Genre: military art / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: marine art

1. An Action between English Ships and Barbary Corsairs

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:: ca. 1695
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 5/8 x 19 3/8 inches (32.1 x 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. The Victory Returning from Trafalgar, in Three Positions

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 3/8 x 39 1/2 inches (67 x 100.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 3/4 x 72 1/2 inches (113.7 x 184.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Hussars Embarking at Deptford

Creator:: William Anderson, 1757–1837
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 x 24 inches (46.4 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. The Earl of Sandwich Refusing to Abandon His Ship During the Battle of Solebay

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 88 x 73 inches (223.5 x 185.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of R. W. Hutton and J. S. Cogswell
On View:: Not on view

6. The Battle of La Hogue

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1778, retouched 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 64 3/4 x 96 1/4 inches (164.5 x 244.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

7. The Ranger, Private Ship of War, with her Prizes

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink over graphite with gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 18 1/8 x 23 3/4 inches (46 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Sebastopol, Sketched From The Deck of H. M. S. Sidon, Feb. 1855

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 20 5/8 inches (33 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Calcutta

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 x 29 5/16in. (53.3 x 74.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Battle at La Hogue

Creator:: William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 × 25 1/16 inches (50.2 × 63.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection

11. Coastal Scene with Troops Embarking

Creator:: George Bryant Campion, 1796–1870
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black chalk, and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 × 29 inches (45.7 × 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Saltash, Cornwall

Creator:: Print made by W. R. Smith, active 1819–1851
Date:: ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line-engraving, Engraver's proof, 1st Published State on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 12 7/16 inches (24.9 × 31.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Folkestone: Harbour, and Coast to Dover, Kent

Creator:: Print made by John Horsburgh, 1791–1869
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 × 21 9/16 inches (39.5 × 54.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. 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

15. Hythe, Kent

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; first published state india paper on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 7/8 inches (29.2 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Folkestone: Harbour, and Coast to Dover, Kent

Creator:: Print made by John Horsburgh, 1791–1869
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, 3rd state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 21 inches (38.1 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. HMS Bellerophon, Plymouth Sound

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 × 11 7/8 inches (43.2 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Crickieth Castle, North Wales

Creator:: Print made by S. Fisher, active 1831–1844
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, engraver's proof (touched)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Cowes

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, Bohn reprint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 21 7/8 inches (38.1 × 55.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Chatham, Kent

Creator:: Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, open etching
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Action at Kowloon

Creator:: Lt. Joseph Sparkhall Rundle, 1815–1880
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 1/8 × 11 7/8 inches (25.7 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Chatham, Kent

Creator:: Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, first published state
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Hythe, Kent

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Etching; open etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 1/2 inches (29.8 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Hythe, Kent

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 3/4 inches (22.2 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Crickieth Castle, North Wales

Creator:: Print made by S. Fisher, active 1831–1844
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, open etching
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. A Squadron at Anchor

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 11 15/16 inches (18.7 × 30.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Perspective View of Venice

Creator:: John Bowles, 1701–1779
Date:: between 1780 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Sweet William's Farewell to Black Eyed Susan

Creator:: Print made by Paul Fourdrinier, 1698–1758
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 × 18 1/8 inches (31.2 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Royal George, a first Rate Man of War carrying 100 Guns and 780 Men

Creator:: James Cole, fl.1720–1743
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 18in. (31.8 x 45.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Barfleur a Second Rate, carrying 90 Guns, and 680 Men, with a View of the Squadron Commanded by Lord Torrington in the Mediterranean

Creator:: John Harris, active 1686–1740
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Expedition against Cape Breton in Nova Scotia

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 7 x 11in. (17.8 x 27.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Death of Nelson

Creator:: Print made by James Baylis Allen, 1803–1876
Date:: between 1859 and 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 12 3/4 inches (23.5 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. HMS Bellerophon, Plymouth Sound (Vignette Title)

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 4 1/8 inches (17.1 × 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. HMS Bellerophon, Plymouth Sound

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with graphite and scraping out; touched engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 5 3/4 inches (20.3 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. The taking of the St. Joseph a Spanish Carracca Ship, Sept. 23 1739, by the Chester and Canterbury Men of War, this Prize was Valued at upwards of 150,000 pounds.

The taking of the St. Joseph a Spanish Carracca Ship, Sept. 23 1739, by the Chester and Canterbury Men of War, this Prize was Valued at upwards of 150,000 pounds.

Creator:: Print made by Remi Parr, active 1723–1750
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 18 1/16 inches (31.8 × 45.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. A Sea Engagement between the English and Algerines

Creator:: Print made by Paul Fourdrinier, 1698–1758
Date:: ca. 1743
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 × 18 inches (31 × 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. The Glorious Defeat of the French Fleet under the Command of Marshal Conflans, off Belle-Isle, on the 20th of November, 1759, ...

Creator:: Print made by Peter P. Benazech, 1767–1794
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching, hand colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/16 x 20 11/16 inches (36 x 52.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Brave Captain Tyrrill in the Buckingham of 66 Guns and 472 Men, Defeating the Florissant, Aigrette & Atalante, Three French Ships of War, 3rd November, 1758

The Brave Captain Tyrrill in the Buckingham of 66 Guns and 472 Men, Defeating the Florissant, Aigrette & Atalante, Three French Ships of War, 3rd November, 1758

Creator:: Print made by Peter P. Benazech, 1767–1794
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching, hand colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 21 inches (36.9 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. The Monmouth of 64 Guns, taking the Foudroyant a French Man of War of 84 Guns on the 28th of Feb. 1758 in the Mediterranean,....

Creator:: Print made by Peter P. Benazech, 1767–1794
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching with hand colored ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 21 1/16 inches (37.1 x 53.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Chatham, Kent

Creator:: Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching, 3rd state on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 14 3/4 inches (27 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Mr. B seeking the Bubble reputation - Plate 5

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 14 inches (25.5 x 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Embarkation at Southampton, June 20th 1794 (Version A)

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 11 3/16 inches (21.7 x 28.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Crickieth Castle, North Wales

Creator:: Print made by S. Fisher, active 1831–1844
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, 3rd state on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 14 7/8 inches (27.9 × 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. The Mars in Three Positions

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and pen and black ink on medium, slightly texture, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 21 1/8 inches (38.1 × 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends

45. An Admiralty Yacht Running Inshore at Tenby

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (29.2 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends

46. A Warship Preparing to Leave the Anchorage

Creator:: Samuel Atkins, active 1787–1808
Date:: between 1787 and 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and gray ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. (34.9 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends

47. View of the Tryall in Two Positions

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium, slightley textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 1/8 inches (38.4 × 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends

48. A Naval Squadron Lying at Spithead

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: between 1745 and 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 21 inches (35.6 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends

49. The Battle of Cape St. Vincent

Creator:: Robert Cleveley, 1747–1809
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and black ink on medium, moderately thick, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 8in. (10.5 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. An Action between English Ships and Barbary Corsairs

2. The Victory Returning from Trafalgar, in Three Positions

3. A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

4. Hussars Embarking at Deptford

5. The Earl of Sandwich Refusing to Abandon His Ship During the Battle of Solebay

6. The Battle of La Hogue

7. The Ranger, Private Ship of War, with her Prizes

8. Sebastopol, Sketched From The Deck of H. M. S. Sidon, Feb. 1855

9. Calcutta

10. The Battle at La Hogue

11. Coastal Scene with Troops Embarking

12. Saltash, Cornwall

13. Folkestone: Harbour, and Coast to Dover, Kent

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

15. Hythe, Kent

16. Folkestone: Harbour, and Coast to Dover, Kent

17. HMS Bellerophon, Plymouth Sound

18. Crickieth Castle, North Wales

19. Cowes

20. Chatham, Kent

21. Action at Kowloon

22. Chatham, Kent

23. Hythe, Kent

24. Hythe, Kent

25. Crickieth Castle, North Wales

26. A Squadron at Anchor

27. A Perspective View of Venice

28. Sweet William's Farewell to Black Eyed Susan

29. The Royal George, a first Rate Man of War carrying 100 Guns and 780 Men

30. The Barfleur a Second Rate, carrying 90 Guns, and 680 Men, with a View of the Squadron Commanded by Lord Torrington in the Mediterranean

31. The Expedition against Cape Breton in Nova Scotia

32. The Death of Nelson

33. HMS Bellerophon, Plymouth Sound (Vignette Title)

34. HMS Bellerophon, Plymouth Sound

35. The taking of the St. Joseph a Spanish Carracca Ship, Sept. 23 1739, by the Chester and Canterbury Men of War, this Prize was Valued at upwards of 150,000 pounds.

36. A Sea Engagement between the English and Algerines

37. The Glorious Defeat of the French Fleet under the Command of Marshal Conflans, off Belle-Isle, on the 20th of November, 1759, ...

38. The Brave Captain Tyrrill in the Buckingham of 66 Guns and 472 Men, Defeating the Florissant, Aigrette & Atalante, Three French Ships of War, 3rd November, 1758

39. The Monmouth of 64 Guns, taking the Foudroyant a French Man of War of 84 Guns on the 28th of Feb. 1758 in the Mediterranean,....

40. Chatham, Kent

41. Mr. B seeking the Bubble reputation - Plate 5

42. Embarkation at Southampton, June 20th 1794 (Version A)

43. Crickieth Castle, North Wales

44. The Mars in Three Positions

45. An Admiralty Yacht Running Inshore at Tenby

46. A Warship Preparing to Leave the Anchorage

47. View of the Tryall in Two Positions

48. A Naval Squadron Lying at Spithead

49. The Battle of Cape St. Vincent