Exhibition History: Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: river

1. Dovedale

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/4 × 33 1/4 inches (64.1 × 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. View near Wynnstay, the Seat of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, fourth Bt.

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1770 to 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 71 x 96 3/8 inches (180.3 x 244.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Snowdon from Capel Curig

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 7/8 x 79 inches (134.3 x 200.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Matlock Tor by Moonlight

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1777 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 × 30 inches (63.5 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. In Dovedale

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1814 to 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on board
Dimensions:: 9 x 6 3/4 inches (22.9 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. In Dovedale

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1814 to 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper mounted on panel
Dimensions:: 7 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (19.1 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Hawthornden Castle, near Edinburgh

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: between 1820 and 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Llwyngwynedd and Part of Llyn-y-ddina Between Capel Curig and Beddegelert, North Wales

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1835 or 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, watercolor, graphite and black chalk on medium, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 18 1/8 inches (38.1 x 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Drawing of the Clyde

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink First published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 17 1/2 inches (30.5 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Cader Idris, North Wales

Creator:: Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and white gouache with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 8 1/4 inches (14.6 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Goodrich Castle on the Wye

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 11 × 14 1/2 inches (27.9 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. View from Skiddaw over Derwentwater

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: between 1772 and 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches (27.3 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Pont Newydd near Dolgelly

Creator:: Amos Green, 1735–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 15 3/8in. (24.8 x 39.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Roslyn Castle - a wooded river landscape

Creator:: Thomas Peploe Wood, 1817–1845
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with brown and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 5/8 inches (24.1 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Mountain Panorama in Wales, Cader Idris

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with black chalk on medium, slightly-textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 17 1/16 inches (26.5 x 43.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Rosslyn Castle

Creator:: Print made by W. R. Smith, active 1819–1851
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Line-engraving and etching, engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/16 × 13 3/8 inches (26.2 × 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Pont-y-Pier near Llanroost, Denbighshire

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (19.7 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Roslin Castle, Midlothian

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on medium laid paper, mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 25 1/8 inches (46 x 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. View near Tal-y-Llyn

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches (48.9 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Chepstow Castle

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 25 1/4 inches (30.5 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. View of Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire, from Under the Bridge

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 9/16 x 20 1/16 inches (29.4 x 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Tan-y-Bwlch, Merionethshire, North Wales

Creator:: Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: between 1810 and 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on medium, rough, dark blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 inches (18.1 x 22.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. View of Tintern Abbey on the River Wye

Creator:: Francis Jukes, 1747–1812
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Colored aquatint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 17 1/8in. (32.1 x 43.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Village of Stonethwaite and Eagle Cragg, Borrowdale

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches (34.3 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. The Junction of Lyon and Tay

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 5/8 inches (30.8 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Llanberis Lake, with Castle Dolbadern

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 26 1/8 inches (50.2 x 66.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Stepping Stones on the River Duddon, Lake District

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, black ink, gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 17 9/16 inches (29.5 × 44.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Dovedale

2. View near Wynnstay, the Seat of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, fourth Bt.

3. Snowdon from Capel Curig

4. Matlock Tor by Moonlight

5. In Dovedale

6. In Dovedale

7. Hawthornden Castle, near Edinburgh

8. Llwyngwynedd and Part of Llyn-y-ddina Between Capel Curig and Beddegelert, North Wales

9. The Drawing of the Clyde

10. Cader Idris, North Wales

11. Goodrich Castle on the Wye

12. View from Skiddaw over Derwentwater

13. Pont Newydd near Dolgelly

14. Roslyn Castle - a wooded river landscape

15. Mountain Panorama in Wales, Cader Idris

16. Rosslyn Castle

17. Pont-y-Pier near Llanroost, Denbighshire

18. Roslin Castle, Midlothian

19. View near Tal-y-Llyn

20. Chepstow Castle

21. View of Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire, from Under the Bridge

22. Tan-y-Bwlch, Merionethshire, North Wales

23. View of Tintern Abbey on the River Wye

24. Village of Stonethwaite and Eagle Cragg, Borrowdale

25. The Junction of Lyon and Tay

26. Llanberis Lake, with Castle Dolbadern

27. Stepping Stones on the River Duddon, Lake District