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Prints and Drawings 219

Creator

Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 23
Moore, James, 1762–1799 16
Varley, John, 1778–1842 14
Smith, John, 1749–1831 13
Varley, Cornelius, 1781–1873 13
Palmer, Samuel, 1805–1881 11
Ward, James, 1769–1859 11
Haden, Francis Seymour, Sir, 1818–1910 9
Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842 8
Cox, David, 1783–1859 8
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809 7
Linnell, John, 1729–1796 6
Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753–1827 5
Dayes, Edward, 1763–1804 5
Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802 5
Griffith, Moses, 1747–1819 5
Willmore, James Tibbits, 1800–1863 5
Miller, William, 1796–1882 4
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827 4
Dixon, John, ca. 1740–1811 3
Fisher, S., active 1831–1844 3
Harrison, & Co., active 1772–1838 3
Radclyffe, William, 1780–1855 3
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 3
Alexander, William, 1767–1816 2
Buckler, John Chessell, 1793–1894 2
Buckler, John FSA, 1770–1851 2
Danckerts, Hendrick, approximately 1625–1680 2
Fielding, Anthony Vandyke Copley, 1787–1855 2
Glover, John, 1767–1849 2

Date

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 219

Image Use

Free to Use 219

Image Available

available 219

Provenance

New Online Additions

2024 - 2025 1

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 167
Prints 43
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 8
Photographs 1

Collective Title

Picturesque Views in England and Wales 17
Two Volumes of, 187 Drawings and Manuscripts, Including, 4 Etchings 16
Études à l'eau-forte 8
'The Copper-Plate Magazine' and 'The Itinerant,' 1794-1798 3
The Pocket Magazine 3
Castellated and Domestic Architecture of England and Wales from the 11th Century to the 19th, Vol. 2, Drawn by J. Buckler, F.S.A. & J.C. Buckler for T. L. Parker, Esqr. 2
Liber Studiorum, 1838 2
A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours 1
Rudiments of Landscape in Progressive Studies, in the Imitation of Chalk, Indian Ink, and Colours 1

Period

19th century 109
18th century-19th century 55
18th century 53
17th century 2

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 142
graphite 137
watercolor 118
laid paper 54
brown ink 35
pen 32
gouache 26
line engraving 22
gray wash 19
black ink 17
etching (printing process) 15
black chalk 13
drypoint 10
gray ink 10
brown wash 6
white chalk 6
card 5
scratching out 5
mezzotint 4
scraping 4
gum 3
gum arabic 3
plate tone 3
scraping out 3
soft-ground etching 3
varnish 3
white gouache 3
aquatint 2
blue chalk 2
board 2

Height [cm]

From

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Width [cm]

From

To

Work Type

drawing 175
watercolor 135
intaglio print 42
photograph 1

Genre

landscape 154
architectural subject 101
marine art 25
genre subject 15
cityscape 10
animal art 7
military art 4
portrait 3
sporting art 2
religious and mythological subject 1

Subject Terms

landscape 143
architectural subject 90
trees 76
castle 68
river 63
mountains 54
clouds 49
ruins 41
hills 34
rocks (landforms) 33
bridge (built work) 22
houses 21
cattle 20
buildings 19
figures 18
man 17
marine art 16
water 15
hill 14
house 14
mountain 14
boats 13
genre subject 13
landscape (representation) 13
lake 11
men 11
science 11
abbey 10
cows 10
people 10

Subject Period

Associated Places

Wales 219

United Kingdom 188
Cymru 121
Europe 109
Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire 30
Monmouthshire 21
Denbighshire 18
Gwynedd 18
Pembrokeshire 17
Aberconwy and Colwyn 11
Caernarfon Castle 10
Chepstow 9
Caernarfon 8
Chepstow Castle 8
Conwy 8
Carmarthenshire 7
Flintshire 7
Harlech Castle 7
Pembroke 7
Wye 7
England 6
Harlech 6
Cader Idris 5
Carew Castle 5
Conway 5
Denbigh 5
Denbigh Castle 5
Llanberis 5
Llangollen 5
Tintern Abbey 5

Associated People

Herbert, Elizabeth, Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery (1737–1831) 2
Herbert, George Augustus, 11th Earl of Pembroke and 8th Earl of Montgomery (1759–1827), politician/statesman, military/naval 2
Herbert, Henry, 10th Earl of Pembroke and 7th Earl of Montgomery (1734–1794), military/naval 1
The Virgin Mary 1

Exhibition History

Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25) 29
Art in Focus : Wales (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-04-04 - 2014-08-10) 25
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17) 8
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27) 6
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30) 5
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 4
Sun, Wind, and Rain - The Art of David Cox (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 2009-01-31 - 2009-05-03) 4
Sun, Wind, and Rain - The Art of David Cox (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-10-16 - 2009-01-04) 4
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23) 4
Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22) 4
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) 3
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) 3
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) 3
James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22) 3
Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09) 3
The Creative Printmaker (Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1986-03-05 - 1986-04-20) 3
The Creative Printmaker (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-07-09 - 1985-09-01) 3
Through the Looking Lens - The Story of Artist Cornelius Varley and his Telemicroscope, 1800-1860 (American Philosophical Society, 2013-05-17 - 2013-12-29) 3
Past Time - Geology in European and American Art (Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 2018-09-21 - 2018-12-09) 2
Past Time - Geology in European and American Art (Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 2019-02-16 - 2019-05-12) 2
Romantic Watercolor : Exhibition Watercolors & Technique (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-10-10 - 2003-01-05) 2
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28) 2
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15) 2
Samuel Palmer 1805-1881 Vision and Landscape (British Museum, 2005-10-21 - 2006-01-22) 2
Samuel Palmer 1805-1881 Vision and Landscape (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006-03-07 - 2006-05-28) 2
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 2
The Great Age of British Watercolors c.1750 - 1880 (National Gallery of Art, 1993-05-02 - 1993-07-25) 2
The Great Age of British Watercolors c.1750 - 1880 (Royal Academy of Arts, 1993-01-15 - 1993-07-25) 2
The Romantic Landscape Prints - The Chiaroscuro of Nature (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-09-25 - 2002-12-29) 2
Turner and the Sublime (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1980-11-01 - 1981-01-04) 2

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 186
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 8
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935 5
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 2
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield 2
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Collection of Matthew Rutenberg 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stephen Wildman 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Wilmarth Lewis, Yale BA 1918, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 1
Yale Center for British Art, Iola S. Haverstick Fund 1
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends 1
Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 1
Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, B.A. 1905 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Allen Evarts Foster, B.A. 1906 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Dr. M.J. Sharpe for the Richard Sharpe V, B.S. 1873, Collection 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of George Dix, B.A. 1934 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., BA 1910 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Glen Wright 1
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. J. Dwight Dana 1

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Accessible in the Study Room
Francis Danby, 1793–1861

Chepstow Castle on the Wye

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Tintern Abbey

1835
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Rocky Landscape in Wales

1835 or 1836
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Tintern Abbey at Sunset

1861
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Llwyngwynedd and Part of Llyn-y-ddina Between Capel Curig and Beddegelert,... [Read more]

1835 or 1836
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Pistil Mawddach, North Wales

between 1835 and 1836
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Valley of Dolwyddelan

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Scene in Wales

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Harlech Castle

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Mount Siabod from Tyn-y-Coed near Capel Curig

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Conway Castle

1836
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

Mountains by the Traveller's Rest near Dolgelly

1835
Accessible in the Study Room
James Moore, 1762–1799

Valle Crucis Abbey, Dinbighshire, Wales

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Valley of the Conway

ca. 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Denbigh Castle

ca. 1793
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire

ca. 1799
Accessible in the Study Room
imitator of Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802

Valle Crucis Abbey, near Llangollen

between 1798 and 1801
Accessible in the Study Room
Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821

An Admiralty Yacht Running Inshore at Tenby

1792
Accessible in the Study Room
David Cox, 1783–1859

On the Conway River, North Wales

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

Flint Castle

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

Caernarfon Castle

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

Falls on the River Conwy, North Wales

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Moore, 1762–1799

Hawarden Castle, Flintshire, Wales

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
James Moore, 1762–1799

Hawarden Castle, Flintshire, Wales

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
James Moore, 1762–1799

Flint Castle, Wales

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
James Moore, 1762–1799

Gate of Denbigh Castle, Wales

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
James Moore, 1762–1799

Basingwerk Abbey, Wales

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
James Moore, 1762–1799

Grand Gate of Denbigh Castle

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
James Moore, 1762–1799

Outer Gates of Denbigh Castle, Wales

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
James Moore, 1762–1799

Conwy Castle, Wales

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
James Moore, 1762–1799

Bangor Cathedral, Wales

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
James Moore, 1762–1799

Conwy Castle, Wales

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
James Moore, 1762–1799

Cymer Abbey, Wales

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
James Moore, 1762–1799

Denbigh Castle, Wales

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
James Moore, 1762–1799

Montgomery Castle, Powys, Mid-Wales

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
James Moore, 1762–1799

Eagle Tower of Caernarfon Castle, Wales

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
James Moore, 1762–1799

Caernarfon Castle, Outside of Eagle Tower

1791
Accessible in the Study Room
Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873

Monnow Bridge, Monmouth, North Wales, July 14, 1803

1803
Accessible in the Study Room
Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873

Study near Harlech Castle

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831

View from the Vidette Near Hakin on Signal Hill, Looking Beyond Nangle Point and... [Read more]

1764-1831
Accessible in the Study Room
John Varley, 1778–1842

Carnarvon Castle

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Buckler FSA, 1770–1851

East View of Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire; the property of George Boscawen... [Read more]

1823
Accessible in the Study Room
John Buckler FSA, 1770–1851

North East View of Trevalyn Hall, Denbighshire; the property of George... [Read more]

1823
Accessible in the Study Room
David Cox, 1783–1859

A Mountainous View, North Wales

ca. 1815
Accessible in the Study Room
John Glover, 1767–1849

St. Davids Head, Pembrokeshire

ca. 1805
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Tibbits Willmore, 1800–1863

Llanthony, Monmouthshire

1836
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910

Kidwelly Castle

1859
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910

Kidwelly Town

1859
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910

Newcastle Emlyn

1864
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910

Newcastle Emlyn

1864
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910

Kenarth

1864
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910

Newcastle in Emlyn

1864
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910

Kenarth, South Wales

1864
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910

Kilgaren Castle

1864
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James S. Storer, 1771–1853

Chepstow

1794
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by Frederick Vango Burridge, 1869–1945

Harlech

1891
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882

Carew Castle, Pembroke

1834
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by William Radclyffe, 1780–1855

Caernarvon Castle, Wales

1835
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Collier, 1840–1891

Pentre Ddu Bridge, North Wales

1863
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by J. C. Varrall, active 1815–1827

Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire

1828
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Tibbits Willmore, 1800–1863

Llanthony, Monmouthshire

1836
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by W. R. Smith, active 1819–1851

Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesea

1836
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by S. Fisher, active 1831–1844

Crickieth Castle, North Wales

1837
Accessible in the Study Room
Moses Griffith, 1747–1819

View of Baron Hill, Anglesey, Wales

1776
Accessible in the Study Room
Moses Griffith, 1747–1819

View of Erthig, Denbigshire, Wales

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Moses Griffith, 1747–1819

View of Erthig, Denbigshire, Wales

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

The Welsh Curate

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

North Wales

1813
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

Mountain View in North Wales

1813
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

Llanberis, North Wales

1813
Accessible in the Study Room
John Linnell, 1792–1882

Landscape in North Wales

1813
Accessible in the Study Room
attributed to Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

View in Wales

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Ward, 1769–1859

Aberdulais Mill, Glamorganshire

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
James Ward, 1769–1859

Snowdon, an Approaching Storm

1853
Accessible in the Study Room
Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873

Carnarvon Castle

1802
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882

Carew Castle, Pembroke

1834
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882

Carew Castle, Pembroke

1834
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by William Radclyffe, 1780–1855

Caernarvon Castle, Wales

1835
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by James Tibbits Willmore, 1800–1863

Llanthony, Monmouthshire

1836
Accessible in the Study Room
unknown artist

Margain Abbey, Glamorganshire

1805
Accessible in the Study Room
John Varley, 1778–1842

A Welsh Landscape a Lay-in'

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis Towne, 1740–1816

Craig yr Aderyn, near Llanfihangel-y-Pennant

1777
Accessible in the Study Room
Francis Towne, 1740–1816

View of the Rhydaer

1777
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby Munn, 1773–1845

Landscape at Beddgelert, North Wales

1832
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

Carreg Cennen Castle

ca. 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Rev. James Bulwer, 1794–1879

Holyhead, Highwater

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

The Welsh Coast

1837
Accessible in the Study Room
John Varley, 1778–1842

Llyn Dinas, North Wales

1839
Accessible in the Study Room
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809

The Entrance to Chepstow Castle

ca. 1802
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834

Harlech

ca. 1805-1811
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827

Welsh Landscape

ca. 1800
Accessible in the Study Room
Thomas Jones, 1742–1803

Study of Rocks, near Pencerrig, Wales

ca. 1796
Accessible in the Study Room
pupil of John Varley, 1778–1842

Mountainous Landscape, with River Flowing to Bridge in Distance, a Figure... [Read more]

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
William James Muller, 1812–1845

The Bridge at Llangollen

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827

Ben Glog (North Wales)

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Samuel Henry Baker, 1824–1909

Pont Mallwyd

1863
Accessible in the Study Room
Attributed to Edward Edwards, 1738–1806

St. Winifred's Well, Holywell, Flintshire, Wales with the Artist in the Foreground

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812

Tenby

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Amos Green, 1735–1807

Pont Newydd near Dolgelly

undated
Accessible in the Study Room
Print made by John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842

Tan-y-Bwlch, Merionethshire, North Wales

between 1810 and 1817

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