On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Period: 19th century

1. The Haunted Wood

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and brown ink with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches (15.9 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Launch of "La Sorciére" on the Lake of Geneva

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 11 3/8 inches (19.4 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Chepstow Castle on the Wye

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 17 5/8 inches (21 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

4. Oberon and Titania

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink with gum over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 8 1/4 inches (15.2 × 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Study for "The Golden Age"

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 7/8in. (19.1 x 27.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Wyld in honor of Paul Mellon

6. The Ferry

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 7 3/8 inches (10.5 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Hope near Bergen

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 1/4 inches (11.4 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. A Classical City

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 7 3/8 inches (12.7 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. A Lake in Norway

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 16 5/16 inches (30.9 x 41.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Avon Gorge, Looking toward Clifton

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite with scraping out on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 28 3/4 inches (48.9 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Sunset over a River Landscape

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: early 1840s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 17 9/16 inches (31.2 x 44.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Subterranean Pool with Sculptural Torchere

Creator:: attributed to Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, with scraping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 9 inches (26 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. A Harrow in the Orchard

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1896
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 15 3/8 inches (25.1 × 39.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Huntsman and Hounds

Creator:: Print made by Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: 1898-1899
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on thick, smooth, gray wove card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 6 5/8 inches (20.1 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Meet

Creator:: Print made by Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: 1898-1899
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 19 5/16 inches (38.1 x 49 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Found!

Creator:: Print made by Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: 1898-1899
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 19 7/16 inches (38.1 x 49.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Who-o-p!

Creator:: Print made by Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: 1898-1899
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 15/16 x 19 1/2 inches (38 x 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Flying Pack

Creator:: Print made by Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: 1898-1899
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 19 1/2 inches (38.3 x 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Woman Ironing

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1895
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 10 inches (34.9 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower

20. Brambles

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (17.5 x 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Study of Waves

Creator:: attributed to Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown washes with white gouache over graphite on thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 8 7/8 inches (14.8 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Foxgloves

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (17.1 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Crescent Moon

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and sepia ink and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches (18.1 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Ivy Cottage, Shoreham

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and pen and brown ink ; verso: graphite and white chalk on thick, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 23 1/4 x 30 x 1in. (59.1 x 76.2 x 2.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Ancient Trees, Lullingstone Park

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (26.7 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Study of Old Buildings

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink, brown wash, and graphite, with scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches (19.4 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Valley of Dolwyddelan

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black chalk, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches (19.4 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Lonely Tower

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1868
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and gum arabic on London board: a high-quality pasteboard sheet made of Whatman's finest drawing paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 27 7/8 inches (51.4 x 70.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Shoreham, Kent

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: between 1831 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 x 4 3/8 inches (7.6 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Landscape Sketch

Creator:: attributed to Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pink wash, brown wash, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 15 3/4 inches (18.7 x 40 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Valley of Vision

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, brush and brown and black ink, brown and black wash, over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper (wrapper for Creswick crayon paper)
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 17 1/2 inches (28.3 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. A Cow Lodge with a Mossy Roof

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: ca. 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (26.7 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Llwyngwynedd and Part of Llyn-y-ddina Between Capel Curig and Beddegelert, North Wales

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1835 or 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, watercolor, graphite and black chalk on medium, smooth, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 18 1/8 inches (38.1 x 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Harlech Castle

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, varnish, and graphite, with scraping out on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 11 5/8 inches (21.9 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Italian Hill Town

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: after 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 12 5/8 inches (23.5 x 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Mount Siabod from Tyn-y-Coed near Capel Curig

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, watercolor, and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 18 5/8 inches (37.8 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. A Barn with a Mossy Roof, Shoreham

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, white gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 14 7/8 inches (27.6 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Conway Castle

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, watercolor, gouache and pen and brown ink on medium, smooth, brown wove paper on heavy card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 x 17 7/8 inches (32.4 x 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. An Ancient Barn at Shoreham

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on moderately textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 11 inches (15.6 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Guildford

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache and scraping out with some varnish over graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 5/8 inches (18.7 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. A Pastoral Scene

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches (9.5 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. A Page from a Cornish Sketchbook: Cornwall 30

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 x 7 inches (10.6 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Wilmot's Hill, Kent

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: ca. 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 14 7/8 inches (27.3 × 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Evening, Cattle Watering

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and watercolor and scraping out with varnish on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 x 3 inches (10.8 x 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Opening the Fold: Early Morning

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: ca. 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, and pen and black ink, squared for transfer on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches (10.8 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Tintern Abbey at Sunset

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and varnish over graphite with scratching out on heavy card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 x 27 3/4 inches (33.3 x 70.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Sunset

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: ca. 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, gum, and graphite on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 15 1/4 inches (27 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. The Rock Slip near Boscastle

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, black chalk, yellow chalk, and blue chalk on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches (24.1 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Mountains by the Traveller's Rest near Dolgelly

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 18 1/8 inches (29.8 x 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Rome from San Spirito

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash black chalk and graphite with white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 23 3/8 inches (35.9 x 59.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Haunted Wood

2. The Launch of "La Sorciére" on the Lake of Geneva

3. Chepstow Castle on the Wye

4. Oberon and Titania

5. Study for "The Golden Age"

6. The Ferry

7. Hope near Bergen

8. A Classical City

9. A Lake in Norway

10. The Avon Gorge, Looking toward Clifton

11. Sunset over a River Landscape

12. Subterranean Pool with Sculptural Torchere

13. A Harrow in the Orchard

14. Huntsman and Hounds

15. The Meet

16. Found!

17. Who-o-p!

18. The Flying Pack

19. Woman Ironing

20. Brambles

21. Study of Waves

22. Foxgloves

23. The Crescent Moon

24. Ivy Cottage, Shoreham

25. Ancient Trees, Lullingstone Park

26. Study of Old Buildings

27. The Valley of Dolwyddelan

28. The Lonely Tower

29. Shoreham, Kent

30. Landscape Sketch

31. The Valley of Vision

32. A Cow Lodge with a Mossy Roof

33. Llwyngwynedd and Part of Llyn-y-ddina Between Capel Curig and Beddegelert, North Wales

34. Harlech Castle

35. Italian Hill Town

36. Mount Siabod from Tyn-y-Coed near Capel Curig

37. A Barn with a Mossy Roof, Shoreham

38. Conway Castle

39. An Ancient Barn at Shoreham

40. Guildford

41. A Pastoral Scene

42. A Page from a Cornish Sketchbook: Cornwall 30

43. Wilmot's Hill, Kent

44. Evening, Cattle Watering

45. Opening the Fold: Early Morning

46. Tintern Abbey at Sunset

47. Sunset

48. The Rock Slip near Boscastle

49. Mountains by the Traveller's Rest near Dolgelly

50. Rome from San Spirito