Exhibition History: J.M.W. Turner: Romance & Reality (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-03-29 - 2025-07-27)

1. 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:: Not on view

2. Tummel Bridge, Perthshire

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1802 and 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 11 3/8 x 18 3/8 inches (28.9 x 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Chateaux de St. Michael, Bonneville, Savoy

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: exhibited 1803
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 Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. 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

5. 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

6. Newark Abbey

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 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

7. 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

8. A Limekiln, Possibly at Briton Ferry in South Wales

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1795-96
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 11 3/8 x 15 7/8 inches (28.9 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 1/4 x 47 inches (87 x 119.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Lake Avernus: Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1814 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches (71.8 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Inverary Pier, Loch Fyne: Morning

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
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 Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. The Source of the Arveron in the Valley of Chamouni, Savoy

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 inches (29.8 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Monaco at Sunset from the Southwest

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches (14 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Ship Aground, Brighton, with the Chain Pier Beyond

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black ink, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, blue 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, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Evening Gun

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; engraver's proof (d) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 7 1/2 × 9 7/8 inches (19.1 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Shields Lighthouse

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1820 to 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; engraver's proof (b) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 8 3/8 inches (14.9 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Evening Gun

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint with scraping; touched engraver's proof (c) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 7 1/2 × 9 7/8 inches (19 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Shields Lighthouse

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1820 to 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; trial proof (a) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (14.6 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Catania, Sicily

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint, with graphite and white chalk; touched trial proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 7 5/8 × 10 inches (19.4 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Bridge and Monument

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1820 to 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; engraver's proof (a) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 7 5/8 × 10 inches (19.4 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Bridge and Monument

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1820 to 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; engraver's proof (b) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 7 1/2 × 10 inches (19.1 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Dunstanborough Castle

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 5/8 × 16 3/4 inches (29.5 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. 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

27. Pembury Mill, Kent

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 × 16 1/8 inches (27.9 × 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Fifth Plague of Egypt

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: 8 × 11 1/8 inches (20.3 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Coast of Yorkshire

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 16 5/8 inches (28.9 × 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Windmill and Lock

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 16 1/4 inches (27.9 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Crypt of Kirkstall Abbey

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 16 inches (27.9 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Scene in the Campagna

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 17 3/8 inches (30.5 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Christ Church Gate, Canterbury

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1792–1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches (22.5 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Catania, Sicily

Creator:: Print made by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; 1872 impression on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 7 5/8 × 10 inches (19.4 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. The Channel Sketchbook

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Sketchbook bound in red calf with marbled end papers, comprising 88 leaves with 74 watercolors and 26 graphite sketches on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Binding: 4 inches (10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. River Wye

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 16 1/4 inches (27.3 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Peat Bog, Scotland

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 16 1/4 inches (27.6 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Jason

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 13 7/8 inches (26.4 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Weymouth

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 8 5/8in. (14.6 x 21.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. A Swiss Pass, probably the Pass of St. Gotthard near Faido

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1847–50
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches (47.6 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1802 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and ink, and scraping out on slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 7/8 x 44 5/8 inches (73.3 x 113.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Leeds

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, scraping out, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 17 inches (29.2 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Tours, 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

44. A River View near Grindelwald, Looking towards the Wetterhorn

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1794–7
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 14 7/8 inches (24.1 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Landscape with Waterfall

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 3/8 inches (27.6 x 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. St. Mawes, Cornwall

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (14.3 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Margate

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inches (15.6 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. A Ship Approaching Margate Harbour in a Stormy Sea

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches (24.8 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Tell's Chapel, Lake Lucerne

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 11 1/4 inches (22.5 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. A View in Switzerland, probably the Domleschg Valley

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 11 3/8 inches (23.2 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Newark-upon-Trent

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 16 1/2 inches (30.5 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. On the Washburn (Study)

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1809–15
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 18 inches (28.6 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. St. Catherine's Hill, Guildford, Surrey

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, scraping and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 17 1/2in. (29.5 x 44.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Vesuvius in Eruption

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1818–20
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 15 5/8 inches (28.6 x 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. St. Augustine's Gate, Canterbury

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 19 3/8 inches (34.3 x 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Barnard Castle, Durham

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 1/4 inches (29.5 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Rhodes

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1823 and 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 8 7/8in. (13.3 x 22.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Tivoli with the Temple of the Sybil and the Cascades

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1794–97
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 21 5/8 inches (41.9 x 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Mer de Glace, in the Valley of Chamonix

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1815 (formerly dated ca. 1803)
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gum, scraping out, and stopping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 3/4 x 41 inches (70.5 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. The Moselle Bridge, Coblenz

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1847–50
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/8 x 24 1/4in. (48.6 x 61.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Venice, The Mouth of the Grand Canal

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches (22.2 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. On the Washburn

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1809–15
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 15 3/8 inches (27.3 x 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Dartmoor: The Source of the Tamar and the Torridge

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 12 5/8 inches (20 x 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Folkestone Harbour and Coast to Dover

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 17 7/8in. (28.9 x 45.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Upper Fall of the Reichenbach: Rainbow

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 1/2 inches (27.9 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Fluelen: Morning (Looking towards the Lake)

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 18 7/8 inches (29.8 x 47.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Teignmouth, Devonshire

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8 3/4 inches (15.2 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. A Paddle-Steamer in a Storm on Lake Lucerne

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 11 3/8 inches (23.2 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. 'Lost to All Hope': the Brig

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 12 3/4 inches (22.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. A Great Tree

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 15 1/4 inches (25.4 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Devil's Bridge, Saint Gotthard's Pass

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1815 (formerly dated ca. 1804)
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white wax crayon, and scraping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 41 5/8 x 29 7/8 inches (105.7 x 75.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. The Eddystone Lighthouse

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Goff Lupton, 1791–1873
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; engraver's proof, Turner's copies on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 21 5/8 inches (37.8 × 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Rockets and Blue Lights

Creator:: Print made by Robert Carrick, ca. 1829–1904
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Chromolithograph on moderately thick,smooth, cream wove paper mounted to beige board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 3/8 × 30 inches (56.8 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Modern Italy

Creator:: Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving, with graphite and scraping out; touched engraver's proof (a) on thick, sightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 × 27 7/8 inches (55.9 × 70.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Modern Italy

Creator:: Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving, with graphite and chine collé; touched engraver's proof (c) on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/4 × 39 3/4 inches (66.7 × 101 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Barnard Castle, Durham

Creator:: Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878
Date:: 1827-1838
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving, with graphite, scraping out, and chine collé; touched engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 18 1/8 inches (32.1 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

2. Tummel Bridge, Perthshire

3. Chateaux de St. Michael, Bonneville, Savoy

4. Squally Weather

5. Stormy Sea Breaking on a Shore

6. Newark Abbey

7. The Victory Returning from Trafalgar, in Three Positions

8. A Limekiln, Possibly at Briton Ferry in South Wales

9. Port Ruysdael

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

11. Staffa, Fingal's Cave

12. Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight

13. Lake Avernus: Aeneas and the Cumaean Sibyl

14. Inverary Pier, Loch Fyne: Morning

15. The Source of the Arveron in the Valley of Chamouni, Savoy

16. Monaco at Sunset from the Southwest

17. Ship Aground, Brighton, with the Chain Pier Beyond

18. The Evening Gun

19. Shields Lighthouse

20. The Evening Gun

21. Shields Lighthouse

22. Catania, Sicily

23. Bridge and Monument

24. Bridge and Monument

25. Dunstanborough Castle

26. Ships in a Breeze

27. Pembury Mill, Kent

28. The Fifth Plague of Egypt

29. Coast of Yorkshire

30. Windmill and Lock

31. Crypt of Kirkstall Abbey

32. Scene in the Campagna

33. Christ Church Gate, Canterbury

34. Catania, Sicily

35. The Channel Sketchbook

36. River Wye

37. Peat Bog, Scotland

38. Jason

39. Weymouth

40. A Swiss Pass, probably the Pass of St. Gotthard near Faido

41. Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc

42. Leeds

43. Tours, Looking Backwards

44. A River View near Grindelwald, Looking towards the Wetterhorn

45. Landscape with Waterfall

46. St. Mawes, Cornwall

47. Margate

48. A Ship Approaching Margate Harbour in a Stormy Sea

49. Tell's Chapel, Lake Lucerne

50. A View in Switzerland, probably the Domleschg Valley

51. Newark-upon-Trent

52. On the Washburn (Study)

53. St. Catherine's Hill, Guildford, Surrey

54. Vesuvius in Eruption

55. St. Augustine's Gate, Canterbury

56. Barnard Castle, Durham

57. Rhodes

58. Tivoli with the Temple of the Sybil and the Cascades

59. Mer de Glace, in the Valley of Chamonix

60. The Moselle Bridge, Coblenz

61. Venice, The Mouth of the Grand Canal

62. On the Washburn

63. Dartmoor: The Source of the Tamar and the Torridge

64. Folkestone Harbour and Coast to Dover

65. Upper Fall of the Reichenbach: Rainbow

66. Fluelen: Morning (Looking towards the Lake)

67. Teignmouth, Devonshire

68. A Paddle-Steamer in a Storm on Lake Lucerne

69. 'Lost to All Hope': the Brig

70. A Great Tree

71. Devil's Bridge, Saint Gotthard's Pass

72. The Eddystone Lighthouse

73. Rockets and Blue Lights

74. Modern Italy

75. Modern Italy