Materials & Techniques: watercolor / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Subject Terms: buildings and houses

1. Family Gathered on a Porch, Opatow Kielecki, Poland

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1907
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and watercolor on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 inches (16.8 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

2. Street Scene: Opatow Kelecki, Poland

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1907
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 inches (16.8 x 22.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

3. Landscape with Cottages, Broadmoor

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1873
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 14 7/8 inches (24.8 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Castle Mills Bridge, York

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches (11.1 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Larchant near Fontainebleau

Creator:: Ambrose Poynter, 1796–1886
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink on moderately thick, slgihtly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 × 1 13/16 inches (8.3 × 4.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Cerco de Paro, Lima

Creator:: Godfrey Thomas Vigne, 1801–1863
Date:: ca. 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 19 1/4 inches (27.6 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Beauvais

Creator:: attributed to William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches (42.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. View of the Pantheon from the Arsenal

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over soft-ground etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 17 5/16 inches (15 x 43.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Seine with Notre Dame

Creator:: Frederick Nash, 1782–1856
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 × 10 3/4 inches (17.6 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. On the Seine

Creator:: Mary Mitford, active 1770
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/16 × 13 7/16 inches (15.4 × 34.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Old Buildings at Hastings

Creator:: Henry Morton, ca. 1807–1825
Date:: after 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 12 3/16 inches (21.9 × 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Saint Peter's Church, Hereford, from Butcher's Row

Creator:: follower of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 22 5/8 inches (40 x 57.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. 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

14. View on the Thames at Battersea

Creator:: pupil of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 20 7/8 inches (33.3 × 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Haughton Court, Hanover, Jamaica

Creator:: James Hakewill, 1778–1843
Date:: between 1820 and 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 5/8 inches (31.1 × 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. A Village Street

Creator:: pupil of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 3/8 x 13 7/8 inches (26.4 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Norwich

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 11 1/2 inches (30.2 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. View near Tal-y-Llyn

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches (48.9 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Barges of the Embassy Being Raised from One Canal to Another on Their Way from Han-Tcheou-Foo to Tchu-San, 16 November 1793

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 14 5/8 inches (26.5 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. View of York

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/16 x 7 1/2 inches (13.5 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Malmesbury Abbey

Creator:: attributed to Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 12 1/2 inches (15.6 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Rhine at Assmannshausen

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen, and brown ink, graphite, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 5/16 inches (30.8 x 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The South Barracks, Gibraltar

Creator:: George Lothian Hall, 1825–1888
Date:: 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and collage on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 10 inches (15.9 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. A View of Hobart, Tasmania

Creator:: Lt. Gen. Charles Emilius Gold, 1803?–1871
Date:: 1846
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 13 5/16in. (19.1 x 33.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Ramsgate Harbour, Kent

Creator:: John Monro, 1801–1880
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/16 × 9 1/8 inches (15.4 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Paper Mill at Rickmansworth

Creator:: Attributed to Robert Udney, 1740–1808
Date:: between 1765 and 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 17 1/4 inches (29.5 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. York Water Gate

Creator:: Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 × 11 3/4 inches (21.1 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The City and St. Paul's from the South Bank

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 7 1/2 inches (11.7 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Castle Overlooking a River

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 7 1/8 inches (12.7 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. View Near the Mill Looking Toward Licenza: Horace's Villa on the Left

Creator:: Jacob More, 1740–1793
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 9/16 x 17 11/16 inches (34.5 x 45 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Landscape at Beddgelert, North Wales

Creator:: Paul Sandby Munn, 1773–1845
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 9 1/2 inches (12.4 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury

Creator:: Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758
Date:: 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 1/4 × 23 1/2 inches (26 × 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Mill Yard, Holland Estate, St. Thomas in the East

Creator:: James Hakewill, 1778–1843
Date:: between 1820 and 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 5/8 inches (31.1 × 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Ruins on the Coast

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches (14.9 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, class of 1935

35. Plymouth Dock

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink, pen and red ink, and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beig, laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 11 5/8 inches (17.5 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Pont Neuf from the Quai de l'Ecole, Paris

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 14 1/4 inches (22.9 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

37. A Village Scene with Peasants Resting

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red and black ink over graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 11 3/4 inches (21.7 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Ripon Minster, Yorkshire

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black and brown ink and scraping over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 17 3/16 inches (27.5 x 43.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. A Town House on the Thames

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, with thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper border, mounted on linen backed with moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 40 1/8 inches (40.6 x 101.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

40. Landscape with a Man Washing His Feet at a Fountain, after Poussin

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: ca. 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gum arabic, and scratching out on very thick, slightly textured, beige cardboard
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 15 5/8 inches (29.8 x 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

41. The Thames with Montagu House and Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper with medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper border, mounted on linen, backed with medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/4 x 36 inches (43.8 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

42. A View of Edinburgh from the South Looking towards Dalkeith

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches (38.7 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

43. Sketch to Illustrate the Passions: Suspense or Expectation

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches (35.9 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Stone Cottages in a Mountainous Landscape with a Figure in the Foreground

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 10 3/8 inches (18.1 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. 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

46. Bridgnorth Bridge, Shropshire

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 x 11 7/8 inches (19.2 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. A Village Street, Figures by Old Cottages

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches (35.2 x 26.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Place St. Barthélemy, Rouen

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches (26.4 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

YCBA Collections Search

Refine your search

Search Constraints

Materials & Techniques watercolor

On-site Access Accessible by appointment in the Study Room

Subject Terms buildings

Subject Terms houses

Search Results

1. Family Gathered on a Porch, Opatow Kielecki, Poland

2. Street Scene: Opatow Kelecki, Poland

3. Landscape with Cottages, Broadmoor

4. The Castle Mills Bridge, York

5. Larchant near Fontainebleau

6. Cerco de Paro, Lima

7. Beauvais

8. View of the Pantheon from the Arsenal

9. The Seine with Notre Dame

10. On the Seine

11. Old Buildings at Hastings

12. Saint Peter's Church, Hereford, from Butcher's Row

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

14. View on the Thames at Battersea

15. Haughton Court, Hanover, Jamaica

16. A Village Street

17. Norwich

18. View near Tal-y-Llyn

19. Barges of the Embassy Being Raised from One Canal to Another on Their Way from Han-Tcheou-Foo to Tchu-San, 16 November 1793

20. View of York

21. Malmesbury Abbey

22. The Rhine at Assmannshausen

23. The South Barracks, Gibraltar

24. A View of Hobart, Tasmania

25. Ramsgate Harbour, Kent

26. The Paper Mill at Rickmansworth

27. York Water Gate

28. The City and St. Paul's from the South Bank

29. Castle Overlooking a River

30. View Near the Mill Looking Toward Licenza: Horace's Villa on the Left

31. Landscape at Beddgelert, North Wales

32. Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury

33. Mill Yard, Holland Estate, St. Thomas in the East

34. Ruins on the Coast

35. Plymouth Dock

36. Pont Neuf from the Quai de l'Ecole, Paris

37. A Village Scene with Peasants Resting

38. Ripon Minster, Yorkshire

39. A Town House on the Thames

40. Landscape with a Man Washing His Feet at a Fountain, after Poussin

41. The Thames with Montagu House and Westminster Bridge

42. A View of Edinburgh from the South Looking towards Dalkeith

43. Sketch to Illustrate the Passions: Suspense or Expectation

44. Stone Cottages in a Mountainous Landscape with a Figure in the Foreground

45. Granby Hill, Bristol

46. Bridgnorth Bridge, Shropshire

47. A Village Street, Figures by Old Cottages

48. Place St. Barthélemy, Rouen