Period: 18th century / Genre: cityscape / 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. Westminster Abbey and Bridge

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 3/8 x 28 inches (92.4 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. 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

4. 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

5. The Great Fire of London

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 5/8 × 32 inches (60 × 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Rochester

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 7/8 x 12 13/16 inches (25.1 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. A Panoramic View of Florence from Bellosguardo

Creator:: Thomas Patch, 1725–1782
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 1/4 x 62 1/4 inches (94.6 x 158.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 43 5/8 x 56 x 3 inches (110.8 x 142.2 x 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. The Paper Buildings, Inner Temple, London

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 1/2 x 49 1/4 inches (87.6 x 125.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Shrewsbury and the River Severn

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/2 x 71 1/2 inches (77.5 x 181.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Restoration Procession of Charles II at Cheapside

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Launching at Deptford

Creator:: John Cleveley the elder, ca. 1712–1777
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 3/4 × 72 1/8 inches (106 × 183.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. 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

14. 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

15. Northumberland House, London

Creator:: Attributed to William James, active 1754–1771
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 3/4 x 16 inches (29.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. 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

17. Whitehall

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 × 35 7/8 inches (71.1 × 91.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. 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

19. The Thames at Twickenham

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 36 1/2 inches (45.7 x 92.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Frost on the Thames

Creator:: Samuel Collings, active 1784–1795
Date:: 1788 to 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 3/16 × 48 3/16 inches (76.7 × 122.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Covent Garden

Creator:: Pieter Angillis, 1685–1734
Date:: ca. 1726
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 18 13/16 x 24 13/16 inches (47.8 x 63 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. 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

23. A Perspective View of Tower Hill and the Place of Execution of the Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino on Monday 18 of August 1746.

Creator:: Print made by John Maurer, active 1713–1761
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 10 × 16 1/2 inches (25.4 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. A View of part of Amsterdam from the Harbour Y, Shewing the Herring Packers Tower, the Sluice of Haarlem, & the New Fishmarket

Creator:: Thomas Bowles, ca. 1712–died 1753
Date:: between 1780 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. A Prospect of the New Aqueduct of Lisbon, as crossing over the Valley of Alcantra on Stone Arches, the Largest of which is 150 feet wide, and 249 feet High. Which is 47 feet higher than the Monument in London

A Prospect of the New Aqueduct of Lisbon, as crossing over the Valley of Alcantra on Stone Arches, the Largest of which is 150 feet wide, and 249 feet High. Which is 47 feet higher than the Monument in London

Creator:: Thomas Bowles, ca. 1712–died 1753
Date:: between 1780 and 1815
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

26. A View of Florence from the Convent of Capuchins at Montugi

Creator:: Thomas Bowles, ca. 1712–died 1753
Date:: undated
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

27. The City of Leipzig

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. A General View of the City of Madrid, the Capital of Kingdom of Spain

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

29. 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

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1. Warwick Castle

2. Westminster Abbey and Bridge

3. St. Paul's Cathedral

4. A View of Tivoli

5. The Great Fire of London

6. Rochester

7. A Panoramic View of Florence from Bellosguardo

8. Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames

9. The Paper Buildings, Inner Temple, London

10. Shrewsbury and the River Severn

11. Restoration Procession of Charles II at Cheapside

12. Launching at Deptford

13. Merton College, Oxford

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

15. Northumberland House, London

16. Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

17. Whitehall

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

19. The Thames at Twickenham

20. Frost on the Thames

21. Covent Garden

22. Nîmes from the Tour Magne

23. A Perspective View of Tower Hill and the Place of Execution of the Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino on Monday 18 of August 1746.

24. A View of part of Amsterdam from the Harbour Y, Shewing the Herring Packers Tower, the Sluice of Haarlem, & the New Fishmarket

25. A Prospect of the New Aqueduct of Lisbon, as crossing over the Valley of Alcantra on Stone Arches, the Largest of which is 150 feet wide, and 249 feet High. Which is 47 feet higher than the Monument in London

26. A View of Florence from the Convent of Capuchins at Montugi

27. The City of Leipzig

28. A General View of the City of Madrid, the Capital of Kingdom of Spain

29. The Wall of Naples near Ponte Nuovo