Materials & Techniques: watercolor / Associated Places: Europe and Scotland / Image Use: Free to Use

1. High Street, Edinburgh

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (16.5 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. A Paddle-steamer in a Storm

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 11 3/8 inches (23.2 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Ruins of the College of Lincluden, Near Dumfries

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 inches (18.1 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. A Distant View of Edinburgh

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 x 16 5/16in. (21.1 x 41.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Fife

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 7 1/8 inches (13 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Birnam Wood

Creator:: Hugh William "Grecian" Williams, 1773–1829
Date:: before 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 19 3/4 inches (38.1 × 50.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Bothwell Castle, from the South

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on panel
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 24 7/8 inches (44.5 x 63.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Castle with Figures in a Classical Landscape

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 inches (24.2 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. A View of Edinburgh

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 15 7/8in. (22.8 x 40.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Interior of Pitlessie Mill with a Man Sieving Corn

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (19 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Glencoe: A Shepherd Boy Crossing a Burn

Creator:: Walter Goodall, 1830–1889
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with scratching out on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 19 3/8 inches (33.3 × 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Hoar Frost, Misty Morning: Glen Lyon

Creator:: Charles Davidson, 1824–1902
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/16 x 16 13/16 inches (23.3 x 42.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Head of Loch Lomond, with Ben Lomond in the Distance

Creator:: Paul Jacob Naftel, 1817–1891
Date:: 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 × 31 1/2 inches (63.5 × 80 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

14. Landscape with Ruined Castle on the Esk

Creator:: Richard Principle Leitch, 1844–1875
Date:: 1874
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite, with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 15 3/4in. (26.5 x 40cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Colonel Thornton Driving Tandem on His Sporting Tour of Scotland

Creator:: George Garrard, 1760–1826
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 18 9/16 inches (32.7 × 47.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Pluscardine Abbey, Elgin

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 6 5/8 inches (21.7 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Melville Castle, Midlothian

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on very thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches (17.5 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Glasgow Cathedral

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1794 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen in brown and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 6 9/16 inches (21.9 x 16.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Study from Nature: Inveruglas

Creator:: Joseph Noel Paton, 1821–1901
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (36.8 x 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. Bart T. Tiernan, Yale LLB 1968, with additional support from: Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Atkins; Elizabeth Ballantine, Yale BA 1971, MA 1974, MSL 1982, PhD 1986; Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Bartels; The Ajax Foundation on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bressler; Bruce Budd; Homer Byington, III, Yale BA 1956; Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Cross, Jr.; Lee MacCormick Edwards; The Forbes Foundation; Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hopkinson; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Israel, Yale BA 1966; Katherine Haskins; Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Libson; Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Martin, Yale BA 1954; Virginia Mattern; Mona Pierpaoli and David Adler; and Mr. and Mrs. Ross D. Siragusa, Jr., Yale BA 1953

20. 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

21. Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (16.5 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Brechin Cathedral and round tower, Forfarshire, Scotland

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 6 inches (10.8 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: South South East Elevation

Creator:: Claud Cleghorn, active 1797–1800
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, gray wash, and pen and black ink on smooth, moderately thick, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 18 1/2 inches (28.3 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: Principal Floor Plan

Creator:: Claud Cleghorn, active 1797–1800
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, and pen and black and brown ink on smooth, moderately thick, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 × 18 9/16 inches (28.4 × 47.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: Chamber Floor Plan

Creator:: Claud Cleghorn, active 1797–1800
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash and pen and black and brown ink on smooth, moderately thick, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 18 5/8 inches (28.6 × 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: North North West Elevation

Creator:: Claud Cleghorn, active 1797–1800
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, gray wash, and pen and black ink on smooth, moderately thick, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 × 18 9/16 inches (28.6 × 47.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite and pen and black ink on medium slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (16.8 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. 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

29. Elgin Cathedral, Moray

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen, gray ink, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (16.5 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Junction of Lyon and Tay

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 5/8 inches (30.8 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Pass of Killiecrankie

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 17 1/8 inches (30.5 x 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Macbeth and the Witch

Creator:: George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (19.1 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

33. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: George Cuitt, 1743–1818
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and scratching out on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 16 13/16 inches (33.3 × 42.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Kirkdale House, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: ca. 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches (27.3 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Shipping off Staffa

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, brown ink, gray ink, black ink, gouache, gum, and graphite, with scraping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 3/8 inches (31.1 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. The Head of Loch Fyne, with Dindarra Castle

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, brown ink, gouache, gum, and graphite, with scraping on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 16 1/8 inches (30.5 × 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Holy Island and Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 6 3/16 inches (10.6 × 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. High Street, Edinburgh

2. A Paddle-steamer in a Storm

3. The Ruins of the College of Lincluden, Near Dumfries

4. A Distant View of Edinburgh

5. Fife

6. Birnam Wood

7. Bothwell Castle, from the South

8. Castle with Figures in a Classical Landscape

9. A View of Edinburgh

10. The Interior of Pitlessie Mill with a Man Sieving Corn

11. Glencoe: A Shepherd Boy Crossing a Burn

12. Hoar Frost, Misty Morning: Glen Lyon

13. Head of Loch Lomond, with Ben Lomond in the Distance

14. Landscape with Ruined Castle on the Esk

15. Colonel Thornton Driving Tandem on His Sporting Tour of Scotland

16. Pluscardine Abbey, Elgin

17. Melville Castle, Midlothian

18. Glasgow Cathedral

19. Study from Nature: Inveruglas

20. Loch Scavaig, Isle of Skye

21. Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire

22. Brechin Cathedral and round tower, Forfarshire, Scotland

23. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: South South East Elevation

24. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: Principal Floor Plan

25. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: Chamber Floor Plan

26. Design for Ardgowan House, Scotland: North North West Elevation

27. Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire

28. The Island of Hoy, the Orkneys

29. Elgin Cathedral, Moray

30. The Junction of Lyon and Tay

31. The Pass of Killiecrankie

32. Macbeth and the Witch

33. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

34. Kirkdale House, Kirkcudbright, Scotland

35. Shipping off Staffa

36. The Head of Loch Fyne, with Dindarra Castle

37. Holy Island and Castle, Northumberland