Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: sea - YCBA Collections Search Search Results

1. Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 1/4 x 47 inches (87 x 119.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Port Mahon, Minorca with British Men-of-War at Anchor

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/8 x 30 1/4 inches (51.8 x 76.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/4 x 37 1/4 inches (66.7 x 94.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Vice Admiral Sir George Anson's Victory off Cape Finisterre

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 71 inches (101.6 x 180.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. An English Two-Decker Lying Hove to, with Other Ships and Vessels in a Fresh Breeze

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 16 x 25 inches (40.6 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Cavern, near Naples

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1774
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, Bequest of Pamela Askew
On View:: Not on view

7. View of Santa Cruz, Tenerife

Creator:: John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 × 44 1/4 inches (68.6 × 112.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. The Harbour of Pulo Condere

Creator:: John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 3/4 × 10 1/2 inches (19.7 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Burial Ground in the South Seas

Creator:: John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:: ca. 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper on panel
Dimensions:: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches (23.5 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1780 to 1781
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, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. The Fishery

Creator:: Richard Wright, ca. 1720–ca. 1775
Date:: ca. 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 53 inches (90.2 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/4 x 37 1/4 inches (66.7 x 94.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 55 x 45 1/2 inches (139.7 x 115.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Captain William Locker

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 12 inches (36.8 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. An English Sloop and a Frigate in a Light Breeze

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: undated, exhibited between 1762 and 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 13 3/8 inches (25.4 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. An English Sloop Becalmed near the Shore

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 13 3/8 inches (25.4 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. A Seascape with Men-of-War and Small Craft

Creator:: Attributed to Francis Holman, 1760–1790
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 1/4 x 56 inches (97.2 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. A Ship Running into Harbour with Other Craft at a Jetty

Creator:: Thomas Whitcombe, 1763–after 1824
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/4 × 24 1/4 inches (43.8 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Cicero's Villa and the Gulf of Pozzuoli

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1773 to 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 × 21 1/4 inches (43.2 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 3/4 x 72 1/2 inches (113.7 x 184.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. English Ships Running before a Gale

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: before 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 x 23 inches (38.1 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. Ship on Fire at Night

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/2 x 17 inches (31.8 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. Gulliver Taking His Final Leave of the Land of the Houyhnhnms

Creator:: Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 x 55 inches (104.1 x 139.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. Shipping in a Calm

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: between 1700 and 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 12 1/4 inches (40.6 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Royal Yacht Becalmed at Anchor

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: between 1710 and 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/8 x 45 1/2 inches (76.5 x 115.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: ca. 1703
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 x 54 inches (61.6 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. Sir William Elford, Bart.

Creator:: James Northcote, 1746–1831
Date:: 1782
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, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. Whitehaven, Cumbria, Showing Flatt Hall

Creator:: Matthias Read, 1669–1747
Date:: between 1730 and 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 72 inches (101.6 x 182.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. Portrait of a Man, Possibly Mr. Barclay

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 5/8 x 28 inches (90.5 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. Coastal Landscape with a Ferry Boat

Creator:: Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois, 1756–1811
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 × 21 1/8 inches (43.2 × 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. Cutter Close Hauled in a Fresh Breeze, with Other Shipping

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 x 66 inches (106.7 x 167.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. Ship wrecked on a rocky coast

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: between 1747 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 22 inches (36.8 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

33. Planter and his Wife, with a Servant

Creator:: Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 x 9 3/4 inches (30.5 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

34. The Gulf of Pozzuoli

Creator:: Gaspar Butler, active ca. 1718–1730
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 65 1/2 inches (49.5 x 166.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: Francis Holman, 1760–1790
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 57 inches (76.2 x 144.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

36. A View of Matavai Bay in the Island of Otaheite [Tahiti]

Creator:: William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 × 54 inches (91.4 × 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

37. An Indiaman and a Two Decker Hove to, Said to be Thomas Dumar, Esq. in H.M. Ship 'Portland' Delivering the Leeward Island Convoy, in 1776

Creator:: Thomas Luny, 1759–1837
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 x 66 inches (106.7 x 167.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

38. A Packet Boat Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland

Creator:: Thomas Luny, 1759–1837
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 33 3/8 × 57 inches (84.8 × 144.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

39. An English Royal Yacht Standing Offshore in a Calm

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 × 37 7/8 inches (70.5 × 96.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
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
On View:: Not on view

40. The Battle of La Hogue

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1778, retouched 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 64 3/4 x 96 1/4 inches (164.5 x 244.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

41. Linen Market, Dominica

Creator:: Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 5/8 × 27 inches (49.8 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

42. English Ships Under Sail in a Very Light Breeze

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 x 23 inches (38.1 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

43. A Lugger and a Smack in Light Airs

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 7 x 10 inches (17.8 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

44. A Cutter in a Strong Breeze

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 7 x 10 inches (17.8 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

45. The Coast near Scheveningen with Fishing Pinks on the Shore

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 31 1/4 inches (50.8 x 79.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

46. An English Flagship Under Easy Sail in a Moderate Breeze

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches (36.8 x 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

47. The Capture of the "Marquis d'Antin" and the "Louis Erasme"

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: between 1745 and 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 x 19 inches (33 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

48. Shipping in the English Channel

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 46 3/8 inches (90.2 x 117.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

49. Dover

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: between 1746 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 x 21 1/2 inches (43.2 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

50. 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

51. Fishing Boats in a Calm Sea

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: between 1745 and 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 15/16 x 23 5/16 inches (37.9 x 59.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

52. Admiral Lord Bridport

Creator:: Lemuel Francis Abbott, ca. 1760–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

53. Shipping in the Thames Estuary

Creator:: Thomas Mellish, ca.1748–1782
Date:: between 1761 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/8 x 22 1/2 inches (46 x 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

54. British Men-of-War and a Sloop

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: between 1720 and 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 x 35 1/2 inches (71.1 x 90.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

55. A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches (24.4 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

56. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

57. Coastal Landscape with a Shepherd and His Flock

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1783 and 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

58. Hussars Embarking at Deptford

Creator:: William Anderson, 1757–1837
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 x 24 inches (46.4 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

59. Wolgemuth Rescuing the Shipwrecked off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (14 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

60. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 77, "The Descent of Odin."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 95, "Ode for Music."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Visions of the Daughters of Albion, Plate 1, Frontispiece

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in green ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches (34.6 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. 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

64. Greenland Fishery

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 20 3/16 inches (36.3 x 51.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. A Small Breeze

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Boydell, active 1750–1751
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 20 1/16 inches (36.2 x 50.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Morning

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 20 1/16 inches (36.2 x 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Evening

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 20 3/16 inches (36.3 x 51.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Noon

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, hand colored with watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/16 x 21 inches (39.2 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Night

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches (39.7 x 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. A Calm

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, hand colored with watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 x 21 1/8 inches (38.9 x 53.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. The Taking of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/16 × 18 5/8 inches (34.2 × 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. The Wreck of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 x 21 3/16 inches (39.6 x 53.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. A Fish from the Red Sea

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium,moderately 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

74. Najel

Creator:: Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 1/8 inches (22.5 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. The Margate Hoy

Creator:: Print made by Charles Catton the elder RA, 1728–1798
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, aquatint and hand-coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 × 18 inches (30.4 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Brighton Town and Church

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 × 18 13/16 inches (30 × 47.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Two Boats with Crews, Study for The Royal William at Sea

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink, gray wash and graphite; verso: graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches (14.6 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. 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

79. Shipping in Southampton Water, off Calshott Castle

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 3/16 inches (16.5 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Fanali di Villa Franca

Creator:: Monro School
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 15/16 × 7 7/16 inches (12.5 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. 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

82. Alum Bay, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line 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

83. South West View of Dunster Castle, Somersetshire

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Rawle, 1771–1860
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, 1st. published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 15 inches (28.3 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. A Peasant of Mount Erix

Creator:: Henry Tresham, 1751–1814
Date:: between 1783 and 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite; verso: pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (24.1 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Allegorical Subject

Creator:: Mauritius Lowe, 1746–1793
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and red chalk on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (15.9 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Dutch Shipping

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 5/8 inches (19.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Ariadne

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (18.1 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. 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

89. 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

90. The Birth of Venus

Creator:: Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 5 7/8in. (18.4 x 14.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Orchard Bay

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line 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

92. Orchard Bay

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, original impression 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

93. Freshwater Bay

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, original impression 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

94. Freshwater Bay

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line 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

95. Alum Bay and the Needles

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, original impression 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

96. Alum Bay and the Needles

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, original impression 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

97. Alum Bay and the Needles

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line 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

98. Shanklin Castle

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line 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

99. 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

100. Distress

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1790 to 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown and red ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 17 1/16 inches (31 x 43.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight

2. Port Mahon, Minorca with British Men-of-War at Anchor

3. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

4. Vice Admiral Sir George Anson's Victory off Cape Finisterre

5. An English Two-Decker Lying Hove to, with Other Ships and Vessels in a Fresh Breeze

6. Cavern, near Naples

7. View of Santa Cruz, Tenerife

8. The Harbour of Pulo Condere

9. Burial Ground in the South Seas

10. A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset

11. The Fishery

12. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

13. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

14. Captain William Locker

15. An English Sloop and a Frigate in a Light Breeze

16. An English Sloop Becalmed near the Shore

17. A Seascape with Men-of-War and Small Craft

18. A Ship Running into Harbour with Other Craft at a Jetty

19. Cicero's Villa and the Gulf of Pozzuoli

20. A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

21. English Ships Running before a Gale

22. Ship on Fire at Night

23. Gulliver Taking His Final Leave of the Land of the Houyhnhnms

24. Shipping in a Calm

25. Royal Yacht Becalmed at Anchor

26. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

27. Sir William Elford, Bart.

28. Whitehaven, Cumbria, Showing Flatt Hall

29. Portrait of a Man, Possibly Mr. Barclay

30. Coastal Landscape with a Ferry Boat

31. Cutter Close Hauled in a Fresh Breeze, with Other Shipping

32. Ship wrecked on a rocky coast

33. Planter and his Wife, with a Servant

34. The Gulf of Pozzuoli

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

36. A View of Matavai Bay in the Island of Otaheite [Tahiti]

37. An Indiaman and a Two Decker Hove to, Said to be Thomas Dumar, Esq. in H.M. Ship 'Portland' Delivering the Leeward Island Convoy, in 1776

38. A Packet Boat Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland

39. An English Royal Yacht Standing Offshore in a Calm

40. The Battle of La Hogue

41. Linen Market, Dominica

42. English Ships Under Sail in a Very Light Breeze

43. A Lugger and a Smack in Light Airs

44. A Cutter in a Strong Breeze

45. The Coast near Scheveningen with Fishing Pinks on the Shore

46. An English Flagship Under Easy Sail in a Moderate Breeze

47. The Capture of the "Marquis d'Antin" and the "Louis Erasme"

48. Shipping in the English Channel

49. Dover

50. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

51. Fishing Boats in a Calm Sea

52. Admiral Lord Bridport

53. Shipping in the Thames Estuary

54. British Men-of-War and a Sloop

55. A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort

56. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

57. Coastal Landscape with a Shepherd and His Flock

58. Hussars Embarking at Deptford

59. Wolgemuth Rescuing the Shipwrecked off the Cape of Good Hope

60. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 77, "The Descent of Odin."

61. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 95, "Ode for Music."

62. Visions of the Daughters of Albion, Plate 1, Frontispiece

63. Reggio di Calabria

64. Greenland Fishery

65. A Small Breeze

66. Morning

67. Evening

68. Noon

69. Night

70. A Calm

71. The Taking of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

72. The Wreck of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

73. A Fish from the Red Sea

74. Najel