Wave

Creator:: Robert Hills, 1769–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches (8.9 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Boulogne Harbour

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 19 inches (22.5 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Wrecked Ship in a Stormy Sea

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 7 1/8 inches (10.2 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Prospero and Miranda

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache, black ink, and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:: Mount: 25 11/16 x 18 3/4 inches (65.2 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Antigonus Disposing of Perdita

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown and black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, textured, beige card with additional inscribed sheet mounted lower center
Dimensions:: Mount: 23 1/16 x 18 5/8 inches (58.5 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Shipping on the Medway, Kent

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, brown ink, and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 13 3/4 inches (18.1 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Jetty in a Storm

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and ink with gouache on moderately thick, rough, gray wove paper, pasted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 7 1/8 inches (10.2 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Nearing Port in a Stormy Sea

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and brown and black ink with gouache on moderately thick, rough, gray wove paper, pasted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 7 1/8 inches (10.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Ships Heeling Over in a Stormy Sea

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash with gouache on moderately thick, rough, gray wove paper, pasted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 7 1/4 inches (10.2 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. A Stormy Sea, Evening

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash with gouache on moderately thick, rough, gray wove paper, pasted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 7 1/8 inches (10.2 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. The Warren near Exmouth, Devon: Steep Cliffs Rising at Right, Sea and Rocky Shore at Left

Creator:: John White Abbott, 1763–1851
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, pen and gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches (18.7 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. The Murder on the Thames

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 x 7 7/16 inches (23 x 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

90. South East View of Fort George, Madras

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: January 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 7/16 × 22 5/8 inches (36.7 × 57.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

91. Boat at Sea

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 13/16 × 6 7/16 inches (9.7 × 16.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

92. The Lizard Light-House Cornwall

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

93. Bathing Machine on the Common, near Southsea Castle

Creator:: John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches (12.1 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Southwold Suffolk

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with 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

95. P. Monamy

Creator:: Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 15/16 inches (22.3 x 17.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Running before the Wind

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (14.6 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. 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

98. The Rope Bridge, near the Light House, Holyhead

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and scraping out 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

99. View of the Entrance to Fishguard, from Goodwych Sands

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches (16.2 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. The Lands-end, Cornwall

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and scraping on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches (16.2 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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5. Lake of Thun, Switzerland

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18. Help! Help!; Plate 12

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20. The Wreck of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

21. French Fishing Boat off the Shears

22. Coast Scene with Figures

23. A Stiff Breeze

24. Leander Taking Leave of Hero Before Swimming Back Across the Hellespont

25. Ferdinand Riding the Waves

26. A Seascape

27. The Needles from Alum Bay

28. A Woman Rescued from the Sea and Assisted Ashore, Rowing Boat and Rescuers in Background

29. Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown

30. Christ Stilling the Tempest

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

32. Ships on a Stormy Sea

33. Sailing Ships and Small Boats in Rough Sea off the Coast

34. Fanali di Villa Franca

35. The Wheel

36. The Main Tack

37. Securing the Boats

38. At the Tiller

39. The Beach at Culbone, Somerset

40. A Tropical Coast, Sunset

41. Coast Scene with Shipping

42. Thumbnail Sketch of Port City

43. Harbor

44. Folkestone

45. Ryde, Isle of Wight

46. The Needles, Isle of Wight

47. Design for a Medal: Britannia Ruling the Waves

48. Laying Storm Anchors

49. Castle on a Cliff with Stormy Sea

50. Beach Scene

51. The Wreck of the Apollo Frigate, 1803

52. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

53. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

54. Composition: Italian Seascape Effect

55. Storm Over a Coast

56. Fishmarket on the Beach

57. Mole Head, Algiers

58. Walenstadt, from Weesen, Switzerland

59. Clovelly, North Devon

60. Off Portsmouth: Boats Loading or Unloading a Large Hulk, Small Craft Nearby

61. A Harbour; Breakwater Left, Small Boats Moored Alongside a Quay with Figures Right

62. Coastal Scene

63. View of Sheerness

64. Men-of-War and Sailing Boats Near a Shore

65. Gull and Wave

66. Distress

67. Harbour Scene with Town

68. Harbour Scene with Town

69. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

70. P. Monamy

71. Fingal's Cave Staffa

72. Royal Crescent, County Hospital, St. George's Chapel, Kemp Town

73. Study for a composition: The Wreck of an East Indiaman

74. Study - The River Taw (Sycamore) June 13, 1998