Materials & Techniques: watercolor / Period: 19th century / Subject Terms: light

1. Sunset over a River Landscape

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: early 1840s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 17 9/16 inches (31.2 x 44.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Llwyngwynedd and Part of Llyn-y-ddina Between Capel Curig and Beddegelert, North Wales

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1835 or 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, watercolor, graphite and black chalk on medium, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 18 1/8 inches (38.1 x 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. 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

4. The Vine

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1852
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, retouched with white watercolor, gouache or chalk on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 x 8 1/4 inches (29.3 x 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Moeris and Galatea

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: plate etched between 1880 and 1883; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone, retouched with white watercolor, gouache or chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 x 13 13/16 inches (29.1 x 35.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Suffolk Landscape

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 6 7/8 inches (12.7 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Barnard Castle

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 16 1/4 inches (29.5 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Moselle Bridge, Coblenz

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/8 x 24 1/4in. (48.6 x 61.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Jerusalem, Plate 1, Frontispiece

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Jerusalem, Plate 53, "Jerusalem / Chap. 3"

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 10 3/8 inches (34.3 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Jerusalem, Plate 97, "Awake! Awake Jerusalem...."

Creator:: Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: 1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor, pen and black ink, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Evening Sky on the Coast

Creator:: James Holland, 1799–1870
Date:: between 1859 and 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (10.8 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Romantic Landscape

Creator:: Samuel Jackson, 1794–1869
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite, with scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 3/4 inches (21.9 × 29.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Roman Pilgrims

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, gum and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 7/8 × 30 1/8 inches (55.6 × 76.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. A Greek Girl Standing on a Balcony

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper, laid down on contemporary mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 7/16 inches (42.5 x 29.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. View near Auckland: Evening-Trees and Ferns

Creator:: Lt. Gen. Charles Emilius Gold, 1803?–1871
Date:: ca. 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 5/8 inches (19.7 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown

Creator:: Alfred William Hunt, 1830–1896
Date:: 1868
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, gum, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches (37.1 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Fountain in the Gardens, Paris: Evening

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches (14.3 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Cairo Bazaar

Creator:: William James Muller, 1812–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 11/16 inches (24.1 x 32.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift

20. Figure Seated by a Stream at Sunset

Creator:: John Le Capelain, 1812–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite with scraping out on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 8in. (24.8 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

21. Ship Building

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown and black ink, over graphite, with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 13 3/8 inches (21.7 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. A View on the Brathay near Ambleside

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 1/8 inches (17.8 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Nantes

Creator:: William Wyld, 1806–1889
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 9 5/8 inches (17.1 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. The Baptism of Christ

Creator:: Attributed to John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, white gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches (5.4 x 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Londres. Vue Prise de la Tour de l'Eglise de St. Paul

Creator:: Print made by Henry Walter, 1786–1849
Date:: 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph, hand colored on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 21 x 30 1/2 inches (53.4 x 77.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Vision of Eliphaz

Creator:: circle of John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches (13.3 x 9.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Watchman shining a torch on a Drunken Figure

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor
Dimensions:: Image: 2 7/16 × 3 15/16 inches (6.2 × 10 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. 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

29. Beach Scene - Sunrise

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 7 1/2 inches (12.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. 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

31. The Passing of 1880

Creator:: Thomas Danby, 1818–1886
Date:: ca. 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and scraping out on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 19in. (31.4 x 48.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Morning of Life

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1860-1861
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving and drypoint, with plate tone, retouched with white watercolor, gouache or chalk on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 5/16 inches (22.6 x 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. The Early Ploughman

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: begun before 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone, retouched with white gouache on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 9 15/16 inches (17.8 x 25.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Sunset over a River Landscape

2. Llwyngwynedd and Part of Llyn-y-ddina Between Capel Curig and Beddegelert, North Wales

3. The Lonely Tower

4. The Vine

5. Moeris and Galatea

6. Suffolk Landscape

7. Barnard Castle

8. The Moselle Bridge, Coblenz

9. Jerusalem, Plate 1, Frontispiece

10. Jerusalem, Plate 53, "Jerusalem / Chap. 3"

11. Jerusalem, Plate 97, "Awake! Awake Jerusalem...."

12. Evening Sky on the Coast

13. Romantic Landscape

14. Roman Pilgrims

15. A Greek Girl Standing on a Balcony

16. View near Auckland: Evening-Trees and Ferns

17. Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown

18. Fountain in the Gardens, Paris: Evening

19. Cairo Bazaar

20. Figure Seated by a Stream at Sunset

21. Ship Building

22. A View on the Brathay near Ambleside

23. Nantes

24. The Baptism of Christ

25. Londres. Vue Prise de la Tour de l'Eglise de St. Paul

26. The Vision of Eliphaz

27. Watchman shining a torch on a Drunken Figure

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

29. Beach Scene - Sunrise

30. Crossing Lancaster Sands

31. The Passing of 1880

32. The Morning of Life

33. The Early Ploughman