Period: 18th century / Associated Places: Europe / Subject Terms: water

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. St. Augustine's Gate, Canterbury

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 1/2 x 35 1/4 inches (69.9 x 89.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire

Creator:: Balthazar Nebot, active 1730–1762
Date:: between 1750 and 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 44 inches (76.2 x 111.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Views in the Levant: Malta

Creator:: Attributed to Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 17 7/8in. (26.7 x 45.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. 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

8. 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

9. Scuola di Virgilio, October 18

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and varnish on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 10 inches (16.5 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Comforts of Bath: The Bath

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 x 7 1/8 inches (11 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. 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

12. Hulks in the Medway

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 12 1/4 inches (15.2 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. View of Rochester

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 7 1/2 inches (13.3 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Great Marlow Church, Buckinghamshire

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (13 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (16.8 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Tonbridge Bridge and Castle, Kent

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 5/8 inches (21 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Cottage near Newcastle, Northumberland

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 8 1/8 inches (11.7 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. 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

19. The New Walk, York

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and brown ink over graphite with gouache on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 21 13/16 inches (31.3 x 55.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. 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

21. Dover

Creator:: attributed to Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/16 x 11 1/4 inches (20.8 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Valle Crucis Abbey, near Llangollen

Creator:: imitator of Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 5/8 inches (21 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Italian sketchbook

Creator:: Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with white chalk and black chalk on medium, rough, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches (28.3 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Embarkation at Southampton, June 20th 1794 (Version A)

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 11 3/16 inches (21.7 x 28.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Buildings Overlooking Water, near Naples

Creator:: Monro School
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gray wash and blue wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 3/4 inches (26.4 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Carnarvon Castle, North Wales

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 16 1/8 inches (14 x 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Grotto and the Temple of Contemplation, Stowe

Creator:: Jean B. C. Chatelain, 1710–1771
Date:: 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, brown wash, gray wash, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 12 3/4 inches (22.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. A View of the Rotunda in the Garden at Stowe, Buckinghamshire

Creator:: Jean B. C. Chatelain, 1710–1771
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 3/4 inches (23.2 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Renard's Hole, Dovedale, Derbyshire

Creator:: William Day, 1764–1807
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, gray ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 × 14 7/8 inches (33.7 × 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Norham Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/16 × 6 1/16 inches (10.3 × 15.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Holy Island and Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 6 3/16 inches (10.6 × 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

2. Matlock Dale, looking toward Black Rock Escarpment

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

4. St. Augustine's Gate, Canterbury

5. Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire

6. Views in the Levant: Malta

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

8. A Pier at Amsterdam (Version A)

9. Scuola di Virgilio, October 18

10. Comforts of Bath: The Bath

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

12. Hulks in the Medway

13. View of Rochester

14. Great Marlow Church, Buckinghamshire

15. Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland

16. Tonbridge Bridge and Castle, Kent

17. Cottage near Newcastle, Northumberland

18. St. Mary Redcliff, Bristol

19. The New Walk, York

20. Kingswear Seen from Dartmouth, Devon

21. Dover

22. Valle Crucis Abbey, near Llangollen

23. Italian sketchbook

24. Embarkation at Southampton, June 20th 1794 (Version A)

25. Buildings Overlooking Water, near Naples

26. Carnarvon Castle, North Wales

27. The Grotto and the Temple of Contemplation, Stowe

28. A View of the Rotunda in the Garden at Stowe, Buckinghamshire

29. Renard's Hole, Dovedale, Derbyshire

30. Norham Castle, Northumberland

31. Holy Island and Castle, Northumberland