Genre: architectural subject / Creator: Smirke the Younger, Robert, Sir, 1781–1867

1. Windsor Castle, Berkshire

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: ca. 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite and pen on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 16 1/2 inches (27.9 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Design for London Bridge Approach

Creator:: Print made by Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: between 1827 and 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, greened white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 14 7/8 inches (22.5 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Design for London Bridge Approach

Creator:: Print made by Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: between 1827 and 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, greened white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 18 1/16 inches (21 x 45.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Arched Gateway Into a Ruined Structure

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 3/4 inches (26.7 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. At Ancona, Italy

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 5 1/2 inches (20.5 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Temple of Clitumnus

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 × 8 15/16 inches (28.7 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. View of the Interior of One of the Churches in Ancona

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 × 5 7/16 inches (21.1 × 13.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Tomb of Theron

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Seminary of Agrigento

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Part of the Town of Messina Showing the effects of the Earthquake of 1783

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 11/16 inches (11.9 × 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. An Old Church, Three Miles Near Messina

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 9/16 inches (21.9 × 29.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Ruins of Messenia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Blue wash, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 17 inches (30.5 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Ruins of Sparta

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 × 8 7/8 inches (15.1 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Capital of One of the Columns and the Capital of One of the Pilasters

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 10 15/16 inches (37.5 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Among the Ruins of Messene

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 9 1/2 inches (38.4 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Same Temple Viewed on the Side of the Postious

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 5/16 inches (22.7 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Ruins of an Ancient Temple on the Summit of a Mountain Near Andritza

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Apollo Epicurus

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 3/4 inches (37.8 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Temple of Sunias Minerva

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 5/16 inches (22.7 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Figures in a Sailboat, With a Temple in the Distance

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 inches (24.1 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Architectural Drawing of the Temple of Sunias Minerva

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 10 inches (38.6 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Study of a Tower, from a Pillar, in Athens

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 1/2 inches (21.9 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Architectural Drawing of a Temple

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 12 1/2 inches (48.3 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. An Architectural Drawing of One of the Pillars in the Interior of a Temple

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 3/4 inches (37.8 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Architectural Drawings of the Remains of the Temple of Sunias Minerva, in Attica

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 × 19 1/8 inches (38.3 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Architectural Drawing of the Porticos of a Temple

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 5/8 inches (37.8 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Study of the Capital of a PIllar

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 11/16 inches (26.7 × 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Study of the Capital of a Pillar

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 11/16 inches (26.7 × 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Architectural Drawing of a Stone Relief, Depicting a Bird of Prey

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 13 3/4 inches (26.8 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. A View of Mountains From a Balcony

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. In a Garden

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 10 15/16 inches (25.2 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Remains of a Temple at Corinth

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 × 16 15/16 inches (28.7 × 43 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Plan and Section of a Subterraneous Building Discovered at Mycenea and Supposed to be the Tomb of Agamemnon.

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 7/16 inches (36.5 × 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. North Porch of the Erectheion, Athens

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 17 inches (30.2 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Ancient Aqueduct Ruins

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, blue wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 × 17 1/4 inches (29.4 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Architectural Drawing of a Temple Near Ancient Phigalia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 16 15/16in. (29.8 x 43.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Arch of Hadrian

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 × 8 5/8 inches (29.1 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Part of the Molding at the Temple of Minerva

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 7 3/4 inches (28.9 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Blue wash, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 1/4 inches (29.8 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Part of the Molding at Temple of Minerva

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 3/8 inches (19.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Temple of Hephaestus

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 17 1/4 inches (29.2 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Capital of the Columns of the Temple of Minerva

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 7 3/4 inches (28.9 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Philopappos Monument

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 × 8 9/16 inches (29.1 × 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Under Moldings of the Cornice at the Temple of Minerva

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 13/16 × 11 1/2 inches (19.8 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. The Choragic Monument of Thrasyllus

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 × 8 9/16 inches (29.1 × 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Moldings on the Temple of Minerva

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 7/16 inches (19.7 × 29.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Sketch of the Flutings of the Ionic Columns in the Interior of the Propylaea

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 11 1/2 inches (19.5 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Sketch of the Molding of the Interior of the Propylaea

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 × 9 13/16 inches (38.3 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Sketch of the Line of the Shaft and Inner Angle of the Abacus

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 15 7/16 inches (29.2 × 39.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Sketch of an Athenian's House

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, brown ink, and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 7 1/2 inches (12.4 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Ancient Gateway in Ruins

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. The Ruins of Delos

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 5/16 inches (22.7 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. A Tower Ruin, With Mount Parnasus in the Distance

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Cave of Trophonius

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 × 15 1/16 inches (23.7 × 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Fragment of a Doric Cornice Among the Ruins of Eleusis

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 3/4 inches (19.2 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Temple of Aphaea

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 5/8 inches (22.7 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Architectural Drawing of the Temple of Concordia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black ink on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 × 9 1/2 inches (38.9 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Temple of Aphaea

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 5/16 inches (22.7 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Grotta Ferrata (Near Rome and This is the Abbey)

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 11 7/16 inches (22.9 × 29.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. The Falls of the Velino From Below

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Temple of Clitumnus, Between Spoleto and Foligno

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.4 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Bridge Over the Arno at Levane, 30 Miles from Florence

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Gate of San Gallo, Florence

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 4 inches (19.5 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Interior of the Holy Chapel of Loretta

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (14 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Arch of Trajan, Ancona, Italy

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, blue wash, gray wash, brown wash, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 15/16 inches (27.8 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Part of the Imperial Palace, Vienna

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 4 5/8 inches (19.7 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Prince Liechtenstein's Palace in Vienna

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/16 × 6 1/8 inches (13.5 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. The Madhouse

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 7/16 inches (19.4 × 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. The Mad House in the Suburbs of Vienna

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 11/16 inches (23.2 × 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. The Riding School Attached to the Imperial Palace, Vienna

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 5/8 inches (11.9 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Sketch of a Fountain in Vienna

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 5/8 inches (11.9 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Sketch of the Plan of the Church of Saint Wenceslas in Prague

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 6 7/8 inches (26.8 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Sketch of the Interior of St. Stephens Cathedral, Vienna

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 × 10 9/16 inches (34.8 × 26.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. A Nobleman's Residence in the Lauretta Platz, Prague

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 7 9/16 inches (12.1 × 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Sketch of a Window and Arches of the Nave in the Church of St. Wensceslas in Prague

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 6 15/16 inches (26.7 × 17.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. A Palace in the Streets of Prague

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 4 3/8 inches (19.4 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Specimens of Singular Gothic Ornament in the Church of St. Wenceslas

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 7 1/2 inches (11.7 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. The Buildings in Front of Sanssouci

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 7 1/8 inches (10.6 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. A Shop in Berlin

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (18.4 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Jungfern Bridge

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 11 7/16 inches (23.2 × 29.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Public Baths on the River Spree

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 10 inches (18.4 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Ornate Double-Doors, With Columns and Sculptures

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 4 1/16 inches (11.9 × 10.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Interior of a Temple

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 10 3/4 inches (22.2 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Sketch of the Finished Part of One of the Public Buildings

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 5/8 inches (14.3 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Sketch of a Carved Female Figure on Top of a Gravestone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 3/8 inches (8.9 × 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Tombstone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 4 5/8 inches (11.7 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Study of a Tombstone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 × 2 7/8 inches (11 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Sketch of Three Standing Gravestones

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/16 × 4 11/16 inches (12.9 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Tombstone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 3 1/8 inches (11.1 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Tombstone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 4 1/4 inches (16.4 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Tombstone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/16 × 3 7/16 inches (8.1 × 8.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Study of a Chandelier

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 7 3/4 inches (11.7 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Sketch of an Ornate Tombstone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 3 7/8 inches (16 × 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Study of an Ornate Candle Stick

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 4 11/16 inches (19.7 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Sketches of Ornamental Designs, For Oil Lamps and Pouring Vessels

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 9 3/4 inches (38.7 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Raby Castle

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 × 7 7/16 inches (17.6 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Study of a Portion of a Decorative Canopy in Litchfield Cathedral

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 4 5/8 inches (19.1 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens and the Parthenon

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 × 16 7/8 inches (28.4 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. The Amphitheatre at Nîmes

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches (21 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Nîmes

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 13 11/16 inches (26.8 × 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Windsor Castle, Berkshire

2. Design for London Bridge Approach

3. Design for London Bridge Approach

4. Arched Gateway Into a Ruined Structure

5. At Ancona, Italy

6. Temple of Clitumnus

7. View of the Interior of One of the Churches in Ancona

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20. Figures in a Sailboat, With a Temple in the Distance

21. Architectural Drawing of the Temple of Sunias Minerva

22. Study of a Tower, from a Pillar, in Athens

23. Architectural Drawing of a Temple

24. An Architectural Drawing of One of the Pillars in the Interior of a Temple

25. Architectural Drawings of the Remains of the Temple of Sunias Minerva, in Attica

26. Architectural Drawing of the Porticos of a Temple

27. Study of the Capital of a PIllar

28. Study of the Capital of a Pillar

29. Architectural Drawing of a Stone Relief, Depicting a Bird of Prey

30. A View of Mountains From a Balcony

31. In a Garden

32. Remains of a Temple at Corinth

33. Plan and Section of a Subterraneous Building Discovered at Mycenea and Supposed to be the Tomb of Agamemnon.

34. North Porch of the Erectheion, Athens

35. Ancient Aqueduct Ruins

36. Architectural Drawing of a Temple Near Ancient Phigalia

37. Arch of Hadrian

38. Part of the Molding at the Temple of Minerva

39. Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens

40. Part of the Molding at Temple of Minerva

41. Temple of Hephaestus

42. Capital of the Columns of the Temple of Minerva

43. Philopappos Monument

44. Under Moldings of the Cornice at the Temple of Minerva

45. The Choragic Monument of Thrasyllus

46. Moldings on the Temple of Minerva

47. Sketch of the Flutings of the Ionic Columns in the Interior of the Propylaea

48. Sketch of the Molding of the Interior of the Propylaea

49. Sketch of the Line of the Shaft and Inner Angle of the Abacus

50. Sketch of an Athenian's House

51. Ancient Gateway in Ruins

52. The Ruins of Delos

53. A Tower Ruin, With Mount Parnasus in the Distance

54. Cave of Trophonius

55. Fragment of a Doric Cornice Among the Ruins of Eleusis

56. Temple of Aphaea

57. Architectural Drawing of the Temple of Concordia

58. Temple of Aphaea

59. Grotta Ferrata (Near Rome and This is the Abbey)

60. The Falls of the Velino From Below

61. Temple of Clitumnus, Between Spoleto and Foligno

62. Bridge Over the Arno at Levane, 30 Miles from Florence

63. Gate of San Gallo, Florence

64. Interior of the Holy Chapel of Loretta

65. Arch of Trajan, Ancona, Italy

66. Part of the Imperial Palace, Vienna

67. Prince Liechtenstein's Palace in Vienna

68. The Madhouse

69. The Mad House in the Suburbs of Vienna

70. The Riding School Attached to the Imperial Palace, Vienna

71. Sketch of a Fountain in Vienna

72. Sketch of the Plan of the Church of Saint Wenceslas in Prague

73. Sketch of the Interior of St. Stephens Cathedral, Vienna

74. A Nobleman's Residence in the Lauretta Platz, Prague