Period: 18th century / Genre: architectural subject / Subject Terms: people

1. Warwick Castle

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: 1748 to 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 37 3/4 × 56 1/4 × 3 1/2 inches (95.9 × 142.9 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. St. Paul's Cathedral

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: ca. 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 24 3/4 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches (62.9 × 73 × 4.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. A View of Tivoli

Creator:: Thomas Patch, 1725–1782
Date:: between 1750 and 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 1/8 x 45 5/8 inches (81.6 x 115.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. The Marmalong Bridge

Creator:: William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 x 36 inches (68.6 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Interior View of Westminster Abbey on the Commemoration of Handel, Taken from the Manager's Box

Creator:: Edward Edwards, 1738–1806
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 3/8 x 40 inches (128 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland

Creator:: George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784
Date:: between 1760 and 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 7/8 x 38 1/4 inches (73.3 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Merton College, Oxford

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 x 35 5/8 inches (70.5 x 90.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. A View of the Tower of London, Supposed on his Majesty's Birthday

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 3/4 x 76 inches (101 x 193 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 3/16 x 48 inches (91.9 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. A View of the Cathedral and City of Lincoln from the River

Creator:: Joseph Baker of Lincoln, active 1742–1770
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 9/16 x 43 1/4 inches (82.7 x 109.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Caernarvon Castle

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/4 × 28 3/4 inches (52.7 × 73 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Warwick Castle

Creator:: Francis Harding, active 1730–1766
Date:: ca. 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 5/8 x 39 inches (62.5 x 99.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Ruins of the Savoy Palace, London

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen in black ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (21 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Sion House

Creator:: Samuel Wale, 1721–1786
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 5 3/4 inches (8.9 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. An Underground Shrine with Two Figures Kneeling before a Pieta

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 5 9/16 inches (16.5 x 14.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Design for Court of Edinburgh University

Creator:: Robert Morrison, active ca. 1791
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen in black ink, gray ink, and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 22 3/4 inches (43.2 x 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Nîmes from the Tour Magne

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper (original mount)
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 1/4 × 23 7/8 inches (43.8 × 60.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Carnarvon Castle, North Wales

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 16 1/8 inches (14 x 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Claudian Aquaduct, Rome

Creator:: Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink, over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 18 1/2 inches (32.1 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. A Georgian Mansion, front and side elevations

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 30 13/16 inches (40 x 78.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Glasgow Cathedral

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1794 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen in brown and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 9/16 inches (21.9 x 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Wall of Naples near Ponte Nuovo

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and varnish on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches (14.9 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Exhibition of Royal Academy

Creator:: Print made by Pietro Antonio Martini, 1738–1797
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Etching
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 20 1/2in. (38.1 x 52.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Fort St. George

Creator:: Print made by Gerard van der Gucht, 1696–1776
Date:: 1736
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 × 23 3/4 inches (46 × 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Warwick Castle

2. St. Paul's Cathedral

3. A View of Tivoli

4. The Marmalong Bridge

5. Interior View of Westminster Abbey on the Commemoration of Handel, Taken from the Manager's Box

6. Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland

7. Merton College, Oxford

8. A View of the Tower of London, Supposed on his Majesty's Birthday

9. Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

10. A View of the Cathedral and City of Lincoln from the River

11. Caernarvon Castle

12. Warwick Castle

13. Ruins of the Savoy Palace, London

14. Sion House

15. An Underground Shrine with Two Figures Kneeling before a Pieta

16. Design for Court of Edinburgh University

17. Nîmes from the Tour Magne

18. Carnarvon Castle, North Wales

19. The Claudian Aquaduct, Rome

20. A Georgian Mansion, front and side elevations

21. Glasgow Cathedral

22. The Wall of Naples near Ponte Nuovo

23. Exhibition of Royal Academy

24. Fort St. George