Collection: Paintings and Sculpture / Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Subject Terms: boats and marine art

1. Calais Jetty, France

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: ca. 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 11 3/4 x 13 7/8 inches (29.8 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. A Fish-market near Boulogne

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 3/8 x 48 1/4 inches (82.2 x 122.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

3. The Victory Returning from Trafalgar, in Three Positions

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 3/8 x 39 1/2 inches (67 x 100.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Ships in harbor

Creator:: Robert Salmon, 1775–ca.1845
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 45 inches (67.3 x 114.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. An English Sloop Becalmed near the Shore

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 13 3/8 inches (25.4 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. A Seascape with Men-of-War and Small Craft

Creator:: Attributed to Francis Holman, 1760–1790
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 1/4 x 56 inches (97.2 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. A Harbor Scene in the Isle of Wight, Looking Towards the Needles

Creator:: George Vincent, 1796–1832
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 3/8 x 22 inches (39.1 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. An English Sloop and a Frigate in a Light Breeze

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: undated, exhibited between 1762 and 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 13 3/8 inches (25.4 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. View on the Thames with Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: between 1743 and 1744
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. A Thames Barge running downwind off Tilbury Fort

Creator:: Clarkson Stanfield, 1793–1867
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 36 1/4 inches (61 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Fishing Smack and Other Vessels in a Strong Breeze

Creator:: Joseph Stannard, 1797–1830
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 12 3/4 x 17 inches (32.4 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. The Giudecca, Venice

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 × 51 inches (55.9 × 129.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 3/4 x 72 1/2 inches (113.7 x 184.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Fishing Boats in a Calm Sea

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: between 1745 and 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 15/16 x 23 5/16 inches (37.9 x 59.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches (24.4 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. British Men-of-War and a Sloop

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: between 1720 and 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 x 35 1/2 inches (71.1 x 90.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. Shipping in the Thames Estuary

Creator:: Thomas Mellish, ca.1748–1782
Date:: between 1761 and 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/8 x 22 1/2 inches (46 x 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. The Thames at Chelsea

Creator:: Thomas Whitcombe, 1763–after 1824
Date:: 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 7/8 x 60 1/4 inches (78.4 x 153 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. Regatta

Creator:: L. S. Lowry, 1887–1976
Date:: 1957
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 4 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches (10.8 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Ships in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness

Creator:: Isaac Sailmaker, ca. 1633–1721
Date:: between 1707 and 1708
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 x 53 inches (106.7 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. Off the Needles, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Edward William Cooke, 1811–1880
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 1/2 × 35 1/2 inches (69.9 × 90.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. A Barge with a Wounded Soldier

Creator:: John Crome, 1768–1821
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas (transferred from panel)
Dimensions:: 13 5/8 x 20 1/8 inches (34.6 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. Seapiece with Boats: Evening

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 6 1/8 x 10 5/8 inches (15.6 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. Grand Canal, Venice

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 9 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches (23.5 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. Ships and Militia by a Rocky Shore

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Elder, ca. 1611–1693
Date:: ca. 1680
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and ink on prepared canvas
Dimensions:: 25 5/8 x 38 7/16 inches (65.1 x 97.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. A Married Sailor's Adieu

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 6 3/4 x 10 inches (17.1 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. Heaving up His Majesty's Frigate 'Diana' at Blackburn's Yard, near Plymouth

Creator:: John Rogers, active 1812–1813
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 × 49 5/8 inches (58.4 × 126 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. The Aquitania coming up Southampton Water, 1930

Creator:: Bertram Priestman, 1868–1951
Date:: ca. 1930
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 1/8 inches (63.5 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. A Wherry Taking Passengers out to Two Anchored Packets

Creator:: William Anderson, 1757–1837
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches (26.7 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

30. Sailing Boats and Barges on a Dutch(?) Estuary

Creator:: John Berney Crome, 1794–1842
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 × 48 inches (86.4 × 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. Two Fishing Boats on the Banks of Inland Waters

Creator:: George Chambers, 1803–1840
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 13 1/2 x 17 5/8 inches (34.3 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. The English Brig 'Norval' before the Wind

Creator:: William Clark, 1803–1883
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 7/8 x 29 5/8 inches (50.5 x 75.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

33. The Gulf of Pozzuoli

Creator:: Gaspar Butler, active ca. 1718–1730
Date:: ca. 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/2 x 65 1/2 inches (49.5 x 166.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

34. A Smack Under Sail in a Light Breeze in a River

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: between 1756 and 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (36.8 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

35. Barges on a River

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 9 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (25.1 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

36. Port Mahon, Minorca with British Men-of-War at Anchor

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/8 x 30 1/4 inches (51.8 x 76.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

37. French harbor scene

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 11 3/8 x 13 3/8 inches (28.9 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

38. The Coast near Scheveningen with Fishing Pinks on the Shore

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 31 1/4 inches (50.8 x 79.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

39. Shipping in the English Channel

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1755
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 46 3/8 inches (90.2 x 117.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

40. Launching at Deptford

Creator:: John Cleveley the elder, ca. 1712–1777
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 3/4 × 72 1/8 inches (106 × 183.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

41. A Cutter in a Strong Breeze

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 7 x 10 inches (17.8 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

42. Ship on Fire at Night

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/2 x 17 inches (31.8 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

43. English Ships Under Sail in a Very Light Breeze

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 x 23 inches (38.1 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

44. Cutter Close Hauled in a Fresh Breeze, with Other Shipping

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 x 66 inches (106.7 x 167.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

45. A Lugger and a Smack in Light Airs

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 7 x 10 inches (17.8 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

46. Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal -- A Squall Passing Off

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 x 42 inches (68.6 x 106.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

47. Toulon (?)

Creator:: Edward William Cooke, 1811–1880
Date:: 1845 or after 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 12 × 18 3/8 inches (30.5 × 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

48. Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Frederick Nash, 1782–1856
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on artist's board
Dimensions:: 5 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches (14.3 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

49. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: ca. 1703
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 x 54 inches (61.6 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

50. The Thames and Waterloo Bridge from Somerset House

Creator:: Frederick Nash, 1782–1856
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on artist's board
Dimensions:: 5 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches (14.3 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

51. Shipping in a Calm

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: between 1700 and 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 12 1/4 inches (40.6 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

52. The Monument and London Bridge

Creator:: Frederick Nash, 1782–1856
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on artist's board
Dimensions:: 5 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (14.3 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

53. Somerset House, London

Creator:: Frederick Nash, 1782–1856
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on artist's board
Dimensions:: 5 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (14.3 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

54. Rochester Cathedral and Castle

Creator:: Frederick Nash, 1782–1856
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on artist's board
Dimensions:: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (14 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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1. Calais Jetty, France

2. A Fish-market near Boulogne

3. The Victory Returning from Trafalgar, in Three Positions

4. Ships in harbor

5. An English Sloop Becalmed near the Shore

6. A Seascape with Men-of-War and Small Craft

7. A Harbor Scene in the Isle of Wight, Looking Towards the Needles

8. An English Sloop and a Frigate in a Light Breeze

9. View on the Thames with Westminster Bridge

10. A Thames Barge running downwind off Tilbury Fort

11. Fishing Smack and Other Vessels in a Strong Breeze

12. The Giudecca, Venice

13. A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

14. Fishing Boats in a Calm Sea

15. A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort

16. British Men-of-War and a Sloop

17. Shipping in the Thames Estuary

18. The Thames at Chelsea

19. Regatta

20. Ships in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness

21. Off the Needles, Isle of Wight

22. A Barge with a Wounded Soldier

23. Seapiece with Boats: Evening

24. Grand Canal, Venice

25. Ships and Militia by a Rocky Shore

26. A Married Sailor's Adieu

27. Heaving up His Majesty's Frigate 'Diana' at Blackburn's Yard, near Plymouth

28. The Aquitania coming up Southampton Water, 1930

29. A Wherry Taking Passengers out to Two Anchored Packets

30. Sailing Boats and Barges on a Dutch(?) Estuary

31. Two Fishing Boats on the Banks of Inland Waters

32. The English Brig 'Norval' before the Wind

33. The Gulf of Pozzuoli

34. A Smack Under Sail in a Light Breeze in a River

35. Barges on a River

36. Port Mahon, Minorca with British Men-of-War at Anchor

37. French harbor scene

38. The Coast near Scheveningen with Fishing Pinks on the Shore

39. Shipping in the English Channel

40. Launching at Deptford

41. A Cutter in a Strong Breeze

42. Ship on Fire at Night

43. English Ships Under Sail in a Very Light Breeze

44. Cutter Close Hauled in a Fresh Breeze, with Other Shipping

45. A Lugger and a Smack in Light Airs

46. Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal -- A Squall Passing Off

47. Toulon (?)

48. Westminster Bridge

49. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

50. The Thames and Waterloo Bridge from Somerset House

51. Shipping in a Calm

52. The Monument and London Bridge

53. Somerset House, London

54. Rochester Cathedral and Castle