Materials & Techniques: gray wash / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Period: 17th century

1. A Coastal Scene (Italian) with Breakwater, High Cliffs and a Fort

Creator:: Thomas Wyck, 1616–1677
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 7 3/4 inches (15.2 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. A Hawking Party

Creator:: Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 7/8 × 11 inches (35.2 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. A Hunting Party

Creator:: Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 × 21 15/16 inches (40.6 × 55.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. An English Man of War, Starboard Quarter View: Possibly the Victory

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:: ca. 1675
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, pasted on contemporary mount made of thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 1/8 x 25 13/16 inches (43.5 x 65.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Lullingstone Castle

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1670
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash, over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 × 31 7/8 inches (45.1 × 81 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. A Village in a Rocky Coastal Inlet (Italian ?) with Round Tower on the Left Bank

Creator:: Thomas Wyck, 1616–1677
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 8 inches (15.2 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Trees on a River Bank

Creator:: Thomas Wyck, 1616–1677
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 7 7/8 inches (14.9 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. An English Man-of-War, Port View from the Stern

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:: ca. 1675
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper, pasted on contemporary mount made of thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 1/4 x 26 7/16 inches (43.8 x 67.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Newgate Prison, the Fire of London

Creator:: Thomas Wyck, 1616–1677
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 5 1/4 inches (9.5 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Fortified Buildings rising Steeply from a River Bank (in Italy ?) with Boat centre and distant Mountains

Creator:: Thomas Wyck, 1616–1677
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 8 1/8 inches (15.2 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. View of the Waterhouse and Old St. Paul's, London

Creator:: Thomas Wyck, 1616–1677
Date:: ca. 1663
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 13 1/2 inches (22.9 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Panorama of Bristol

Creator:: Francis Place, 1647–1728
Date:: 1678
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 19 1/2 inches (19.4 × 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. A Portly Man in a Wide-Brimmed Hat

Creator:: Francis Le Piper, 1640–1698
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 4 1/8 inches (11.4 × 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. A Man with a Bottle-Nose Wearing a Hat

Creator:: Francis Le Piper, 1640–1698
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 4 3/8 inches (11.4 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. A Bearded Man Looking Down

Creator:: Francis Le Piper, 1640–1698
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 3 5/8 inches (10.2 × 9.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Bowling Green at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond: Bird's-eye View

Creator:: Attributed to Sir Nicholas Hawksmoor, ca. 1662–1736
Date:: ca. 1690
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 × 20 1/8 inches (36 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. A Sly Man in a Cap

Creator:: Francis Le Piper, 1640–1698
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 4 1/8 inches (11.4 × 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Caricature of a Man Wearing Mortarboard

Creator:: Francis Le Piper, 1640–1698
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 2 3/4 inches (9.2 × 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. A Man in Eccentric Head Gear and Collar

Creator:: Francis Le Piper, 1640–1698
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen with black ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 4 1/8 inches (11.4 × 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. View of Steiereck on the Danube

Creator:: Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607–1677
Date:: ca. 1636
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 9 1/4 inches (10.2 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. A View from Peterborough Tower at Tangier

Creator:: Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607–1677
Date:: 1669
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, gray wash, brown wash, and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 24 3/8 inches (20.3 × 61.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Ponte Lucano, Near Tivoli

Creator:: Thomas Manby, 1633(?)–1695
Date:: between 1660 and 1690
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 1/2in. (23.5 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Landing of William of Orange at Tor Bay

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: 1688
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 14 3/8in. (23.8 x 36.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Diana Fountain, Bushy Park: Original Design

Creator:: Edward Pierce, c.1630–1695
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 19 9/16in. (38.1 x 49.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Venus and Adonis

Creator:: Peter Oliver, 1589–1647
Date:: 1631
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 x 8 13/16 inches (19.2 x 22.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Hare Hunting

Creator:: Francis Barlow, 1622–1704
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 9 7/8 inches (17.5 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Race Meeting at Newmarket Heath

Creator:: Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700
Date:: ca. 1671
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 16 1/2 inches (24.1 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. Cavalry Battle with a Distant view of a Town

Creator:: Jan Wyck, ca. 1645–1700
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with black, brown & gray washes on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (21.6 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rutgers Barclay, Yale BA 1957

29. Caerphilly Castle

Creator:: Hendrik Danckerts, ca. 1625–1680
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 16 5/8 inches (24.8 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Charles II when a Child

Creator:: William Faithorne the Younger, ca. 1669–1703
Date:: between 1671 and 1686
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, blue green wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 3/8 inches (22.5 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Portrait of a Man

Creator:: Thomas Forster, ca. 1677–after 1712
Date:: 1699
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 3 inches (12.7 x 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Caerphilly Castle

Creator:: Hendrik Danckerts, ca. 1625–1680
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, brown wash, and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 16 7/8 inches (28.3 x 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Dido and Aeneas Sheltering in a Cave

Creator:: Francis Cleyn, 1582–1658
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches (26 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Stainborough Hall, Yorkshire: Front and Back Elevations

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink with gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 4 5/8 inches (23.8 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Stainborough Hall, Yorkshire: Three Floor Plans

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink with gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches (24.1 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. A Coastal Scene (Italian) with Breakwater, High Cliffs and a Fort

2. A Hawking Party

3. A Hunting Party

4. An English Man of War, Starboard Quarter View: Possibly the Victory

5. Lullingstone Castle

6. A Village in a Rocky Coastal Inlet (Italian ?) with Round Tower on the Left Bank

7. Trees on a River Bank

8. An English Man-of-War, Port View from the Stern

9. Newgate Prison, the Fire of London

10. Fortified Buildings rising Steeply from a River Bank (in Italy ?) with Boat centre and distant Mountains

11. View of the Waterhouse and Old St. Paul's, London

12. Panorama of Bristol

13. A Portly Man in a Wide-Brimmed Hat

14. A Man with a Bottle-Nose Wearing a Hat

15. A Bearded Man Looking Down

16. Bowling Green at Hampton Court Palace, Richmond: Bird's-eye View

17. A Sly Man in a Cap

18. Caricature of a Man Wearing Mortarboard

19. A Man in Eccentric Head Gear and Collar

20. View of Steiereck on the Danube

21. A View from Peterborough Tower at Tangier

22. Ponte Lucano, Near Tivoli

23. Landing of William of Orange at Tor Bay

24. The Diana Fountain, Bushy Park: Original Design

25. Venus and Adonis

26. Hare Hunting

27. A Race Meeting at Newmarket Heath

28. Cavalry Battle with a Distant view of a Town

29. Caerphilly Castle

30. Charles II when a Child

31. Portrait of a Man

32. Caerphilly Castle

33. Dido and Aeneas Sheltering in a Cave

34. Stainborough Hall, Yorkshire: Front and Back Elevations

35. Stainborough Hall, Yorkshire: Three Floor Plans