On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Genre: genre subject / Image Available: Available / Subject Terms: figures and river / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. Allahabad, from the Right Bank of the Jumna

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1865
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 20 1/4 inches (37.1 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Ferry

Creator:: Attributed to Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/16 x 7 7/16 inches (11.2 x 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Landscape with Lake and Figures on a Rocky Road

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1777
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, brown ink, gray ink, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 14 1/2 inches (22.9 × 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Remains of a Bridge at San-Sien-Wey on the Pei-Ho near Tong-Tcheou, August 15, 1793

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 7 7/8 inches (10.2 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Chiswick

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 21 5/8 inches (24.4 × 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequeathed by Weyland Wells Williams, Yale BA 1910, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

6. The Church of St. Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, with the Monument in the Background

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite with gouache and arabic gum on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 10 5/8 inches (34.8 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Clare College, Cambridge

Creator:: Richard Banks Harraden, 1778–1862
Date:: 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, gouache, black chalk, gum and graphite on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 24 1/8 inches (42.5 × 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. River Landscape with Figures

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 12 × 9 3/4 inches (30.5 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Prague

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: ca. 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, red ink, gouache, graphite, and scraping out on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 10 15/16 inches (38.7 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. View on the River Liris at Isola di Sora

Creator:: Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 1758–1838
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, and brown wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 9/16 x 21 1/8 inches (39.5 x 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Under the Ouse Bridge, Bathing

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: between 1803 and 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 21 3/8 inches (41.9 x 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Ouse Bridge, York

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches (13.4 x 16.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Ile de la Cite

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 11 3/8 inches (20.6 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. On the Seine

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite with gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted to thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted to thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (14.6 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Figures and Boats on the Thames

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 34 7/8 inches (29.8 x 88.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

16. William Daniell, the Artist's Nephew, Sketching a Ruined Temple at Zafarabad on the Gumti River

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 1/2 inches (22.5 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Bramha and Nursingdara Ghat, Varanasi

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: between 1788 and 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 19 inches (29.5 x 48.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Allahabad, from the Right Bank of the Jumna

2. The Ferry

3. Landscape with Lake and Figures on a Rocky Road

4. Remains of a Bridge at San-Sien-Wey on the Pei-Ho near Tong-Tcheou, August 15, 1793

5. Chiswick

6. The Church of St. Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, with the Monument in the Background

7. Clare College, Cambridge

8. River Landscape with Figures

9. Prague

10. View on the River Liris at Isola di Sora

11. Under the Ouse Bridge, Bathing

12. Ouse Bridge, York

13. Ile de la Cite

14. On the Seine

15. Figures and Boats on the Thames

16. William Daniell, the Artist's Nephew, Sketching a Ruined Temple at Zafarabad on the Gumti River

17. Bramha and Nursingdara Ghat, Varanasi