Materials & Techniques: gray wash / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Period: 18th century / Genre: cityscape

1. 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

2. Ruins in Rome

Creator:: William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:: between 1768 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black and brown ink, white gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 18 3/16in. (34 x 46.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. 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

4. Edinburgh

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (16.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Maidstone, Kent

Creator:: William Jefferys, 1730–ca. 1805
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 18 1/4 inches (20.3 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. A Town Seen From the Banks of a River

Creator:: John Alexander Gresse, 1741–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink, graphite on medium, slightly textured, white laid paper on backing sheet
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 11 1/16 inches (11.1 × 28.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. View of Artaki (now Erduk)

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 21 15/16 inches (38.2 x 55.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Reggio di Calabria

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 21 7/16 inches (38.3 x 54.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. 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

15. The South View of Berwick Upon Tweed

Creator:: Samuel Buck, 1696–1779
Date:: ca. 1743-1745
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 31 7/8 inches (31.1 x 81 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. 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

17. 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

18. West Cowes, Isle of Wight

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown and gray wash and pen brown ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches (14.3 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Miss Elizabeth Manwaring

19. 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

20. The City of Bath taken from the London Road

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. The City of London from Somerset House

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen, ink, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 14 5/8 inches (22.9 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. 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

23. Landscape, Trees and a Distant View of Rome

Creator:: William Taverner, 1703–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 9 3/8 inches (31.3 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. 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

25. 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

26. Bridge over the Severn at Newtown, Looking up the River

Creator:: Thomas Sunderland, 1744–1828
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, gray wash, and blue wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 10 3/4 inches (18.7 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Views in the Levant: Landscape with Town and Harbour and Distant View of the Sea

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, black ink, graphite, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 13 1/16 inches (21.9 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Napolosa in Samaria

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 21 1/2 inches (38.3 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. View of Hill Towns or Ruins near Damascus

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 21 5/8 inches (37.1 x 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. 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

31. View of Tivoli in the Direction of the North Wind

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and blue wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 5/16 inches (38 x 54.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. View of a City Harbor

Creator:: Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, Pen and black ink, gray ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 3/8 × 11 1/16 inches (41.6 × 28.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Bois, France

Creator:: Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 3/8 × 11 1/8 inches (41.6 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The Alhambra From the Fort of St. Helena

Creator:: Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Date:: 1775 to 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 3/8 × 11 1/8 inches (41.6 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. 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

36. 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

37. 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

38. Landscape with Ruins in the Foreground, Harbor and Village, in Background

Creator:: Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black wash and graphie on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 1/16 × 16 3/8 inches (28.1 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. 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

40. 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

41. Wellingborough out of the Angel Window, Northamptonshire

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 15 inches (30.5 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

42. View of Arundel, Sussex

Creator:: Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on three joined sheets of medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 37 inches (40.6 × 94 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. A View of Bristol with Ratcilffe Church and Lime Kiln Dock

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 1/4 x 24 3/4 inches (26 x 62.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund in honor of John Baskett

44. 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

45. General View of Naples

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 17 5/8 inches (15.6 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Madras

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 24 1/16 inches (41.6 × 61.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Capriccio of a Venetian Courtyard

2. Ruins in Rome

3. The Mansion House

4. Edinburgh

5. Maidstone, Kent

6. A Town Seen From the Banks of a River

7. Venetian Fantasy

8. The Basilica at Pergamon

9. Castello di Smirna

10. View of the Modern City of Pergamon

11. Scutari

12. View of Artaki (now Erduk)

13. Reggio di Calabria

14. Scoglio di Silla nel Faro di Mesina

15. The South View of Berwick Upon Tweed

16. Bridgenorth Bridge

17. Bewdley Bridge, Worcester

18. West Cowes, Isle of Wight

19. South View of Bath

20. The City of Bath taken from the London Road

21. The City of London from Somerset House

22. Fishing Boats

23. Landscape, Trees and a Distant View of Rome

24. The Tower of London

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

26. Bridge over the Severn at Newtown, Looking up the River

27. Views in the Levant: Landscape with Town and Harbour and Distant View of the Sea

28. Napolosa in Samaria

29. View of Hill Towns or Ruins near Damascus

30. Gierusalemme

31. View of Tivoli in the Direction of the North Wind

32. View of a City Harbor

33. Bois, France

34. The Alhambra From the Fort of St. Helena

35. Views in the Levant: View of Mecca

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

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

38. Landscape with Ruins in the Foreground, Harbor and Village, in Background

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

40. Rochester, Kent: from the North

41. Wellingborough out of the Angel Window, Northamptonshire

42. View of Arundel, Sussex

43. A View of Bristol with Ratcilffe Church and Lime Kiln Dock

44. Bramha and Nursingdara Ghat, Varanasi

45. General View of Naples

46. Madras