Period: 18th century / Associated Places: United Kingdom / Subject Terms: figures

1. Corfe Castle, Dorset

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:: 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 1/8 x 18 inches (33.3 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: George Smith, 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Landscape with Cattle

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 47 1/4 x 57 1/4 inches (120 x 145.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Easby Hall and Easby Abbey with Richmond, Yorkshire in the Background

Creator:: George Cuitt, 1743–1818
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/8 x 69 inches (101.9 x 175.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. The Choir, Canterbury Cathedral

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: between 1712 and 1715
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 3/4 x 40 7/16 inches (126.4 x 102.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. The Bell Tower of Evesham

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 21 x 62 inches (53.3 x 157.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Kidbrooke Park, Kent

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 45 1/4 inches (76.2 x 114.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Saltwood Castle

Creator:: George Lambert, 1700–1765
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 3/4 x 36 3/4 inches (50.2 x 93.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Margate

Creator:: attributed to Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 21 3/8 inches (35.6 x 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. North West View of Wakefield Lodge in Whittlebury Forest, Northamptonshire

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink and touches of gold paint over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 x 33 1/4 inches (42.5 x 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Farningham, Kent

Creator:: Benjamin Thomas Pouncey, active 1772–1799
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 6 15/16 inches (12.4 × 17.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. 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

15. The Guildhall, Exeter

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 1/8 inches (20.6 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. Ludlow Castle

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: between 1765 and 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and ink and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with a thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper border
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/8 x 35 1/2 inches (46.7 x 90.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. Dunmow

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (14 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Rhyne

26. 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

27. A Perspective View of Covent Garden

Creator:: John Maurer, active 1713–1761
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

28. A Perspective View of Tower Hill and the Place of Execution of the Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino on Monday 18 of August 1746.

Creator:: Print made by John Maurer, active 1713–1761
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 10 × 16 1/2 inches (25.4 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Kielder Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: William Beilby, 1740–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on slightly textured, medium, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 3/4 inches (21 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Syon House, London

Creator:: William Beilby, 1740–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on slightly textured, medium, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 3/4 inches (21 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: William Beilby, 1740–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on slightly textured, medium, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/16 × 10 3/4 inches (20.8 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Bridge at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: William Beilby, 1740–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on slightly textured, medium, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 10 3/4 inches (20.6 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Stanwich Park, Yorkshire

Creator:: William Beilby, 1740–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on slightly textured, medium, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 3/4 inches (21 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: William Beilby, 1740–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on slightly textured, medium, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Portfolio:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. 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

36. Layer Marney Hall, Essex

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 11 11/16 inches (24.4 x 29.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. A Devonshire Farm

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 5/8 inches (19.7 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. 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

39. Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum, touched with gouache over graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 x 21 3/4 inches (41.6 x 55.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. 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

41. 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

42. View of the Early Castle of Diganwy

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches (13 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Kirkdale House, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: ca. 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches (27.3 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. View of the Isle of Wight: Landscape with Figures

Creator:: Master of the Wire Line, 18th century
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 13 1/8 inches (23.2 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Melville Castle, Midlothian

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on very thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches (17.5 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Figures and Boats on the Thames

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
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

47. A Town House on the Thames

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
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

48. Thames Side Buildings

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
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

49. Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderatetly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 11 3/8 inches (38.3 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. 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

51. View of Winchelsea, Sussex

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 1/8 inches (20 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Priory Old House, Thetford

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 9/16in. (23.5 x 37cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

53. St. Mary's Priory, Thetford

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 14 9/16in. (26.5 x 37cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

54. South West View of Norwich Castle October 20, 1775

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 12in. (19.4 x 30.5cm)
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. Corfe Castle, Dorset

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

3. Derwent Water, with Skiddaw in the distance

4. Chepstow Castle

5. Landscape with Cattle

6. Easby Hall and Easby Abbey with Richmond, Yorkshire in the Background

7. The Choir, Canterbury Cathedral

8. The Bell Tower of Evesham

9. Kidbrooke Park, Kent

10. Saltwood Castle

11. Margate

12. North West View of Wakefield Lodge in Whittlebury Forest, Northamptonshire

13. Farningham, Kent

14. Conway Castle

15. The Guildhall, Exeter

16. Lambeth Palace from Across the River

17. View of Rochester

18. Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex

19. Rochester, Kent: from the North

20. Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland

21. Ludlow Castle

22. Carnarvon Castle, North Wales

23. The New Walk, York

24. Guisborough Priory

25. Dunmow

26. Holy Island and Castle, Northumberland

27. A Perspective View of Covent Garden

28. A Perspective View of Tower Hill and the Place of Execution of the Lords Kilmarnock and Balmerino on Monday 18 of August 1746.

29. Kielder Castle, Northumberland

30. Syon House, London

31. Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

32. Bridge at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland

33. Stanwich Park, Yorkshire

34. Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

35. Bathing Machine on the Common, near Southsea Castle

36. Layer Marney Hall, Essex

37. A Devonshire Farm

38. Turver's Farm, Wimbish, Essex

39. Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

40. Dover

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

42. View of the Early Castle of Diganwy

43. Kirkdale House, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

44. View of the Isle of Wight: Landscape with Figures

45. Melville Castle, Midlothian

46. Figures and Boats on the Thames

47. A Town House on the Thames

48. Thames Side Buildings

49. Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire

50. Lincoln Cathedral

51. View of Winchelsea, Sussex

52. Priory Old House, Thetford

53. St. Mary's Priory, Thetford

54. South West View of Norwich Castle October 20, 1775