Genre: marine art / Associated Places: Europe / Subject Terms: flags

1. Ships in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness

Creator:: Isaac Sailmaker, ca. 1633–1721
Date:: between 1707 and 1708
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 x 53 inches (106.7 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Vice Admiral Sir George Anson's Victory off Cape Finisterre

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 71 inches (101.6 x 180.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. The Low Lighthouse, North Shields

Creator:: Robert Salmon, 1775–ca.1845
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 16 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches (41.9 x 65.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Shipping off Dover

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: 1738
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 53 inches (67.3 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 43 5/8 x 56 x 3 inches (110.8 x 142.2 x 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. The Battle of La Hogue

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1778, retouched 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 64 3/4 x 96 1/4 inches (164.5 x 244.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

7. Shipping in the English Channel

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 46 3/8 inches (90.2 x 117.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Off the Needles, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Edward William Cooke, 1811–1880
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 1/2 × 35 1/2 inches (69.9 × 90.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. A Harbor Scene in the Isle of Wight, Looking Towards the Needles

Creator:: George Vincent, 1796–1832
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 3/8 x 22 inches (39.1 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Shipping in the Thames Estuary

Creator:: Thomas Mellish, ca.1748–1782
Date:: between 1761 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/8 x 22 1/2 inches (46 x 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. The Launch of "La Sorciére" on the Lake of Geneva

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 11 3/8 inches (19.4 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Wreck of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 x 21 3/16 inches (39.6 x 53.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Column at Yarmouth to the Memory of Lord Nelson

Creator:: Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 7/8 x 12 5/8 inches (47.9 x 32 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Hulks in the Medway

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 12 1/4 inches (15.2 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Sebastopol, Sketched From The Deck of H. M. S. Sidon, Feb. 1855

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 20 5/8 inches (33 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Doge's Palace

Creator:: Sir David Young Cameron, 1865–1945
Date:: 1902
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 16 1/8 inches (26.4 × 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

17. The Launching of H.M.S. 'Hibernia' 1804

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red, brown, and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 x 15 1/4 inches (24.9 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Visitors' Boat

Creator:: Print made by James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:: 1887
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 × 4 15/16 inches (17.9 × 12.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert N. Whittemore, Yale BS 1943

19. Troop Ships

Creator:: Print made by James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:: 1887
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, greened white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 6 7/8 inches (13 × 17.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert N. Whittemore, Yale BS 1943

20. The Fleet: Evening

Creator:: Print made by James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:: 1887
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream antique laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 x 8 11/16 inches (14.1 x 22 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert N. Whittemore, Yale BS 1943

21. Dipping the Flag

Creator:: Print made by James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:: 1887
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream antique laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 6 7/8 inches (8 × 17.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert N. Whittemore, Yale BS 1943

22. The Turret-Ship

Creator:: Print made by James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:: 1887
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream antique laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/16 × 6 7/8 inches (12.9 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert N. Whittemore, Yale BS 1943

23. Bunting

Creator:: Print made by James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:: 1887
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream antique laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 x 4 7/8 inches (17.7 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert N. Whittemore, Yale BS 1943

24. An Admiralty Yacht Running Inshore at Tenby

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (29.2 x 41.9 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

25. Off Whitby

Creator:: Edward Duncan, 1803–1882
Date:: 1870
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gouache, and scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 × 21 inches (25.4 × 53.3 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

26. A Naval Squadron Lying at Spithead

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: between 1745 and 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 21 inches (35.6 x 53.3 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

27. Bomb Proof Battery near Gillingham, on the Medway...

Creator:: Edward William Cooke, 1811–1880
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 3/8 inches (21.9 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Harwich for the Continent

Creator:: Print made by Frank H. Mason, 1876–1965
Date:: 1940
Materials & Techniques:: Chromolithograph on canvas
Dimensions:: Mount: 42 x 52 inches (106.7 x 132.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965

29. The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 17 inches (27.3 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. A Ship in Distress

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 21 13/16 inches (37.8 x 55.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. 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

32. Pool of London

Creator:: Charles Heath, 1785–1848
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 6 9/16 inches (11.1 × 16.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. The Tower from the River

Creator:: Charles Heath, 1785–1848
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 x 12 1/16 inches (25 x 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Ships in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness

2. Vice Admiral Sir George Anson's Victory off Cape Finisterre

3. The Low Lighthouse, North Shields

4. Shipping off Dover

5. Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames

6. The Battle of La Hogue

7. Shipping in the English Channel

8. Off the Needles, Isle of Wight

9. A Harbor Scene in the Isle of Wight, Looking Towards the Needles

10. Shipping in the Thames Estuary

11. The Launch of "La Sorciére" on the Lake of Geneva

12. The Wreck of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

13. Column at Yarmouth to the Memory of Lord Nelson

14. Hulks in the Medway

15. Sebastopol, Sketched From The Deck of H. M. S. Sidon, Feb. 1855

16. Doge's Palace

17. The Launching of H.M.S. 'Hibernia' 1804

18. Visitors' Boat

19. Troop Ships

20. The Fleet: Evening

21. Dipping the Flag

22. The Turret-Ship

23. Bunting

24. An Admiralty Yacht Running Inshore at Tenby

25. Off Whitby

26. A Naval Squadron Lying at Spithead

27. Bomb Proof Battery near Gillingham, on the Medway...

28. Harwich for the Continent

29. The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797

30. A Ship in Distress

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

32. Pool of London

33. The Tower from the River