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

1. 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

2. 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

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. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. Ships on a Calm Sea

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 8 1/4 inches (14.9 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Man of War with Other Shipping

Creator:: Captain T. Richbell, active 1792–1825
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray wash, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 10 1/2 inches (19.4 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Dutch Shipping

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 5/8 inches (19.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Battle at La Hogue

Creator:: William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 25 1/16 inches (50.2 × 63.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection

31. Marine Study No. 1

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 13 7/8 inches (31.2 x 35.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Marine Study No. 2

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 14 inches (31.8 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Marine Study No. 3

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 9/16 x 14 1/16 inches (31.9 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 17 inches (27.3 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Fishing Boats

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 15 inches (28.9 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. The Hindostan at Anchor in the Strait of Mi-a-tau of the City of Ten-choo-fou at the Entrance to the Gulf of Pekin

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 15 1/16 inches (20.6 x 38.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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

45. 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

46. Moonlight

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 3/4 inches (30.2 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. 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

48. A Strong Gale or Squall

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: 12 1/8 × 15 7/8 inches (30.8 × 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. 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

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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

54. Night and a Ship on Fire

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 7/16 inches (37.9 x 54.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. 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

56. 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

57. A Ship in Distress

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 7/8 x 21 13/16 inches (37.8 x 55.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. 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

59. 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

60. Sun Under a Cloud

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 9/16 inches (38.3 x 54.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. A View of the Fleet at Spithead; taken from the Platform at Portsmouth (A) the Watch Tower at Portsmouth (B) Gilkiker upon Gosport Shoar (C) The Sea Mark on Ashey Down

A View of the Fleet at Spithead; taken from the Platform at Portsmouth (A) the Watch Tower at Portsmouth (B) Gilkiker upon Gosport Shoar (C) The Sea Mark on Ashey Down

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 10 1/2 × 16 inches (26.7 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. A View of St. Petersburg on either side the River Neva, between ye Admiralty & the Academy of Sciences

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 11 1/8 × 16 3/4 inches (28.3 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Ships in Distress

Creator:: Richard Bernard Godfrey, 1728–op.1794
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 16 11/16 inches (30.8 x 42.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. The Royal George, a first Rate Man of War carrying 100 Guns and 780 Men

Creator:: James Cole, fl.1720–1743
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 18in. (31.8 x 45.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Geometrical Plan of his Majesty's Dockyard, Deptford

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/2 × 28 9/16 inches (54.6 × 72.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Geometrical Plan of his Majesty's Dockyard, near Plymouth

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/16 × 28 13/16 inches (56 × 73.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Weymouth Harbour

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 3/8 inches (16.8 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. View of the Tryall in Two Positions

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium, slightley textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 1/8 inches (38.4 × 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
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

69. A Naval Squadron Lying at Spithead

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: between 1745 and 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 21 inches (35.6 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
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

70. An Admiralty Yacht Running Inshore at Tenby

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (29.2 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
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

71. The Mars in Three Positions

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and pen and black ink on medium, slightly texture, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 21 1/8 inches (38.1 × 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
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

72. Moonlight

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 3/4 x 21 3/8 inches (37.5 x 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. A View of Part of the Royal Gardens at Naples Towards the Sea

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 5/8 x 12 1/2 inches (24.4 x 31.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. A View of the Sea from the Palace of the Vice Roy at Naples

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/2 x 12 7/8 inches (24.1 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. A View of the Mole and the New Castle at Naples

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 x 12 9/16 inches (25.4 x 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. A View of the Royal Palace at Naples

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 3/16 x 12 13/16 inches (23.4 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Spanish Palace at Naples

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/8 x 12 5/16 inches (23.2 x 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Storm, Representing that Violent one, which drove his Majesty King George I into Rye

Creator:: Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. South East View of Fort George, Madras

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: January 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 7/16 × 22 5/8 inches (36.7 × 57.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

80. The Fishery

Creator:: Print made by William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/4 × 22 11/16 inches (46.4 × 57.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Tellicherry

Creator:: Print made by Gerard van der Gucht, 1696–1776
Date:: 1736
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 x 23 1/2in. (45.7 x 59.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Geometrical Plan of his Majesty's dockyard, at Sheerness

Creator:: Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/8 × 28 11/16 inches (56.2 × 72.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. A Perspective View of Venice

Creator:: John Bowles, 1701–1779
Date:: between 1780 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. The Palace of Mont Alto at Naples

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/8 x 12 1/8 inches (23.1 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Fort Opposite the Factory, Canton

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor. pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 6 inches (11.4 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. View Near the City of Tientsin

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 14 5/16 inches (22.9 x 36.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost...

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 11 11/16 × 11 5/16 inches (29.7 × 28.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Fishery

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

3. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

4. Shipping off Dover

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

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

7. Shipping in the Thames Estuary

8. British Men-of-War and a Sloop

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

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

11. Ships in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness

12. Shipping in the English Channel

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

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

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

16. An English Royal Yacht Standing Offshore in a Calm

17. English Ships Under Sail in a Very Light Breeze

18. The Battle of La Hogue

19. Launching at Deptford

20. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

21. 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

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

23. Shipping in a Calm

24. Royal Yacht Becalmed at Anchor

25. Ships Firing

26. Hulks in the Medway

27. Ships on a Calm Sea

28. Man of War with Other Shipping

29. Dutch Shipping

30. The Battle at La Hogue

31. Marine Study No. 1

32. Marine Study No. 2

33. Marine Study No. 3

34. The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797

35. Fishing Boats

36. The Hindostan at Anchor in the Strait of Mi-a-tau of the City of Ten-choo-fou at the Entrance to the Gulf of Pekin

37. View of a Sea Port

38. 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,....

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

40. View with several Vessels lying close to the Shore

41. 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

42. A Small Breeze

43. Morning

44. Noon

45. Morning

46. Moonlight

47. Shipwreck

48. A Strong Gale or Squall

49. Greenland Fishery

50. Night

51. Evening

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

53. Noon

54. Night and a Ship on Fire

55. Evening

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

57. A Ship in Distress

58. The Taking of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

59. The Wreck of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios

60. Sun Under a Cloud

61. A View of the Fleet at Spithead; taken from the Platform at Portsmouth (A) the Watch Tower at Portsmouth (B) Gilkiker upon Gosport Shoar (C) The Sea Mark on Ashey Down

62. A View of St. Petersburg on either side the River Neva, between ye Admiralty & the Academy of Sciences

63. Ships in Distress

64. The Royal George, a first Rate Man of War carrying 100 Guns and 780 Men

65. Geometrical Plan of his Majesty's Dockyard, Deptford

66. Geometrical Plan of his Majesty's Dockyard, near Plymouth

67. Weymouth Harbour

68. View of the Tryall in Two Positions

69. A Naval Squadron Lying at Spithead

70. An Admiralty Yacht Running Inshore at Tenby

71. The Mars in Three Positions

72. Moonlight