Period: 18th century / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: marine art

1. A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1780 to 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. The Fishery

Creator:: Richard Wright, ca. 1720–ca. 1775
Date:: ca. 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 53 inches (90.2 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/4 x 37 1/4 inches (66.7 x 94.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/4 x 37 1/4 inches (66.7 x 94.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. View on the Thames with Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: between 1743 and 1744
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 55 x 45 1/2 inches (139.7 x 115.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. An English Sloop Becalmed near the Shore

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 13 3/8 inches (25.4 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. A View of the Tower of London, Supposed on his Majesty's Birthday

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 3/4 x 76 inches (101 x 193 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. The Thames at Chelsea

Creator:: Thomas Whitcombe, 1763–after 1824
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 7/8 x 60 1/4 inches (78.4 x 153 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. British Men-of-War and a Sloop

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: between 1720 and 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 x 35 1/2 inches (71.1 x 90.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Shipping in the Thames Estuary

Creator:: Thomas Mellish, ca.1748–1782
Date:: between 1761 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/8 x 22 1/2 inches (46 x 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Ships in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness

Creator:: Isaac Sailmaker, ca. 1633–1721
Date:: between 1707 and 1708
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 x 53 inches (106.7 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Port Mahon, Minorca with British Men-of-War at Anchor

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/8 x 30 1/4 inches (51.8 x 76.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Shipping off Dover

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: 1738
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 53 inches (67.3 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Captain William Locker

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 12 inches (36.8 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. An English Sloop and a Frigate in a Light Breeze

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: undated, exhibited between 1762 and 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 13 3/8 inches (25.4 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Fishing Boats in a Calm Sea

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: between 1745 and 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 15/16 x 23 5/16 inches (37.9 x 59.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches (24.4 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. A Seascape with Men-of-War and Small Craft

Creator:: Attributed to Francis Holman, 1760–1790
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 1/4 x 56 inches (97.2 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. A Ship Running into Harbour with Other Craft at a Jetty

Creator:: Thomas Whitcombe, 1763–after 1824
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/4 × 24 1/4 inches (43.8 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Westminster from Lambeth, with the Ceremonial Barge of the Ironmongers' Company

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 31 1/4 x 59 1/4 inches (79.4 x 150.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 3/4 x 72 1/2 inches (113.7 x 184.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. The Thames at Twickenham

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 36 1/2 inches (45.7 x 92.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. Hussars Embarking at Deptford

Creator:: William Anderson, 1757–1837
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 x 24 inches (46.4 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. An English Flagship Under Easy Sail in a Moderate Breeze

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches (36.8 x 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. A Smack Under Sail in a Light Breeze in a River

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: between 1756 and 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (36.8 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. A Lugger and a Smack in Light Airs

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 7 x 10 inches (17.8 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. A Cutter in a Strong Breeze

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 7 x 10 inches (17.8 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. The Coast near Scheveningen with Fishing Pinks on the Shore

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 31 1/4 inches (50.8 x 79.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. Shipping in the English Channel

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 46 3/8 inches (90.2 x 117.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. Cutter Close Hauled in a Fresh Breeze, with Other Shipping

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 x 66 inches (106.7 x 167.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. The Capture of the "Marquis d'Antin" and the "Louis Erasme"

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: between 1745 and 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 x 19 inches (33 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

33. Ship on Fire at Night

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/2 x 17 inches (31.8 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

34. Ship wrecked on a rocky coast

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: between 1747 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 22 inches (36.8 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

35. English Ships Running before a Gale

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: before 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 x 23 inches (38.1 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

36. An English Royal Yacht Standing Offshore in a Calm

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 × 37 7/8 inches (70.5 × 96.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
On View:: Not on view

37. The Battle of La Hogue

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1778, retouched 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 64 3/4 x 96 1/4 inches (164.5 x 244.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

38. The Gulf of Pozzuoli

Creator:: Gaspar Butler, active ca. 1718–1730
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 65 1/2 inches (49.5 x 166.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

39. English Ships Under Sail in a Very Light Breeze

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 x 23 inches (38.1 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

40. The Earl of Sandwich Refusing to Abandon His Ship During the Battle of Solebay

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 88 x 73 inches (223.5 x 185.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of R. W. Hutton and J. S. Cogswell
On View:: Not on view

41. Launching at Deptford

Creator:: John Cleveley the elder, ca. 1712–1777
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 3/4 × 72 1/8 inches (106 × 183.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

42. A Packet Boat Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland

Creator:: Thomas Luny, 1759–1837
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 33 3/8 × 57 inches (84.8 × 144.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

43. An Indiaman and a Two Decker Hove to, Said to be Thomas Dumar, Esq. in H.M. Ship 'Portland' Delivering the Leeward Island Convoy, in 1776

Creator:: Thomas Luny, 1759–1837
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 x 66 inches (106.7 x 167.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

44. Shipping in a Calm

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: between 1700 and 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 12 1/4 inches (40.6 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

45. Royal Yacht Becalmed at Anchor

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: between 1710 and 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/8 x 45 1/2 inches (76.5 x 115.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

46. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: ca. 1703
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 x 54 inches (61.6 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

47. Fisherman's Cottage, Dover

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1790s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (13.3 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. From the Isola Borromena, Lago Maggiore

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 9 inches (14.9 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Newark - upon - Trent

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 16 1/2 inches (30.5 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. The Hurries, Coal Boats Loading, North Shields

Creator:: attributed to Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 14 inches (21.9 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. The North Foreland Lighthouse, Kent

Creator:: James Malton, 1761–1803
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 7/16 inches (18.3 × 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Landing Place at Pallanza

Creator:: Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 36 5/8 inches (23 × 93 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Port d'Arona

Creator:: Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 × 27 inches (33.7 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Rochester

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 1/2 inches (17.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. View of His Majesty's Ship Boyne of 98 Guns, on Fire by Accident at Spithead, May 1, 1795

Creator:: John William Edy, 1760–1820
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 × 18 11/16 inches (35.9 × 47.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. A View of Erith, Looking Up the Thames

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 18 9/16 inches (31.1 x 47.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. A Small Breeze

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Boydell, active 1750–1751
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 20 1/16 inches (36.2 x 50.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Noon

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, hand colored with watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/16 x 21 inches (39.2 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. A Calm

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, hand colored with watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 x 21 1/8 inches (38.9 x 53.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Smugglers Defeated

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Color mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 x 26 1/4 inches (50.8 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Morning

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 20 1/16 inches (36.2 x 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Greenland Fishery

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 20 3/16 inches (36.3 x 51.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Night

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches (39.7 x 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Evening

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 20 3/16 inches (36.3 x 51.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. The Wreck of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 x 21 3/16 inches (39.6 x 53.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. The Margate Hoy

Creator:: Print made by Charles Catton the elder RA, 1728–1798
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, aquatint and hand-coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 × 18 inches (30.4 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Noon

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 21 1/4 inches (38.3 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Evening

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 1/4 inches (37.9 x 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Morning

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 7/8 inches (38.1 x 55.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Shipwreck

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 7/8 inches (30.2 × 40.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. View of a Sea Port

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 16 3/4 inches (27.6 x 42.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Theodore Sizer

72. View with several Vessels lying close to the Shore

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 x 16 15/16 inches (28.1 x 43 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Theodore Sizer

73. Scene of a Storm, with a Vessel Wrecked

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 16 15/16 inches (28.2 x 43 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Theodore Sizer

74. The Brave Captain Tyrrill in the Buckingham of 66 Guns and 472 Men, Defeating the Florissant, Aigrette & Atalante, Three French Ships of War, 3rd November, 1758

The Brave Captain Tyrrill in the Buckingham of 66 Guns and 472 Men, Defeating the Florissant, Aigrette & Atalante, Three French Ships of War, 3rd November, 1758

Creator:: Print made by Peter P. Benazech, 1767–1794
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching, hand colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 21 inches (36.9 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. The Glorious Defeat of the French Fleet under the Command of Marshal Conflans, off Belle-Isle, on the 20th of November, 1759, ...

Creator:: Print made by Peter P. Benazech, 1767–1794
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching, hand colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 20 11/16 inches (36 x 52.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Views in the Levant: View of a Harbour and Town From the Sea, Turkey

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 14 1/8 inches (19.1 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Views in the Levant: Two Rowing Boats and a Sailboat by a Steep Cliff, Hilly Landscape Seen From the Sea

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/16 × 24 1/4 inches (33.2 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Views in the Levant: View of a Walled Town and Harbour with Towers Seen From the Sea

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 14 5/16 inches (16.8 × 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Views in the Levant: View of Harbor Town With Flagpole at Right, Seen From Sea

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 11 inches (16.2 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Views in the Levant: Three Men in Small Boat Moored to Bank with a View of Buildings on Islands

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 7 7/16 inches (12.2 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. View of a Portico by the Side of a River, with Herdsmen and Cattle

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 16 5/16 inches (28 x 41.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Theodore Sizer

82. Views in the Levant: Men Loading a Small Sailing Boat With a View of Building and Large Moored Boat

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 7 7/16 inches (12.2 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Views in the Levant: Men Sailing Small Boat with Cabin Past Buildings and a Camel

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, black ink, gray ink, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 15/16 × 7 1/2 inches (12.5 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Views in the Levant: Harbour Town Surrounded by Windmills

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 18 11/16 inches (22.7 × 47.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Views in the Levant: Stormy Landscape with Rockfall at Right, Viewed From the Sea

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 23 3/16 inches (18.7 × 58.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. The Monmouth of 64 Guns, taking the Foudroyant a French Man of War of 84 Guns on the 28th of Feb. 1758 in the Mediterranean,....

Creator:: Print made by Peter P. Benazech, 1767–1794
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching with hand colored ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 21 1/16 inches (37.1 x 53.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Fanali di Villa Franca

Creator:: Monro School
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 15/16 × 7 7/16 inches (12.5 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. The Honorable Augustus Hervey, Captain in his Majesty's Navy

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 9 15/16 inches (35.5 × 25.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 7/8 inches (16.8 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. The Tower of London

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Tagg, died 1809
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (8.3 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Admiral George Edgcumbe, first Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 10 7/8 inches (38.6 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Mola di Gaeta

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 10 inches (17.1 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Cattle on a Boat

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (13.3 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. La Gabella del Pesce dall Granabello Preso Portici, August 20

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: ca. 1783?
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and varnish on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches (18.4 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Landscape

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to thick, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 4 inches (8.6 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935

96. The Taking of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/16 × 18 5/8 inches (34.2 × 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Hulks in the Medway

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 12 1/4 inches (15.2 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Ships Firing

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 10 3/8 inches (15.2 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Preparing to lay eel traps

Creator:: J. Tobin, active 1776
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 11/16 × 9 3/16 inches (17 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Bewdley Bridge, Worcester

Creator:: Attributed to Peter Rashleigh, active 1775
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 12 3/4 inches (23.5 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset

2. The Fishery

3. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

4. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

5. View on the Thames with Westminster Bridge

6. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

7. An English Sloop Becalmed near the Shore

8. A View of the Tower of London, Supposed on his Majesty's Birthday

9. The Thames at Chelsea

10. British Men-of-War and a Sloop

11. Shipping in the Thames Estuary

12. Ships in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness

13. Port Mahon, Minorca with British Men-of-War at Anchor

14. Shipping off Dover

15. Captain William Locker

16. An English Sloop and a Frigate in a Light Breeze

17. Fishing Boats in a Calm Sea

18. A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort

19. A Seascape with Men-of-War and Small Craft

20. A Ship Running into Harbour with Other Craft at a Jetty

21. Westminster from Lambeth, with the Ceremonial Barge of the Ironmongers' Company

22. A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

23. The Thames at Twickenham

24. Hussars Embarking at Deptford

25. An English Flagship Under Easy Sail in a Moderate Breeze

26. A Smack Under Sail in a Light Breeze in a River

27. A Lugger and a Smack in Light Airs

28. A Cutter in a Strong Breeze

29. The Coast near Scheveningen with Fishing Pinks on the Shore

30. Shipping in the English Channel

31. Cutter Close Hauled in a Fresh Breeze, with Other Shipping

32. The Capture of the "Marquis d'Antin" and the "Louis Erasme"

33. Ship on Fire at Night

34. Ship wrecked on a rocky coast

35. English Ships Running before a Gale

36. An English Royal Yacht Standing Offshore in a Calm

37. The Battle of La Hogue

38. The Gulf of Pozzuoli

39. English Ships Under Sail in a Very Light Breeze

40. The Earl of Sandwich Refusing to Abandon His Ship During the Battle of Solebay

41. Launching at Deptford

42. A Packet Boat Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland

43. An Indiaman and a Two Decker Hove to, Said to be Thomas Dumar, Esq. in H.M. Ship 'Portland' Delivering the Leeward Island Convoy, in 1776

44. Shipping in a Calm

45. Royal Yacht Becalmed at Anchor

46. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

47. Fisherman's Cottage, Dover

48. From the Isola Borromena, Lago Maggiore

49. Newark - upon - Trent

50. The Hurries, Coal Boats Loading, North Shields

51. The North Foreland Lighthouse, Kent

52. Landing Place at Pallanza

53. Port d'Arona

54. Rochester

55. View of His Majesty's Ship Boyne of 98 Guns, on Fire by Accident at Spithead, May 1, 1795

56. A View of Erith, Looking Up the Thames

57. A Small Breeze

58. Noon

59. A Calm

60. Smugglers Defeated

61. Morning

62. Greenland Fishery

63. Night

64. Evening

65. The Wreck of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

66. The Margate Hoy

67. Noon

68. Evening

69. Morning

70. Shipwreck

71. View of a Sea Port

72. View with several Vessels lying close to the Shore

73. Scene of a Storm, with a Vessel Wrecked