Materials & Techniques: watercolor / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Subject Terms: bay (body of water)

1. Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire

Creator:: Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 10 1/16 inches (16.5 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Ruins on the Coast

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches (14.9 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, class of 1935

3. View near Bristol

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 7 1/4 inches (15.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, B.A. 1905

4. Porchester Castle: A View from Porchester Village Looking across the Water to Portsmouth

Creator:: William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 18 1/2 inches (26.4 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Cottage on a Bay

Creator:: Attributed to Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (14.9 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Barmouth Bay, the Junction of the Rivers Mowddach and Gwinion

Creator:: Moses Griffith, 1747–1819
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 11/16 inches (30.8 x 44.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Barmouth Bay

Creator:: Moses Griffith, 1747–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 16 3/4 inches (25.4 x 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Headland on the Coast of South Devon, Possibly Shaldon

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 17 7/16 inches (31.3 x 44.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Festa di San Antonio, Bay of Naples

Creator:: Thomas Uwins, 1782–1857
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 33 inches (18.1 × 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

10. Carnarvon

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 19 1/4 inches (25.7 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. View of Swanage Bay, Dorset

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, smooth wove paper laid to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 5 3/4in. (11.4 x 14.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. View from the Vidette Near Hakin on Signal Hill, Looking Beyond Nangle Point and Thorn Island, Pembrokeshire

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1764-1831
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 5/8 × 17 9/16 inches (29.5 × 44.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. In the Bay of Salerno, near Vietri

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink, watercolor, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches (18.7 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Geoffrey and Renée Hartman

14. Bay Scene in Moonlight

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 19 7/8 inches (34 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Northern Boundary of St. Bride's Bay

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 8 1/2 inches (13 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Crossing Lancaster Sands

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: mid-1830s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite and scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 5/16 × 20 1/16 inches (36.4 × 51 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Approach to Belle Grange Park

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches (34.3 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Loch Scavaig, Isle of Skye

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: ca. 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and scraping over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on very thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/8 × 13 3/8 inches (23.2 × 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Bay of Naples from Capodimonte

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 7/8 x 24 1/4 inches (45.4 x 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Bay of Baiae - Apollo and the Sibyl

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1852 and 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Chromolithograph with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 23 1/2 inches (36.8 × 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Bay of Hieres (Hyeres)

Creator:: Charles Hamilton Smith, 1776–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/8 × 12 7/8 inches (41 × 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire

2. Ruins on the Coast

3. View near Bristol

4. Porchester Castle: A View from Porchester Village Looking across the Water to Portsmouth

5. Cottage on a Bay

6. Barmouth Bay, the Junction of the Rivers Mowddach and Gwinion

7. Barmouth Bay

8. Headland on the Coast of South Devon, Possibly Shaldon

9. Festa di San Antonio, Bay of Naples

10. Carnarvon

11. View of Swanage Bay, Dorset

12. View from the Vidette Near Hakin on Signal Hill, Looking Beyond Nangle Point and Thorn Island, Pembrokeshire

13. In the Bay of Salerno, near Vietri

14. Bay Scene in Moonlight

15. The Northern Boundary of St. Bride's Bay

16. Crossing Lancaster Sands

17. Approach to Belle Grange Park

18. Loch Scavaig, Isle of Skye

19. The Bay of Naples from Capodimonte

20. The Bay of Baiae - Apollo and the Sibyl

21. Bay of Hieres (Hyeres)