Work Type: drawing / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: moonlight

1. A Moonlit Scene with a Winding River

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Black and brown wash, gouache, and gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (26.7 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Cornfield and Church by Moonlight

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: early 1830s
Materials & Techniques:: Brush and black ink on very thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 7 1/4 inches (15.2 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Study of a Clouded Moonlit Sky

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 6 3/4 inches (11.1 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Moonlight over the Sea, Broadstairs

Creator:: Attributed to George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:: 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 9/16 inches (16.2 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Moonlight Landscape

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: between 1850 and 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk on moderately thick, rough, gray-brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 17 1/4 inches (27 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Music by Moonlight

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1782 or 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 13 5/8 inches (28.9 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Scarborough Harbour, Yorkshire - Moonlight

Creator:: Henry Barlow Carter, 1804–1868
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium moderately textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 13 3/4 inches (24.4 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Rescue of Lot

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Mount: 3 7/8 x 5 15/16 inches (9.8 x 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Moonlit Landscape with a Ruined Castle

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: between 1820 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 9 5/8 inches (17.8 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Landscape by Moonlight

Creator:: imitator of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 8 7/8 inches (13.3 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Shepherd and Shepherdess by Moonlight

Creator:: Welby Sherman, active 1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and ink and watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 4 3/4 inches (6.4 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Quarterdeck by Moonlight - When Homeward Bound

Creator:: I. H. Gascoigne, active 1830s–1840s
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and watercolor with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 1/2 inches (23.5 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Night Riders of Nacton: Whoop! and Away! The large field near Biles Corner

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper mounted to thick card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 14 1/8 inches (25.7 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The Night Riders of Nacton: The Last Field near Nacton Heath

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper, mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 14 1/8 inches (25.7 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. An Elopement by Moonlight

Creator:: Charles B. Newhouse, fl. c.1820–1836
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, red ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 × 14 7/16 inches (24.6 × 36.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching, aquatint, black chalk, white chalk, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 × 12 3/4 inches (25.5 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. Moonlight on the River near Bruges

Creator:: Attributed to John Berney Crome, 1794–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 13 1/8 inches (22.9 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Italian Lake Scene

Creator:: Richard Cooper the Elder, 1701–1764
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 13 3/4 inches (20.3 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Passing of 1880

Creator:: Thomas Danby, 1818–1886
Date:: ca. 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and scraping out on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 19in. (31.4 x 48.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Mauritius - Moonlight, with Charcoal Burners Fire in the Black River Gorge

Creator:: William John Chamberlayne, 1821–1910
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (26.7 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Moonlit Lake

Creator:: attributed to Samuel Jackson, 1794–1869
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite, with scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches (24.1 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Moonlight River Scene

Creator:: Newton Limbird Smith Fielding, 1799–1856
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 1/2 inches (16.8 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Moonlight Scene on the Rhine

Creator:: Henry Bright, 1810–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel, gouache, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper mounted on wood panel
Dimensions:: Sheet: 31 3/4 × 42 inches (80.6 × 106.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. A Moonlit Scene with a Winding River

2. Cornfield and Church by Moonlight

3. Study of a Clouded Moonlit Sky

4. Moonlight over the Sea, Broadstairs

5. Moonlight Landscape

6. Music by Moonlight

7. Scarborough Harbour, Yorkshire - Moonlight

8. The Rescue of Lot

9. Moonlit Landscape with a Ruined Castle

10. Landscape by Moonlight

11. Shepherd and Shepherdess by Moonlight

12. Quarterdeck by Moonlight - When Homeward Bound

13. The Night Riders of Nacton: Whoop! and Away! The large field near Biles Corner

14. The Night Riders of Nacton: The Last Field near Nacton Heath

15. An Elopement by Moonlight

16. A Moonlit Landscape with Cattle by a Pool

17. Moonlight on the River near Bruges

18. Italian Lake Scene

19. The Passing of 1880

20. Mauritius - Moonlight, with Charcoal Burners Fire in the Black River Gorge

21. The Moonlit Lake

22. Moonlight River Scene

23. Moonlight Scene on the Rhine