Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: cliff / Topic subjectplace ss: United Kingdom

1. Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting, with a View of Creswell Crags, Taken on the Spot

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:: Not on view

2. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 17 1/2 inches (35.6 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Matlock Tor by Moonlight

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1777 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 × 30 inches (63.5 × 76.2 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. 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

6. St. Catherine's Castle at Fowey, Cornwall

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 19 1/2in. (30.5 x 49.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

7. Chapel of St. Michael's Mount

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 16 1/2in. (26 x 41.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

8. Chepstow

Creator:: Print made by James S. Storer, 1771–1853
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 inches (22.5 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Orchard Bay

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 18 1/2 inches (34 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Orchard Bay

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; Bohn reprint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 22 inches (38.4 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Alum Bay, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 22 inches (38.4 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Freshwater Bay

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; Bohn reprint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 22 inches (38.7 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Alum Bay and the Needles

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 3/8 inches (19.7 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Alum Bay and the Needles

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 13 1/4 inches (25.4 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Alum Bay and the Needles

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 7/8 inches (38.4 × 55.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Shanklin Castle

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; Bohn reprint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 22 inches (37.8 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Freshwater Bay

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 inches (29.8 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Chepstow

Creator:: Print made by James S. Storer, 1771–1853
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Lyme Regis, Dorset

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 x 17 1/16 inches (22.1 x 43.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 5/8 inches (16.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Dover

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

22. The Entrance to Wookey Hole, Somerset

Creator:: Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: ca. 1719
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/16 x 12 9/16in. (20.8 x 31.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. View of the Rhydaer

Creator:: Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (29.8 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Ruins of Criccieth Castle and Part of the Town on the Bay on Cardigan. East View, Caernarfonshire

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 5/8 inches (13.7 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Saint Michael's Mount, Cornwall

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches (13.7 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting, with a View of Creswell Crags, Taken on the Spot

2. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

3. Matlock Tor by Moonlight

4. Chepstow Castle

5. The Prospect of ye Bass from ye South shore

6. St. Catherine's Castle at Fowey, Cornwall

7. Chapel of St. Michael's Mount

8. Chepstow

9. Orchard Bay

10. Orchard Bay

11. Alum Bay, Isle of Wight

12. Freshwater Bay

13. Alum Bay and the Needles

14. Alum Bay and the Needles

15. Alum Bay and the Needles

16. Shanklin Castle

17. Freshwater Bay

18. Chepstow

19. Lyme Regis, Dorset

20. Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

21. Dover

22. The Entrance to Wookey Hole, Somerset

23. View of the Rhydaer

24. Ruins of Criccieth Castle and Part of the Town on the Bay on Cardigan. East View, Caernarfonshire

25. Saint Michael's Mount, Cornwall