Materials & Techniques: gray wash / Period: 18th century-19th century / Associated Places: United Kingdom / Work Type: watercolor / Subject Terms: landscape / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. Waterfall of Lodore, Cumberland

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, blue wash, graphite and black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (15.9 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Ben Glog (North Wales)

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 8 5/8 inches (17.5 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Christ Church, Oxford

Creator:: John Malchair, 1730–1812
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 7 3/8in. (22.9 x 18.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Tenby

Creator:: Heneage Finch fourth Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, and pen and brown ink on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 9 3/4 inches (21.3 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Composition inspired by Richard Wilson's Paintings of Cader Idris

Creator:: Dr. Thomas Monro, 1759–1833
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 1/16 inches (18.1 × 23 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. Boulner, East Yarmouth

Creator:: George Barret Jr., 1767–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, brown wash and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 12 1/8 inches (14.3 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. On the River Wye with Wilton Castle Ruins on a Bend in the River

Creator:: John Glover, 1767–1849
Date:: after 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Gray ink and gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 11 5/8 inches (20.3 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. The Chestnut Tree at Little Wymondley, Hertfordshire

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 10 3/4 inches (19.4 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The Thames from the Ship Inn, Greenwich

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 6 3/4 x 9 1/8 inches (17.1 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Poston Bridge, Herefordshire

Creator:: Peter Tillemans, 1684–1734
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 11 15/16 inches (18.4 × 30.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Island of Portland

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 × 4 3/8 inches (7.6 × 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Needles from Alum Bay

Creator:: George Barret Jr., 1767–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, gray wash and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 12 inches (14 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Harlech

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 inches (21 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Trees in Hyde Park, London

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown wash over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 17 3/4 inches (26.4 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Snowdon

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper prepared with yellow wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 10 1/16in. (15.9 x 25.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. 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

22. The Island of Hoy, the Orkneys

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, brown ink, graphite, gray ink, and gray wash on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 15 7/8 inches (28.3 x 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Cumberland Landscape

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash, and graphite, with scraping out on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 inches (27.6 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. View in Barnscliff, near Scarborough, when Overflowed by the Derwent

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 prepared with orange wash, mounted on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with wash line border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 5/8 x 17 1/2 inches (37.1 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. 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

26. A Bridge in Wales

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 × 18 1/4 inches (30.3 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Knaresborough Castle

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 9 5/8 inches (34.3 × 24.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. View of St. Paul's from Greenwich

Creator:: George Bulteel Fisher, 1764–1834
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, pen, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 12 1/4 inches (21 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Waterfall of Lodore, Cumberland

2. Ben Glog (North Wales)

3. Christ Church, Oxford

4. Tenby

5. Composition inspired by Richard Wilson's Paintings of Cader Idris

6. Edinburgh

7. Boulner, East Yarmouth

8. On the River Wye with Wilton Castle Ruins on a Bend in the River

9. Greenwich

10. Windsor Castle

11. Windsor Castle

12. Windsor Castle from the Eton Playing Fields

13. The Chestnut Tree at Little Wymondley, Hertfordshire

14. The Thames from the Ship Inn, Greenwich

15. Poston Bridge, Herefordshire

16. The Island of Portland

17. The Needles from Alum Bay

18. Harlech

19. Trees in Hyde Park, London

20. Snowdon

21. Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire

22. The Island of Hoy, the Orkneys

23. Cumberland Landscape

24. View in Barnscliff, near Scarborough, when Overflowed by the Derwent

25. Bridge on the Malton Road from York

26. A Bridge in Wales

27. Knaresborough Castle

28. View of St. Paul's from Greenwich