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1. Road Workers, near Lillebonne

Road Workers, near Lillebonne
Creator:
Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 x 6 3/8 inches (10.5 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. Sketches from Life in Paris: Two Women

Sketches from Life in Paris: Two Women
Creator:
Ambrose Poynter, 1796–1886
Date:
ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 5 5/16 inches (35.2 × 13.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Sketches from Life in Paris: Woman and Man Carrying Buckets

Sketches from Life in Paris: Woman and Man Carrying Buckets
Creator:
Ambrose Poynter, 1796–1886
Date:
ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 15/16 × 5 5/16 inches (10 × 13.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Scenes from Life in Paris: Man Seated and Man Carrying Basket

Scenes from Life in Paris: Man Seated and Man Carrying Basket
Creator:
Ambrose Poynter, 1796–1886
Date:
ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 7/8 × 5 5/16 inches (9.8 × 13.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Sketches from Life in Paris: Man in Blue Trousers

Sketches from Life in Paris: Man in Blue Trousers
Creator:
Ambrose Poynter, 1796–1886
Date:
ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 7/8 × 3 3/8 inches (9.8 × 8.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Sketches from Life in Paris: Man with Hanks of Rope

Sketches from Life in Paris: Man with Hanks of Rope
Creator:
Ambrose Poynter, 1796–1886
Date:
ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 13/16 × 3 5/16 inches (9.7 × 8.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Notre Dame, Paris

Notre Dame, Paris
Creator:
Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:
between 1831 and 1845
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 x 8 7/16 inches (15.9 x 21.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Fountain in the Gardens, Paris: Evening

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 Obelisk in the Garden at Versailles

The Obelisk in the Garden at Versailles
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
between 1740 and 1757
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving hand-coloured in watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/16 x 18 1/16 inches (31.2 x 45.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. A View of Paris

A View of Paris
Creator:
Print made by Paul Angier, active 1749
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and engraving hand-colored in watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 5/16 x 18 1/16 inches (31.2 x 45.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Fish Market, Boulogne

Fish Market, Boulogne
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches (26 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of James Jensen

12. A House with an Open Window, perhaps painted in Brittany

A House with an Open Window, perhaps painted in Brittany
Creator:
James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:
late 1890s
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on linen mounted on card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 × 8 1/2 inches (12.7 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Figures Outside a Doorway, possibly painted in Brittany

Figures Outside a Doorway, possibly painted in Brittany
Creator:
James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:
ca. 1893
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/4 × 9 1/4 inches (14.6 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. A Fort Near Montmartre

A Fort Near Montmartre
Creator:
Augustus William Reeve, active 1831–1888
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/8 × 8 7/8 inches (10.5 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. Travelling in France

Travelling in France
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
between 1785 and 1789
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 5/16 x 17 1/2 inches (28.7 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Rue Terre Neuve - Woman and Child Walking

Rue Terre Neuve - Woman and Child Walking
Creator:
Gwen John, 1876–1939
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/4 × 6 1/2 inches (18.4 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Ile de la Cite

Ile de la Cite
Creator:
Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/8 x 11 3/8 inches (20.6 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. On the Seine

On the Seine
Creator:
Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:
1831
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite with gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted to thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted to thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:
Mount: 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (14.6 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Pont Neuf

The Pont Neuf
Creator:
William Henry Lake Price, ca. 1810–ca. 1896
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately 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

20. French Coast Scene with Fisherboy

French Coast Scene with Fisherboy
Creator:
James Duffield Harding, 1798–1863
Date:
1829
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, pen and red ink, pen and gray ink, graphite, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches (37.8 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Notre Dame, Paris

Notre Dame, Paris
Creator:
William Parrott, 1813–ca. 1869
Date:
1842
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 1/16in. (22.5 x 33.2cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Porch, Reims Cathedral

The Porch, Reims Cathedral
Creator:
Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:
ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite, with scratching out on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 5/8 × 10 3/4 inches (42.2 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Nîmes from the Tour Magne

Nîmes from the Tour Magne
Creator:
William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:
ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper (original mount)
Dimensions:
Mount: 17 1/4 × 23 7/8 inches (43.8 × 60.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. On the Seine

On the Seine
Creator:
Mary Mitford, active 1770
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/16 × 13 7/16 inches (15.4 × 34.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. The Church of St. Laurent, Rouen

The Church of St. Laurent, Rouen
Creator:
John Skinner Prout, 1806–1876
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 13/16 × 6 9/16 inches (24.9 × 16.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Customs House at Boulogne

Customs House at Boulogne
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
1790s
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and gray and black ink over graphite; verso: graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 x 11 9/16 inches (20.3 x 29.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Sketches from Life in Paris: Seated Woman and Standing Man

Sketches from Life in Paris: Seated Woman and Standing Man
Creator:
Ambrose Poynter, 1796–1886
Date:
ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 7/8 × 5 1/4 inches (9.8 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Place des Victoires, Paris

Place des Victoires, Paris
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor in pen and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/4 x 21 inches (34.9 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. Sketches from Life in Paris: Seated Woman and Seated Man - two drawings on one mount

Sketches from Life in Paris: Seated Woman and Seated Man - two drawings on one mount
Creator:
Ambrose Poynter, 1796–1886
Date:
ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 7/8 × 5 1/4 inches (9.8 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Paris Diligence

The Paris Diligence
Creator:
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black, gray and red-brown ink over graphite; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/16 x 14 1/8 inches (23.3 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. A Religious Procession

A Religious Procession
Creator:
David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:
between 1829 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (8.9 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The English Lady at Paris

The English Lady at Paris
Creator:
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:
1771
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches (31.8 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Departure from a French Inn: An Illustration for Sterne's Sentimental Journey

Departure from a French Inn: An Illustration for Sterne's Sentimental Journey
Creator:
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/16 × 7 3/8 inches (13.5 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The Castle at Dieppe, Normandy

No cover image available
Creator:
John William Upham, 1772–1828
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper, pasted on contemporary mount made of thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 16 11/16 x 21 3/4 inches (42.4 x 55.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection