Period: 19th century / Associated Places: England / Subject Terms: night

1. Nocturne in Blue and Silver

Creator:: James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:: 1872 to 1878, butterfly added ca. 1885
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 24 inches (44.5 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. Newark Abbey

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1806 and 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 48 1/2 inches (91.4 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. The Black Lion, Chelsea by Night

Creator:: Walter Greaves, 1846–1930
Date:: ca. 1890
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 10 1/4 × 14 1/8 inches (26 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942
On View:: Not on view

4. Sketch for 'Gordale Scar'

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: between 1812 and 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 7 x 9 1/8 inches (17.8 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Upnor Castle, Kent

Creator:: Henry Pether, active 1828–1865
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 x 36 inches (61.6 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Lambeth Palace

Creator:: Henry Pether, active 1828–1865
Date:: 1858
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 × 24 1/4 inches (46.4 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Herne's Oak from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' V, v

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: ca. 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

8. The Lonely Tower

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1879
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 1/4 inches (26.4 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Lonely Tower

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1879
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/16 inches (26.1 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

10. Moonlight over the Sea, Broadstairs

Creator:: Attributed to George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:: 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 9/16 inches (16.2 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown

Creator:: Alfred William Hunt, 1830–1896
Date:: 1868
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, gum, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches (37.1 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. On the River Wye, Monmouthshire

Creator:: William Payne, active 1850s
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 6 3/4in. (12.1 x 17.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. George Fox and the Dead Cromwell

Creator:: Print made by Robert Spence, 1871–1964
Date:: between 1897 and 1898
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, greened white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 inches (24.2 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the George School, Newtown, Pennsylvania

14. The Murder on the Thames

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 x 7 7/16 inches (23 x 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

15. View of the City of Bristol

Creator:: Louis Haghe, 1806–1885
Date:: ca. 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with gray chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 11 7/16 inches (27.3 x 29 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Brian and Linda Gracie

16. Battersea Bridge

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1868
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 x 12 1/4in. (24.9 x 31.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Allen Evarts Foster, B.A. 1906

17. The Breaking Up of the Agamemnon, no. 2

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: after 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 22 1/16 inches (38.3 x 56.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

18. The Fire in H.M. Dockyard at Devonport on the Morning of the 27th of September 1840

Creator:: Print made by William Clerk, ? 19th c.
Date:: after 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 x 18 3/4 inches (38.6 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Set of 18 Labels from 'Twining & Sons' Hairpins Boxes.

Creator:: Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850
Date:: after 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, aquatint and color woodcut on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 7 13/16 inches (25.6 × 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. St. Herbert's Chapel

Creator:: Print made by Henry Le Keux, 1787–1868
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, 1st state on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 6 7/8 inches (29.5 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Nocturne in Blue and Silver

2. Newark Abbey

3. The Black Lion, Chelsea by Night

4. Sketch for 'Gordale Scar'

5. Upnor Castle, Kent

6. Lambeth Palace

7. Herne's Oak from 'The Merry Wives of Windsor,' V, v

8. The Lonely Tower

9. The Lonely Tower

10. Moonlight over the Sea, Broadstairs

11. Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown

12. On the River Wye, Monmouthshire

13. George Fox and the Dead Cromwell

14. The Murder on the Thames

15. View of the City of Bristol

16. Battersea Bridge

17. The Breaking Up of the Agamemnon, no. 2

18. The Fire in H.M. Dockyard at Devonport on the Morning of the 27th of September 1840

19. Set of 18 Labels from 'Twining & Sons' Hairpins Boxes.

20. St. Herbert's Chapel