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

1. The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 21 × 34 1/2 inches (53.3 × 87.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. 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

3. Calke Hall, Derbyshire, the Seat of Sir Henry Harpur, Bt.

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1734
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 3/4 x 36 inches (60.3 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Matlock Dale, looking toward Black Rock Escarpment

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1780 and 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 x 30 inches (58.4 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Derwent Water, with Skiddaw in the distance

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1795 and 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches (56.5 x 80 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. A Distant View of Hythe Village and Church, Kent

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

7. 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

8. King's Parade, Cambridge

Creator:: Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804
Date:: between 1798 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 1/2 x 50 inches (95.3 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. St. Mary's Abbey, York

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 x 36 inches (71.1 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. A View Supposedly Near Arundel, Sussex, with Figures in a Lane

Creator:: George Smith of Chichester, 1714–1776
Date:: mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 7/8 x 19 3/4 inches (40.3 x 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. A Bridge Over the River Wye

Creator:: John Taylor of Bath, 1735–1806
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 9 7/8 x 13 inches (25.1 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. 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

13. Wilton House from the Southeast

Creator:: Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
Date:: between 1758 and 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 56 3/4 inches (99.1 x 144.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. The Earl of Rochester's House, New Park, Richmond, Surrey

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1700 and 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 1/4 x 83 1/2 inches (107.3 x 212.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Painter-Stainers’ Hall

Creator:: Charles Tomkins, 1757–1823
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 × 5 3/8 inches (22.1 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. A View from Richmond Hill Up the River

Creator:: Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/16 x 18 1/16 inches (31.6 x 45.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The South Sea House

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1720 and 1728
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 x 19 3/4 inches (36.7 x 50.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. The City of Bath taken from the London Road

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

22. Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's from Battersea Fields

Creator:: Nathaniel Smith, 1740–1787
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 6 3/8in. (10.5 x 16.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Swan Inn at Twickenham

Creator:: James Miller, active 1773–1814
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gray wash over graphite
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 x 12 1/2in. (19.5 x 31.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

24. Near Putney

Creator:: James Miller, active 1773–1814
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gray wash over graphite. verso: graphite
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 12 1/2 inches (19.5 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

25. The New Meeting

Creator:: William Ellis, 1747–1810
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 x 11 3/4 inches (22.1 x 29.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. South Mimms Church, Hertfordshire

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, black wash, and graphite, squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 1/2in. (24.1 x 31.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

27. 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

28. 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

29. Peterborough

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving, with hand coloring in watercolor; second published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 × 11 3/4 inches (49.8 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. 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

31. The Gateway of Lancaster Castle

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 7 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches (19.4 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. View from Skiddaw over Derwentwater

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: between 1772 and 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches (27.3 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. At Steyning - Sussex

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 9 1/8 inches (14.9 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Peterborough

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 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. South West View of Dunster Castle, Somersetshire

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Rawle, 1771–1860
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 15 inches (28.3 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. The River Avon: with Passing Vessels

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 22 1/8 inches (41.6 × 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. View from Ashton Meadows, Bristol

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink; verso: graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 7/8 inches (16.8 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury

Creator:: Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758
Date:: 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 1/4 × 23 1/2 inches (26 × 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight

Creator:: attributed to Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 16 1/4 inches (25.1 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches (10.5 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. 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

42. Lincoln Cathedral

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, pen and black ink and graphite on moerately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 11 5/8 inches (16.8 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Turver's Farm, Wimbish, Essex

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 16 3/8 inches (30.2 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Guisborough Priory

Creator:: follower of Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 20 1/8 inches (30.3 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorset, England

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink 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

46. Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorset, England

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, and yellow wash 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

47. Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorset, England

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 8 3/8 inches (16.7 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorset, England

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

49. Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorset, England

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

50. Drawings of London and the Upper Thames

Creator:: James Miller, active 1773–1814
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Disbound sketchbook with 36 matted drawings and two ms. sheets, cover boards, and newspaper clipping
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

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1. The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

2. Northumberland House, London

3. Calke Hall, Derbyshire, the Seat of Sir Henry Harpur, Bt.

4. Matlock Dale, looking toward Black Rock Escarpment

5. Derwent Water, with Skiddaw in the distance

6. A Distant View of Hythe Village and Church, Kent

7. Whitehall

8. King's Parade, Cambridge

9. St. Mary's Abbey, York

10. A View Supposedly Near Arundel, Sussex, with Figures in a Lane

11. A Bridge Over the River Wye

12. View of Horse Guards and Whitehall

13. Wilton House from the Southeast

14. The Earl of Rochester's House, New Park, Richmond, Surrey

15. Painter-Stainers’ Hall

16. A View from Richmond Hill Up the River

17. The South Sea House

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

19. The Admiralty Office

20. Night Watchman

21. The City of Bath taken from the London Road

22. Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's from Battersea Fields

23. The Swan Inn at Twickenham

24. Near Putney

25. The New Meeting

26. South Mimms Church, Hertfordshire

27. Birmingham

28. Birmingham

29. Peterborough

30. Oxford

31. The Gateway of Lancaster Castle

32. View from Skiddaw over Derwentwater

33. At Steyning - Sussex

34. Peterborough

35. South West View of Dunster Castle, Somersetshire

36. The River Avon: with Passing Vessels

37. View from Ashton Meadows, Bristol

38. Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury

39. Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight

40. Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex

41. Edgar's Tower, Worcester

42. Lincoln Cathedral

43. Turver's Farm, Wimbish, Essex

44. Guisborough Priory

45. Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorset, England

46. Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorset, England

47. Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorset, England

48. Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorset, England

49. Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorset, England

50. Drawings of London and the Upper Thames