Author ss: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829 / Associated Places: Spain

1. Part of the Bay of the Town of San Miguel, La Palma

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 13 3/4 inches (19.4 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. La Montaneta de Las Arenas

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 14 1/8 inches (26 × 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. View of the City of San Cristoval de la Laguna as Seen from the Road to Las Mercedes

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and ink, watercolor on moderately thick, smooth beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 14 3/8 inches (27 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Peasants of Chasna, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (20 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. View of La Rambla de Castro near Port Orotava, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 8 1/4 inches (12.1 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Botanical Garden near Port Orotava, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 6 3/4 inches (12.7 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. View in the Barranco de Martianez, Port Orotava, Tenerife, looking Southward

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 8 inches (15.6 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Huckster of Port Orotava, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 3/8 inches (21.3 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Realejo de arriba, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 × 8 inches (17.5 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Female huckster of Port Orotava

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/4 inches (24.4 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. View from part of Port Orotava, Tenerife from La Caldeva, near Sancho

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 6 3/4 inches (15.6 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. View in the Barracano de Martianez, Port Orotava, Tenerife, looking Northward

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 8 inches (15.6 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Walking Dress, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (21.3 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Supreme Bon Ton of Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 6 7/8 inches (14 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. View of part of Realesco de abasco from the road to la Cruz Santa

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 8 1/8 inches (11.7 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. View from Martianez, Port Orotava, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 7 5/8 inches (12.7 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Peasants of Ycod el alto, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/8 inches (23.8 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Tenerife-Man of Tacoronte

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 inches (24.1 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. View from Port Orotava, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 3/8 inches (23.2 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Fort Candelaria, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 6 1/8 inches (13.3 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Peasant of Miradero, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: between 1823 and 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 1/8 inches (22.5 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Canary Fisherman

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (23.2 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Charcoal seller, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 1/8 inches (22.5 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Girl from Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 inches (21.3 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Nun of the Order of Santa Clara

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 5 5/8 inches (23.5 × 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Man of El Miradero

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 6 1/2 inches (20.3 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Natives of La Palma

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 6 1/8 inches (20.6 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Ladies' Church dress

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 inches (23.2 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Man and woman of Chasna-Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 7 1/2 inches (22.9 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Parish Priest

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 3/8 inches (21.9 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Member of the Brotherhood El Gran Poder de Dios

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 3/8 inches (23.5 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Dominican Friar

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 inches (23.8 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Firewood Seller, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 6 7/8 inches (21.3 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Manner of carrying children

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured,cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 5 7/8 inches (22.9 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Ox-sledge for the conveyance of merchandise

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 9 inches (17.8 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Tenerife-Women of Candelaria

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (23.8 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Peasant woman with basket on her head - La Palma, 1828

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 5 7/8 inches (20.3 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Man standing on seashore - Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: after 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Grand Canary-Man on a Donkey

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Native of Tacocronte, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (24.1 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Peasant Woman with Staff, La Palma

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 3/8 inches (24.4 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Franciscan Friar

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 1/4 inches (23.2 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. The Convent and Part of the Town of Candelaria, on the south side of Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 7 7/8 inches (12.1 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Woman of Ycod el Alto, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 × 7 1/2 inches (23.8 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Charcoal Seller, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 5/8 inches (24.8 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Peasants of Hierro

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 6 1/8 inches (21.9 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Barandilles, a woman on a donkey

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 7 1/8 inches (23.5 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Hand-mill for grinding Gofio, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 6 5/8 inches (21.6 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Woman of Victoria, Tenerife

Creator:: Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 7 3/8 inches (23.2 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Part of the Bay of the Town of San Miguel, La Palma

2. La Montaneta de Las Arenas

3. View of the City of San Cristoval de la Laguna as Seen from the Road to Las Mercedes

4. Peasants of Chasna, Tenerife

5. View of La Rambla de Castro near Port Orotava, Tenerife

6. The Botanical Garden near Port Orotava, Tenerife

7. View in the Barranco de Martianez, Port Orotava, Tenerife, looking Southward

8. Huckster of Port Orotava, Tenerife

9. Realejo de arriba, Tenerife

10. Female huckster of Port Orotava

11. View from part of Port Orotava, Tenerife from La Caldeva, near Sancho

12. View in the Barracano de Martianez, Port Orotava, Tenerife, looking Northward

13. Walking Dress, Tenerife

14. Supreme Bon Ton of Tenerife

15. View of part of Realesco de abasco from the road to la Cruz Santa

16. View from Martianez, Port Orotava, Tenerife

17. Peasants of Ycod el alto, Tenerife

18. Tenerife-Man of Tacoronte

19. View from Port Orotava, Tenerife

20. Fort Candelaria, Tenerife

21. Peasant of Miradero, Tenerife

22. Canary Fisherman

23. Charcoal seller, Tenerife

24. Girl from Hierro

25. Nun of the Order of Santa Clara

26. Man of El Miradero

27. Natives of La Palma

28. Ladies' Church dress

29. Man and woman of Chasna-Tenerife

30. Parish Priest

31. Member of the Brotherhood El Gran Poder de Dios

32. Dominican Friar

33. Firewood Seller, Tenerife

34. Manner of carrying children

35. Ox-sledge for the conveyance of merchandise

36. Tenerife-Women of Candelaria

37. Peasant woman with basket on her head - La Palma, 1828

38. Man standing on seashore - Hierro

39. Grand Canary-Man on a Donkey

40. Native of Tacocronte, Tenerife

41. Peasant Woman with Staff, La Palma

42. Franciscan Friar

43. The Convent and Part of the Town of Candelaria, on the south side of Tenerife

44. Woman of Ycod el Alto, Tenerife

45. Charcoal Seller, Tenerife

46. Peasants of Hierro

47. Barandilles, a woman on a donkey

48. Hand-mill for grinding Gofio, Tenerife

49. Woman of Victoria, Tenerife