Materials & Techniques: gray wash / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: architectural subject / Subject Terms: river

1. The Daughters of Jerusalem Weeping by the Waters of Babylon

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Mount: 6 5/16 x 8 inches (16 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Lambeth Palace from Across the River

Creator:: Thomas Priest, active 1738–1750
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 10 5/8 inches (13.7 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. A Small Sailing Ship Drawn Up on the Shore Below Some Fortified Buildings

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with graphite and black ink on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (18.7 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Landscape with Ruins

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black wash, brown wash, black chalk, graphite and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 18 1/8 inches (40.6 x 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Bath: The New Bridge

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand colored with gray wash on moderatelty 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

6. 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

7. Windsor Castle from the North

Creator:: Bernard Lens II, 1659–1725
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 x 13 5/8in. (24 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Old Walton Bridge seen from the Middlesex Shore

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 26 3/4 inches (28.9 x 67.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Carnarvon

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 19 1/4 inches (25.7 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Pont Newydd near Dolgelly

Creator:: Amos Green, 1735–1807
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 15 3/8in. (24.8 x 39.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Bridge, Walton on Thames

Creator:: Augustin Heckel, 1690–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 15 3/8 inches (23.5 × 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Bath: The South Parade

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 1/8 × 15 3/8 inches (28.2 × 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Bath: The North Parade

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: 10 13/16 × 14 13/16 inches (27.5 × 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. 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

15. View of Old Somerset House from the Thames

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, watercolor and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 x 28 7/8 inches (41.3 x 73.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. View of London from Richmond House, Whitehall

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 × 18 1/8 inches (27.1 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. A View at Lucerne

Creator:: William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray and brown ink over graphite with brown and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 × 23 1/8 inches (41.9 × 58.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Windsor Castle

Creator:: John Glover, 1767–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (6.4 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. 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

20. Windsor Castle

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 inches (14 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Landscape with River and a Bridge

Creator:: William Green, 1760–1823
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, graphite, gum arabic, and stopping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 22 inches (40.3 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Windsor Castle from the Eton Playing Fields

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches (14.3 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Building of Waterloo Bridge

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gray wash, and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 15 5/8 inches (25.4 x 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. View of Shershah's Tomb at Sasaram in Bihar

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: ca. 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 24 1/16 × 33 inches (61.1 × 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. View of the Pantheon, Paris

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Soft ground etching with gray, blue, and yellow wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 3/8 x 21 inches (23.8 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. London Bridge

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: 3 1/16 × 5 9/16 inches (7.8 × 14.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. 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

28. Old Somerset House

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: 3 1/16 × 5 9/16 inches (7.8 × 14.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. A View of the Pont de la Tournelle and Notre Dame Taken From the Arsenal

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Soft ground etching with gray, green, and yellow wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 17 5/16 inches (14.9 × 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Unidentified Castle

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/16 × 11 1/8 inches (20.5 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Westminster Bridge under Construction

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 28 3/8 inches (35.9 x 72.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

32. Paris, A View of Pont au Changes

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1800 to 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Hand colored soft-ground etching with brown, gray, and blue wash on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 19 5/16 inches (23.2 × 49.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Monnow Bridge, Monmouth, North Wales, July 14, 1803

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 x 14 3/8 inches (23.3 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Eton College from Datchet Road

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite with gray wash border on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/4 x 23 1/16 inches (46.4 x 58.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Plan of the Ruins at Sardis with Vestiges of Ancient Buildings Still Existing in 1750

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 1/4 inches (38.1 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. View of the Source of the Lycus River (Nahr el-Kelb)

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1751
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches (37.5 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Plan of Jerusalem

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: 21 7/16 x 15 inches (54.5 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Topographical Map of the Course of the Meander River (Ancient Maender River, Now Menderes River)

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: 21 5/16 x 15 1/16 inches (54.1 x 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. View of Maglova Aqueduct

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: 14 11/16 x 21 1/4 inches (37.3 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. House by a Bridge

Creator:: James Miller, active 1773–1814
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 × 7 13/16 inches (15.1 × 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

41. Country House

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, grey wove paper mounted to card.
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 6 3/8 inches (10.2 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935

42. Landscape

Creator:: Nicholas Thomas Dall, op.1748–, d.1777
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 19 3/16 inches (34.8 x 48.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and orange wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper prepared with orange wash, mounted on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with wash line border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/4 x 17 13/16 inches (37.4 x 45.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Bridge on the Malton Road from York

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and orange wash with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 5/8 x 17 3/4 inches (37.2 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. The River Stour, St. Mildred's Church and the Castle of Canterbury

Creator:: Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758
Date:: 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 21 7/8in. (21 x 55.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Ruined Fort on a River

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 19 1/4 inches (30.8 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. 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

48. River Scene with Native Buildings

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen, black ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 3/4 inches (30.8 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Brecon Bridge

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and black wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 15 7/8 inches (21.6 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Daughters of Jerusalem Weeping by the Waters of Babylon

2. Lambeth Palace from Across the River

3. A Small Sailing Ship Drawn Up on the Shore Below Some Fortified Buildings

4. Landscape with Ruins

5. Bath: The New Bridge

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

7. Windsor Castle from the North

8. Old Walton Bridge seen from the Middlesex Shore

9. Carnarvon

10. Pont Newydd near Dolgelly

11. The Bridge, Walton on Thames

12. Bath: The South Parade

13. Bath: The North Parade

14. Bridgenorth Bridge

15. View of Old Somerset House from the Thames

16. View of London from Richmond House, Whitehall

17. A View at Lucerne

18. Windsor Castle

19. View of Steiereck on the Danube

20. Windsor Castle

21. Landscape with River and a Bridge

22. Windsor Castle from the Eton Playing Fields

23. The Building of Waterloo Bridge

24. View of Shershah's Tomb at Sasaram in Bihar

25. View of the Pantheon, Paris

26. London Bridge

27. The Tower of London

28. Old Somerset House

29. A View of the Pont de la Tournelle and Notre Dame Taken From the Arsenal

30. Unidentified Castle

31. Westminster Bridge under Construction

32. Paris, A View of Pont au Changes

33. Monnow Bridge, Monmouth, North Wales, July 14, 1803

34. Eton College from Datchet Road

35. Plan of the Ruins at Sardis with Vestiges of Ancient Buildings Still Existing in 1750

36. View of the Source of the Lycus River (Nahr el-Kelb)

37. Plan of Jerusalem

38. Topographical Map of the Course of the Meander River (Ancient Maender River, Now Menderes River)

39. View of Maglova Aqueduct

40. House by a Bridge

41. Country House

42. Landscape

43. Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire

44. Bridge on the Malton Road from York

45. The River Stour, St. Mildred's Church and the Castle of Canterbury

46. Ruined Fort on a River

47. Bramha and Nursingdara Ghat, Varanasi

48. River Scene with Native Buildings

49. Brecon Bridge