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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
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
Ships in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness
Creator:
Isaac Sailmaker, ca. 1633–1721
Date:
between 1707 and 1708
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 x 53 inches (106.7 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
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
Shipping off Dover
Creator:
Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:
1738
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
26 1/2 x 53 inches (67.3 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
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
Rochester
Creator:
Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
9 7/8 x 12 13/16 inches (25.1 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames
Creator:
Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:
1747
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Frame: 43 5/8 x 56 x 3 inches (110.8 x 142.2 x 7.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Launching at Deptford
Creator:
John Cleveley the elder, ca. 1712–1777
Date:
ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
41 3/4 × 72 1/8 inches (106 × 183.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
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
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
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
A Smack Under Sail in a Light Breeze in a River
Creator:
Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:
between 1756 and 1759
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (36.8 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A View of the Tower of London, Supposed on his Majesty's Birthday
Creator:
Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
39 3/4 x 76 inches (101 x 193 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Port of London
Creator:
Thomas Luny, 1759–1837
Date:
1798
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
21 3/4 x 33 7/8 inches (55.2 x 86 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
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
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
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
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
A view of Greenwich from the River with many Boats
Creator:
Jan Griffier the Elder, ca. 1645–1718
Date:
Between 1700-1710
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 3/4 x 32 3/4 inches (45.1 x 83.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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
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
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
The Hurries, Coal Boats Loading, North Shields
Creator:
attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 x 14 inches (21.9 x 35.6 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
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
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

49. Morning

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

50. Evening

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

51. Noon

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

52. Night

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

53. A Calm

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
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
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
Bastimento del Nilo
Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 x 18 inches (33.7 x 45.7 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
The Foundlings
Creator:
Print made by François M. la Cave, active 1726–1766
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/4 × 8 3/8 inches (12.1 × 21.3 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
Design for a Medal: Britannia Ruling the Waves
Creator:
Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:
1736
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and graphite, incised for transfer on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 11 × 7 3/4 inches (27.9 × 19.7 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

85. 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
South East View of Fort George, Madras
Creator:
Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:
January 1793
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 14 7/16 × 22 5/8 inches (36.7 × 57.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter
Front of Fort William and River Hoogly
Creator:
Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 × 20 15/16 inches (30.5 × 53.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter
A Sea Engagement between the English and Algerines
Creator:
Print made by Paul Fourdrinier, 1698–1758
Date:
ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/16 × 18 inches (31 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Donotter Castle
Creator:
unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:
Plate: 10 1/2 x 17in. (26.7 x 43.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A View of His Majesty's Dock Yard at Plymouth, in the County of Devon, on the British Channel
Creator:
unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A View of His Majesty's Dock Yard at Portsmouth, in the County of Hampshire, on the British Channel
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A General View of the City of Constantinople
Creator:
unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The City of Lisbon as before the dreadful Earthquake of November 1st 1755;...
Creator:
J. Couse, active 1750
Date:
between 1780 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:
Plate: 10 1/4 × 15 3/4 inches (26 × 40 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Fresh Gale
Creator:
Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Squadron of Ships Sailing before the Wind
Creator:
unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:
Plate: 10 × 14 1/8 inches (25.4 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Ship in Distress. Design'd to represent the loss of the Victory by a violent Storm near the Race of Alderney in the Year 1744. Sr. John Balchen the Admiral, & upwards of 1000 Men were on board & unhappily perish'd in the Waves
Creator:
Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Storm, Representing that Violent one, which drove his Majesty King George I into Rye
Creator:
Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Shipwrack

Shipwrack
Creator:
Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Fishery of Great Britain in its three different Branches vizt. Herring, Cod, and Whale Fishing
Creator:
Elisha Kirkall, ca. 1682–1742
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Town & Harbour of Portsmouth, with a View of His Majesty's Fleet Spitthead, (a)Portsmouth, (b)Gosport, (c)Portchester Castle, (d)Isle of Wight
Creator:
unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection