Materials & Techniques: gum arabic / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. The Lonely Tower

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1868
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and gum arabic on London board: a high-quality pasteboard sheet made of Whatman's finest drawing paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 27 7/8 inches (51.4 x 70.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. People on the Road Near Kalicut, Malabar

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and gum arabic on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 15 9/16 inches (25.4 × 39.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Gondola and House: Venice

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink, gum arabic, gouache, and scratching out on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 4 3/4in. (19.7 x 12.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Boats and Men on Beach

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gum arabic, and scratching out on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 7 1/2 inches (21.4 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Moonlit Scene of Castle and Ships

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen and black ink, brown ink, graphite, gouache and gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 5 13/16 inches (11.1 × 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Shanklin Church/ Isle of Wight

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 3/16 × 21 13/16 inches (41.1 × 55.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Church Interior

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gum arabic and scratching out on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 5 3/16 inches (19.1 × 13.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Man in Tartan Kilt and Top Armor

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink, gouache, gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 5in. (17.5 x 12.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, red ink, gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 29 3/4 inches (48.9 × 75.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. River Scene with Boy and Sheep

Creator:: William Havell, 1782–1857
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with gum on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 15 5/8 inches (28.3 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Landscape with River and a Bridge

Creator:: William Green, 1760–1823
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, graphite, gum arabic, and stopping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 22 inches (40.3 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Exeter College, Oxford

Creator:: Joseph Murray Ince, 1806–1859
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum arabic and graphite with scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 inches (26.7 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Owl: Little Owl

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with gum arabic on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (20.6 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Jackdaw

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with gum arabic on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Falcon: Hen Krestel

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, smooth white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (21 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Warbler: Reed Wren

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Hoopoe: Common Hoopoe

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, smooth white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 6 5/8 inches (21 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Roller: Garrulous Roller

Creator:: William Lewin, 1747–1795
Date:: before 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with gum arabic on medium, smooth, white vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (21.6 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. St. Michael's Mount, Ultrecht

Creator:: Louis Haghe, 1806–1885
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, graphite and gum arabic on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/8 × 12 3/8 inches (41 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Madonna with a Rabbit

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gum arabic and gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (12.1 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Coast Scene near Plymouth

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown ink, black ink, and g over graphite on thick, rough, beige board, pasted on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 × 23 inches (46 × 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Falstaff Carrying Dead Hotspur

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gouache, and gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 3/8 x 20 1/4 inches (41.6 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. The Duel: 'Twelfth Night,' Act III, Scene IV

Creator:: Henry William Bunbury, 1750–1811
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, red ink, black ink, brown ink, gum arabic, graphite, and white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, mounted on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/8 × 16 13/16 inches (56.2 × 42.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. View at Swiss Cottage, London

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, brown ink, black ink, graphite, gouache and gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 x 10 5/16 inches (17.6 x 26.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Plymouth Dockyard after the Fire

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, graphite, gouache and gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 20 7/16 inches (34.8 x 51.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Monnow Bridge, Monmouthshire

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: before 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with brown ink and gum arabic on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/8 × 20 3/8 inches (39.7 × 51.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Baths of Caracalla

Creator:: Andrew Wilson, 1780–1848
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gum arabic on moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 30 x 46 1/2 inches (76.2 x 118.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Landscape with Sheep

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite, with gum arabic and goauche on medium, rough, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 10 inches (13 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. A View of London from Highgate

Creator:: George Barret Jr., 1767–1842
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with scraping and gum on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 × 32 1/8 inches (52.1 × 81.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. View on the Thames at Battersea

Creator:: pupil of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 20 7/8 inches (33.3 × 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Coastal Landscape

Creator:: Frank W. Warwick Topham, 1838–1924
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and gum arabic on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 5/8 inches (38.1 x 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Honor among Savages

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, white gouache, graphite, gum arabic, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 1/16 × 19 3/4 inches (35.7 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and Jennifer Monaghan

33. Camp at Chobham, 1853 with Officers and Sentry

Creator:: George Bryant Campion, 1796–1870
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, black chalk, gum arabic, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 21 1/2 inches (35.2 × 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Trees and a Cottage by a River

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and gum on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches (15.9 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Study of Rocks Covered with Seaweed

Creator:: Edward Duncan, 1803–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and gum arabic on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 14 3/8 inches (15.2 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Classical Scene

Creator:: Francis Oliver Finch, 1802–1862
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, graphite, gum arabic, and scratcing out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/16 × 23 3/16 inches (44 × 58.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942

37. The Mill Pond, Evelyn Woods

Creator:: George Vicat Cole, 1833–1893
Date:: 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and brown ink, and gum arabic on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 7/8 × 21 7/8 inches (40.3 × 55.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

38. A Black Rabbit

Creator:: Joseph Crawhall, 1861–1913
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and gum arabic on linen
Dimensions:: Image: 9 7/8 × 13 1/2 inches (25.1 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Thundersley

Creator:: Harold Hitchcock, born 1914
Date:: 1977
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, gouache, and gum arabic on very thick, smooth, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/16 × 19 9/16 inches (33.2 × 49.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ian M. Williamson

40. Rider Leading a Second Horse, Leaving the Grounds of a Country House

Creator:: Samuel Howitt, 1756–1822
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, and gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 15/16 × 12 3/4 inches (22.7 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Foxhunting at Melton Mowbray, 1835: Taking the Gate at the Hinge Post While Snob Walks Thro'

Creator:: Edward Hull, 1810–1877
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gum arabic, and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (26 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Deerhound and Bitch Cornering a Stag at the Edge of a Woodland Pool

Creator:: Newton Limbird Smith Fielding, 1799–1856
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum arabic, gouache, pen and brown ink, and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 17 3/16 inches (28.3 × 43.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. The London-Dover Royal Mail, c. 1830-1840

Creator:: Charles B. Newhouse, fl. c.1820–1836
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, red ink, gum arabic, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 × 15 1/4 inches (27.5 × 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. The Duke of Cumberland Riding With Mr. de Burgh's Hunt

Creator:: John Ferneley, 1782–1860
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gouache and gum arabic on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 × 12 9/16 inches (22.1 × 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Foxhunting at Melton Mowbray, 1835: The Cream of the Thing

Creator:: Edward Hull, 1810–1877
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gum arabic, and gouache on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (26 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. The London-Dumphries Royal Mail

Creator:: Charles B. Newhouse, fl. c.1820–1836
Date:: between 1830 and 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, red ink, graphite, gouache, and gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 × 16 1/4 inches (28.7 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Woodcock Shooting

Creator:: William Heath, 1795–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gum arabic, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 3/16 inches (24.6 × 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Man Leading a Horse in Front of a Stable

Creator:: Possibly John West Giles, active 1827–1865
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, and gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 15 3/4 inches (29.5 × 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Ducks on a Pond

Creator:: Newton Limbird Smith Fielding, 1799–1856
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, graphite, gum arabic, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 4 inches (6.4 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. The Artist and his Family

Creator:: Adam Buck, 1759–1833
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink, and graphite, with gum arabic and scraping on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 9/16 × 16 11/16 inches (44.6 × 42.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Landscape with Trees and Lake With Figures and Boat

Creator:: Thomas Sully, 1783–1872
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink and gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 8 3/16 inches (16 × 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Rolling Fields, Mountains in Distance

Creator:: Thomas Sully, 1783–1872
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 5 1/4 inches (9.5 × 13.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Landscape with Mountains, Castle, Trees and Lake

Creator:: Thomas Sully, 1783–1872
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink, and gum arabic on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/16 × 7 1/16 inches (12.9 × 17.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Strange Faces

Creator:: Frederick Walker, 1840–1875
Date:: 1862 to 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, watercolor, and gum arabic on slightly textured, cream wove paper with white ground
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 7/8 × 31 1/4 inches (65.7 × 79.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

55. Dreams

Creator:: Frederick William Burton, 1816–1900
Date:: ca. 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and gum arabic on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 12 inches (20.3 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

56. Killarney (Ireland)

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: ca. 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite white gouache, and gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 3/4 × 18 5/8 inches (29.8 × 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Vesuvius Across the Bay of Naples

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: ca. 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gouache, and gum arabic on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 18 9/16 inches (32.1 × 47.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Castello Malespina Appennines

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gum arabic, graphite, gouache, and scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 17 11/16 inches (29.2 × 44.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Walls of Rome: The Aurelian Wall, with the Pyramid of Cestius

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 17 3/16 inches (18.3 × 43.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. Caernarvon (Castle) Eagle Tower

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: ca. 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, brown ink, brown wash, graphite, and gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 20 3/4 inches (38.4 × 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Captain Leigh and His Dragoman

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1840 or 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown ink, gouache, black crayon, and gum arabic over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 × 12 5/8 inches (41.9 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

62. A View of Rochester, the Town and Harbour

Creator:: Henry Gastineau, 1791–1876
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, red ink, gouache, graphite, gum arabic, and scratching out on very thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 × 28 5/16 inches (53.3 × 71.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Landscape in Kent

Creator:: John Minton, 1917–1957
Date:: 1948
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, crayon, black ink and gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 14 3/4in. (27.9 x 37.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942

64. Sooty Falcon

Creator:: William Swainson, 1789–1855
Date:: ca. 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, gum arabic, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 5 7/8 inches (22.9 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. On the Seine

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite with gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted to thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted to thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (14.6 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. The Footbridge

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum arabic, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/8 × 4 5/8 inches (7.3 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. My Father Feeding Ducks, Drawn by His Father

Creator:: Thomas Baxter, 1782–1821
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, black ink, graphite, gum arabic, and scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 16 1/8 inches (30.8 × 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. The Church of St. Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, with the Monument in the Background

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite with gouache and arabic gum on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 10 5/8 inches (34.8 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. An Indian Shrub with White Blossoms and Pointed Leaves

Creator:: Janet Dick, active 1794–1806
Date:: between 1792 and 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 21 1/8 inches (36.2 × 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. [Landscape with train]

Creator:: Edward W. Fitch, active 1839–1867
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 6 1/2 inches (12.7 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert and Frances Chapman

71. Views in the Levant: Ruins in Rome with Goats, Cows and Herdsmen

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, white gouache, and gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 × 19 1/4 inches (30.8 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Views in the Levant: Rome with Ruins seen Through an Archway

Creator:: Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink, and gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 14 13/16 inches (48.9 × 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Porthleven, 1922

Creator:: Frederick Etchells, 1886–1973
Date:: 1922
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, gum arabic and graphite on very thick, moderately textured, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/16 × 18 5/8 inches (33.5 × 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

74. The Interior of the Lower Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi

Creator:: Thomas Hartley Cromek, 1809–1873
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 19 7/16 inches (34.7 x 49.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

75. Canton/ Berne (Switzerland)

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: ca. 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and gum arabic, with sponging on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 13 9/16in. (21.7 x 34.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Brighton: the front and the chain pier seen in the distance

Creator:: Frederick William Woledge, active 1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and ink, gum arabic, watercolor, gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 10 inches (13.7 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. A Road Near Bettws-y-Coed

Creator:: George Price Boyce, 1826–1897
Date:: 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, gum arabic, graphite, and scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 20 7/8 inches (37.8 x 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

78. Landscape with a Man Washing His Feet at a Fountain, after Poussin

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: ca. 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gum arabic, and scratching out on very thick, slightly textured, beige cardboard
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 15 5/8 inches (29.8 x 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

79. A View of Snowdon from the Sands of Traeth Mawr, taken at the Ford Between Pont Aberglaslyn and Tremadoc

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, blue chalk, graphite, and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/2 x 36 1/4 inches (64.8 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Sorry, Boys, I can't go both ways at once

Creator:: Sir David Low, 1891–1963
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, blue chalk, white gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 19 1/4 inches (35.2 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles and E. Jennifer Monaghan

81. River Landscape

Creator:: Alfred Downing Fripp, 1822–1895
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite, with gum arabic and scraping out on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 20 3/4 inches (27.3 × 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Nant Francon, North Wales

Creator:: George Arthur Fripp, 1813–1896
Date:: 1862
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, graphite, gum arabic, and scratching out on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 5/16 × 28 3/4 inches (46.5 × 73 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

83. A Bay Racehorse with a Groom

Creator:: Shaykh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, active 1830s–1840s
Date:: ca. 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 13 1/4 × 19 1/8 inches (33.7 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

84. Landscape with a Temple and Figures by a River

Creator:: Francis Oliver Finch, 1802–1862
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, gum arabic, graphite and scraping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 × 16 5/16 inches (29.4 × 41.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Religious Ceremony in Ancient Greece

Creator:: Francis Oliver Finch, 1802–1862
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, gum arabic, graphite, and scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 5/16 × 25 5/16 inches (46.5 × 64.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. On the Conway River, North Wales

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gouache, and gum arabic on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 1/2 × 18 11/16 inches (34.3 × 47.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

87. Brimham Crags

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, black ink, graphite, and gum arabic on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 21 9/16 inches (40.3 × 54.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Windermere During the Regatta

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and red ink, brown ink, gray ink, gouache, graphite, gum arabic, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 x 24 inches (45.1 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

89. A Kaffir Village

Creator:: Samuel Daniell, 1775–1811
Date:: ca. 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gouache, and gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 × 17 3/4 inches (32.2 × 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Hilly Landscape with Village and River

Creator:: Jonathan Fisher, active 1763–1809
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gum arabic, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, mounted on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 × 21 1/4 inches (36.7 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. At Bridge of Allan

Creator:: David Simson, 1803–1874
Date:: 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, gum arabic, pen and brown ink, red ink, and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 12 3/8 inches (21.6 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Downing College, Cambridge

Creator:: Richard Banks Harraden, 1778–1862
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gouache, black chalk, gum arabic, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 19 × 25 3/16 inches (48.3 × 64 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Fishermen Hauling their Net Ashore on the Bay of Naples

Creator:: Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1775–1862
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum arabic, graphite, and scraping on moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 37 1/2 × 55 inches (95.3 × 139.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Foxhunting in England

Creator:: Lionel Edwards, 1878–1966
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gouache, and gum arabic on very thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/16 × 10 inches (12.9 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. The Quorn Hunt: The Meet at Ashby Pastures

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with gum arabic, and gouache over etched outline on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 20 1/16 inches (31.4 × 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. The Quorn Hunt: Tally-Ho and Away

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with gum arabic and gouache over etched outline on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 20 inches (31.1 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. The Quorn Hunt: 'Snob is Beat'

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with gum arabic, and gouache over etched outline on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/16 × 20 1/8 inches (31.6 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. The Quorn Hunt: The Death

Creator:: Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with gum arabic, and gouache over etched outline on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 20 1/16 inches (31.1 × 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. The Noiseless Music of the Night

Creator:: George Percival Gaskell, 1868–1934
Date:: 1905
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum arabic, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, ivory laid paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 14 1/2 × 17 1/4 × 1 3/8 inches (36.8 × 43.8 × 3.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948, Fund

100. Classical Landscape

Creator:: Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: 1717
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and gum arabic on vellum
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 10 1/4 inches (19.4 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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43. The London-Dover Royal Mail, c. 1830-1840

44. The Duke of Cumberland Riding With Mr. de Burgh's Hunt

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46. The London-Dumphries Royal Mail

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54. Strange Faces

55. Dreams

56. Killarney (Ireland)

57. Vesuvius Across the Bay of Naples

58. Castello Malespina Appennines

59. Walls of Rome: The Aurelian Wall, with the Pyramid of Cestius

60. Caernarvon (Castle) Eagle Tower

61. Captain Leigh and His Dragoman

62. A View of Rochester, the Town and Harbour

63. Landscape in Kent

64. Sooty Falcon

65. On the Seine

66. The Footbridge

67. My Father Feeding Ducks, Drawn by His Father

68. The Church of St. Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, with the Monument in the Background

69. An Indian Shrub with White Blossoms and Pointed Leaves

70. [Landscape with train]

71. Views in the Levant: Ruins in Rome with Goats, Cows and Herdsmen

72. Views in the Levant: Rome with Ruins seen Through an Archway

73. Porthleven, 1922

74. The Interior of the Lower Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi