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1. Tivoli with the Temple of the Sybil and the Cascades

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1796 and 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 21 5/8 inches (41.9 x 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Temple of Vesta, Rome

Creator:: James Holland, 1799–1870
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite, with scraping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 7/8in. (19.7 x 27.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Villa Adrianna, Rome

Creator:: James William Giles, 1801–1870
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and pen and brown ink with touches of white gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 16 5/8 inches (27.5 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Ruins Outside Rome

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/16 x 14 3/16 inches (23.7 x 36 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Claudian Aqueduct and Colosseum

Creator:: Thomas Jones, 1742–1803
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with gum on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 16 1/4 inches (27.3 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Views in the Levant: Landscape with Travellers Resting under Tree, Temple of Minerva, Medici, Rome

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite; squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 18 1/2 inches (29.2 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Claudian Aquaduct, Rome

Creator:: Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink, over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 18 1/2 inches (32.1 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Nîmes from the Tour Magne

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper (original mount)
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 1/4 × 23 7/8 inches (43.8 × 60.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum

Creator:: Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros, 1748–1810
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 x 29 1/8 inches (53 x 74 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. View of the Forum in Rome

Creator:: Hugh William "Grecian" Williams, 1773–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with stopping-out, scraping out and gum on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 25 1/2 inches (40.3 x 64.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. Temple of Jupiter Tonans

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches (16.2 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Interior Colosseum, Rome

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 19 1/8 inches (32.7 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Landscape with Ruins

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black wash, brown wash, black chalk, graphite and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 18 1/8 inches (40.6 x 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. The Colosseum, Rome

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 18 7/8 inches (30.5 × 47.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Ruins (Roman?)

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 16 1/2in. (29.2 x 41.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Colosseum, Rome

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gouache, with stumping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 14 3/4 inches (26.7 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Colosseum, Rome

Creator:: George Robertson, 1749–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper laid down on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 x 16 7/16 inches (32.2 x 41.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Colosseum, Rome, with Arch to the Left

Creator:: George Robertson, 1749–1788
Date:: after 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 × 16 9/16 inches (32.2 × 42.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Temple of Venus Monday, March 18th, 1782

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 × 19 9/16 inches (35.6 × 49.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Temple of Venus and Rome from the Colosseum

Creator:: William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 16 3/8 inches (30.6 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Unknown Ruins

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches (16.2 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Baroque Arch and Roman Aqueduct Ruins

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 9 inches (16.2 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Baths of Diocletian

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 6 7/8 inches (15.6 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Temple of Janus

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and varnish on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 6 1/2 inches (13.7 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Statues and Ruins

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and varnish on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches (15.9 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Temple of Venus near Baia

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and varnish on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (13.3 x 15.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Sepulchre in the Road near Capua

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and varnish on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 5 1/2 inches (24.4 x 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Baths of Dioclesian

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches (9.8 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Part of the Walls of Naples near Ponte Nuovo, 17 October

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and varnish on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches (14.3 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Remains of the Claudian Aqueduct near the Convent of S. Cosimato

Creator:: Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 1758–1838
Date:: 1786 to 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 20 inches (34 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Italian Landscape with Ruined Castle

Creator:: William Taverner, 1703–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 9 5/8 inches (12.1 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, rough, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 16 9/16 inches (28.7 x 42.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Rome, A View of the Arch of Constantine with Other Ruins

Creator:: James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 16 3/4 inches (15.2 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Roman Sketchbook

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Sketchbook with sketches in graphite, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, black wash, gouache and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, bound in vellum
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 5/8 inches (19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. The Convent of St. Cosimato, and part of the Claudian Aqueduct

Creator:: Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 1758–1838
Date:: 1786 to 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 x 20 1/8 inches (33.7 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Church of S. Domenico on the river Fibrenus

Creator:: Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 1758–1838
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 21 1/8 inches (38.4 x 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Church of S. Domenico near Sora built upon the ruins of Cicero's Villa

Creator:: Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 1758–1838
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 x 21 1/4 inches (39.5 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Views in the Levant: Temple Ruins at Paestum

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on thick, moderately textured, brown laid paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 20 1/2 inches (36.8 × 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and brown wash on medium, moderately textured cream laid paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 10 inches (16.5 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935

40. Ruined Archway with a Line of Washing, possibly in Rome

Creator:: Heneage Finch fourth Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:: after 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and blue wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 7/8 inches (26.7 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Facade of Ruined (?) Roman Temple, with Columns and Doorway

Creator:: Heneage Finch fourth Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:: after 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite, verso: blue wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 8 inches (23.5 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Ruins at Capua

Creator:: Carlo Labruzzi, 1748–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 12 1/2 inches (38.4 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. In the Camp Vaccinio at Rome

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: ca. 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 23 13/16 inches (38.4 x 60.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Arch of Janus, after Piranesi

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1798 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 x 12 1/8 inches (21.1 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Tempio d' Antonio e Faustina

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1798 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 10 1/8 inches (30.5 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. An Interior View of the Colosseum, Rome

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (36.8 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Tivoli with the Temple of the Sybil and the Cascades

2. The Temple of Vesta, Rome

3. The Villa Adrianna, Rome

4. Ruins Outside Rome

5. The Claudian Aqueduct and Colosseum

6. Views in the Levant: Landscape with Travellers Resting under Tree, Temple of Minerva, Medici, Rome

7. The Claudian Aquaduct, Rome

8. Nîmes from the Tour Magne

9. Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum

10. View of the Forum in Rome

11. Temple of Jupiter Tonans

12. Interior Colosseum, Rome

13. Landscape with Ruins

14. The Colosseum, Rome

15. Ruins (Roman?)

16. The Colosseum, Rome

17. The Colosseum, Rome

18. Colosseum, Rome, with Arch to the Left

19. Temple of Venus Monday, March 18th, 1782

20. Temple of Venus and Rome from the Colosseum

21. Unknown Ruins

22. Baroque Arch and Roman Aqueduct Ruins

23. Baths of Diocletian

24. Temple of Janus

25. Statues and Ruins

26. Temple of Venus near Baia

27. A Sepulchre in the Road near Capua

28. Baths of Dioclesian

29. Part of the Walls of Naples near Ponte Nuovo, 17 October

30. Remains of the Claudian Aqueduct near the Convent of S. Cosimato

31. Italian Landscape with Ruined Castle

32. Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

33. Rome, A View of the Arch of Constantine with Other Ruins

34. Roman Sketchbook

35. The Convent of St. Cosimato, and part of the Claudian Aqueduct

36. Church of S. Domenico on the river Fibrenus

37. Church of S. Domenico near Sora built upon the ruins of Cicero's Villa

38. Views in the Levant: Temple Ruins at Paestum

39. Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

40. Ruined Archway with a Line of Washing, possibly in Rome

41. Facade of Ruined (?) Roman Temple, with Columns and Doorway

42. Ruins at Capua

43. In the Camp Vaccinio at Rome

44. Arch of Janus, after Piranesi

45. Tempio d' Antonio e Faustina

46. An Interior View of the Colosseum, Rome