Period: 18th century / Genre: marine art / Image Use: Free to Use / Subject Terms: water

1. A Calm Day in the Anchorage

Creator:: John Cleveley the younger, 1747–1786
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (26 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
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

2. A Dutch Packet in a Rising Breeze

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 13/16 inches (19.7 x 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. A Pier at Amsterdam (Version A)

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-brown and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 x 11 1/8 inches (21.4 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. A Ship Running into Harbour with Other Craft at a Jetty

Creator:: Thomas Whitcombe, 1763–after 1824
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/4 × 24 1/4 inches (43.8 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. A Two Master in Sail

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Gray ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (16.5 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. An English Sloop and a Frigate in a Light Breeze

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: undated, exhibited between 1762 and 1782
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

7. 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

8. Barges Heading out to Sea

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches (18.4 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
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

9. Bridgenorth

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, 1st published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 7/8 inches (19.1 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Captain William Locker

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 12 inches (36.8 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Chepstow

Creator:: Print made by James S. Storer, 1771–1853
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, 1st published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Embarkation at Southampton, June 20th 1794 (Version A)

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 11 3/16 inches (21.7 x 28.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Fanali di Villa Franca

Creator:: Monro School
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 15/16 × 7 7/16 inches (12.5 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Fishing Barge

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with gray wash on medium, slightly texture, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 5/8 inches (14 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Fishing Boats

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 15 inches (28.9 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Greenland Fishery

Creator:: Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 20 3/16 inches (36.3 x 51.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Hulks in the Medway

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 12 1/4 inches (15.2 × 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Kingswear Seen from Dartmouth, Devon

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 12 13/16 inches (19.4 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Lucknow, Upper India

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 18 1/2 inches (29.2 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

20. Part of Weymouth Harbour, Dorset, England

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 3/8 inches (16.5 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Pinnace sailing down the Ganges past Monghyr Fort

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: ca. 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 49 1/2 inches (76.2 x 125.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. 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

23. Preparing to lay eel traps

Creator:: J. Tobin, active 1776
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 11/16 × 9 3/16 inches (17 × 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Rochester

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Rochester

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 1/2 inches (17.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Paul Sandby Munn, 1773–1845
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 3/4 x 20 1/8 inches (40 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

27. Shipping in a Calm

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: between 1700 and 1725
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 12 1/4 inches (40.6 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 55 x 45 1/2 inches (139.7 x 115.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. South East View of Fort George, Madras

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: January 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 7/16 × 22 5/8 inches (36.7 × 57.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

30. St. Mary Redcliff, Bristol

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 6 1/8 inches (8.9 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Fishery

Creator:: Richard Wright, ca. 1720–ca. 1775
Date:: ca. 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 53 inches (90.2 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. The Fishery

Creator:: Print made by William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/4 × 22 11/16 inches (46.4 × 57.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. The Ranger, Private Ship of War, with her Prizes

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink over graphite with gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 18 1/8 x 23 3/4 inches (46 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 17 inches (27.3 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Two Moored Ships and a Fishing Boat

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 13 5/8 inches (18.1 x 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Windsor Castle from the Buckinghamshire Bank

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 37 x 68 inches (94 x 172.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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1. A Calm Day in the Anchorage

2. A Dutch Packet in a Rising Breeze

3. A Pier at Amsterdam (Version A)

4. A Ship Running into Harbour with Other Craft at a Jetty

5. A Two Master in Sail

6. An English Sloop and a Frigate in a Light Breeze

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

8. Barges Heading out to Sea

9. Bridgenorth

10. Captain William Locker

11. Chepstow

12. Embarkation at Southampton, June 20th 1794 (Version A)

13. Fanali di Villa Franca

14. Fishing Barge

15. Fishing Boats

16. Greenland Fishery

17. Hulks in the Medway

18. Kingswear Seen from Dartmouth, Devon

19. Lucknow, Upper India

20. Part of Weymouth Harbour, Dorset, England

21. Pinnace sailing down the Ganges past Monghyr Fort

22. Port Mahon, Minorca with British Men-of-War at Anchor

23. Preparing to lay eel traps

24. Rochester

25. Rochester

26. Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight

27. Shipping in a Calm

28. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

29. South East View of Fort George, Madras

30. St. Mary Redcliff, Bristol

31. The Fishery

32. The Fishery

33. The Ranger, Private Ship of War, with her Prizes

34. The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797

35. Two Moored Ships and a Fishing Boat

36. Windsor Castle from the Buckinghamshire Bank