Period: 18th century / Genre: genre subject / Subject Terms: rocks (landforms)

1. Classical Landscape

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: after 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/8 × 16 1/4 inches (51.1 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. British Gentlemen in Rome

Creator:: Katharine Read, 1723–1778
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 1/4 × 53 inches (94.6 × 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. The Salmon Leap, Leixlip

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 5/8 x 25 1/2 inches (67.6 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. The Angler

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 6 1/8 inches (22.9 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Boy Seated beneath a Rock

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on moderately thick slightly textured beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 7/8 x 12 1/2 inches (50.5 x 31.8 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, to the Yale University Art Gallery

6. The West India Washer-Women

Creator:: Print made by Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 13/16 x 13 1/8 inches (50.4 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cows

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 13 3/4 inches (27.9 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. A River by a Rocky Bank with Figures, Possibly in India

Creator:: Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
Date:: between 1783 and 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 13 3/4 inches (27 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Soldiers and Country Women

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 7 3/8 inches (12.7 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. A View at Terracina

Creator:: Jacob More, 1740–1793
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper in contemporary laid paper insert with pen and black ink, and gray wash boader
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 x 21 1/2 inches (40.6 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. St. Vincent's Rock, Clifton, Bristol with Hotwell's Spring House in the Distance

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 12 1/2 x 16 5/8 inches (31.8 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. 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

13. An Old Fisherwoman with Two Women Digging for Bait

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with watercolor; verso: graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches (8.6 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Two Men Fighting Before a Woman

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches (8.9 x 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Classical Landscape with Travellers, a Dog and House on the left

Creator:: Print made by Jean B. C. Chatelain, 1710–1771
Date:: 1741
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 15 1/4 inches (30.5 × 38.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. 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

17. Haweswater, Westmoreland

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 17 5/8 inches (30 x 44.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. 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

19. 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

20. A View of the Salfatara, a Remarkable Mountain Near Naples

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 15/16 x 12 9/16 inches (22.7 x 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. A Two-Decker Running up the Estuary with Figures on the Beach in the Foreground

Creator:: William Anderson, 1757–1837
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 15 3/4 inches (29.8 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends

22. The Northern Boundary of St. Bride's Bay

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 8 1/2 inches (13 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. 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

24. Dumbarton Rock and Castle

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and scraping over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 13/16 x 11 3/4 inches (22.4 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. A Shepherdess

Creator:: Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/16 x 11 1/8 inches (40.8 x 28.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Paysanne de la France

Creator:: Print made by Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: 1769-1770
Materials & Techniques:: Drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 11/16 inches (24.5 x 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Travellers by a Clump of Trees in a Rocky Landscape with Stream

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beive wove paper laid in contemporary mount
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 5/16 x 14 5/16 inches (28.8 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Classical Landscape

2. British Gentlemen in Rome

3. The Salmon Leap, Leixlip

4. The Angler

5. Boy Seated beneath a Rock

6. The West India Washer-Women

7. Wooded Landscape with Herdsman and Cows

8. A River by a Rocky Bank with Figures, Possibly in India

9. Soldiers and Country Women

10. A View at Terracina

11. St. Vincent's Rock, Clifton, Bristol with Hotwell's Spring House in the Distance

12. Lismore Castle, Ireland

13. An Old Fisherwoman with Two Women Digging for Bait

14. Two Men Fighting Before a Woman

15. Classical Landscape with Travellers, a Dog and House on the left

16. The Ascent of Vesuvius

17. Haweswater, Westmoreland

18. The Slate Quarries at Bron Llwyd

19. Craig y Ladron - The Thieves Precipice

20. A View of the Salfatara, a Remarkable Mountain Near Naples

21. A Two-Decker Running up the Estuary with Figures on the Beach in the Foreground

22. The Northern Boundary of St. Bride's Bay

23. Castle Point

24. Dumbarton Rock and Castle

25. A Shepherdess

26. Paysanne de la France

27. Travellers by a Clump of Trees in a Rocky Landscape with Stream