Materials & Techniques: gray wash / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: cityscape / Subject Terms: architectural subject

1. Chowringhee Road from No. XI Esplanade

Creator:: Sir Charles D'Oyly, 1781–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, brown wash, and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 6 11/16 × 21 inches (17 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Tower of London

Creator:: Samuel Wale, 1721–1786
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/16 × 5 5/8 inches (5.6 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Windsor Castle from the North

Creator:: Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 x 13 5/8in. (24 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Daughters of Jerusalem Weeping by the Waters of Babylon

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Mount: 6 5/16 x 8 inches (16 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Mansion House

Creator:: John Maurer, active 1713–1761
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 x 15 1/4in. (23 x 38.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. 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

7. The City of Westminster from Near the York Water Gate

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: between 1746 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, and pen and brown ink on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches (38.7 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Bridgenorth Bridge

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 7/8 inches (23.5 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Part of the Monastery of St. Saviours, Southwark

Creator:: C. John M. Whichelo, 1784–1865
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 3/8 inches (22.5 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Basilica at Pergamon

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 x 21 1/4 inches (38.5 x 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Capriccio of a Venetian Courtyard

Creator:: Follower of Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 10 x 14 1/4 inches (25.4 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Venetian Fantasy

Creator:: imitator of Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches (29.2 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. View of Windsor Castle

Creator:: Francis Place, 1647–1728
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/16 × 14 3/16 inches (18.9 × 36 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. 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

15. At St. Albans

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 14 9/16 inches (27.9 x 37 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. View of the Pantheon, Paris

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Soft ground etching with gray, blue, and yellow wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 3/8 x 21 inches (23.8 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Gierusalemme

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 21 1/2 inches (36.4 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Castello di Smirna

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 9/16 x 21 1/4 inches (37 x 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. View of the Modern City of Pergamon

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 21 5/16 inches (38.3 x 54.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. South View of Bath

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand colored with gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 × 15 inches (28.1 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Views in the Levant: Landscape with Various Shaped Roofs in Foreground

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, black ink, graphite, gray wash, and black wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 17 3/8 inches (32.4 × 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Views in the Levant: View of Mecca

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 × 20 3/16 inches (30.6 × 51.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Views in the Levant: Landscape with Domed Building in Compound....

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, with gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 × 19 15/16 inches (31.3 × 50.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. A View of the Pont de la Tournelle and Notre Dame Taken From the Arsenal

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Soft ground etching with gray, green, and yellow wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 17 5/16 inches (14.9 × 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Paris, A View of Pont au Changes

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1800 to 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored soft-ground etching with brown, gray, and blue wash on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 19 5/16 inches (23.2 × 49.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Bird's Eye View of [Queen Victoria's Funeral] Procession

Creator:: Henry William Brewer, 1836–1903
Date:: 1902
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite, gray wash and gouache on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 15/16 × 16 3/16 inches (58.3 × 41.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

27. Southhampton, the Watergate and Globe Inn

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 9 inches (12.7 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The South Gate, Exeter

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 7 5/8 inches (12.7 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. St. Paul's Cathedral, from St. Martin's-le-Grand, London

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 15 5/16 inches (50.2 x 38.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Baths of Caracalla, Rome

Creator:: Carlo Labruzzi, 1748–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 18 5/8 inches (29.2 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. A Panoramic View toward St. Peter's from the Palace of the Caesars

Creator:: Carlo Labruzzi, 1748–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 18 1/4 inches (29.2 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. An Italian Fete: Figures on Terrace of a Palazzo

Creator:: James Pattison Cockburn, 1779–1847
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, and gouache on medium, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 8 1/4 inches (15.9 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Bramha and Nursingdara Ghat, Varanasi

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: between 1788 and 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 19 inches (29.5 x 48.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Chandernagore, West Bengal

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 21 5/8 inches (38.1 × 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. The House of Common Under Fire

Creator:: Dennis Flanders, 1915–1994
Date:: 1942
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk, gray and brown washes, watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/8 × 16 3/4 inches (56.2 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Chowringhee Road from No. XI Esplanade

2. The Tower of London

3. Windsor Castle from the North

4. The Daughters of Jerusalem Weeping by the Waters of Babylon

5. The Mansion House

6. Design for London Bridge Approach

7. The City of Westminster from Near the York Water Gate

8. Bridgenorth Bridge

9. Part of the Monastery of St. Saviours, Southwark

10. The Basilica at Pergamon

11. Capriccio of a Venetian Courtyard

12. Venetian Fantasy

13. View of Windsor Castle

14. Design for London Bridge Approach

15. At St. Albans

16. View of the Pantheon, Paris

17. Gierusalemme

18. Castello di Smirna

19. View of the Modern City of Pergamon

20. South View of Bath

21. Views in the Levant: Landscape with Various Shaped Roofs in Foreground

22. Views in the Levant: View of Mecca

23. Views in the Levant: Landscape with Domed Building in Compound....

24. A View of the Pont de la Tournelle and Notre Dame Taken From the Arsenal

25. Paris, A View of Pont au Changes

26. Bird's Eye View of [Queen Victoria's Funeral] Procession

27. Southhampton, the Watergate and Globe Inn

28. The South Gate, Exeter

29. St. Paul's Cathedral, from St. Martin's-le-Grand, London

30. The Baths of Caracalla, Rome

31. A Panoramic View toward St. Peter's from the Palace of the Caesars

32. An Italian Fete: Figures on Terrace of a Palazzo

33. Bramha and Nursingdara Ghat, Varanasi

34. Chandernagore, West Bengal

35. The House of Common Under Fire