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Study for the Foundlings
Creator:
William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:
ca. 1739
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/8 × 8 3/8 inches (11.1 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Reggio di Calabria
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 1/16 x 21 7/16 inches (38.3 x 54.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Seven Bishops Going To Trial
Creator:
Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gouache and black, brown, and gray ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches (34.3 x 46.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
Hulks in the Medway
Creator:
Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 × 12 1/4 inches (15.2 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ships Firing
Creator:
Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite with black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 × 10 3/8 inches (15.2 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lorch on the Rhine
Creator:
Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Date:
between 1790 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/8 x 21 3/8 inches (19.4 x 54.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Konigstein
Creator:
Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Date:
1789
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 3/8 x 18 1/4 inches (26.4 x 46.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
The Ranger, Private Ship of War, with her Prizes
Creator:
Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink over graphite with gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 18 1/8 x 23 3/4 inches (46 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Troops Disembarking
Creator:
Attributed to Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:
1758-1793
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink and brown wash on Thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 × 20 7/8 inches (33.7 × 53 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor
Creator:
Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink with gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 × 25 5/8 inches (36.8 × 65.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
View from Ashton Meadows, Bristol
Creator:
Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink; verso: graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 7/8 inches (16.8 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The North Foreland Lighthouse, Kent
Creator:
James Malton, 1761–1803
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 7/16 inches (18.3 × 24 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Eastbourne from Lord G.: Cavendish's Seat in the Park
Creator:
John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Date:
1787
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/16 × 7 1/2 inches (13.5 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ships on a Calm Sea
Creator:
Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/8 × 8 1/4 inches (14.9 × 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Firing a Salute
Creator:
Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Gray ink with gray wash touched with brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 14 3/4in. (25.4 x 37.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Man of War with Other Shipping
Creator:
Captain T. Richbell, active 1792–1825
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray wash, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 5/8 × 10 1/2 inches (19.4 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
City of Lin Tsin, Shantung, with a View of the Grand Canal
Creator:
William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:
1795
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/4 × 17 1/2 inches (28.6 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Port Louis from La Petite Montagne (Twilight) with a Rider and Figures in Foreground
Creator:
Thomas Bradshaw, Born 1767
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 1/4 inches (16.8 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
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
Men-of-war off the Coast
Creator:
John Cleveley the younger, 1747–1786
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 × 5 inches (9.5 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Deptford Dockyard, Kent
Creator:
John Cleveley the younger, 1747–1786
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 3/8 inches (14 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shipping in a Calm
Creator:
John Cleveley the younger, 1747–1786
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink with gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted to medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 7/8 × 4 7/8 inches (9.8 × 12.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Battle of Cape St. Vincent
Creator:
Robert Cleveley, 1747–1809
Date:
1797
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite and black ink on medium, moderately thick, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 x 8in. (10.5 x 20.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Madras

Madras
Creator:
William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:
ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 3/8 × 24 1/16 inches (41.6 × 61.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Castle on a River
Creator:
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, 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
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
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
Barges Heading out to Sea
Creator:
Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches (18.4 x 29.2 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
Warships Preparing to Sail from their Anchorage
Creator:
Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and gray ink with graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (23.5 x 36.2 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
A Two-Decker Running up the Estuary with Figures on the Beach in the Foreground
Creator:
William Anderson, 1757–1837
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 15 3/4 inches (29.8 × 40 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
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
Warships Passing in the Channel
Creator:
Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink on moderately textured, medium, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 19 1/4 inches (30.5 x 48.9 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
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
View Near the City of Tientsin
Creator:
William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:
1800
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 14 5/16 inches (22.9 x 36.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Shipping in the Solent off Calshot Castle
Creator:
Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:
between 1760 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, black ink, and gray ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 x 10 1/2 inches (15.2 x 26.7 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
View of the Tryall in Two Positions
Creator:
Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:
1779
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium, slightley textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 1/8 inches (38.4 × 53.7 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
A Thames Wharf with Westminster Bridge in the Distance
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 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
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
The Hindostan at Anchor in the Strait of Mi-a-tau of the City of Ten-choo-fou at the Entrance to the Gulf of Pekin
Creator:
William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 15 1/16 inches (20.6 x 38.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
British Troops Disembarking
Creator:
Dirk Langendyck, 1748–1805
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 x 13 7/8 inches (23.2 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
Situazione Di Ceramo
Creator:
Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 x 21 7/16 inches (38.1 x 54.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
View of Micale Promontorio
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: 14 13/16 x 21 3/8 inches (37.6 x 54.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
View of Sigacik (Ancient Teos)
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: 14 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches (37.2 x 54 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Scutari

Scutari
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 1/4 inches (37.7 x 54 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
View of Artaki (now Erduk)
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 1/16 x 21 15/16 inches (38.2 x 55.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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
No cover image available
Creator:
John Hood, active 1762–1771
Date:
1763
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 28 × 42 3/8 inches (71.1 × 107.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection