Period: 19th century / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: waves (natural events)

1. Sunset at Sea after a Storm

Creator:: Attributed to Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on pressed card
Dimensions:: 4 1/2 x 7 inches (11.4 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. 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

3. Squally Weather

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

4. 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

5. The Victory Returning from Trafalgar, in Three Positions

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1803–6
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 3/8 x 39 1/2 inches (67 x 100.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Port Ruysdael

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: exhibited 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 1/4 x 48 1/4 inches (92.1 x 122.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: exhibited 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:: Not on view

8. Staffa, Fingal's Cave

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: exhibited 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:: Not on view

9. Sailing Ships

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 3/4 x 21 inches (19.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast

Creator:: Thomas Buttersworth, 1768–1842
Date:: ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 1/4 x 35 1/4 inches (59.1 x 89.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. A Thames Barge running downwind off Tilbury Fort

Creator:: Clarkson Stanfield, 1793–1867
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 36 1/4 inches (61 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Donkeys and Figures on a Beach

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: ca. 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (23.5 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. The Deluge

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

21. 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

22. Study of Waves

Creator:: attributed to Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown washes with white gouache over graphite on thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 8 7/8 inches (14.8 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. A Page from a Cornish Sketchbook: Cornwall 30

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 x 7 inches (10.6 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Ships in a Breeze

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; engraver's proof (f) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 12 inches (21.9 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Ships in a Breeze

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 3/4 inches (29.2 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Lake of Thun, Switzerland

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; engraver's proof (a) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 11 inches (20 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Coast of Yorkshire

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 17 1/8 inches (28.9 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Ships in a Breeze

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 11 inches (20.3 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Shipping

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1828 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed brown ink, pen and brown ink, gouache, graphite and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches (13.6 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. "What have I said? What have I done?..." (Plate 24)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. "Help! Help!" (Plate 12)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. "With one accord in love sublime..." (Plate 44)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Chapter 4. "The Spectres of Albions Twelve Sons..." (Plate 78)

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Abu Seer

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 6 5/16 inches (8.6 x 16 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

35. French Fishing Boat off the Shears

Creator:: Print made by Miles Edmund Cotman, 1810–1858
Date:: 1846
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé on thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 x 6 3/8 inches (14.2 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Brunswick Terrace, Bellevue Mansion, Town Hall, the Albion, Old Steine, Chapel Royal, German Place

Creator:: Print made by Day & Co., 1824–1913
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with hand coloring on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 20 7/8 inches (35.5 x 53.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. The Deluge

Creator:: Print made by J. P. Quilley, active 1828
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/2 × 34 inches (59.7 × 86.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. His Majesty's Ship Britannia Leaving Hamoaze with the Lord High Admiral On Board

Creator:: Louis Haghe, 1806–1885
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 19 3/16 inches (36.9 x 48.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. His Majesty's Ship Britannia Returning to Port

Creator:: Louis Haghe, 1806–1885
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 18 15/16 inches (36.9 x 48.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving with chine collé; early engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (34.9 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Walenstadt, from Weesen, Switzerland

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink, graphite, gouache and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 9/16 x 25 7/16 inches (44.6 x 64.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Coast Scene with Figures

Creator:: Robert Brandard, 1805–1862
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 12 5/8 inches (15.2 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. A Cutter and Other Shipping in a Breeze

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1827-1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, blue ink, gouache, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 7 3/4 inches (14.8 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Penzance, Cornwall

Creator:: Print made by James C. Allen, active 1821–1831
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving with chine collé on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 5 11/16 x 9 inches (14.5 x 22.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Gale of Winds

Creator:: George Jackson, active 1839–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, and scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/16 × 4 1/4 inches (8.4 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. The Bending Pillars at Staffa (from Smith's Geography)

Creator:: Alfred William Warren, active 1791–1809
Date:: 1810
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Tynemouth Castle and Priory, Northumberland

Creator:: Print made by Benjamin Comte, 1760–1851
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (15.5 x 24.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 6 7/8 inches (25.4 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving with chine collé; second state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (36.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. A Salmon River, no. 2

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1884
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 x 11 1/8 inches (19.5 x 28.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stanley J. Halle, Yale BA 1912, in memory of His Parents Jacques S. and Hattie S. Halle, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

51. 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

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

Creator:: Print made by Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: after 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 x 21 7/8 inches (38.6 x 55.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

53. The Breaking Up of the Agamemnon, no. 1

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1870
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 18 3/4 inches (27.6 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

54. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: Print made by William Forrest, 1802–1889
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 3 3/8 inches (14.3 × 8.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Rowing in the Same Boat: Something Wrong at the Bottom... Weather Rather Squally

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1848
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 18 1/16 inches (30.4 x 45.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Coast Scene with Shipping

Creator:: Charles Bentley, 1806–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink over graphite, with scraping out on heavy, moderately textured, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 14 5/8 inches (23.5 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Shipping off the Isle of Wight

Creator:: Alfred Gomersal Vickers, 1810–1837
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 13 1/16 inches (19.1 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Clovelly, North Devon

Creator:: William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite with scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 29 1/4 x 44 1/2 inches (74.3 x 113 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Figures on a Beach

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: after 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 × 11 inches (13.8 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Off Portsmouth: Boats Loading or Unloading a Large Hulk, Small Craft Nearby

Creator:: Follower of Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 10 3/16 inches (16.9 × 25.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. A Harbour; Breakwater Left, Small Boats Moored Alongside a Quay with Figures Right

Creator:: Follower of Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown ink and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, green-beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 7 13/16 inches (11.7 × 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Ferdinand Riding the Waves

Creator:: Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gray wash and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 1/4 inches (24.8 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Folkestone

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 6 7/8 inches (12.1 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. 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

65. The Beach at Culbone, Somerset

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 6 1/8 inches (8.5 x 15.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. A Tropical Coast, Sunset

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: between 1840 and 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and brown ink over graphite with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches (15.5 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Christ Stilling the Tempest

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. The Wreck of the Apollo Frigate, 1803

Creator:: William H. Overend, 1851–1898
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, white gouache, and pen and black ink on very thick, smooth, cream wove card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 10 3/8 inches (35.6 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection

69. Ships on a Stormy Sea

Creator:: Samuel Owen, 1768–1857
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches (14 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. A Stiff Breeze

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and gouache, with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 12 inches (18.4 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Ship at Sea

Creator:: Attributed to William Wyld, 1806–1889
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/4 × 4 inches (7 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. John Hill

72. Mole Head, Algiers

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches (10.8 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Scarborough: Shipwreck at the Foot of the Castle Cliff

Creator:: Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Date:: ca. 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 16 1/2in. (30 x 41.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Coast of Sussex, Pushing Off a Boat to a Vessel in Distress

Creator:: Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847
Date:: ca. 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 x 28 3/4 inches (48.3 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Presented by Andrew Wyld / W.S. Fine Art Ltd.

75. Fishing Vessels in a Heavy Swell off the Coast

Creator:: George William Crawford Chambers, 1830–ca. 1900
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches (24.1 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
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

76. Coast Scene

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 5/8 inches (17.4 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Folds

77. Canute Reproving the Flattery of his Courtiers

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Milton, 1742/1743–1827
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 8 7/8 inches (35.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Wilson, YCBA Docent

78. Frontispiece: The Progress of a Midshipman

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 11 3/8in. (21.6 x 28.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Royal Crescent, County Hospital, St. George's Chapel, Kemp Town

Creator:: Print made by Day & Co., 1824–1913
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with hand coloring on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 20 15/16 inches (35.5 x 53.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. The Murder on the Thames

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
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

81. Death Turned Pilot

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1815 and 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-brown ink over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 9 3/8 inches (14.6 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with chine collé; open etched state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 11 inches (42.5 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Harbour Scene with Town

Creator:: Print made by Charles Golding Constable, 1821–1879
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 x 7 3/8 inches (13.8 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Professor Giles Constable

84. Harbour Scene with Town

Creator:: Print made by Charles Golding Constable, 1821–1879
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 8 11/16 inches (15 x 22 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Professor Giles Constable

85. Sailing Barges and Boats in a Choppy Sea

Creator:: George Chambers, 1803–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 11 1/8 inches (17.5 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Point de Galle, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Creator:: Charles Dyce, active 1848
Date:: ca. 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 7/8 inches (24.8 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Study for a composition: The Wreck of an East Indiaman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly 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

88. Landscape with Man on Beach

Creator:: Attributed to William Collins, 1788–1847
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 5/8 × 2 7/8 inches (6.7 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Shipping off Staffa

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, brown ink, gray ink, black ink, gouache, gum, and graphite, with scraping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 3/8 inches (31.1 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. The Warren near Exmouth, Devon: Steep Cliffs Rising at Right, Sea and Rocky Shore at Left

Creator:: John White Abbott, 1763–1851
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, pen and gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches (18.7 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Sunset at Sea after a Storm

2. Shipwreck

3. Squally Weather

4. Stormy Sea Breaking on a Shore

5. The Victory Returning from Trafalgar, in Three Positions

6. Port Ruysdael

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

8. Staffa, Fingal's Cave

9. Sailing Ships

10. Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast

11. A Thames Barge running downwind off Tilbury Fort

12. Fishing Smack and Other Vessels in a Strong Breeze

13. Seascape

14. The Rock of Salvation

15. Donkeys and Figures on a Beach

16. Port on a Stormy Day

17. Dutch Shipping off the Low Countries

18. A Dutch Barge and Merchantmen Running out of Rotterdam

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

20. The Deluge

21. A Lugger Driving Ashore in a Gale

22. Study of Waves

23. A Page from a Cornish Sketchbook: Cornwall 30

24. Ships in a Breeze

25. Ships in a Breeze

26. Lake of Thun, Switzerland

27. Coast of Yorkshire

28. Ships in a Breeze

29. Shipping

30. "What have I said? What have I done?..." (Plate 24)

31. "Help! Help!" (Plate 12)

32. "With one accord in love sublime..." (Plate 44)

33. Chapter 4. "The Spectres of Albions Twelve Sons..." (Plate 78)

34. Abu Seer

35. French Fishing Boat off the Shears

36. Brunswick Terrace, Bellevue Mansion, Town Hall, the Albion, Old Steine, Chapel Royal, German Place

37. The Deluge

38. His Majesty's Ship Britannia Leaving Hamoaze with the Lord High Admiral On Board

39. His Majesty's Ship Britannia Returning to Port

40. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

41. Walenstadt, from Weesen, Switzerland

42. Coast Scene with Figures

43. A Cutter and Other Shipping in a Breeze

44. Penzance, Cornwall

45. Gale of Winds

46. The Bending Pillars at Staffa (from Smith's Geography)

47. Tynemouth Castle and Priory, Northumberland

48. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

49. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

50. A Salmon River, no. 2

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

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

53. The Breaking Up of the Agamemnon, no. 1

54. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

55. Rowing in the Same Boat: Something Wrong at the Bottom... Weather Rather Squally

56. Coast Scene with Shipping

57. Shipping off the Isle of Wight

58. Clovelly, North Devon

59. Figures on a Beach

60. Off Portsmouth: Boats Loading or Unloading a Large Hulk, Small Craft Nearby

61. A Harbour; Breakwater Left, Small Boats Moored Alongside a Quay with Figures Right

62. Ferdinand Riding the Waves

63. Folkestone

64. Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown

65. The Beach at Culbone, Somerset

66. A Tropical Coast, Sunset

67. Christ Stilling the Tempest

68. The Wreck of the Apollo Frigate, 1803

69. Ships on a Stormy Sea

70. A Stiff Breeze

71. Ship at Sea

72. Mole Head, Algiers

73. Scarborough: Shipwreck at the Foot of the Castle Cliff