Period: 18th century / Genre: marine art / Subject Terms: boats

1. Ships in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness

Creator:: Isaac Sailmaker, ca. 1633–1721
Date:: between 1707 and 1708
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 x 53 inches (106.7 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Port Mahon, Minorca with British Men-of-War at Anchor

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/8 × 30 1/4 inches (51.8 × 76.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. British Men-of-War and a Sloop

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: between 1720 and 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 x 35 1/2 inches (71.1 x 90.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Shipping in the Thames Estuary

Creator:: Thomas Mellish, ca.1748–1782
Date:: between 1761 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/8 x 22 1/2 inches (46 x 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches (24.4 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Fishing Boats in a Calm Sea

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: between 1745 and 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 15/16 x 23 5/16 inches (37.9 x 59.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Thames at Lambeth Palace

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/2 × 44 1/8 inches (62.2 × 112.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. The Thames at Chelsea

Creator:: Thomas Whitcombe, 1763–after 1824
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 7/8 x 60 1/4 inches (78.4 x 153 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. The Port of London

Creator:: Thomas Luny, 1759–1837
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 3/4 × 33 7/8 inches (55.2 × 86 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. View on the Thames with Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: between 1743 and 1744
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. An English Sloop Becalmed near the Shore

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 13 3/8 inches (25.4 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. An English Sloop and a Frigate in a Light Breeze

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: undated, exhibited between 1762 and 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 13 3/8 inches (25.4 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 3/4 x 72 1/2 inches (113.7 x 184.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. A Seascape with Men-of-War and Small Craft

Creator:: Attributed to Francis Holman, 1760–1790
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 1/4 x 56 inches (97.2 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. English Ships Under Sail in a Very Light Breeze

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 x 23 inches (38.1 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. The Battle of La Hogue

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1778, retouched 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 64 3/4 x 96 1/4 inches (164.5 x 244.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

17. 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

18. The Gulf of Pozzuoli

Creator:: Gaspar Butler, active ca. 1718–1730
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 65 1/2 inches (49.5 x 166.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. 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

20. A Lugger and a Smack in Light Airs

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 7 x 10 inches (17.8 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. A Cutter in a Strong Breeze

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 7 x 10 inches (17.8 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. Shipping in the English Channel

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 46 3/8 inches (90.2 x 117.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. Ship on Fire at Night

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/2 x 17 inches (31.8 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. Cutter Close Hauled in a Fresh Breeze, with Other Shipping

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 x 66 inches (106.7 x 167.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. The Coast near Scheveningen with Fishing Pinks on the Shore

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 31 1/4 inches (50.8 x 79.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. A Smack Under Sail in a Light Breeze in a River

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: between 1756 and 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (36.8 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. Windsor Castle from the Buckinghamshire Bank

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 37 x 68 inches (94 x 172.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. Shipping in a Calm

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: between 1700 and 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 12 1/4 inches (40.6 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: ca. 1703
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 × 54 inches (61.6 × 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. A View of Matavai Bay in the Island of Otaheite [Tahiti]

Creator:: William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 × 54 inches (91.4 × 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. The Frigate 'Surprise' at Anchor off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Creator:: Francis Holman, 1760–1790
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 57 inches (76.2 x 144.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. From the Isola Borromena, Lago Maggiore

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 9 inches (14.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Fisherman's Cottage, Dover

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1790s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (13.3 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. A Calm

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, hand colored with watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 x 21 1/8 inches (38.9 x 53.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Morning

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 20 1/16 inches (36.2 x 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. 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

37. Noon

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, hand colored with watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/16 x 21 inches (39.2 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 17 inches (27.3 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. A Pier at Amsterdam (Version A)

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-brown and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 x 11 1/8 inches (21.4 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Paul Sandby Munn, 1773–1845
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 3/4 x 20 1/8 inches (40 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

41. Moonlight

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 3/4 inches (30.2 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Morning

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 7/8 inches (38.1 x 55.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Marine Study No. 2

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 14 inches (31.8 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Marine Study No. 1

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 13 7/8 inches (31.2 x 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Marine Study No. 4

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 13 15/16 inches (31.4 x 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Marine Study No. 3

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 9/16 x 14 1/16 inches (31.9 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. La Gabella del Pesce dall Granabello Preso Portici, August 20

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: ca. 1783?
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and varnish on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches (18.4 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Cattle on a Boat

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (13.3 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Preparing to lay eel traps

Creator:: J. Tobin, active 1776
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 11/16 × 9 3/16 inches (17 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Sun Under a Cloud

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 21 9/16 inches (38.3 x 54.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. The South View of Berwick Upon Tweed

Creator:: Samuel Buck, 1696–1779
Date:: ca. 1743-1745
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 31 7/8 inches (31.1 x 81 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

52. Mola di Gaeta

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 10 inches (17.1 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. The Battle at La Hogue

Creator:: William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 25 1/16 inches (50.2 × 63.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection

54. Windsor Bridge

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand-colored on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 × 15 3/8 inches (30.4 × 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. A View of His Majesty's Dock Yard at Plymouth, in the County of Devon, on the British Channel

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

56. A View of the Fleet at Spithead; taken from the Platform at Portsmouth (A) the Watch Tower at Portsmouth (B) Gilkiker upon Gosport Shoar (C) The Sea Mark on Ashey Down

A View of the Fleet at Spithead; taken from the Platform at Portsmouth (A) the Watch Tower at Portsmouth (B) Gilkiker upon Gosport Shoar (C) The Sea Mark on Ashey Down

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 10 1/2 × 16 inches (26.7 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. A Castle on a River

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 1/8 inches (13.7 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. A South-West View of the City of New York in North America

Creator:: Print made by J. Carwitham, active 1720–1740
Date:: 1739
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. An East Perspective View of the City of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pensylvania, in North America, taken from the Jersey Shore...

Creator:: Print made by J. Carwitham, active 1720–1740
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 18 inches (31.1 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Ham Court, the Seat of John Martin, Esq.

Creator:: Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (28.6 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Views in the Levant: View of a Harbour and Town From the Sea, Turkey

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 14 1/8 inches (19.1 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Views in the Levant: Two Rowing Boats and a Sailboat by a Steep Cliff, Hilly Landscape Seen From the Sea

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/16 × 24 1/4 inches (33.2 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Views in the Levant: View of Harbor Town With Flagpole at Right, Seen From Sea

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 11 inches (16.2 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Views in the Levant: Men Loading a Small Sailing Boat With a View of Building and Large Moored Boat

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 7 7/16 inches (12.2 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. View with several Vessels lying close to the Shore

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 x 16 15/16 inches (28.1 x 43 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Theodore Sizer

66. Views in the Levant: View of a Walled Town and Harbour with Towers Seen From the Sea

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 14 5/16 inches (16.8 × 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. 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

68. Bay with Sailing Ships

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 13/16 × 6 1/2 inches (9.7 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

69. Moonlight

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 3/8 inches (37.5 x 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Fishing Boats

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 15 inches (28.9 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Figures in Boats

Creator:: Attributed to Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 10 7/8 inches (14 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Landing Place at Pallanza

Creator:: Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 36 5/8 inches (23 × 93 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Port d'Arona

Creator:: Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 × 27 inches (33.7 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Bewdley Bridge, Worcester

Creator:: Attributed to Peter Rashleigh, active 1775
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 12 3/4 inches (23.5 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. The Ranger, Private Ship of War, with her Prizes

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink over graphite with gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 18 1/8 x 23 3/4 inches (46 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Two Boats with Crews, Study for The Royal William at Sea

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink, gray wash and graphite; verso: graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches (14.6 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Shipping in Southampton Water, off Calshott Castle

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 3/16 inches (16.5 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. 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

79. A Naval Squadron Lying at Spithead

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: between 1745 and 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 21 inches (35.6 x 53.3 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

80. The Mars in Three Positions

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and pen and black ink on medium, slightly texture, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 21 1/8 inches (38.1 × 53.7 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

81. An English Frigate and Other Shipping in the Solent off Calshot Castle

Creator:: John Cleveley the younger, 1747–1786
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 15 inches (26 x 38.1 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

82. 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

83. St. Mary Redcliff, Bristol

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 6 1/8 inches (8.9 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Bristol: Sketch of Boats and Buildings

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 × 6 5/8 inches (7.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Kingswear Seen from Dartmouth, Devon

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 12 13/16 inches (19.4 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Shipping in the Solent off Calshot Castle

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: between 1760 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black ink, and gray ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 10 1/2 inches (15.2 x 26.7 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

87. An Admiralty Yacht Running Inshore at Tenby

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (29.2 x 41.9 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

88. Warships Preparing to Sail from their Anchorage

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and gray ink with graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (23.5 x 36.2 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

89. A Calm Day in the Anchorage

Creator:: John Cleveley the younger, 1747–1786
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (26 x 36.2 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

90. View of the Tryall in Two Positions

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium, slightley textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 1/8 inches (38.4 × 53.7 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

91. A Strong Gale or Squall

Creator:: Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
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

92. Fresh Gale

Creator:: Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
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

93. Front of Fort William and River Hoogly

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 20 15/16 inches (30.5 × 53.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

94. Embarkation at Southampton, June 20th 1794

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown, gray, and red-brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 6 9/16 x 14 inches (16.7 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Weymouth Harbour

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 3/8 inches (16.8 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. The Esplanade, Weymouth

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 3/8 inches (16.5 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Part of Weymouth Harbour, Dorset, England

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 3/8 inches (16.5 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Shipping Scene with Three Figures on shore

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite with some scraping on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, prepared with yellow wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 13/16 inches (13.7 x 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. A Frigate Awaiting a Pilot

Creator:: William Anderson, 1757–1837
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches (20 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Madras

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 24 1/16 inches (41.6 × 61.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Ships in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness

2. Port Mahon, Minorca with British Men-of-War at Anchor

3. British Men-of-War and a Sloop

4. Shipping in the Thames Estuary

5. A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort

6. Fishing Boats in a Calm Sea

7. Thames at Lambeth Palace

8. The Thames at Chelsea

9. The Port of London

10. View on the Thames with Westminster Bridge

11. An English Sloop Becalmed near the Shore

12. An English Sloop and a Frigate in a Light Breeze

13. A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

14. A Seascape with Men-of-War and Small Craft

15. English Ships Under Sail in a Very Light Breeze

16. The Battle of La Hogue

17. Launching at Deptford

18. The Gulf of Pozzuoli

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

20. A Lugger and a Smack in Light Airs

21. A Cutter in a Strong Breeze

22. Shipping in the English Channel

23. Ship on Fire at Night

24. Cutter Close Hauled in a Fresh Breeze, with Other Shipping

25. The Coast near Scheveningen with Fishing Pinks on the Shore

26. A Smack Under Sail in a Light Breeze in a River

27. Windsor Castle from the Buckinghamshire Bank

28. Shipping in a Calm

29. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

30. A View of Matavai Bay in the Island of Otaheite [Tahiti]

31. The Frigate 'Surprise' at Anchor off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

32. From the Isola Borromena, Lago Maggiore

33. Fisherman's Cottage, Dover

34. A Calm

35. Morning

36. Evening

37. Noon

38. The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797

39. A Pier at Amsterdam (Version A)

40. Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight

41. Moonlight

42. Morning

43. Marine Study No. 2

44. Marine Study No. 1

45. Marine Study No. 4

46. Marine Study No. 3

47. La Gabella del Pesce dall Granabello Preso Portici, August 20

48. Cattle on a Boat

49. Preparing to lay eel traps

50. Sun Under a Cloud

51. The South View of Berwick Upon Tweed

52. Mola di Gaeta

53. The Battle at La Hogue

54. Windsor Bridge

55. A View of His Majesty's Dock Yard at Plymouth, in the County of Devon, on the British Channel

56. A View of the Fleet at Spithead; taken from the Platform at Portsmouth (A) the Watch Tower at Portsmouth (B) Gilkiker upon Gosport Shoar (C) The Sea Mark on Ashey Down

57. A Castle on a River

58. A South-West View of the City of New York in North America

59. An East Perspective View of the City of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pensylvania, in North America, taken from the Jersey Shore...

60. Ham Court, the Seat of John Martin, Esq.

61. Views in the Levant: View of a Harbour and Town From the Sea, Turkey

62. Views in the Levant: Two Rowing Boats and a Sailboat by a Steep Cliff, Hilly Landscape Seen From the Sea

63. Views in the Levant: View of Harbor Town With Flagpole at Right, Seen From Sea

64. Views in the Levant: Men Loading a Small Sailing Boat With a View of Building and Large Moored Boat

65. View with several Vessels lying close to the Shore

66. Views in the Levant: View of a Walled Town and Harbour with Towers Seen From the Sea

67. South East View of Fort George, Madras

68. Bay with Sailing Ships

69. Moonlight

70. Fishing Boats

71. Figures in Boats

72. Landing Place at Pallanza

73. Port d'Arona