Period: 18th century-19th century / Subject Terms: waves (natural events)

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

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (14 x 19.4 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

2. Leander Taking Leave of Hero Before Swimming Back Across the Hellespont

Creator:: Attributed to William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, pen and brown ink, red chalk, graphite, with scraping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 5/8 inches (35.9 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. A Seascape

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 12 inches (22.2 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Needles from Alum Bay

Creator:: George Barret Jr., 1767–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, gray wash and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 12 inches (14 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. A Woman Rescued from the Sea and Assisted Ashore, Rowing Boat and Rescuers in Background

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 5/8 inches (16.5 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Sailing Ships and Small Boats in Rough Sea off the Coast

Creator:: Samuel Owen, 1768–1857
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (13.3 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Ryde, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Frederick Calvert, ca. 1785–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 8 1/4 inches (13.3 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Laying Storm Anchors

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 4 1/2 inches (17.8 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Beach Scene

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, pen and gray ink, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 inches (19.7 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

Creator:: Follower of William Owen, 1769–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 3/4in. (19.1 x 27.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

Creator:: Follower of William Owen, 1769–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 1/2in. (19.1 x 26.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Composition: Italian Seascape Effect

Creator:: Dr. Thomas Monro, 1759–1833
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 10 1/8 inches (13 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Storm Over a Coast

Creator:: Giles F. Phillips, 1780–1867
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/16 × 9 1/2 inches (15.4 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Fishmarket on the Beach

Creator:: Giles F. Phillips, 1780–1867
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 8 1/4 inches (13.8 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Coastal Scene

Creator:: Jonathan Girtin, ca.1780–aft.1820
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 13 3/8 inches (23.7 × 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. View of Sheerness

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 12 inches (16.2 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Men-of-War and Sailing Boats Near a Shore

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red brown and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/16 x 18 1/4 inches (20.5 x 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Allen Evarts Foster, B.A. 1906

18. The Race of Daldey

Creator:: Heneage Finch fourth Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (21 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Boats on a Stormy Sea

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 7 inches (10.2 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Wave

Creator:: Robert Hills, 1769–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches (8.9 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Boulogne Harbour

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 19 inches (22.5 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Wrecked Ship in a Stormy Sea

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 7 1/8 inches (10.2 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Shipping on the Medway, Kent

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, brown ink, and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 13 3/4 inches (18.1 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Jetty in a Storm

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and ink with gouache on moderately thick, rough, gray wove paper, pasted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 7 1/8 inches (10.2 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Nearing Port in a Stormy Sea

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and brown and black ink with gouache on moderately thick, rough, gray wove paper, pasted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 7 1/8 inches (10.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Ships Heeling Over in a Stormy Sea

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash with gouache on moderately thick, rough, gray wove paper, pasted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 7 1/4 inches (10.2 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Stormy Sea, Evening

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink and brown wash with gouache on moderately thick, rough, gray wove paper, pasted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 7 1/8 inches (10.2 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Boat at Sea

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 13/16 × 6 7/16 inches (9.7 × 16.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

29. Running before the Wind

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches (14.6 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: George Cuitt, 1743–1818
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and scratching out on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 16 13/16 inches (33.3 × 42.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Sailing Wherries and Boats in a Choppy Sea

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches (8.9 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Jonah Cast Into the Sea (Jonah 1:15)

Creator:: Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:: before 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 3 3/8 inches (13.7 x 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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

2. Leander Taking Leave of Hero Before Swimming Back Across the Hellespont

3. A Seascape

4. The Needles from Alum Bay

5. A Woman Rescued from the Sea and Assisted Ashore, Rowing Boat and Rescuers in Background

6. Sailing Ships and Small Boats in Rough Sea off the Coast

7. Ryde, Isle of Wight

8. Laying Storm Anchors

9. Beach Scene

10. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

11. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

12. Composition: Italian Seascape Effect

13. Storm Over a Coast

14. Fishmarket on the Beach

15. Coastal Scene

16. View of Sheerness

17. Men-of-War and Sailing Boats Near a Shore

18. The Race of Daldey

19. Boats on a Stormy Sea

20. The Wave

21. Boulogne Harbour

22. Wrecked Ship in a Stormy Sea

23. Shipping on the Medway, Kent

24. Jetty in a Storm

25. Nearing Port in a Stormy Sea

26. Ships Heeling Over in a Stormy Sea

27. A Stormy Sea, Evening

28. Boat at Sea

29. Running before the Wind

30. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

31. Sailing Wherries and Boats in a Choppy Sea

32. Jonah Cast Into the Sea (Jonah 1:15)