On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Period: 19th century / Associated Places: India / Work Type: watercolor

1. Benares

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1873
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite and gouache on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 20 inches (34.3 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Michael D. Coe, Yale MAH 1968

2. People on the Road Near Kalicut, Malabar

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and gum arabic on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 15 9/16 inches (25.4 × 39.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Indian River Landscape

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1874
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink, gouache, and colored pencil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 × 11 inches (20.3 × 28 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

4. The Puckally

Creator:: John Gantz, 1772–1853
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 8 7/8 inches (16.2 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Basket Maker

Creator:: John Gantz, 1772–1853
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 1/8 inches (16.5 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Taj Mahal from the River

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 18 7/8 inches (30.2 × 47.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Checkoo or Oil Mill

Creator:: John Gantz, 1772–1853
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to medium, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 1/8 inches (16.2 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Air Man, July 10, 1828

Creator:: John Gantz, 1772–1853
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 3/8 inches (23.5 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Palankeen Bearers

Creator:: John Gantz, 1772–1853
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 inches (16.2 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Building and Repairing Masoola Boats

Creator:: John Gantz, 1772–1853
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 inches (16.2 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Ganges

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/2 x 20 5/8 inches (36.8 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Dilkoosha, Lucknow in the Distance

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1866
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 21 1/4 inches (35.6 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The River Chenab, Punjab

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1865
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 20 1/2 inches (36.5 x 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The Village Well

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1864
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 3/8 inches (26.7 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Dust Storm Coming On, near Jeypore, Rajpootana

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 20 inches (35.5 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Thugs in the School of Industry, Jubblepoor

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: watercolor, gouache and graphite on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches (26 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Winter Room in the Artist's House at Patna

Creator:: Sir Charles D'Oyly, 1781–1845
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 13 1/2 inches (19.7 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Summer Room in the Artist's House at Patna

Creator:: Sir Charles D'Oyly, 1781–1845
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 13 1/2 inches (17.8 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Governor-General's and Commander-in-Chief's Camp at Jalandhar, 1 Febuary 1860

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: ca. 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (25.1 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Allahabad, from the Right Bank of the Jumna

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1865
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 20 1/4 inches (37.1 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Residency, Lucknow

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1864
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 20 1/2 inches (37.1 x 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Elephant Battery

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1864
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 1/4 inches (27 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Shah Nujeef

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, pasted on contemporary mount made of moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 5/8 x 20 7/8 inches (37.1 x 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Going Out in the Morning: an illustration for Captain Thomas Williamson's "Oriental Field Sports"

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 1/16 inches (29.8 × 43.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Hunting a Hog-Deer: plate 24 for "Oriental Field Sports"

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, blue ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 11/16 × 17 inches (29.7 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Tiger at Bay: an illustration for Captain Thomas Williamson's "Oriental Field Sports"

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, black ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/8 × 19 1/8 inches (35.9 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Ootacamund Hunt Meeting at Mr. Chalmers' House at Gindy, Madras, 1845

Creator:: Justinian Gantz, 1802–1862
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 20 1/8 inches (32.7 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Widow with the Burning Corpse of her Husband Becoming a Sati, Patna

Creator:: Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:: between 1820 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 22 3/4 inches (40.3 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

29. Copy of a Miniature Painting of an Udaipur Maharana

Creator:: Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 4 inches (15.2 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan

30. Copy of a Miniature Painting of an Udaipur Maharana

Creator:: Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 5 1/2 inches (17.8 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan

31. Copy of a Miniature Painting of an Udaipur Maharana

Creator:: Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 5 3/8 inches (18.4 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan

32. Basket Makers

Creator:: Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 7 1/4 inches (22.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan

33. A Clerk, Malabar Caste

Creator:: Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 7/8 inches (24.8 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan

34. Coastal Scene in India

Creator:: Sir Charles D'Oyly, 1781–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/4 × 24 inches (46.4 × 61 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Bruce McCashin

35. A Muslim Wedding Procession by Night, Patna

Creator:: Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:: between 1820 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 × 22 3/4 inches (40 × 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

36. Pearl Mosque (Moti Masjid), Agra

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and shell gold on ivory, inset in polished ebony carved frame
Dimensions:: Frame: 6 7/8 × 7 1/4 × 3/8 inches (17.5 × 18.4 × 1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler in memory of Paul Mellon, Yale College, Class of 1929

37. The Tomb of Mumtaz Mahal in the Taj Mahal, Agra

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1873
Materials & Techniques:: watercolor on ivory, inset in polished ebony carved frame
Dimensions:: Frame: 7 5/16 × 7 1/4 × 3/8 inches (18.5 × 18.4 × 1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler in memory of Paul Mellon, Yale College, Class of 1929

38. Famine in India

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1866
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and pen and brown ink on very thin, smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 13 7/16 inches (24.3 × 34.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

39. Khansamah

Creator:: Unknown artist (Company style)
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 8 inches (24.1 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Frank de Caro and Rosan Augusta Jordan

40. Figure Seated by an Indian Temple

Creator:: George Chinnery, 1774–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 9 5/8 × 11 1/4 inches (24.4 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Village at Colna (India)

Creator:: Hubert Cornish, active 1803–1868
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, pen and brown ink on slightly textured, medium, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 17 1/2 inches (31.1 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Elysium Row, Calcutta

Creator:: Charles Dyce, active 1848
Date:: ca. 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 13 5/8 inches (24.1 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. A picturesque voyage to India, by the way of China / by Thomas Daniell, R.A., and William Daniell, A.R.A.

Creator:: Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840
Date:: 1810
Physical Description:: [2], ii p., [50] leaves, [50] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 x 31 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

44. Asiatic costumes drawn by Captn. R. Smith 44th. Regt, 1826.

Creator:: Smith, Robert, 1792–1882
Date:: 1826
Physical Description:: 1 v. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

45. The young companion.

Date:: 1897 January-1898 December
Physical Description:: 2 volumes (204, 130 pages) : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

46. Sketchbook of Indian scenes and British colonial life.

Creator:: Johnson, Edward Reginald, b. 1846
Date:: 1869-1872
Physical Description:: 1 v. (ca. 170 p., with many blanks) : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

47. The Bengal sporting magazine, or, Eastern miscellany of oriental field diversions, and natural history of the game denizens of India / conducted by J.H. Stockqueler ...

Date:: [1833-1842]
Physical Description:: 20 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

48. Commonplace book compiled in Coonoor, India.

Date:: 1898-1905
Physical Description:: 1 volume ([57] leaves) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

49. A voyage from England to Bombay with descriptions in Asia, Africa, and South America.

Creator:: Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Physical Description:: 13 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 54 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Papa's keepsake : being stories and verses, funny and grave, for Archie the scholar, and Alan the brave : and a rose for a looking glass, wondrous rare, for my own darling Meggy the fair.

Creator:: Swinton, George, 1780–1854
Date:: 1829
Physical Description:: 42 pages, [14] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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1. Benares

2. People on the Road Near Kalicut, Malabar

3. Indian River Landscape

4. The Puckally

5. The Basket Maker

6. The Taj Mahal from the River

7. The Checkoo or Oil Mill

8. Air Man, July 10, 1828

9. Palankeen Bearers

10. Building and Repairing Masoola Boats

11. The Ganges

12. The Dilkoosha, Lucknow in the Distance

13. The River Chenab, Punjab

14. The Village Well

15. Dust Storm Coming On, near Jeypore, Rajpootana

16. Thugs in the School of Industry, Jubblepoor

17. The Winter Room in the Artist's House at Patna

18. The Summer Room in the Artist's House at Patna

19. The Governor-General's and Commander-in-Chief's Camp at Jalandhar, 1 Febuary 1860

20. Allahabad, from the Right Bank of the Jumna

21. The Residency, Lucknow

22. Elephant Battery

23. The Shah Nujeef

24. Going Out in the Morning: an illustration for Captain Thomas Williamson's "Oriental Field Sports"

25. Hunting a Hog-Deer: plate 24 for "Oriental Field Sports"

26. The Tiger at Bay: an illustration for Captain Thomas Williamson's "Oriental Field Sports"

27. The Ootacamund Hunt Meeting at Mr. Chalmers' House at Gindy, Madras, 1845

28. Widow with the Burning Corpse of her Husband Becoming a Sati, Patna

29. Copy of a Miniature Painting of an Udaipur Maharana

30. Copy of a Miniature Painting of an Udaipur Maharana

31. Copy of a Miniature Painting of an Udaipur Maharana

32. Basket Makers

33. A Clerk, Malabar Caste

34. Coastal Scene in India

35. A Muslim Wedding Procession by Night, Patna

36. Pearl Mosque (Moti Masjid), Agra

37. The Tomb of Mumtaz Mahal in the Taj Mahal, Agra

38. Famine in India

39. Khansamah

40. Figure Seated by an Indian Temple

41. Village at Colna (India)

42. Elysium Row, Calcutta

43. A picturesque voyage to India, by the way of China / by Thomas Daniell, R.A., and William Daniell, A.R.A.

44. Asiatic costumes drawn by Captn. R. Smith 44th. Regt, 1826.

45. The young companion.

46. Sketchbook of Indian scenes and British colonial life.

47. The Bengal sporting magazine, or, Eastern miscellany of oriental field diversions, and natural history of the game denizens of India / conducted by J.H. Stockqueler ...

48. Commonplace book compiled in Coonoor, India.

49. A voyage from England to Bombay with descriptions in Asia, Africa, and South America.

50. Papa's keepsake : being stories and verses, funny and grave, for Archie the scholar, and Alan the brave : and a rose for a looking glass, wondrous rare, for my own darling Meggy the fair.