Period: 19th century / Associated Places: Wales / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: rocks (landforms)

1. Pwll Cwn

Creator:: John Brett, 1831–1902
Date:: 1882
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 7 x 14 inches (17.8 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
On View:: Not on view

2. The Bard

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: ca. 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. The Entrance to the Menai Straits

Creator:: James Baker Pyne, 1800–1870
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 15 × 21 inches (38.1 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Rocky Landscape in Wales

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1835 or 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and watercolor with gum and black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 18 7/8 inches (38.1 × 47.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Landscape in Wales with Castle, Lake, and Rocky Foreground

Creator:: pupil of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 18 1/4 inches (17.8 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Welsh Mountain Stream

Creator:: David Cox Jr., 1809–1885
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gouache, graphite, and scratching out on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 × 20 3/4 inches (37.1 × 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Llyn Dinas, North Wales

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, varnish and scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches (11.1 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. A Cavern on the South Sands, Tenby

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 1/8 inches (21.9 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Monnow Bridge, Monmouthshire

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: before 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with brown ink and gum arabic on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 × 20 3/8 inches (39.7 × 51.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Beddgelert Church

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 16 1/4 inches (25.4 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. 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

12. Specimens of Rocks. Proof of an Illustration for Wright's 'Globe Prepared for Man'.

Creator:: Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850
Date:: after 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, etching and color woodcut on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 × 4 13/16 inches (18.5 × 12.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Beddgelert

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 x 6 3/8 inches (9.8 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935

14. Newcastle Emlyn

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1864
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 6 1/2 inches (13.6 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

15. Newcastle Emlyn

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1864
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8 7/16 inches (15.3 x 21.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

16. Harlech, no. 2

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, drypoint and mezzotint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 14 7/8 inches (27.5 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

17. Penman-maur, Taken from near Aber, North Wales

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches (16.2 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Eligug-stack, near St. Gowans Head, Pembrokeshire

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches (16.2 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Valley of the Conway

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink, over graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige cardtridge paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 20 11/16 inches (23.5 x 52.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Tenby, Castle Hill, &c.

Creator:: Francis Frith & Co., 1859–1971
Date:: 1890
Materials & Techniques:: Platinum print on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 11 3/8 inches (18.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro

21. Lydstep, Natural Arch

Creator:: Francis Frith & Co., 1859–1971
Date:: 1890
Materials & Techniques:: Platinum print on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 11 3/8 inches (19.1 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro

22. St. Catherine's Rock, Tenby

Creator:: Francis Frith & Co., 1859–1971
Date:: 1890
Materials & Techniques:: Albumen print on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 11 3/8 inches (19.1 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro

23. Lydstep, Pembrokeshire

Creator:: Francis Frith & Co., 1859–1971
Date:: 1890
Materials & Techniques:: Platinum print on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 11 3/8 inches (19.1 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro

24. Study of Rocks at Mumbles

Creator:: Edward Duncan, 1803–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (26 x 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Near Pontaberglaslyn

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches (14.3 x 22.5 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. The Valley of Nant Ffrancon, Caernarvonshire

Creator:: Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 11 9/16 inches (17.1 x 29.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Devil's Bridge, Aberystwyth

Creator:: Rev. Charles Annesley, 1787–1863
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 inches (34.3 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Pwll Cwn

2. The Bard

3. The Entrance to the Menai Straits

4. Rocky Landscape in Wales

5. Landscape in Wales with Castle, Lake, and Rocky Foreground

6. Welsh Mountain Stream

7. Llyn Dinas, North Wales

8. A Cavern on the South Sands, Tenby

9. The Monnow Bridge, Monmouthshire

10. Beddgelert Church

11. Chepstow Castle

12. Specimens of Rocks. Proof of an Illustration for Wright's 'Globe Prepared for Man'.

13. Beddgelert

14. Newcastle Emlyn

15. Newcastle Emlyn

16. Harlech, no. 2

17. Penman-maur, Taken from near Aber, North Wales

18. The Eligug-stack, near St. Gowans Head, Pembrokeshire

19. Valley of the Conway

20. Tenby, Castle Hill, &c.

21. Lydstep, Natural Arch

22. St. Catherine's Rock, Tenby

23. Lydstep, Pembrokeshire

24. Study of Rocks at Mumbles

25. Near Pontaberglaslyn

26. Llanberis Lake, with Castle Dolbadern

27. The Valley of Nant Ffrancon, Caernarvonshire

28. The Devil's Bridge, Aberystwyth