Materials & Techniques: blue wash / Genre: architectural subject / Work Type: watercolor / Image Use: Free to Use

1. East Side of Sheriff Hutton Castle

Creator:: Francis Place, 1647–1728
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and blue wash with pen and black ink and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 8 7/8 inches (10.2 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Cobham Hall, Kent: Section of the Audit Room at Earl Darnley's

Creator:: James Wyatt, 1746–1813
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, blue and gray wash, pen and brown and black ink on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches (50.2 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. 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

4. Entry Gateway to Prince Adam Liechtenstein's; Villa in Wien

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 11/16 inches (16.8 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Study of Buildings in a Settlement, Atop a Mountain

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, blue wash and 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

6. View of Tivoli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and blue wash with black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 21 3/16 inches (37.9 x 53.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. View of Ruins at Tivoli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream 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

8. Dolbadarn Castle (North Wales)

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, and blue wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 19 9/16 inches (27.8 × 49.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Remains of the Temple of Jupiter in the Plains of Nemea, Greece

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 inches (27.3 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. An Old Battery and Watch Tower in Genoa

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Blue wash, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 11 5/8 inches (22.4 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Ruins of an Ancient Temple on the Summit of a Mountain Near Andritza

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue 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

12. Temple of Sunias Minerva

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash, and graphite on medium, 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

13. 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

14. Ruins of Sparta

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. Vicenza

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, blue wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/16 × 9 5/8 inches (18.9 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Linlithgow Palace Courtyard, West Lothian

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray was and blue wash with graphite and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 7/8in. (24.8 x 35.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Pershore Abbey, Worcestershire

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 13 3/4in. (25.4 x 34.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

20. Sketches for Panels Executed at Crowe Hall

Creator:: J. R. Harris, active 1876
Date:: 1876
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, blue wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse

21. Sketches for Panels Executed at Crowe Hall

Creator:: J. R. Harris, active 1876
Date:: 1876
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, blue wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse

22. Sketches for Panels Executed at Crowe Hall

Creator:: J. R. Harris, active 1876
Date:: 1876
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, blue wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse

23. Ruined Archway with a Line of Washing, possibly in Rome

Creator:: Heneage Finch fourth Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:: after 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and blue wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 7/8 inches (26.7 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Facade of Ruined (?) Roman Temple, with Columns and Doorway

Creator:: Heneage Finch fourth Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:: after 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite, verso: blue wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 8 inches (23.5 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Sketches for Panels Executed at Crowe Hall

Creator:: J. R. Harris, active 1876
Date:: 1876
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, blue wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse

26. Grittleton, West Front Elevation, No.5

Creator:: James Thomson, 1800–1883
Date:: 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, blue wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 × 23 inches (42.9 × 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. Grittleton, East Front Elevation, No.7

Creator:: James Thomson, 1800–1883
Date:: 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, blue wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 × 22 7/8 inches (43.5 × 58.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. East Side of Sheriff Hutton Castle

2. Cobham Hall, Kent: Section of the Audit Room at Earl Darnley's

3. Arch of Trajan, Ancona, Italy

4. Entry Gateway to Prince Adam Liechtenstein's; Villa in Wien

5. Study of Buildings in a Settlement, Atop a Mountain

6. View of Tivoli

7. View of Ruins at Tivoli

8. Dolbadarn Castle (North Wales)

9. Remains of the Temple of Jupiter in the Plains of Nemea, Greece

10. An Old Battery and Watch Tower in Genoa

11. The Ruins of an Ancient Temple on the Summit of a Mountain Near Andritza

12. Temple of Sunias Minerva

13. Ruins of Messenia

14. Ruins of Sparta

15. Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens

16. Ancient Aqueduct Ruins

17. Vicenza

18. Linlithgow Palace Courtyard, West Lothian

19. Pershore Abbey, Worcestershire

20. Sketches for Panels Executed at Crowe Hall

21. Sketches for Panels Executed at Crowe Hall

22. Sketches for Panels Executed at Crowe Hall

23. Ruined Archway with a Line of Washing, possibly in Rome

24. Facade of Ruined (?) Roman Temple, with Columns and Doorway

25. Sketches for Panels Executed at Crowe Hall

26. Grittleton, West Front Elevation, No.5

27. Grittleton, East Front Elevation, No.7