On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Exhibition History: Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) / Associated Places: England

1. The craft of venery.

Creator:: Twiti, William, d. 1328
Date:: circa 1450
Physical Description:: 1 v. (7 p.) ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Helmingham herbal and bestiary.

Date:: circa 1500
Physical Description:: 1 v. ([20] leaves, with 1 blank leaf) : ill. ; 45 x 32 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. [Atlas of the counties of England and Wales].

Creator:: Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
Date:: [1579]
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([1] leaf, [71] leaves of plates) : 35 maps, port. ; 42 cm. (fol.)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A View from St. Mary's, Southwark, Looking Towards Westminster

Creator:: Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607–1677
Date:: ca. 1638
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 12 1/8 inches (13 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. View of the East Part of Southwark, Looking Towards Greenwich

Creator:: Wenceslaus Hollar, 1607–1677
Date:: ca. 1638
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and blue-black ink, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 12 1/8 inches (14.3 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. A View of Chatham from the West

Creator:: Jacob Esselens, 1626–1687
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 12 1/4 inches (18.7 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. A compleat sett of mapps of England and Wales in general, and of each county in particular : accurately projected in a new method and all of them original drawings, most humbly inscribed to His Majesty King George by Francis Negus, Comisioner for Executing the Office of Master of the Horse to His Majesty : drawn and finsh'd by Tho. Badeslade.

Creator:: Badeslade, Thomas
Date:: 1724
Physical Description:: 1 atlas ([58] leaves) : maps ; 17 x 20 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The City of Westminster from Near the York Water Gate

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: between 1746 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, and pen and brown ink on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches (38.7 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury

Creator:: Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758
Date:: 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 1/4 × 23 1/2 inches (26 × 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Norman Gate and Deputy Governor's House

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 x 21 1/4 inches (38.4 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists, and incidental notes on other arts, collected by the late Mr. George Vertue / and now digested and published from his original mss. by Mr. Horace Walpole.

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Date:: 1765-1771 [i.e. 1765-1780]
Physical Description:: 5 v. : ports. ; 45 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. View from Skiddaw over Derwentwater

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: between 1772 and 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches (27.3 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 14 5/16 inches (23.8 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Queen Square, London

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/16 x 23 1/2 inches (43.4 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Lyme Regis, Dorset

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 x 17 1/16 inches (22.1 x 43.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Exhibition Stare-Case, Somerset House

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 11 11/16 inches (44.5 x 29.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. John Collins of Devizes

Creator:: John Russell, 1745–1806
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Pastel on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:: Sheet: 30 x 25 1/4 inches (76.2 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. A Yorkshire Road

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 16 7/8 inches (19.4 x 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Abbey Mill, Knaresborough

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and white gouache with scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 11/16 x 20 11/16 inches (32.2 x 52.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. On the Washburn

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 18 inches (28.6 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Leeds

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, scraping out and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 17 inches (29.2 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Fulham Church from across the River

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 17 3/8 inches (29.5 x 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Weald of Kent

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: between 1833 and 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, rough, cream 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

24. The Bayhorse, Tattersall’s

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: 1921
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and charcoal on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/16 × 15 5/8 inches (53.5 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The craft of venery.

2. Helmingham herbal and bestiary.

3. [Atlas of the counties of England and Wales].

4. A View from St. Mary's, Southwark, Looking Towards Westminster

5. View of the East Part of Southwark, Looking Towards Greenwich

6. A View of Chatham from the West

8. The City of Westminster from Near the York Water Gate

9. Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury

10. The Norman Gate and Deputy Governor's House

11. Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists, and incidental notes on other arts, collected by the late Mr. George Vertue / and now digested and published from his original mss. by Mr. Horace Walpole.

12. View from Skiddaw over Derwentwater

13. An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre

14. Queen Square, London

15. Lyme Regis, Dorset

16. The Exhibition Stare-Case, Somerset House

17. John Collins of Devizes

18. A Yorkshire Road

19. The Abbey Mill, Knaresborough

20. On the Washburn

21. Leeds

22. Fulham Church from across the River

23. The Weald of Kent

24. The Bayhorse, Tattersall’s