Materials & Techniques: graphite / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: cityscape / Subject Terms: clouds

1. Balgrate. 14. October. 1837

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 14 1/4 inches (25.4 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

2. Genezzano, 17 May 1838

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with stumping and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 x 14 inches (25.2 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

3. Edinburgh

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 16 5/16in. (27.3 x 41.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. 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

5. 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

6. The Grand Canal, Venice

Creator:: James Duffield Harding, 1798–1863
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen in brown and blue ink, gouache and arabic gum over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, stretched over solid wooden frame
Dimensions:: Sheet: 30 x 41 3/16 inches (76.2 x 104.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Calais Harbour

Creator:: Attributed to James Holland, 1799–1870
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 11 1/2 inches (16.8 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Hotel de Ville, Hague

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache and graphite, with scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/16 x 12 1/16 inches (40.8 x 30.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Scutari

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 13/16 x 21 1/4 inches (37.7 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Scoglio di Silla nel Faro di Mesina

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 1/16 x 21 5/16 inches (38.2 x 54.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Walls of Naples, October 19

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and varnish on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (18.4 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash, scratching out and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 24 1/8 inches (40.6 × 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Le Pont Royal, Paris

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches (14.3 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. View of the Thames at Kingston

Creator:: attributed to Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 8 1/8 inches (16.2 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. View of Rochester

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 7 1/2 inches (13.3 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Rochester, Kent: from the North

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/16 x 23 inches (44 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Ruins of Criccieth Castle and Part of the Town on the Bay on Cardigan. East View, Caernarfonshire

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 5/8 inches (13.7 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Villa Medici, Rome

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 20 1/4 inches (34.6 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. On Mt. Palatine

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1764 to 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, mounted on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 11 inches (43.2 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

20. Chester

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately texture, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 16 7/8 inches (26.4 x 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Genoa

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: between 1782 and 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and varnish on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches (13 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Part of Padua from the Walls

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and varnish on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 10 inches (19.4 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Granby Hill, Bristol

Creator:: James Johnson, 1803–1834
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 11 5/8 inches (18.7 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. Naples from Sir William Hamilton's Villa, Portici

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches (18.7 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. A Scene in Ancient Rome: A Setting for Titus Andronicus, I, ii

Creator:: Joseph Michael Gandy, 1771–1843
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor and gouache with pen and brown ink on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 11 1/2in. (18.4 x 29.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Balgrate. 14. October. 1837

2. Genezzano, 17 May 1838

3. Edinburgh

4. Nîmes from the Tour Magne

5. Design for London Bridge Approach

6. The Grand Canal, Venice

7. Calais Harbour

8. Hotel de Ville, Hague

9. Scutari

10. Scoglio di Silla nel Faro di Mesina

11. Walls of Naples, October 19

12. Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still

13. Le Pont Royal, Paris

14. View of the Thames at Kingston

15. View of Rochester

16. Rochester, Kent: from the North

17. Ruins of Criccieth Castle and Part of the Town on the Bay on Cardigan. East View, Caernarfonshire

18. The Villa Medici, Rome

19. On Mt. Palatine

20. Chester

21. Genoa

22. Part of Padua from the Walls

23. Granby Hill, Bristol

24. Naples from Sir William Hamilton's Villa, Portici

25. A Scene in Ancient Rome: A Setting for Titus Andronicus, I, ii