Exhibition History: Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) and Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) / Image Available: Available

1. Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 1/4 x 47 inches (87 x 119.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. A Scene on the Coast, Merionethshire - Storm Passing Off

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 53 x 78 1/4 inches (134.6 x 198.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Derwent Water, with Skiddaw in the distance

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1795 and 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches (56.5 x 80 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Dovedale

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/4 × 33 1/4 inches (64.1 × 84.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Snowdon from Capel Curig

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 7/8 x 79 inches (134.3 x 200.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. A View of Edinburgh from the West

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: 1822 to 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 x 36 1/4 inches (61.6 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Caernarfon Castle

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/2 x 41 5/16 inches (64.8 x 104.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Chepstow Castle

Creator:: Hendrik Frans de Cort, 1742–1810
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 33 inches (67.3 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. In Dovedale

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1814 to 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on board
Dimensions:: 9 x 6 3/4 inches (22.9 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. In Dovedale

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1814 to 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper mounted on panel
Dimensions:: 7 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (19.1 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Hawthornden Castle, near Edinburgh

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: between 1820 and 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. A View of Cessford and the Village of Caverton, Roxboroughshire in the Distance

Creator:: Patrick Nasmyth, 1787–1831
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 x 33 1/2 inches (58.4 x 85.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Thurshouse Tor from the river Manifold, Derbyshire

Creator:: John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 × 13 1/8 inches (46 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye, Dawn

Creator:: George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Date:: between 1826 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, scraping out and gum on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches (45.1 x 65.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Goodrich Castle on the Wye, Hertfordshire

Creator:: John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 × 16 3/8 inches (30 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. View of Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire, from Under the Bridge

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 9/16 x 20 1/16 inches (29.4 x 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Harlech Castle and Twgwyn Ferry

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 1/8 x 21 1/4 inches (41 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Pont-y-Pair on the River Llugwy near Betws-y-Coed, Denbigh

Creator:: John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches (34.3 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. View of Lake Coniston, Lancashire

Creator:: Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 3/4 × 24 7/8 inches (32.4 × 63.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Llanberis Lake, with Castle Dolbadern

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 26 1/8 inches (50.2 x 66.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Harvest Time: Cumberland

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 17 inches (16.8 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. View of Skiddaw and Derwentwater

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/8 × 26 inches (49.2 × 66 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight

2. A Scene on the Coast, Merionethshire - Storm Passing Off

3. Derwent Water, with Skiddaw in the distance

4. Dovedale

5. Snowdon from Capel Curig

6. A View of Edinburgh from the West

7. Caernarfon Castle

8. Chepstow Castle

9. In Dovedale

10. In Dovedale

11. Hawthornden Castle, near Edinburgh

12. A View of Cessford and the Village of Caverton, Roxboroughshire in the Distance

13. Thurshouse Tor from the river Manifold, Derbyshire

14. Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye, Dawn

15. Goodrich Castle on the Wye, Hertfordshire

16. View of Chepstow Castle, Monmouthshire, from Under the Bridge

17. Harlech Castle and Twgwyn Ferry

18. Pont-y-Pair on the River Llugwy near Betws-y-Coed, Denbigh

19. View of Lake Coniston, Lancashire

20. Llanberis Lake, with Castle Dolbadern

21. Harvest Time: Cumberland

22. View of Skiddaw and Derwentwater