Period: 19th century / Associated Places: Europe / Subject Terms: sunset

1. The Avon Gorge at Sunset

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 5 7/16 x 6 7/16 inches (13.8 x 16.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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. Somerset House, London

Creator:: Frederick Nash, 1782–1856
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on artist's board
Dimensions:: 5 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (14.3 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Evening, Bayswater

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 1/16 × 22 7/8 inches (38.3 × 58.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Tintern Abbey at Sunset

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and varnish over graphite with scratching out on heavy card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 x 27 3/4 inches (33.3 x 70.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Lonely Tower

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1868
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and gum arabic on London board: a high-quality pasteboard sheet made of Whatman's finest drawing paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 27 7/8 inches (51.4 x 70.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Tours: Sunset: Looking Backwards

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1826 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches (12.4 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Fountain in the Gardens, Paris: Evening

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches (14.3 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Zattere, Sunset

Creator:: James Holland, 1799–1870
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 7 7/8 inches (15.2 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Erne River, Ireland

Creator:: Edward Thompson Davis, 1833–1867
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 6 7/8 inches (12.1 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Shepherd - Evening

Creator:: Francis Oliver Finch, 1802–1862
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gum, with scraping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 12 3/4 inches (20.3 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Seacoast, Sunset with Harlech Castle

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: ca. 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 x 8 3/8 inches (7.6 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Sunset on the Thames

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1865
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches (16.5 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Bequest of Thomas W. Farnam, B.A. 1899

14. Autumnal Sunset

Creator:: Print made by David Lucas, 1802–1881
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 17 3/8 inches (29.5 x 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. John Archer Gee for History of Art (History of Prints)

15. Sunset in Ireland

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, smooth, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 10 13/16 inches (20.3 x 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

16. Sunset in Ireland

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, slightly textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches (20 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

17. Sunset in Ireland

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream antique laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 13 1/16 inches (22.2 x 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

18. Sunset on the Thames

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1865
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 3/8 inches (19.7 x 26.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

19. Sunset on the Thames

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1865
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 x 9 13/16 inches (17.9 x 25 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., BA 1910

20. Marine Pier, Brighton - Sunset

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, red ink, graphite, and gum on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (16.5 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Ten Needle-Box Prints

Creator:: Print made by Vincent Robert Alfred Brooks, 1814–1885
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, aquatint, and stipple engraving with color woodcut on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 x 5 1/2 inches (10.6 x 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Avon Gorge at Sunset

2. Newark Abbey

3. Somerset House, London

4. Evening, Bayswater

5. Tintern Abbey at Sunset

6. The Lonely Tower

7. Tours: Sunset: Looking Backwards

8. Fountain in the Gardens, Paris: Evening

9. The Zattere, Sunset

10. Erne River, Ireland

11. The Shepherd - Evening

12. Seacoast, Sunset with Harlech Castle

13. Sunset on the Thames

14. Autumnal Sunset

15. Sunset in Ireland

16. Sunset in Ireland

17. Sunset in Ireland

18. Sunset on the Thames

19. Sunset on the Thames

20. Marine Pier, Brighton - Sunset

21. Ten Needle-Box Prints