Period: 19th century / Work Type: painting / Subject Terms: sea

1. Wreckers -- Coast of Northumberland, with a Steam-Boat Assisting a Ship off Shore

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1833 and 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 5/8 x 47 9/16 inches (90.5 x 120.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. Staffa, Fingal's Cave

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1831 to 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 3/4 x 47 3/4 inches (90.8 x 121.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

3. Dort or Dordrecht: The Dort Packet-Boat from Rotterdam Becalmed

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 62 × 92 inches (157.5 × 233.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

4. Shipwreck

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/2 x 16 inches (31.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Coastal Scene with Cliffs

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 5 × 9 5/8 inches (12.7 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Harwich: The Low Lighthouse and Beacon Hill

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 x 20 inches (33 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Hove Beach

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1824 to 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on board
Dimensions:: 9 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches (23.2 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Stormy Sea, Brighton

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 6 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (16.5 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Beached Vessels and a Wagon near Trouville

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches (37.1 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

10. Calais Jetty, France

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: ca. 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 11 3/4 x 13 7/8 inches (29.8 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

11. 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

12. A Fish-market near Boulogne

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 3/8 x 48 1/4 inches (82.2 x 122.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

13. Near Quillebeuf

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: between 1824 and 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 3/4 x 21 inches (42.5 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

14. Stormy Sea Breaking on a Shore

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1840 and 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 25 inches (44.5 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Off the Nore

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1840 and 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 x 18 inches (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Corfu from Santa Decca

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1862
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (34.3 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
On View:: Not on view

17. Butrinto, Albania

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (34.3 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
On View:: Not on view

18. Corfu from Ascension

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1862
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 5/8 × 29 7/8 inches (47.3 × 75.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
On View:: Not on view

19. Corfu from Ascension

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: ca. 1860
Materials & Techniques:: oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (34.3 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Sophie and Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968
On View:: Not on view

20. Seascape

Creator:: George Grosvenor Thomas, 1856–1923
Date:: between 1890 and 1895
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Isabel S. Kurtz in memory of her father, Charles M. Kurtz
On View:: Not on view

21. Beach Scene

Creator:: Attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper on board
Dimensions:: 8 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches (22.2 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Richard S. Miller
On View:: Not on view

22. The Battle of Trafalgar

Creator:: John Christian Schetky, 1778–1874
Date:: ca. 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 33 1/4 x 48 1/2 inches (84.5 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. The Rock of Salvation

Creator:: Samuel Colman, 1780–1845
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/8 x 29 1/4 inches (61.3 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

24. Edinburgh from the Castle

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 48 x 84 inches (121.9 x 213.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Ships in harbor

Creator:: Robert Salmon, 1775–ca.1845
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 45 inches (67.3 x 114.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. English Ships Coming to Anchor in a Fresh Breeze

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: late 18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 1/2 x 65 1/2 inches (105.4 x 166.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. Fishing Smack and Other Vessels in a Strong Breeze

Creator:: Joseph Stannard, 1797–1830
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 12 3/4 x 17 inches (32.4 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. Ebbing Tide

Creator:: James Whitelaw Hamilton, 1860–1932
Date:: ca. 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Isabel S. Kurtz in memory of her father, Charles M. Kurtz
On View:: Not on view

29. The Balcony, Yokohama

Creator:: Edward Atkinson Hornel, 1864–1933
Date:: 1894
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas laid down on panel
Dimensions:: 16 x 19 7/8 inches (40.6 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Isabel S. Kurtz in memory of her father, Charles M. Kurtz
On View:: Not on view

30. Tantallon Castle (?), a study

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 11 3/4 × 8 3/4 inches (29.8 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. Upright Landscape

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 11 3/4 × 8 3/4 inches (29.8 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. Landscape, Possibly the Isle of Wight or Richmond Hill

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 8 7/8 x 12 inches (22.5 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

33. Discussing a Catch of Salmon in a Scottish Fishing-Lodge

Creator:: William Shiels, 1785–1857
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 x 50 3/4 inches (96.5 x 128.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

34. Shepherd Boy on a Hillside

Creator:: William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (18.4 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

35. Normandy Coast

Creator:: Attributed to Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 10 7/8 x 15 1/2 inches (27.6 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Richard L. Purdy
On View:: Not on view

36. Figures on a Balcony, probably at Westpoint

Creator:: Thomas Creswick, 1811–1869
Date:: ca. 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 8 x 12 inches (20.3 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

37. St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall

Creator:: Thomas Creswick, 1811–1869
Date:: ca. 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 9 x 6 3/4 inches (22.9 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

38. Port on a Stormy Day

Creator:: George Chambers, 1803–1840
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 x 18 inches (33 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

39. Dutch Shipping off the Low Countries

Creator:: Adam Silo, ca. 1674–1772
Date:: 18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 9 x 12 3/4 inches (22.9 x 32.4 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. Sandown Bay, from near Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight

Creator:: John Glover, 1767–1849
Date:: ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 52 inches (91.4 x 132.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

41. Ailsa Craig

Creator:: William Bell Scott, 1811–1890
Date:: 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 13/16 x 19 1/4 inches (32.5 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

42. The Deluge

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 66 1/4 x 101 3/4 inches (168.3 x 258.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

43. A Wherry Taking Passengers out to Two Anchored Packets

Creator:: William Anderson, 1757–1837
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches (26.7 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

44. The Day's Sport

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 1/2 x 51 1/4 inches (100.3 x 130.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

45. French harbor scene

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 11 3/8 x 13 3/8 inches (28.9 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

46. Dutch Sailing Vessels

Creator:: William Anderson, 1757–1837
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches (26.7 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

47. Yarmouth Pier

Creator:: John Crome, 1768–1821
Date:: between 1810 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/2 x 33 inches (52.1 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

48. The Shallows of Hareslade Cove, Gower

Creator:: John Brett, 1831–1902
Date:: 1887
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 x 30 inches (38.1 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
On View:: Not on view

49. Warships Lying Offshore, the Commanding Admiral Being Rowed out to Join the Flagship, Her Sails Illuminated by a Break in the Clouds

Creator:: Charles Martin Powell, 1775 –1824
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 3/4 × 35 7/8 inches (60.3 × 91.1 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

50. A Dutch Barge and Merchantmen Running out of Rotterdam

Creator:: Clarkson Stanfield, 1793–1867
Date:: 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 31 x 48 inches (78.7 x 121.9 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

51. The Black Ball Line Packet Ship 'New York' off Ailsa Craig

Creator:: William Clark, 1803–1883
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

52. The English Merchant Ship 'Malabar'

Creator:: William Clark, 1803–1883
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 × 36 inches (61.6 × 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

53. Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal -- A Squall Passing Off

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 x 42 inches (68.6 x 106.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

54. Sunset on the Beach at Sark

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/8 × 18 1/8 inches (61.3 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

55. A Lugger Driving Ashore in a Gale

Creator:: William Joy, 1803–1867
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/2 x 26 1/4 inches (47 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

56. Coast Scene at Cullercoats near Whitley Bay

Creator:: Attributed to John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: ca. 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper on masonite board
Dimensions:: 8 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (21.6 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

57. Man of War Rocks, Coast of Dorset

Creator:: John Brett, 1831–1902
Date:: 1884
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 × 48 inches (61 × 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Henry Luce Foundation
On View:: Not on view