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Prints and Drawings 87

Creator

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 8
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 7
Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797 5
Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802 4
Blake, William, 1757–1827 3
Constable, John, 1776–1837 3
Hunt, William Henry, 1790–1864 3
Lewis, John Frederick, 1804–1876 3
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 3
Varley, John, 1778–1842 3
Callow, William, 1812–1908 2
Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842 2
Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786 2
DeWint, Peter, 1784–1849 2
Fielding, Anthony Vandyke Copley, 1787–1855 2
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 2
Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771 2
Hearne, Thomas, 1744–1817 2
Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 2
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 2
Roberts, David, 1796–1864 2
Simpson, William, 1823–1899 2
Smith, John, 1749–1831 2
Bentley, Charles, 1806–1854 1
Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828 1
Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803–1874 1
Burney, Edward Francis, 1760–1848 1
Cristall, Joshua, 1768–1847 1
Dadd, Richard, 1817–1886 1
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 1

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 86
On view 1

Image Use

Free to Use 87

Image Available

available 87

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 87

Collective Title

The Poems of Thomas Gray 2
Sketches for the Passions 1
Views of Canterbury and its Evirons 1
Views of Windsor Castle 1

Period

19th century 50
18th century 28
18th century-19th century 9

Materials & Techniques

watercolor 79
graphite 65
wove paper 65
pen 32
gouache 25
laid paper 20
black ink 19
brown ink 19
scraping out 11
gray ink 9
gray wash 7
scratching out 7
gum 6
brown wash 5
black wash 3
red ink 3
black chalk 2
blue wash 2
ground (material) 2
scraping 2
white chalk 2
ink 1
soft-ground etching 1
vermillion 1

Height [cm]

From

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Width [cm]

From

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Work Type

drawing 86
watercolor 85
intaglio print 1

Genre

landscape 42
genre subject 27
architectural subject 21
cityscape 9
marine art 8
animal art 2
literary theme 2
religious and mythological subject 2
still life 2
botanical subject 1
portrait 1
sporting art 1

Subject Terms

landscape 45
trees 27
genre subject 25
architectural subject 21
men 21
clouds 19
mountains 15
river 15
women 15
buildings 13
rocks (landforms) 11
houses 10
cityscape 9
hills 9
children 8
lake 8
science 8
dog (animal) 7
figures 7
marine art 7
boats 6
hats 6
ruins 6
castle 5
food 5
horses (animals) 5
meteorology 5
sheep 5
sky 5
water 5

Subject Period

Associated Places

United Kingdom 29
Europe 28
England 24
Italy 7
France 5
London 4
Bath 3
Bath and Northeast Somerset 3
Greater London 3
Wales 3
Africa 2
As Said 2
Avon 2
City of Westminster 2
Cumbria 2
Cymru 2
Egypt 2
Germany 2
Kent 2
Lake District 2
Lazio 2
Norfolk 2
Northumberland 2
Roma 2
Rome 2
Somerset 2
Windsor Castle 2
Yarmouth 2
Aberystwyth 1
Al Karnak 1

Associated People

Dadd, Richard (1817–1886), painter 1
Hunt, Sarah (née Holloway) (1812–1857), wife of William Henry Hunt (1790–1864) 1
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE) 1

Exhibition History

Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30) 87

Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13) 87
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17) 87
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 15
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) 9
Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09) 7
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) 6
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16) 6
Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22) 6
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14) 5
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) 5
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28) 5
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15) 5
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) 5
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23) 4
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 4
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) 4
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 4
Alexander and J. R. Cozens (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1987-01-30 - 1987-03-29) 3
British Painting and the European Continent (Haus der Kunst Munich, 1979-11-20 - 1980-01-27) 3
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20) 3
J.M.W. Turner: Romance & Reality (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-03-29 - 2025-07-27) 3
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (National Maritime Museum, 2005-08-25 - 2005-10-25) 3
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02) 3
Thomas Girtin and the Art of Watercolour (Tate Britain, 2002-07-04 - 2002-09-29) 3
Turner and the Sublime (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1980-11-01 - 1981-01-04) 3
Turner and the Sublime (British Museum, 1981-05-15 - 1981-09-20) 3
Turner and the Sublime (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-02-11 - 1981-04-19) 3
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 2
English Drawings and Watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20) 2

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 87

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Exhibition History: Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
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Accessible in the Study Room
John Constable, 1776–1837

Borrowdale: Evening after a Fine Day, 1 October 1806

1806
Accessible in the Study Room
John Constable, 1776–1837

Sky Study with Rainbow

1827
Accessible in the Study Room
John Constable, 1776–1837

Landscape at East Bergholt

ca. 1805
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Underriver Hills, near Sevenoaks, Kent, from the Grounds of J. Herries, Esq

ca. 1840
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

A Pastoral Scene

1835
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

A Ship Approaching Margate Harbour in a Stormy Sea

ca. 1840
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Chrichton Castle with a Rainbow; Color Study

ca. 1818
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Ingleborough from Chapel-Le-Dale

between 1810 and 1815
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Andernach

1817
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Villa d'Este

ca. 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Tours, Looking Backwards

between 1826 and 1830
Accessible in the Study Room
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Christ Church Gate, Canterbury

ca. 1792–1794
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Amada, 9:30 am, 12 February 1867

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

The Dead Sea, 16 and 17 April 1858

April 16 and 17, 1858
On view
William Blake, 1757–1827

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

ca. 1825
Accessible in the Study Room
William Blake, 1757–1827

"To him the mighty mother did unveil Her awful face..." (Design 49)

between 1797 and 1798
Accessible in the Study Room
William Blake, 1757–1827

"Ambition this shall tempt to rise, The whirl the wretch from high..." (Design 19)

between 1797 and 1798
Accessible in the Study Room
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831

Isola Madre, Lago Maggiore

ca. 1781
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

A Sporting Cove

between 1815 and 1820
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

Checkmate

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Estuary on the River Taw, Devon

ca. 1797
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland

ca. 1793
Accessible in the Study Room
John Varley, 1778–1842

An Arch at Holy Island, Northumberland

1809
Accessible in the Study Room
Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817

Skating in Hyde Park

ca. 1785
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

Travelling in France

between 1785 and 1789
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

Comforts of Bath: The Concert

1798
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

Comforts of Bath: Gouty Persons Fall on Steep HIll

1798
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Ouse Bridge, York

1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786

Fantastic Landscape

1780 to 1785
Accessible in the Study Room
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797

Between Chamonix and Martigny

1776
Accessible in the Study Room
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797

Lake of Vico Between Rome and Florence

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797

On the Lake of Nemi

between 1780 and 1783
Accessible in the Study Room
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797

Il Parco degli Astroni - The Wooded Crater Bottom with Hunt in Progress

1783
Accessible in the Study Room
William Daniell, 1769–1837

Windsor Castle from near Brocas Meadows

1827
Accessible in the Study Room
Robert Hills, 1769–1844

Forest Pool

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
George Arthur Fripp, 1813–1896

Old British Camp in Bulstrode Park

1860
Accessible in the Study Room
Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855

Richmond Hill

1830
Accessible in the Study Room
Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855

The Head of Loch Fyne, with Dindarra Castle

1850
Accessible in the Study Room
John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842

Yarmouth Sands, Norfolk

1820 to 1830
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Dadd, 1817–1886

Sketch to Illustrate the Passions: Suspense or Expectation

1855
Accessible in the Study Room
Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847

Mountainous Landscape with Clouds

ca. 1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Peter DeWint, 1784–1849

Still Life: Pots, Basket and Cloth on a Chest

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Peter DeWint, 1784–1849

Harvest Time: Cumberland

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

A Woodcutter's Picnic

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
David Roberts, 1796–1864

The Mosque at Cordova

1833
Accessible in the Study Room
David Roberts, 1796–1864

The Great Temple of Amon Karnak, The Hypostyle Hall

1838
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788

Wooded Landscape with Country Cart and Figures

between 1785 and 1788
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788

Open Landscape with Horsemen and Covered Cart

between 1780 and 1788
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

Italianate Landscape with Travelers, No. 1

ca. 1765
Accessible in the Study Room
Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801

The Chapel of the Greyfriars Monastery, Winchester

between 1790 and 1795
Accessible in the Study Room
Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873

Cottages at Llanllyfni, North Wales

1805
Accessible in the Study Room
William Simpson, 1823–1899

Dust Storm Coming On, near Jeypore, Rajpootana

1863
Accessible in the Study Room
William Callow, 1812–1908

Blois on the Loire

1856
Accessible in the Study Room
John Varley, 1778–1842

Vauxhall Bridge

ca. 1816
Accessible in the Study Room
Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758

The Great Gate of St. Augustine's Monastery, Canterbury

1757
Accessible in the Study Room
William Pars, 1742–1782

Temple of Venus and Rome from the Colosseum

1781
Accessible in the Study Room
William Simpson, 1823–1899

Mine in the Bastion du Mat, Sebastopol, Crimea

1856
Accessible in the Study Room
John Varley, 1778–1842

Chepstow Castle

1832
Accessible in the Study Room
James Pollard, 1792–1867

The Greengrocer

ca. 1819
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

View of the Pantheon from the Arsenal

1802
Accessible in the Study Room
John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842

Aberystwyth Castle

1796 to 1806
Accessible in the Study Room
François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839

Windmill on a Knoll in a Landscape

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797

1797
Accessible in the Study Room
George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833

Tryfan, Carnarvonshire

1826
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and the Entrance to the Singing Men's... [Read more]

1765
Accessible in the Study Room
Charles Bentley, 1806–1854

Coast Scene with Shipping

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841

Grace Before Meat

1839
Accessible in the Study Room
Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828

Beach Scene

ca. 1825
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848

John Gilpin in the Uxbridge Passage Boat

1820s
Accessible in the Study Room
William Callow, 1812–1908

The Rhine at Assmannshausen

1863
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Jackson, 1794–1869

The Avon near Bristol

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876

Figures and Animals in a Vineyard

ca. 1829
Accessible in the Study Room
William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864

A Lady Reading

ca. 1835
Accessible in the Study Room
John Martin, 1789–1854

Travelers on a Road above a River

1821
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

An Encampment in St. James Park

ca. 1780
Accessible in the Study Room
William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864

Barn Interior

1836
Accessible in the Study Room
John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825

A Hoy and a Lugger with other Shipping on a Calm Sea

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827

Viewing at the Royal Academy

ca. 1815
Accessible in the Study Room
John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876

A Greek Girl Standing on a Balcony

1840
Accessible in the Study Room
John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876

Study of a Lioness

ca. 1824
Accessible in the Study Room
William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864

Plums and Mulberries

ca. 1860
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817

View of Bath from Spring Gardens

1790
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817

River Landscape with Figures

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874

Prague

ca. 1847
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis Towne, 1740–1816

View of Lake Coniston, Lancashire

1786
Accessible in the Study Room
Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786

Mountain Tops (A Mountain Study)

ca. 1780
Accessible in the Study Room
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831

Lake Windermere from Calgarth with Belle Isle

ca. 1790

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