Materials & Techniques: watercolor / Associated Places: Thames / Subject Terms: boats and river

1. Fire on the Thames

Creator:: George Jones, 1786–1869
Date:: ca. 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 14 5/8 inches (23.5 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. View of Old London Bridge

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 x 21 1/8 inches (33.7 x 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The City and St. Paul's from the South Bank

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 7 1/2 inches (11.7 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Lambeth from York House

Creator:: Francis Place, 1647–1728
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink; verso: graphite with pen and black ink and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 13/16 × 9 11/16 inches (9.7 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Thames Near the Penitentiary, Millbank, London

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 16 1/8 inches (29.2 x 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Houses of Parliament

Creator:: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, 1792–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 7 5/8 inches (12.2 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Chiswick

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 21 5/8 inches (24.4 × 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequeathed by Weyland Wells Williams, Yale BA 1910, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

8. London from the Thames

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (14 x 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Greenwich

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: between 1820 and 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with scratching out on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 11in. (19.4 x 27.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. 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

11. Westminster Bridge and the Royal Barge (The Royal Barge and Westminster)

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 5 1/2 inches (10.5 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. St. Paul's From the River

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 8 1/8 inches (12.7 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Perspective View: the New Houses of Parliament

Creator:: Sir Charles Barry, 1795–1860
Date:: ca. 1840-1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over traces of graphite, with gouache, pen and black and brown ink on medium, smooth, weige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 30 1/8 inches (40.3 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Greenwich Hospital from Woolwich Reach

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: 1820s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 8 3/4 inches (14.6 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. York Water Gate

Creator:: Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 × 11 3/4 inches (21.1 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. St. Paul's from Southwark by Sunset

Creator:: George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Date:: ca. 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/4 × 35 1/4 inches (59.1 × 89.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. 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

18. View of Old Somerset House from the Thames

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, watercolor and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 x 28 7/8 inches (41.3 x 73.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. View of Isleworth Church

Creator:: James Miller, active 1773–1814
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor graphite, pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 7 13/16 inches (16 × 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

20. 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

21. A Town House on the Thames

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, with thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper border, mounted on linen backed with moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 40 1/8 inches (40.6 x 101.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

22. Thames Side Buildings

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 33 inches (36.5 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

23. A Thames Wharf with Westminster Bridge in the Distance

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 35 3/4 inches (36.8 x 90.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

24. A Wood Yard on the Thames at Nine Elms

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 35 1/8 inches (34.9 x 89.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

25. The First Thames Steamboat: Pearl

Creator:: Edward Duncan, 1803–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 1/2 inches (25.7 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Thames with Montagu House and Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper with medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper border, mounted on linen, backed with medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/4 x 36 inches (43.8 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

27. Figures and Boats on the Thames

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 34 7/8 inches (29.8 x 88.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

28. Windsor from below the Locks

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scraping out on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 17 1/8 inches (28.9 x 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Opening of the New London Bridge

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (24.1 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. A Barge on the Thames near Fulton

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 6 7/8 inches (12.1 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Fire on the Thames

2. View of Old London Bridge

3. The City and St. Paul's from the South Bank

4. Lambeth from York House

5. The Thames Near the Penitentiary, Millbank, London

6. The Houses of Parliament

7. Chiswick

8. London from the Thames

9. Greenwich

10. View on the Thames at Battersea

11. Westminster Bridge and the Royal Barge (The Royal Barge and Westminster)

12. St. Paul's From the River

13. Perspective View: the New Houses of Parliament

14. Greenwich Hospital from Woolwich Reach

15. York Water Gate

16. St. Paul's from Southwark by Sunset

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

18. View of Old Somerset House from the Thames

19. View of Isleworth Church

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

21. A Town House on the Thames

22. Thames Side Buildings

23. A Thames Wharf with Westminster Bridge in the Distance

24. A Wood Yard on the Thames at Nine Elms

25. The First Thames Steamboat: Pearl

26. The Thames with Montagu House and Westminster Bridge

27. Figures and Boats on the Thames

28. Windsor from below the Locks

29. The Opening of the New London Bridge

30. A Barge on the Thames near Fulton