Period: 18th century / Associated Places: United Kingdom / 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. The Building of Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: ca. 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 x 47 inches (68.6 x 119.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. 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

4. 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

5. Frost on the Thames

Creator:: Samuel Collings, active 1784–1795
Date:: 1788 to 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 3/16 × 48 3/16 inches (76.7 × 122.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Westminster Abbey and Bridge

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 3/8 x 28 inches (92.4 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Rochester

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 7/8 x 12 13/16 inches (25.1 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. The Great Fire of London

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 5/8 × 32 inches (60 × 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. The Thames and the Adelphi

Creator:: Attributed to William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 x 23 3/4 inches (46.4 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Westminster from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches (38.7 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. St. Paul's and Blackfriars Bridge

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: between 1770 and 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/16 x 29 3/8 inches (51.3 x 74.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. View on the Medway

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1776
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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Pope's Villa, Twickenham

Creator:: Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 5/16 x 32 1/8 inches (44 x 81.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Orleans House, Twickenham

Creator:: Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/4 x 32 inches (43.8 x 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. An Imaginary View of Westminster Bridge

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/4 × 36 1/4 inches (71.8 × 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. 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

22. 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

23. Knock Ninney and Lough Erne from Bellisle, County Fermanagh, Ireland

Creator:: Thomas Roberts, 1748–1778
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 1/2 x 36 inches (57.2 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. 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

25. Pope's Villa, Twickenham

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches (19.1 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. A Summer Evening (Caernarfon Castle)

Creator:: Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
Date:: between 1764 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 3/4 x 45 3/4 inches (62.9 x 116.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. Old Walton Bridge

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/8 x 48 1/8 inches (46 x 122.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. Chepstow Castle

Creator:: Hendrik Frans de Cort, 1742–1810
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 33 inches (67.3 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. Lambeth Palace

Creator:: Samuel Wale, 1721–1786
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/8 × 5 9/16 inches (7.3 × 14.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Old Somerset House

Creator:: Samuel Wale, 1721–1786
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/16 × 5 9/16 inches (7.8 × 14.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. 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

43. A View from Durdham-Down near Bristol looking down the Avon

Creator:: Print made by Jean B. C. Chatelain, 1710–1771
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

44. 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

45. The Prospect of ye Bass from ye South shore

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 10 1/4 x 16 1/4in. (26 x 41.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. 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

47. 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

48. A View of the Earl of Radnor's House at Twickenham

Creator:: Anthony Walker, 1726–1765
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

49. The South West Prospect of London, from Somerset Gardens to the Tower

Creator:: Thomas Bowles III, ca. 1712–1767
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

50. Dudley Priory in Worcestershire, Plate 2

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: 5 13/16 × 7 5/8 inches (14.7 × 19.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. View from the Vidette Near Hakin on Signal Hill, Looking Beyond Nangle Point and Thorn Island, Pembrokeshire

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1764-1831
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 5/8 × 17 9/16 inches (29.5 × 44.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. 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

53. 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

54. The Head of Ullswater, With the Lodge of Patterdale on the Left

Creator:: Thomas Sunderland, 1744–1828
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 x 33 inches (61 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Pile Driving on the Banks of the Thames

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, brown ink, gouache and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/8 x 26 1/8 inches (49.2 x 66.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. The Westgate, Canterbury

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on panel
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches (41.9 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. 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

58. Goodrich Castle on the Wye

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 11 × 14 1/2 inches (27.9 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. York Water Gate

Creator:: Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 × 11 3/4 inches (21.1 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. 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

61. View of Old Somerset House from the Thames

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, watercolor and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 x 28 7/8 inches (41.3 x 73.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. West Cowes, Isle of Wight

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown and gray wash and pen brown ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches (14.3 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Miss Elizabeth Manwaring

63. Castle with Figures in a Classical Landscape

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 inches (24.2 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Old Walton Bridge seen from the Middlesex Shore

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 26 3/4 inches (28.9 x 67.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. St. Vincent's Rock, Clifton, Bristol with Hotwell's Spring House in the Distance

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 12 1/2 x 16 5/8 inches (31.8 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. 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

67. Conway Castle

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 7/8 x 25 3/8 inches (47.9 x 64.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Lambeth Palace from Across the River

Creator:: Thomas Priest, active 1738–1750
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 10 5/8 inches (13.7 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Rochester, Kent: from the North

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/16 x 23 inches (44 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. 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

71. 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

72. 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

73. 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

74. A Town House on the Thames

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, with thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper border, mounted on linen backed with moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 40 1/8 inches (40.6 x 101.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

75. A Thames Wharf with Westminster Bridge in the Distance

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 35 3/4 inches (36.8 x 90.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

76. The Thames with Montagu House and Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper with medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper border, mounted on linen, backed with medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/4 x 36 inches (43.8 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

77. A Wood Yard on the Thames at Nine Elms

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 35 1/8 inches (34.9 x 89.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

78. Westminster Bridge under Construction

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 28 3/8 inches (35.9 x 72.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

79. Figures and Boats on the Thames

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 34 7/8 inches (29.8 x 88.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

80. A View of Bristol with Ratcilffe Church and Lime Kiln Dock

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 1/4 x 24 3/4 inches (26 x 62.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund in honor of John Baskett

81. Thames Side Buildings

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 33 inches (36.5 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

82. Dudley Priory in Worcestershire, Plate 2

Creator:: 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 15/16 × 8 3/4 inches (17.7 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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. 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

86. 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

87. 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

88. 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

89. A Perspective of ye Royal Palace of Somerset next ye River

Creator:: John Maurer, active 1713–1761
Date:: 1742
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

90. A View of Westminster Bridge from Lambeth. 1. Westminster Abby. 2. St. Margaret's Church. 3. Westminster Hall. 4. St. Martin's Church

Creator:: unknown artist
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

91. 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

92. 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

93. Mr. Drummond's Cottage, East Cowes, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray and red-brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 18 5/16 inches (13.7 x 46.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. River Forth with the Town and Castle of Stirling in the Distance

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Brown, gray, and yellow wash over graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper prepared with yellow wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (13.3 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Elizabeth Manwaring

95. 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

96. View of Taplow and Maidenhead from Cliveden

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 7/8 inches (16.5 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Putney Church and Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:: 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gray ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 9 1/4 x 12 inches (23.5 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

Creator:: Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (24.1 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. 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. Ships in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness

2. The Building of Westminster Bridge

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4. The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

5. Frost on the Thames

6. Westminster Abbey and Bridge

7. Rochester

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15. Pope's Villa, Twickenham

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19. The Thames at Chelsea

20. An Imaginary View of Westminster Bridge

21. The Port of London

22. Arches of Westminster Bridge

23. Knock Ninney and Lough Erne from Bellisle, County Fermanagh, Ireland

24. View on the Thames with Westminster Bridge

25. Pope's Villa, Twickenham

26. A Summer Evening (Caernarfon Castle)

27. Launching at Deptford

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

29. Shipping in the English Channel

30. Old Walton Bridge

31. Chepstow Castle

32. Windsor Castle from the Buckinghamshire Bank

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

34. Shipping in a Calm

35. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

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

37. Fisherman's Cottage, Dover

38. A View of Erith, Looking Up the Thames

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

40. Lambeth Palace

41. Old Somerset House

42. The South View of Berwick Upon Tweed

43. A View from Durdham-Down near Bristol looking down the Avon

44. Windsor Bridge

45. The Prospect of ye Bass from ye South shore

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

47. 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

48. A View of the Earl of Radnor's House at Twickenham

49. The South West Prospect of London, from Somerset Gardens to the Tower

50. Dudley Priory in Worcestershire, Plate 2

51. View from the Vidette Near Hakin on Signal Hill, Looking Beyond Nangle Point and Thorn Island, Pembrokeshire

52. The Swan Inn at Twickenham

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

54. The Head of Ullswater, With the Lodge of Patterdale on the Left

55. Pile Driving on the Banks of the Thames

56. The Westgate, Canterbury

57. View of Bath from Spring Gardens

58. Goodrich Castle on the Wye

59. York Water Gate

60. Bewdley Bridge, Worcester

61. View of Old Somerset House from the Thames

62. West Cowes, Isle of Wight

63. Castle with Figures in a Classical Landscape

64. Old Walton Bridge seen from the Middlesex Shore

65. St. Vincent's Rock, Clifton, Bristol with Hotwell's Spring House in the Distance

66. The River Avon: with Passing Vessels

67. Conway Castle

68. Lambeth Palace from Across the River

69. Rochester, Kent: from the North

70. View of Rochester

71. Great Marlow Church, Buckinghamshire

72. A Naval Squadron Lying at Spithead

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