Author ss: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825, British / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Image Available: Available

1. Folkstone Head

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 19 1/2 inches (14.3 × 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Ram Head, North by West (2 miles distance)

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (6.4 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Old Harry, Swanage Bay

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 19 inches (13.7 × 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The North Foreland (one of three drawings on one mount)

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 10 1/2 inches (7.9 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Bill of Portland (one of three drawings on one mount)

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 1 7/8 × 9 1/2 inches (4.8 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Needles Bearing East (one of five drawings on one mount)

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 11 7/8 inches (8.9 × 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Rochester

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/16 x 13in. (20.8 x 33cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Plymouth Roads

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen with black ink over graphite on slightly textured, medium, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 25 inches (22.5 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Southampton Water

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink and watercolor on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 14 1/2 inches (15.9 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Italian Peasants

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and black ink and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 x 7in. (11 x 17.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Start, West North West

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 10 1/4 inches (8.6 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Bolt Head, South East, 1/2 South (4 or 5 miles)

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/8 × 8 1/2 inches (7.3 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Gibraltar, The Signal House

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 12 1/8 inches (15.2 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. St. Maws Castle, Falmouth, East South East

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 6 3/4 inches (7.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The High Land of Dungarven, West by North

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 19 inches (14 × 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Gibraltar, South West by West

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 18 5/8 inches (15.9 × 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Start Point, North East by North (one of five drawings on one mount)

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 10 1/4 inches (7.9 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Dunmose, West by North (one of five drawings on one mount)

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 × 10 1/4 inches (7.6 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Bolt Head, West North West (one of five drawings on one mount)

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 10 1/2 inches (7.9 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The South Foreland and Shakespeare's Cliff (one of five drawings on one mount)

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 × 10 3/8 inches (7.6 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Dover Castle, North East, 1/2 North (one of five drawings on one mount)

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 × 10 3/8 inches (7.6 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The South Foreland (one of three drawings on one mount)

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 10 1/8 inches (8.6 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Piveral Point (one of five drawings on one mount)

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 × 12 5/8 inches (8.6 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Ram Head (one of five drawings on one mount)

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 10 3/8 inches (7.9 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches (33.3 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Neapolitan Fishermen

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 13 5/8in. (25.1 x 34.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Shipping off the Coast at Amalfi

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 14 5/16in. (21.6 x 36.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. View of Castle Cornet, Guernsey, Channel Islands, with Shipping

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 26 1/4 inches (23.8 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Coast Scene with Figures

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 8 7/8 inches (15.6 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Folkstone Head

2. Ram Head, North by West (2 miles distance)

3. Old Harry, Swanage Bay

4. The North Foreland (one of three drawings on one mount)

5. The Bill of Portland (one of three drawings on one mount)

6. The Needles Bearing East (one of five drawings on one mount)

7. Rochester

8. Plymouth Roads

9. Southampton Water

10. Italian Peasants

11. The Start, West North West

12. Bolt Head, South East, 1/2 South (4 or 5 miles)

13. Gibraltar, The Signal House

14. St. Maws Castle, Falmouth, East South East

15. The High Land of Dungarven, West by North

16. Gibraltar, South West by West

17. The Start Point, North East by North (one of five drawings on one mount)

18. Dunmose, West by North (one of five drawings on one mount)

19. The Bolt Head, West North West (one of five drawings on one mount)

20. The South Foreland and Shakespeare's Cliff (one of five drawings on one mount)

21. Dover Castle, North East, 1/2 North (one of five drawings on one mount)

22. The South Foreland (one of three drawings on one mount)

23. Piveral Point (one of five drawings on one mount)

24. The Ram Head (one of five drawings on one mount)

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

26. Neapolitan Fishermen

27. Shipping off the Coast at Amalfi

28. View of Castle Cornet, Guernsey, Channel Islands, with Shipping

29. Coast Scene with Figures