Period: 18th century / Work Type: drawing / Subject Terms: ruins

1. Newark - upon - Trent

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 16 1/2 inches (30.5 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. View of a Valley with Ruins at Sardis

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with gray ink and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 21 5/16 inches (37.8 x 54.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Top Panel: Plan, Column Details; Bottom Panel: View of a Ruined Theater, Probably that at Miletus

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with gray and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 15 inches (54 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Members of a Corinthian Temple in Ruins at Ephesus

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/16 x 15 3/16 inches (54.2 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. View of the Modern City of Pergamon

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 21 5/16 inches (38.3 x 54.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. View of the Ruined Theater of Aezani at Tjaden

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 13/16 x 21 9/16 inches (37.6 x 54.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Gierusalemme

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 21 1/2 inches (36.4 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. View of Ruins at Tivoli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 1/4 inches (38.1 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. View of the Ruined Baths at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 5/16 inches (38.1 x 54.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Temple of Jupiter Panhellenios at Aegina

Creator:: William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:: between 1764 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 18 inches (29.2 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Ruins of the Savoy Palace, London

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen in black ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (21 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. No. 6 Temple of Neptune the King, View and Elevation of the 2nd temple - seen from the east

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 11 5/8 inches (37.9 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. No. 7 the interior part of the 3rd temple looking from the west front

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 12 inches (35.6 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Mount Palatine

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 3/16 inches (18.1 x 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Chapel of the Greyfriars Monastery, Winchester

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: between 1790 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 11 1/8 inches (22.9 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Castell Dinas Brân, Wales

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 × 19 5/8 inches (33 × 49.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Ruins Outside Rome

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 x 14 3/16 inches (23.7 x 36 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Hilly Landscape with Figures Approaching a Bridge

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, on contemporary mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 inches (27.9 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, James W. and Mary C. Fosburgh Collection

19. Ruins in Rome

Creator:: William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:: between 1768 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black and brown ink, white gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 18 3/16in. (34 x 46.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Castle Acre Priory

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, brown wash, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches (18.1 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Ruins of the College of Lincluden, Near Dumfries

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 inches (18.1 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Ruins of Leiston Abbey

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 9 3/4 x 12 3/8 inches (24.8 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Italian Landscape with Ruined Castle

Creator:: William Taverner, 1703–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 9 5/8 inches (12.1 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Agropoli, The Temples of Paestum, and the Bay of Salerno

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: 1758-1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, brown wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 x 7 1/2in. (27.8 x 19.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Temple of Venus and Rome from the Colosseum

Creator:: William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 16 3/8 inches (30.6 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum

Creator:: Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros, 1748–1810
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 x 29 1/8 inches (53 x 74 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire

Creator:: Hugh William "Grecian" Williams, 1773–1829
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, watercolor, graphite on slightly textured, medium, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 24 3/4 inches (43.2 × 62.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Clare Castle, Suffolk

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: between 1797 and 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 8 3/8 inches (15.9 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Caister Castle, Norfolk

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (26 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Kenilworth Castle, with Figures on the Hillside

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 11 inches (22.9 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Ruined Temple of Minerva?, Two Figures on River Bank

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 7 1/4 inches (13 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Nîmes from the Tour Magne

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper (original mount)
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 1/4 × 23 7/8 inches (43.8 × 60.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. A View at Terracina

Creator:: Jacob More, 1740–1793
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper in contemporary laid paper insert with pen and black ink, and gray wash boader
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 x 21 1/2 inches (40.6 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Pevensey Castle, Sussex

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 9/16 inches (16.5 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. View of Ruins of the Asclepium at Pergamon

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 1/4 inches (37.9 x 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Ruins at Pergamon, Probably of the Amphitheatre

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with gray wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 1/4 inches (38 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. The Basilica at Pergamon

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 x 21 1/4 inches (38.5 x 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. No. 2. A. Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and black wash on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 8 7/8 inches (27.3 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. No.1 A Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (34.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, rough, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 16 9/16 inches (28.7 x 42.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Composition: two travellers and a dog on a road passing cottages, with ruins on a hill

Creator:: Peter La Cave, active 1769–1810
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 5 7/8 inches (11.4 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Colosseum, Rome

Creator:: George Robertson, 1749–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper laid down on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 x 16 7/16 inches (32.2 x 41.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Colosseum, Rome, with Arch to the Left

Creator:: George Robertson, 1749–1788
Date:: after 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 × 16 9/16 inches (32.2 × 42.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. A Youth in a Farmyard with Pigs and Poultry

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove 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

45. The Offer

Creator:: Samuel Wale, 1721–1786
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 5 7/8 inches (11.4 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Abbot's Kitchen, Glastonbury

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 10 1/2 inches (20.3 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Crowcombe Court: a gentleman with his dog walking by the river

Creator:: Coplestone Warre Bampfylde, 1719–1791
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 18 3/16 inches (29.5 × 46.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Temple of Venus Monday, March 18th, 1782

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 × 19 9/16 inches (35.6 × 49.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. No. 2 Elevation of the Front of the first temple fronting the sea

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 11 1/8 inches (33 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. No. 5 interior part of the 2nd temple seen from the North Side

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 11/16 x 12 1/16 inches (37.3 x 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Paestum: No. 4 View of the Interior part of the 2nd temple from the east front

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 11 7/8 inches (34.3 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Roman Sketchbook

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Sketchbook with sketches in graphite, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, black wash, gouache and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, bound in vellum
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 5/8 inches (19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Arch of Janus, after Piranesi

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1798 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 x 12 1/8 inches (21.1 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Classical Composition

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1798 to 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, laid paper, mounted on very thick cardboard
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 18 13/16 inches (30.5 x 47.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Kirkstall Abbey from the N.W.

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 3/4 inches (16.8 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. 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

57. The Claudian Aquaduct, Rome

Creator:: Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink, over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 18 1/2 inches (32.1 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 5 inches (34.9 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. 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

60. 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

61. Classical Landscape with Ruin on Left, Two Figures on Right

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, prepared with yellow wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/16 x 7 1/2in. (13.5 x 19.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Three Figures in a Hilly Landscape with Ruins, beyond

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/16 x 6 3/4 inches (11.3 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden, after the fire

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 5 5/8 inches (8.9 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Landscape with a Ruined Castle on the Right

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, prepared with pink wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 3/8in. (14 x 18.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Landscape with Road in Foreground

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 inches (13.7 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 15 5/8 inches (26.7 x 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Elgin Cathedral, Moray

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen, gray ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (16.5 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. View of the Convent of the Clarisses at Valenciennes after the Seige

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray ink , black wash, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 1/8 × 22 3/4 inches (41 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading an Inscription on a Tombstone beside a Ruined Church, Figures, Donkey, Sheep and Distant Mountains

Creator:: attributed to Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 15 inches (29.2 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. 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

71. Mitford 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

72. 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

73. View of St. Nicholas Church at Valenciennes after the Siege

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, gray wash, black wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 19 × 26 13/16 inches (48.3 × 68.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Facade of Ruined (?) Roman Temple, with Columns and Doorway

Creator:: Heneage Finch fourth Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:: after 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite, verso: blue wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 8 inches (23.5 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Gate of the Old Fort at Old Benares

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on wove paper with pen and brown ink border laid down on heavy wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 21 × 27 3/4 inches (53.3 × 70.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. William Daniell, the Artist's Nephew, Sketching a Ruined Temple at Zafarabad on the Gumti River

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 1/2 inches (22.5 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Bridge and Patna Gate and Monghyr Fort

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 × 20 3/4 inches (36.4 × 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. 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

79. Landscape with a Ruined Norman Church

Creator:: attributed to Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 x 19 1/8 inches (33.3 x 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Temple Ruins at Plessey

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 13 1/2 inches (21.9 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

81. Unidentified Castle

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2in. (14 x 21.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. View through the South East Window of the Crypt beneath St Stephen's, Westminster

Creator:: George Johann Scharf, 1788–1860
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray watercolor and pen and black ink on Smooth, moderately thick, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 10 7/8 inches (33 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Hadleigh Castle, Essex, England

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 7 13/16 inches (16.5 × 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Chapel of the Holy Ghost, Basingstoke, England

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

85. Cerne Abbey

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, 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

86. Eagle Tower of Caernarfon Castle, Wales

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 5/16 inches (16.8 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Ludlow Castle, Shropshire

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 1/4 inches (16.8 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Ludlow Castle, Shropshire

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 1/4 inches (16.8 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Montgomery Castle, Powys, Mid-Wales

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 5/16 inches (16.8 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 8 15/16 inches (18.1 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Dustanborough Castle from a Distance

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 8 1/4 inches (12.7 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Flint Castle

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 1/8 inches (13.7 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Ruins of Savoy Palace

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 11 3/4 inches (21.7 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Ecclesiastical Ruins beside the Thames (?)

Creator:: John Collet, ca. 1725–1780
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 7 1/8 inches (12.4 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. In the Camp Vaccinio at Rome

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: ca. 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 23 13/16 inches (38.4 x 60.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. The Ruins of Cymer Abbey on the Mawddach River

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches (12.4 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. The Dent de Lion, Margate, Kent

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 8 3/8 inches (24.4 × 21.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Italian Landscape

Creator:: Richard Cooper the Elder, 1701–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, black chalk, and bistre wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 15in. (22.5 x 38.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Classical Landscape with Two Figures on Lake Shore

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Brown and gray wash with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, prepared with yellow wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/16 x 7 3/4 inches (13.5 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Classical Landscape with Two Figures on Horseback at Right

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:: Brown and gray wash with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, prepared with yellow wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches (13.7 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Newark - upon - Trent

2. View of a Valley with Ruins at Sardis

3. Top Panel: Plan, Column Details; Bottom Panel: View of a Ruined Theater, Probably that at Miletus

4. The Members of a Corinthian Temple in Ruins at Ephesus

5. View of the Modern City of Pergamon

6. View of the Ruined Theater of Aezani at Tjaden

7. Gierusalemme

8. View of Ruins at Tivoli

9. View of the Ruined Baths at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli

10. Temple of Jupiter Panhellenios at Aegina

11. Ruins of the Savoy Palace, London

12. No. 6 Temple of Neptune the King, View and Elevation of the 2nd temple - seen from the east

13. No. 7 the interior part of the 3rd temple looking from the west front

14. Mount Palatine

15. The Chapel of the Greyfriars Monastery, Winchester

16. Castell Dinas Brân, Wales

17. Ruins Outside Rome

18. Hilly Landscape with Figures Approaching a Bridge

19. Ruins in Rome

20. Castle Acre Priory

21. The Ruins of the College of Lincluden, Near Dumfries

22. The Ruins of Leiston Abbey

23. Italian Landscape with Ruined Castle

24. Agropoli, The Temples of Paestum, and the Bay of Salerno

25. Temple of Venus and Rome from the Colosseum

26. Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum

27. Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire

28. Clare Castle, Suffolk

29. Caister Castle, Norfolk

30. Kenilworth Castle, with Figures on the Hillside

31. Ruined Temple of Minerva?, Two Figures on River Bank

32. Nîmes from the Tour Magne

33. A View at Terracina

34. Pevensey Castle, Sussex

35. View of Ruins of the Asclepium at Pergamon

36. Ruins at Pergamon, Probably of the Amphitheatre

37. The Basilica at Pergamon

38. No. 2. A. Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum

39. No.1 A Table of Hieroglyphics found at Axum

40. Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

41. Composition: two travellers and a dog on a road passing cottages, with ruins on a hill

42. The Colosseum, Rome

43. Colosseum, Rome, with Arch to the Left

44. A Youth in a Farmyard with Pigs and Poultry

45. The Offer

46. Abbot's Kitchen, Glastonbury

47. Crowcombe Court: a gentleman with his dog walking by the river

48. Temple of Venus Monday, March 18th, 1782

49. No. 2 Elevation of the Front of the first temple fronting the sea

50. No. 5 interior part of the 2nd temple seen from the North Side

51. Paestum: No. 4 View of the Interior part of the 2nd temple from the east front

52. Roman Sketchbook

53. Arch of Janus, after Piranesi

54. Classical Composition

55. Kirkstall Abbey from the N.W.

56. Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland

57. The Claudian Aquaduct, Rome

58. Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire

59. Valle Crucis Abbey, near Llangollen

60. Guisborough Priory

61. Classical Landscape with Ruin on Left, Two Figures on Right

62. Three Figures in a Hilly Landscape with Ruins, beyond

63. St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden, after the fire

64. Landscape with a Ruined Castle on the Right

65. Landscape with Road in Foreground

66. Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire

67. Elgin Cathedral, Moray

68. View of the Convent of the Clarisses at Valenciennes after the Seige

69. Wooded Landscape with Peasant Reading an Inscription on a Tombstone beside a Ruined Church, Figures, Donkey, Sheep and Distant Mountains

70. Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire

71. Mitford Castle, Northumberland

72. Holy Island and Castle, Northumberland

73. View of St. Nicholas Church at Valenciennes after the Siege