Exhibition History: Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) / Associated Places: Scotland / Image Available: Available

1. Staffa, Fingal's Cave

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1831 to 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 3/4 x 47 3/4 inches (90.8 x 121.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. Inverary Pier, Loch Fyne: Morning

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Loch Awe, Argyllshire

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. 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

8. Transept of Melrose Abbey, 1778 Near Old Melrose on the River Tweed, Roxburgh

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 13 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (34.6 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. A Distant View of Edinburgh

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 x 16 5/16in. (21.1 x 41.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Ben Lomond, August 17

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 11 1/8 inches (10.2 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Birnam Wood

Creator:: Hugh William "Grecian" Williams, 1773–1829
Date:: before 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 19 3/4 inches (38.1 × 50.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Rosslyn Castle

Creator:: Print made by W. R. Smith, active 1819–1851
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Line-engraving and etching, engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/16 × 13 3/8 inches (26.2 × 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Druidical Stone at Strather, near Barvas, Isle of Lewis

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (15.9 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Roslin Castle, Midlothian

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on medium laid paper, mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 25 1/8 inches (46 x 63.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Loch Katrine

Creator:: Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 17 1/4 inches (30.5 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. 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

17. Roslyn Castle - a wooded river landscape

Creator:: Thomas Peploe Wood, 1817–1845
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with brown and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 5/8 inches (24.1 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, second state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (36.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite and pen and black ink on medium slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (16.8 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Melrose Abbey, Scotland

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 inches (18.3 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite, and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 9/16 inches (16.8 x 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Junction of Lyon and Tay

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 5/8 inches (30.8 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Shipping off Staffa

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, brown ink, gray ink, black ink, gouache, gum, and graphite, with scraping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 3/8 inches (31.1 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Staffa, Fingal's Cave

2. Inverary Pier, Loch Fyne: Morning

3. A View of Edinburgh from the West

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

5. Hawthornden Castle, near Edinburgh

6. Loch Awe, Argyllshire

7. Edinburgh

8. Transept of Melrose Abbey, 1778 Near Old Melrose on the River Tweed, Roxburgh

9. A Distant View of Edinburgh

10. Ben Lomond, August 17

11. Birnam Wood

12. Rosslyn Castle

13. Druidical Stone at Strather, near Barvas, Isle of Lewis

14. Roslin Castle, Midlothian

15. Loch Katrine

16. Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye, Dawn

17. Roslyn Castle - a wooded river landscape

18. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

19. Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire

20. Melrose Abbey, Scotland

21. Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire

22. The Junction of Lyon and Tay

23. Shipping off Staffa