Materials & Techniques: gray wash / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: cityscape / Associated Places: Europe / Image Use: Free to Use

1. Rheinfels Looking to Katz and Gourhausen

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, gray wash and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 12 1/2 inches (20 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Ponte Lucano, Near Tivoli

Creator:: Thomas Manby, 1633(?)–1695
Date:: between 1660 and 1690
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 1/2in. (23.5 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Greenwich

Creator:: John Glover, 1767–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 6 inches (10.5 × 15.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. A Town on the Lake of Geneva

Creator:: Attributed to John Henderson, 1764–1843
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Blue wash, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 14 3/4 inches (24.4 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Alicante, Spain

Creator:: Harry John Johnson, 1826–1884
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 16 3/4 inches (20.3 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Edinburgh

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 16 5/16in. (27.3 x 41.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. City of Bath

Creator:: Francis Place, 1647–1728
Date:: 1678
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 15/16 × 12 9/16 inches (10 × 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. View of Windsor Castle

Creator:: Francis Place, 1647–1728
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/16 × 14 3/16 inches (18.9 × 36 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. View of Revel, Capital of Esthonia

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 x 17 3/4in. (12.2 x 45.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Edinburgh

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (16.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The City of Bath taken from the London Road

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 1/16 × 15 inches (28.1 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. South View of Bath

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 1/16 × 15 inches (28.1 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Capriccio of a Venetian Courtyard

Creator:: Follower of Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 10 x 14 1/4 inches (25.4 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Venetian Fantasy

Creator:: imitator of Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches (29.2 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. West Cowes, Isle of Wight

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown and gray wash and pen brown ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches (14.3 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Miss Elizabeth Manwaring

16. 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

17. London: a View toward the City and St. Paul's from the North West

Creator:: Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 12 3/4in. (21.3 x 32.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. 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

19. At St. Albans

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 14 9/16 inches (27.9 x 37 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Bewdley Bridge, Worcester

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 3/4 inches (23.5 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. The South Gate, Exeter

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 7 5/8 inches (12.7 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Norwich Market Place

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray-brown ink, and wash over graphite; verso: pen and gray brown ink and wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/16 x 6 7/8 inches (13.8 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Southhampton, the Watergate and Globe Inn

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 9 inches (12.7 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. St. Paul's Cathedral, from St. Martin's-le-Grand, London

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 15 5/16 inches (50.2 x 38.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Rochester, Kent: from the North

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/16 x 23 inches (44 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Covent Garden Market

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1795 and 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-brown and brown ink, and graphite, with pen and gray line and gray wash on border; verso: watercolor blots and pen and ink lines on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/16 x 9 9/16 inches (15.7 x 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. An Italian Fete: Figures on Terrace of a Palazzo

Creator:: James Pattison Cockburn, 1779–1847
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, and gouache on medium, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 8 1/4 inches (15.9 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Rheinfels Looking to Katz and Gourhausen

2. Ponte Lucano, Near Tivoli

3. Greenwich

4. A Town on the Lake of Geneva

5. Alicante, Spain

6. Edinburgh

7. City of Bath

8. View of Windsor Castle

9. View of Revel, Capital of Esthonia

10. Edinburgh

11. The City of Bath taken from the London Road

12. South View of Bath

13. Capriccio of a Venetian Courtyard

14. Venetian Fantasy

15. West Cowes, Isle of Wight

16. View of the Pantheon, Paris

17. London: a View toward the City and St. Paul's from the North West

18. Windsor Castle from the North

19. At St. Albans

20. Bewdley Bridge, Worcester

21. The Tower of London

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

23. Paris, A View of Pont au Changes

24. The South Gate, Exeter

25. Norwich Market Place

26. Southhampton, the Watergate and Globe Inn

27. St. Paul's Cathedral, from St. Martin's-le-Grand, London

28. Rochester, Kent: from the North

29. Covent Garden Market

30. An Italian Fete: Figures on Terrace of a Palazzo