Creator: Smirke the Younger, Robert, Sir, 1781–1867 / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. Agrigento, Italy, To the West

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Commune in Italy

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 inches (19.4 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. From Girgenti, To the South

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 3/8 inches (22.2 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Seminary of Agrigento

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Part of the Agrigento, to the West

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Tomb of Theron

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Part of the Town of Messina Showing the effects of the Earthquake of 1783

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 11/16 inches (11.9 × 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Argostoli in Kefalonia, Greece

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 5/8 inches (11.9 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Cathedral of Girgenti to the North

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 8 15/16 inches (14.4 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Views Near the Town of Senta

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 11 1/2 inches (21.7 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Plains of Senta

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 1/2 inches (21 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Mount Stromboli As It Appeared April 26th 1803

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 5/8 inches (11.9 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Boncompagni Castle, and Isola del Liri

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 1/2 inches (17.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The Fort of Zakynthos, Greece

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 11/16 inches (11.9 × 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Gulf of Corinth

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 5/8 inches (11.9 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Patras, Greece

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 1/2 inches (21.9 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Valtetsi, Greece

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 5/8 inches (11.9 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Mosque at Argos

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 3/8 inches (22.5 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Ancient Inscription in the Post House at Argos

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 3/4 inches (19.2 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Top Portion of a Pillar

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 9 3/4 inches (38.4 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Trifylia, Greece

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Blue wash, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 3/4 inches (11.9 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Among the Taygetos Mountains of Mystras

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 1/4 inches (22.5 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. An Old Church in the Ruined Town of Mystras

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 8 15/16 inches (28.9 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Sparta, Mystras in the Distance

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 1/4 inches (22.5 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Ruins of Sparta

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 5 7/16 inches (22.5 × 13.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. In the Suburbs of Mystras

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 × 8 15/16 inches (15.1 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Plains of Sparta

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 16 7/8 inches (30.5 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Ruins of Messenia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Blue wash, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 17 inches (30.5 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. In a Garden

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 10 15/16 inches (25.2 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Arch of Hadrian

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 × 8 5/8 inches (29.1 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. North Porch of the Erectheion, Athens

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 17 inches (30.2 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. A Halt for the Evening of Our Guards and Attendants Between Messenia and Arcadia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 3/8 inches (21.9 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Architectural Drawing of a Temple Near Ancient Phigalia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 16 15/16in. (29.8 x 43.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Blue wash, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 1/4 inches (29.8 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Ancient Aqueduct Ruins

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, blue wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 × 17 1/4 inches (29.4 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Temple of Hephaestus

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 17 1/4 inches (29.2 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Capital of the Columns of the Temple of Minerva

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 7 3/4 inches (28.9 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Philopappos Monument

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 × 8 9/16 inches (29.1 × 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Sketch of the Flutings of the Ionic Columns in the Interior of the Propylaea

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 11 1/2 inches (19.5 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Sketch of the Molding of the Interior of the Propylaea

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 × 9 13/16 inches (38.3 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Under Moldings of the Cornice at the Temple of Minerva

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 13/16 × 11 1/2 inches (19.8 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Sketch of the Line of the Shaft and Inner Angle of the Abacus

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 15 7/16 inches (29.2 × 39.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Part of the Molding at Temple of Minerva

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 3/8 inches (19.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Moldings on the Temple of Minerva

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 7/16 inches (19.7 × 29.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Sketch of a Hilly Landscape

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 2 15/16 inches (11.9 × 7.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Landscape of Hills and Rock Formations

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 5/8 inches (11.9 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Mountains in the Distance

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 8 15/16 inches (14.6 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Mount Parnassus

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash, graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 15 1/16 inches (24.4 × 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Rocky Landscape

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash, and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 × 15 inches (24 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. The Castalian Spring

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 1/16 inches (35.4 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Fragment of a Doric Cornice Among the Ruins of Eleusis

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 3/4 inches (19.2 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Architectural Drawing of the Temple of Concordia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black ink on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 × 9 1/2 inches (38.9 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Architectural Drawing of a Temple

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/8 × 10 7/8 inches (46.7 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Temple of Aphaea

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 5/8 inches (22.7 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. The Ruins at the Temple of Aphaia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 5/16 inches (22.7 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Sketch of a Ruined Temple, With a Figure Standing by the Remains of a Standing Pillar

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 5/16 inches (22.7 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. A Man in Traditional Greek Attire, Guiding a Boat, With a Line of Rope

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 4 5/8 inches (19.4 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Inscriptions in Greek Alphabet

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 7 5/8 inches (11.7 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Girgenti

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Girgenti, in Sicily, to the South

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Entrance into Girgenti From the Port

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 8 15/16 inches (29.2 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. View of the Site of Ancient. Agrigentum, From Agrigento

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 8 15/16 inches (14.6 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. The Convent of St. Nicholas

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. The Architrave to a Window or Door in the East Wall of the Temple in the Convent of St. Nicholas, Agrigentum

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 × 9 11/16 inches (38.3 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Sketch of the Temple of Asclepius at Agrigento, Sicily

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 × 8 15/16 inches (29.4 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Temple of Juno

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Doric Capital Among the Ruiins of a Temple, Dedicated to Vulcan, at Agrigentum

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 9 9/16 inches (38.4 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Doric Order Septastyle Temple

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: between 1802 and 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 19 3/4 inches (33 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Architectural Drawing of a Temple

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, graphite, pen and black ink on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/16 × 11 1/4 inches (48.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. The Capital and Entablature to the Columns of the Temple of Juno Lucina, Agrigentum

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 9 11/16 inches (38.4 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Architectural Drawing

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 19 1/8 inches (38.6 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Temple of Concordia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 11 3/8 inches (22.9 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Temple Ruins

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Sketch of Part of a Column

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Black wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 3/4 inches (24.6 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Temple of Concordia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 5/16 inches (22.7 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Study of a Sculpture, Decorated With Various Animal and Human Figures

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 13 11/16 inches (26.8 × 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. View From Cori Towards Villetri

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 7/8 inches (26.7 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Grotta Ferrata (Near Rome and This is the Abbey)

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 11 7/16 inches (22.9 × 29.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Village in Italy, Between Terni and Spoleto

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Aqueduct at Spoleto

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. The Falls of the Velino From Below

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. The First Fall of the Velino Near Terni

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Temple of Clitumnus, Between Spoleto and Foligno

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.4 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. The Lake of Thrasimene

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Perugia to the North

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/16 inches (22.7 × 28.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Perugia to the North

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. The Lake of Thrasimene

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Bridge Over the Arno at Levane, 30 Miles from Florence

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Sienna

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 1/16 inches (16.5 × 10.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. The Plains Where Flaminius Was Defeated by Hannibal, at the Lake of Thrasimene

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Florence From the Road Towards Perugia, 5 Mile Distant

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Gate of San Gallo, Florence

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 4 inches (19.5 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Outside the Gate of S. Gallo, Florence

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 8 15/16 inches (14.6 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. The Cathedral of Arezzo

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. The Lake of Thrasimene

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Ancient Gateway in Perugia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Entrance Gateway into the City of Perugia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 5/16 inches (14 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Serravalle in the Appenines

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Arch of Trajan, Ancona, Italy

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, blue wash, gray wash, brown wash, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 15/16 inches (27.8 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Interior of the Holy Chapel of Loretta

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (14 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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42. Sketch of the Line of the Shaft and Inner Angle of the Abacus

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45. Sketch of a Hilly Landscape

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51. Fragment of a Doric Cornice Among the Ruins of Eleusis

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53. Architectural Drawing of a Temple

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55. The Ruins at the Temple of Aphaia

56. Sketch of a Ruined Temple, With a Figure Standing by the Remains of a Standing Pillar

57. A Man in Traditional Greek Attire, Guiding a Boat, With a Line of Rope

58. Inscriptions in Greek Alphabet

59. Girgenti

60. Girgenti, in Sicily, to the South

61. Entrance into Girgenti From the Port

62. View of the Site of Ancient. Agrigentum, From Agrigento

63. The Convent of St. Nicholas

64. The Architrave to a Window or Door in the East Wall of the Temple in the Convent of St. Nicholas, Agrigentum

65. Sketch of the Temple of Asclepius at Agrigento, Sicily

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67. Doric Capital Among the Ruiins of a Temple, Dedicated to Vulcan, at Agrigentum

68. Doric Order Septastyle Temple

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70. The Capital and Entablature to the Columns of the Temple of Juno Lucina, Agrigentum

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72. Temple of Concordia

73. Temple Ruins

74. Sketch of Part of a Column