Materials & Techniques: watercolor / Associated Places: Italy and Venice

1. Venice, The Mouth of the Grand Canal

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches (22.2 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Venice, the Doge's Palace

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, and gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 inches (17.8 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The William K. Rose and Eugene A. Carroll Collection

3. Studies of Spider Crabs, Venice

Creator:: Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
Date:: 1874
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 8 1/2 inches (15.2 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Venice: The Grand Canal and Rialto

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (19.4 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Interior of the Church of San Giovanni e Paolo, Venice

Creator:: James Holland, 1799–1870
Date:: 1835ated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 13 7/8 inches (25.4 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Venetian Dignitaries Boarding Gondolas

Creator:: James Holland, 1799–1870
Date:: 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite 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

7. Santa Maria della Salute

Creator:: Cecil Eldred Hughes, 1875–
Date:: 1929
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and black chalk on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 8 3/4 inches (29.2 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Zattere, Sunset

Creator:: James Holland, 1799–1870
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 7 7/8 inches (15.2 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Venetian Fantasy

Creator:: John Henderson, 1764–1843
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 × 20 9/16 inches (31.4 × 52.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Rialto

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: 1846
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown and black ink, with graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 x 10 1/2 inches (36.7 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon

Creator:: Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 7/8 × 2 5/8 inches (4.8 × 6.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. One of a Group of Three Studies of Gondolas

Creator:: Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/4 × 2 1/2 inches (5.7 × 6.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. One of a Group of Three Studies of Gondolas

Creator:: Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 7/8 × 2 5/8 inches (4.8 × 6.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon

Creator:: Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 1/4 × 1 3/4 inches (3.2 × 4.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Study of a Bridge

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: 1802-1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 3/8 inches (14 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Thumbnail Sketch of Venice

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 1/2 x 2 3/16in. (3.8 x 5.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. 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

18. Venice

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, blue chalk and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 7 inches (14 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

19. Grand Canal Sunset

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured, beige board
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 x 12 inches (22.8 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

20. Two Figures

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted to thick card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (21.6 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elena Siff Erenberg

21. Evening on the Lagoon, Venice

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches (14 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elena Siff Erenberg

22. Venice

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8 7/8 inches (15.2 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elena Siff Erenberg

23. The Bridge of Sighs, Venice

Creator:: Alfred Stevens, 1817–1875
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 15/16 × 7 1/4 inches (10 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. One of a Group of Three Studies of Gondolas

Creator:: Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 1/4 × 1 1/2 inches (3.2 × 3.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon

Creator:: Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 3/4 × 2 3/4 inches (4.4 × 7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Venice, The Mouth of the Grand Canal

2. Venice, the Doge's Palace

3. Studies of Spider Crabs, Venice

4. Venice: The Grand Canal and Rialto

5. Interior of the Church of San Giovanni e Paolo, Venice

6. Venetian Dignitaries Boarding Gondolas

7. Santa Maria della Salute

8. The Zattere, Sunset

9. Venetian Fantasy

10. The Rialto

11. One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon

12. One of a Group of Three Studies of Gondolas

13. One of a Group of Three Studies of Gondolas

14. One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon

15. Study of a Bridge

16. Thumbnail Sketch of Venice

17. Gondola and House: Venice

18. Venice

19. Grand Canal Sunset

20. Two Figures

21. Evening on the Lagoon, Venice

22. Venice

23. The Bridge of Sighs, Venice

24. One of a Group of Three Studies of Gondolas

25. One of a Group of Three Studies on the Venetian Logoon