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1. Stoke Poges Church

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and dark brown ink and scratching out on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (21.6 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Wormingford Church

Creator:: attributed to John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: between 1813 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 4 3/8 inches (18.4 x 11.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. South Porch and Tower of an Unidentified Church

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1790 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 5 inches (20.6 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. English Country Town

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 6 7/8 inches (12.7 × 17.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

5. Malmesbury Abbey

Creator:: attributed to Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 12 1/2 inches (15.6 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Croydon Church

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 9 1/8 inches (17.8 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. St. Thomas' Church, Winchelsea

Creator:: Henry Morton, ca. 1807–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 7 1/16 inches (37.8 × 17.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Wandshorst Church Surrey

Creator:: George Sidney Shepherd, 1784–1862
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 15/16 inches (27.6 × 37.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Aldenham Church

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 10 x 12 7/8 inches (25.4 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Minster

Creator:: James Duffield Harding, 1798–1863
Date:: 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gouache on medium, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 12 1/8 inches (22.2 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Evening with a Procession of Choir Boys Walking Towards Westminster Abbey

Creator:: Albert Goodwin, 1845–1932
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with pen and brown ink and scratching out over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 14 3/4in. (25.6 x 37.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Traveling Potter Outside a Cottage

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with gouache on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 x 19 1/8 inches (38.7 x 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. View on the Thames at Battersea

Creator:: pupil of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 20 7/8 inches (33.3 × 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The Secundini Monument at Ighel in the Duchy of Luxembourg

Creator:: William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray and black ink with gouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/16 x 20 inches (33.5 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Manse, Cults, Fife: The Artist's Old Home

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 7/8 x 10 13/16 inches (32.7 x 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Temple of Venus and Rome from the Colosseum

Creator:: William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 16 3/8 inches (30.6 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. View from the Dean's Garden, Christ Church, Oxford

Creator:: William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (27.3 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Manse, Cults, Fife: The Artist's Old Home

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 7/8 x 10 13/16 inches (32.7 x 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Tysoe Windmill and Church, Warwickshire

Creator:: William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 14 7/8 inches (21.3 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Cambridge from Coe Fen

Creator:: Edward Vulliamy, 1876–1962
Date:: 1917
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 11 1/4 inches (21.5 × 28.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Bolton Abbey

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 17 inches (26.6 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Sketch of a Small Gothic Church, with a Design for Gothic Ornamentation

Creator:: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1812–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and graphite on smooth, thin, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 6 inches (19.7 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Sketch of a Gothic Church

Creator:: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1812–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink and graphite on thin, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (20 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Bodelwyddan Church, St. Asaph

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: Undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches (70.5 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Sketch of a Gothic Church and Monastery

Creator:: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1812–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink, and pen and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 3/8 inches (22.5 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Capel Church, Near Dorking, Surrey

Creator:: John Monro, 1801–1880
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 15/16 inches (21.9 × 30.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Shanklin Church/ Isle of Wight

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and gum arabic on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 3/16 × 21 13/16 inches (41.1 × 55.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Almshouses in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Wells

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gray and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 11 inches (22.5 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Village of Aldbury, Hertfordshire

Creator:: George Shepheard, ca. 1770–1842
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and gouache over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 13 inches (20.7 × 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Abbey Church at St. Albans

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 9 5/8 inches (17.1 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Ruins of Leiston Abbey

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 9 3/4 x 12 3/8 inches (24.8 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Bushey Church from the South West

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 9 3/4 x 15 inches (24.8 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Church at Marlylebone

Creator:: James Miller, active 1773–1814
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gray wash over graphite
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 12 1/2 inches (19.5 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

34. View of Isleworth Church

Creator:: James Miller, active 1773–1814
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor graphite, pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 7 13/16 inches (16 × 19.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

35. Great Marlow Church, Buckinghamshire

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (13 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Chapel Church, Surrey

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and scraping over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 16 inches (31.1 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Capuchins of Our Lady of Médoux

Creator:: Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 16 5/16 × 11 1/8 inches (41.4 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Selborne Church

Creator:: John Piper, 1903–1992
Date:: 1961
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/8 × 9 3/4 inches (39.1 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. The Church by the River

Creator:: Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, 1876–1938
Date:: 1912
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on very thick, smooth wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 8 3/4 inches (34.3 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Adelaide C. Roberts and Alexandra C. Dane

40. Furness Abbey

Creator:: George Heriot, 1766–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/16 × 19 5/8 inches (33.5 × 49.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

41. Near Long Buckby

Creator:: John Faulkner, active 1848–1890
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 19 1/16 × 38 7/8 inches (48.4 × 98.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Helen L. and John W. Hoermann, Yale BE 1945

42. Christ Church, Canon's Garden, Oxford

Creator:: William Alfred Delamotte, 1775–1863
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches (23.5 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. A Parish Church

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 8 5/8 inches (15.2 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse

44. A Church at Stanstead

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 8 7/8 inches (15.9 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. The Baptist Church House, Southampton Row, W. C.

Creator:: Arthur Keen, 1861–1938
Date:: ca. 1901
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/4 × 14 inches (43.8 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse

46. Classical Church, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches (28.6 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. The River Stour, St. Mildred's Church and the Castle of Canterbury

Creator:: Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758
Date:: 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 21 7/8in. (21 x 55.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Study of the North Side of Canterbury Cathedral

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 7 1/8 inches (10.8 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. On the Monnow, Monmouth

Creator:: Henry Edridge, 1769–1821
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, and graphite with scratching out on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 12 3/4 inches (22.9 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. East Matting (?) Church 1848 (?)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1848
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 8 1/8 inches (17.1 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Church at Dallington

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 4 × 5 15/16 inches (10.2 × 15.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Church with Town, Cliffs and Sea Beyond

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 8 7/8 × 12 1/2 inches (22.5 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Stoke Poges Church

2. Wormingford Church

3. South Porch and Tower of an Unidentified Church

4. English Country Town

5. Malmesbury Abbey

6. Croydon Church

7. St. Thomas' Church, Winchelsea

8. Wandshorst Church Surrey

9. Aldenham Church

10. Minster

11. Evening with a Procession of Choir Boys Walking Towards Westminster Abbey

12. Traveling Potter Outside a Cottage

13. View on the Thames at Battersea

14. The Secundini Monument at Ighel in the Duchy of Luxembourg

15. The Manse, Cults, Fife: The Artist's Old Home

16. Temple of Venus and Rome from the Colosseum

17. View from the Dean's Garden, Christ Church, Oxford

18. The Manse, Cults, Fife: The Artist's Old Home

19. Tysoe Windmill and Church, Warwickshire

20. Cambridge from Coe Fen

21. Bolton Abbey

22. Sketch of a Small Gothic Church, with a Design for Gothic Ornamentation

23. Sketch of a Gothic Church

24. Bodelwyddan Church, St. Asaph

25. Sketch of a Gothic Church and Monastery

26. Capel Church, Near Dorking, Surrey

27. Shanklin Church/ Isle of Wight

28. Almshouses in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Wells

29. The Village of Aldbury, Hertfordshire

30. Abbey Church at St. Albans

31. The Ruins of Leiston Abbey

32. Bushey Church from the South West

33. Church at Marlylebone

34. View of Isleworth Church

35. Great Marlow Church, Buckinghamshire

36. Chapel Church, Surrey

37. Capuchins of Our Lady of Médoux

38. Selborne Church

39. The Church by the River

40. Furness Abbey

41. Near Long Buckby

42. Christ Church, Canon's Garden, Oxford

43. A Parish Church

44. A Church at Stanstead

45. The Baptist Church House, Southampton Row, W. C.

46. Classical Church, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire

47. The River Stour, St. Mildred's Church and the Castle of Canterbury

48. Study of the North Side of Canterbury Cathedral

49. On the Monnow, Monmouth

50. East Matting (?) Church 1848 (?)

51. Church at Dallington

52. Church with Town, Cliffs and Sea Beyond