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1. Captain William Locker

Captain William Locker
Creator:
Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 1/2 × 12 inches (36.8 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

2. Ship wrecked on a rocky coast

Ship wrecked on a rocky coast
Creator:
Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:
between 1747 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 1/2 x 22 inches (36.8 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

3. Ship on Fire at Night

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

4. Shipping in a Calm

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

5. The Margate Hoy

The Margate Hoy
Creator:
Print made by Charles Catton the elder RA, 1728–1798
Date:
1785
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, aquatint and hand-coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 15/16 × 18 inches (30.4 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. A Coastal Barge

A Coastal Barge
Creator:
Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches (26 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. A Ship's Boat

A Ship's Boat
Creator:
Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (15.9 x 33.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Part of the Crew of H.M.S. Guardian

Part of the Crew of H.M.S. Guardian
Creator:
Robert Dodd, 1748–1816
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/2 x 24 3/4in. (47 x 62.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The taking of the Princessa a Spanish Man of War, April 8, 1740 by His Majesties Ships the Lenox, Kent, and Oxford

The taking of the Princessa a Spanish Man of War, April 8, 1740 by His Majesties Ships the Lenox, Kent, and Oxford
Creator:
Nathaniel Parr, active 1742–1751
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 18in. (31.8 x 45.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. A Dutch Packet in a Rising Breeze

A Dutch Packet in a Rising Breeze
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 13/16 inches (19.7 x 27.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. St. Nicholas's Island off Mount Edgecombe

St. Nicholas's Island off Mount Edgecombe
Creator:
Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:
1768
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 14 1/2in. (21.6 x 36.8cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

12. Admiral George Edgcumbe, first Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

Admiral George Edgcumbe, first Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1760
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/16 × 10 7/8 inches (38.6 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Tower of London

The Tower of London
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Tagg, died 1809
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (8.3 × 14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. P. Monamy

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

15. P. Monamy

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

16. The Tower of London

The Tower of London
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Tagg, died 1809
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving; published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/8 × 5 7/8 inches (7.9 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Swansea

Swansea
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Rothwell, ca. 1742–1807
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 × 6 inches (9.5 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Neath

Neath
Creator:
Print made by George Murray, died 1822
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 × 6 3/8 inches (12.7 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Cowes

Cowes
Creator:
Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving; Bohn reprint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 × 21 7/8 inches (38.1 × 55.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. South View of Christ Church, &c. from the Meadows

South View of Christ Church, &c. from the Meadows
Creator:
Print made by James Basire II, 1769–1822
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving; engraver's proof (b) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 × 17 7/8 inches (34.3 × 45.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Flagship of a Commander in Chief

The Flagship of a Commander in Chief
Creator:
Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and gray ink, black ink, and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 13/16 × 18 1/2 inches (30 × 47 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Portraits Painted from Life, Representing Capt. Englefield with Eleven of his Crew Saving Themselves in the Pinnace, from the Wreck of the Centaur, of 74 Guns, Lost Sept. 1782

Portraits Painted from Life, Representing Capt. Englefield with Eleven of his Crew Saving Themselves in the Pinnace, from the Wreck of the Centaur, of 74 Guns, Lost Sept. 1782
Creator:
Print made by Thomas Gaugain, 1748–1812
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint and stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 3/4 × 25 1/2 inches (52.7 × 64.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. An Admiralty Yacht Running Inshore at Tenby

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

24. A Third-Rate in Coastal Waters

A Third-Rate in Coastal Waters
Creator:
Samuel Atkins, active 1787–1808
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 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

25. Bathing Machine on the Common, near Southsea Castle

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

26. Ruins of Criccieth Castle and Part of the Town on the Bay on Cardigan. East View, Caernarfonshire

Ruins of Criccieth Castle and Part of the Town on the Bay on Cardigan. East View, Caernarfonshire
Creator:
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 5/8 inches (13.7 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Shipping Scene with Three Figures on shore

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

28. A Two Master in Sail

A Two Master in Sail
Creator:
Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:
ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Gray ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (16.5 x 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Ship, 'The Earl Cornwallis'

Ship, 'The Earl Cornwallis'
Creator:
Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Gray ink and gray wash over graphite on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches (11.1 x 14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. One of the Embassy Yachts

One of the Embassy Yachts
Creator:
William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:
ca. 1794
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 inches (25.1 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Prospero and Miranda

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

32. Antigonus Disposing of Perdita

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