Period: 18th century / Associated Places: England / Subject Terms: city

1. A view of Greenwich from the River with many Boats

Creator:: Jan Griffier the Elder, ca. 1645–1718
Date:: Between 1700-1710
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 3/4 x 32 3/4 inches (45.1 x 83.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Dover

Creator:: Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
Date:: between 1746 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 x 21 1/2 inches (43.2 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Durham

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 41 inches (50.8 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 3/4 × 76 inches (101 × 193 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Arches of Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 3/4 × 47 3/4 inches (108.6 × 121.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. High Street, Oxford

Creator:: Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804
Date:: between 1798 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 × 47 inches (88.9 × 119.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. The Mall

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1740 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 47 1/4 inches (74.9 x 120 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. 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

9. View of Horse Guards and Whitehall

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 3/4 × 36 1/2 inches (65.4 × 92.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Landscape, with Dover Castle in the Distance

Creator:: Arthur Nelson, active 1765–1773
Date:: ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 22 1/2 x 43 inches (57.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

11. 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

12. Whitehaven, Cumbria, Showing Flatt Hall

Creator:: Matthias Read, 1669–1747
Date:: between 1730 and 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 72 inches (101.6 x 182.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. A View of Erith, Looking Up the Thames

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 18 9/16 inches (31.1 x 47.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. St. Martin's Church

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1731 and 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/16 x 14 3/4 inches (49 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The West Prospect of the Church and Steeple of St. Mary le Bow in Cheapside

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1720 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 11/16 x 14 7/16 inches (44.9 x 36.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Admiralty Office

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Bowles III, ca. 1712–1767
Date:: 1731
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 19 3/4 inches (35.5 x 50.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Night Watchman

Creator:: Print made by John Bogle, 1746–1804
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 x 11 15/16 inches (45.1 x 30.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. South View of Bath

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand colored with gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 × 15 inches (28.1 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. 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

20. Edgar's Tower at Worcester

Creator:: Print made by M. Coote, ca. 1758/62–1801
Date:: before 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, light blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches (19.4 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Fairburn's Plan of the Proposed Wet-Docks and Cut, from New Gravel Lane to Blackwall

Creator:: Print made by John Fairburn, active 19th century
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 16 inches (26.3 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Games at Vauxhall: Playing at Cricket

Creator:: Print made by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1725–ca. 1770
Date:: ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with stipple engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 13/16 inches (26.7 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Edgar's Tower

Creator:: John Daniel Bond, ca. 1725–1803
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 10 1/4in. (41.9 x 26cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

24. Edgar's Tower

Creator:: Print made by Richard Bernard Godfrey, 1728–op.1794
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving on medium, slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 10 3/4in. (18.4 x 27.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

25. Rochester

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 1/2 inches (17.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Birmingham

Creator:: Print made by James S. Storer, 1771–1853
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving, with letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/8 × 11 1/4 inches (44.8 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Sheffield

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 3/4 inches (14 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 7/8 inches (16.8 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Rochester

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; first published state on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 10 1/4 inches (19.4 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Rochester

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Birmingham

Creator:: Print made by James S. Storer, 1771–1853
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (19.1 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Chester

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 9 7/8 inches (20.3 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 inches (19.1 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Carlisle

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 10 3/4 inches (19.4 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Sheffield

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Oxford

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Tagg, died 1809
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; published state on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches (8.9 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Bristol

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Tagg, died 1809
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, smooth, cream 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

38. Staines

Creator:: Print made by George Murray, died 1822
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 5 3/8 inches (8.6 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. View of Bath from Spring Gardens

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches (30.8 x 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Edgar's Tower, Worcester

Creator:: Richard Bernard Godfrey, 1728–op.1794
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper (page in book)
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 8 9/16 inches (34.3 x 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Edgar's Tower at Worcester

Creator:: Print made by M. Coote, ca. 1758/62–1801
Date:: before 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 8 1/4 inches (15.3 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Bridgnorth Bridge, Shropshire

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 x 11 7/8 inches (19.2 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. A view of Greenwich from the River with many Boats

2. Dover

3. Durham

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

5. Arches of Westminster Bridge

6. High Street, Oxford

7. The Mall

8. View on the Thames with Westminster Bridge

9. View of Horse Guards and Whitehall

10. Landscape, with Dover Castle in the Distance

11. Launching at Deptford

12. Whitehaven, Cumbria, Showing Flatt Hall

13. A View of Erith, Looking Up the Thames

14. St. Martin's Church

15. The West Prospect of the Church and Steeple of St. Mary le Bow in Cheapside

16. The Admiralty Office

17. Night Watchman

18. South View of Bath

19. Windsor Bridge

20. Edgar's Tower at Worcester

21. Fairburn's Plan of the Proposed Wet-Docks and Cut, from New Gravel Lane to Blackwall

22. Games at Vauxhall: Playing at Cricket

23. Edgar's Tower

24. Edgar's Tower

25. Rochester

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39. View of Bath from Spring Gardens

40. Edgar's Tower, Worcester

41. Edgar's Tower at Worcester

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