Collection: Paintings and Sculpture / Subject Terms: men and sea

1. Wreckers -- Coast of Northumberland, with a Steam-Boat Assisting a Ship off Shore

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1833 and 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 5/8 x 47 9/16 inches (90.5 x 120.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. Dort or Dordrecht: The Dort Packet-Boat from Rotterdam Becalmed

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 62 × 92 inches (157.5 × 233.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

3. Shipwreck

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/2 x 16 inches (31.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. An Action between English Ships and Barbary Corsairs

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:: ca. 1695
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 5/8 x 19 3/8 inches (32.1 x 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

5. 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

6. Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 1/4 x 47 inches (87 x 119.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. 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

8. Discussing a Catch of Salmon in a Scottish Fishing-Lodge

Creator:: William Shiels, 1785–1857
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 x 50 3/4 inches (96.5 x 128.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Departure of the Bucintoro

Creator:: Sir Frank William Brangwyn, 1867–1956
Date:: ca. 1910
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 52 x 69 inches (132.1 x 175.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
On View:: Not on view

10. Design for Deer Hunting Mural in the Cabaret Theatre Club

Creator:: Spencer Frederick Gore, 1878–1914
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Oil and chalk on paper
Dimensions:: 11 x 24 inches (27.9 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

11. Ebbing Tide

Creator:: James Whitelaw Hamilton, 1860–1932
Date:: ca. 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Isabel S. Kurtz in memory of her father, Charles M. Kurtz
On View:: Not on view

12. Figures on a Balcony, probably at Westpoint

Creator:: Thomas Creswick, 1811–1869
Date:: ca. 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 8 x 12 inches (20.3 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

13. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/4 x 37 1/4 inches (66.7 x 94.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/4 x 37 1/4 inches (66.7 x 94.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. An English Two-Decker Lying Hove to, with Other Ships and Vessels in a Fresh Breeze

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: 1770
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 16 x 25 inches (40.6 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. 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

17. Dutch Sailing Vessels

Creator:: William Anderson, 1757–1837
Date:: 1814
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

18. 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

19. 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

20. Linen Market, Dominica

Creator:: Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 5/8 × 27 inches (49.8 × 68.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. 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

22. Coastal Landscape with a Ferry Boat

Creator:: Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois, 1756–1811
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 × 21 1/8 inches (43.2 × 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 17 1/2 inches (35.6 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. Allegory of the Power of Great Britain by Sea, design for a decorative panel for George I's ceremonial coach

Creator:: Attributed to Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 18 x 21 inches (45.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

25. The Day's Sport

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 1/2 x 51 1/4 inches (100.3 x 130.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. Sandown Bay, from near Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight

Creator:: John Glover, 1767–1849
Date:: ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 52 inches (91.4 x 132.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. 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

28. Brighton

Creator:: William Henry Stothard Scott, 1783–1850
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 5/16 x 28 3/16 inches (54.1 x 71.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. 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

30. Fish Market by the Sea

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: ca. 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 1/2 x 49 1/2 inches (100.3 x 125.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. The Apotheosis of Nelson

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 1/2 x 29 inches (100.3 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. A Dutch Barge and Merchantmen Running out of Rotterdam

Creator:: Clarkson Stanfield, 1793–1867
Date:: 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 31 x 48 inches (78.7 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: 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
On View:: Not on view

33. An English Royal Yacht Standing Offshore in a Calm

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 3/4 × 37 7/8 inches (70.5 × 96.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: 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
On View:: Not on view

34. The Black Ball Line Packet Ship 'New York' off Ailsa Craig

Creator:: William Clark, 1803–1883
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

35. 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

36. 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

37. An Evening Calm

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: undated, between 1696 and 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 x 14 inches (30.5 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: 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
On View:: Not on view

38. Men of War in a Stiff Breeze

Creator:: Jan Theunisz Blankerhoff, 1628–1669
Date:: mid-17th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: 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
On View:: Not on view

39. Warships Lying Offshore, the Commanding Admiral Being Rowed out to Join the Flagship, Her Sails Illuminated by a Break in the Clouds

Creator:: Charles Martin Powell, 1775 –1824
Date:: early 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 3/4 × 35 7/8 inches (60.3 × 91.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: 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
On View:: Not on view