Materials & Techniques: graphite and watercolor / Genre: architectural subject / Associated Places: Italy / Work Type: watercolor / Subject Terms: Grand Tour

1. Santa Lucia, A Convent near Caserta

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 9 3/8in. (15.2 x 23.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Tivoli with the Temple of the Sybil and the Cascades

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1796 and 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 21 5/8 inches (41.9 x 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Venetian Fantasy

Creator:: John Henderson, 1764–1843
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 20 9/16 inches (31.4 × 52.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Claudian Aqueduct and Colosseum

Creator:: Thomas Jones, 1742–1803
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with gum on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 16 1/4 inches (27.3 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. View of Leghorn

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/16 x 13 15/16in. (25.9 x 35.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. A Street in Florence with the Duomo and Campanile in the Background

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 18 1/4 x 22 1/2 inches (46.3 x 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum

Creator:: Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros, 1748–1810
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 x 29 1/8 inches (53 x 74 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio

Creator:: William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite and black crayon on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 15/16 x 24 1/8 inches (45.5 x 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Hermitage at Frascati

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on very thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 3 3/4 inches (24.4 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Temple of Venus and Rome from the Colosseum

Creator:: William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 16 3/8 inches (30.6 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Views in the Levant: Temple Ruins at Paestum

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on thick, moderately textured, brown laid paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 20 1/2 inches (36.8 × 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. 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

13. Ruins at Capua

Creator:: Carlo Labruzzi, 1748–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 12 1/2 inches (38.4 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Isola Bella, Lago Maggiore

Creator:: Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Date:: ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 22 1/4 inches (19.4 x 56.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Villa Pliniana on the Lake of Como

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 3/8 inches (18.1 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. In the Camp Vaccinio at Rome

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: ca. 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 23 13/16 inches (38.4 x 60.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Arch of Janus, after Piranesi

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1798 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 x 12 1/8 inches (21.1 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Tempio d' Antonio e Faustina

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1798 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 10 1/8 inches (30.5 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. An Interior View of the Colosseum, Rome

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (36.8 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Villa Medici, Rome

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 20 1/4 inches (34.6 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. A Scene in Ancient Rome: A Setting for Titus Andronicus, I, ii

Creator:: Joseph Michael Gandy, 1771–1843
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor and gouache with pen and brown ink on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 11 1/2in. (18.4 x 29.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Santa Lucia, A Convent near Caserta

2. Tivoli with the Temple of the Sybil and the Cascades

3. Venetian Fantasy

4. The Claudian Aqueduct and Colosseum

5. View of Leghorn

6. A Street in Florence with the Duomo and Campanile in the Background

7. Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum

8. A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio

9. The Hermitage at Frascati

10. Temple of Venus and Rome from the Colosseum

11. Views in the Levant: Temple Ruins at Paestum

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

13. Ruins at Capua

14. Isola Bella, Lago Maggiore

15. Villa Pliniana on the Lake of Como

16. In the Camp Vaccinio at Rome

17. Arch of Janus, after Piranesi

18. Tempio d' Antonio e Faustina

19. An Interior View of the Colosseum, Rome

20. The Villa Medici, Rome

21. A Scene in Ancient Rome: A Setting for Titus Andronicus, I, ii