Period: 18th century / Associated Places: London / Subject Terms: architectural subject and cityscape

1. St. Paul's and Blackfriars Bridge

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: between 1770 and 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/16 x 29 3/8 inches (51.3 x 74.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. The Hermitage

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 1/2 x 51 3/8 inches (82.6 x 130.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. St. Paul's Cathedral

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: ca. 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 24 3/4 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches (62.9 × 73 × 4.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Arches of Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 3/4 × 47 3/4 inches (108.6 × 121.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Charing Cross, with the Statue of King Charles I and Northumberland House

Creator:: Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 x 50 1/4 inches (88.9 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Lincoln's Inn, the Chapel, and Old Hall, London

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 3/4 x 49 3/4 inches (88.3 x 126.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. The Mansion House

Creator:: John Maurer, active 1713–1761
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 x 15 1/4in. (23 x 38.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Devonshire Place and Wimpole Street, from the New Road, St. Mary Le Bone

Creator:: Print made by George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 6 11/16 inches (12.2 × 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Devonshire Place and Wimpole Street, from the New Road, St. Mary le Bone

Creator:: Print made by George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 6 1/4 inches (12 × 15.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. York Water Gate

Creator:: Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 × 11 3/4 inches (21.1 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Westminster Abbey and Bridge from Somerset Garden

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches (20 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. 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

13. St. Martin's Church

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1731 and 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/16 x 14 3/4 inches (49 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The West Prospect of the Church and Steeple of St. Mary le Bow in Cheapside

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1720 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 11/16 x 14 7/16 inches (44.9 x 36.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The South Sea House

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1720 and 1728
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 x 19 3/4 inches (36.7 x 50.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Admiralty Office

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Bowles, ca. 1712–died 1753
Date:: 1731
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 19 3/4 inches (35.5 x 50.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Ruins of St. Paul Covent Garden

Creator:: Thomas Medland, 1755–1823
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Engraving
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 6 1/4in. (10.5 x 15.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Whitehall Showing Holbein's Gate and Banqueting Hall

Creator:: Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches (39.4 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Church of St. John's, Smith Square

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

20. The Royal Palace of St. James's next the Park

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 11 × 16 3/4 inches (27.9 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. A Perspective View of ye Parade in St. James's Park. The Treasury, The New Buildings for the Horse Guards, And His Majesty going to the House of Lords

Creator:: John Maurer, active 1713–1761
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. 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

23. Near Putney

Creator:: James Miller, active 1773–1814
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gray wash over graphite. verso: 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

24. Fairburn's Plan of the Proposed Wet-Docks and Cut, from New Gravel Lane to Blackwall

Creator:: Print made by John Fairburn, active 19th century
Date:: 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 16 inches (26.3 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. View of the New Trinity House on Tower Hill. Samuel Wyatt Esqr. Architect. The first Stone of this Noble Building was laid on the 12th of September 1793, by the Right Hon'ble William Pitt, First Lord of the Treasury and Master of this Corporation

View of the New Trinity House on Tower Hill. Samuel Wyatt Esqr. Architect. The first Stone of this Noble Building was laid on the 12th of September 1793, by the Right Hon'ble William Pitt, First Lord of the Treasury and Master of this Corporation

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 11 1/2 × 17 inches (29.2 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Inside View of the Royal Exchange at London

Creator:: Thomas Bowles, ca. 1712–died 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 11 1/4 × 16 1/2 inches (28.6 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Lord Mayor's Mansion House, shewing the Front of the House & the West Side

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 11 × 16 1/4 inches (27.9 × 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. St. Paul's Cathedral, from St. Martin's-le-Grand, London

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 15 5/16 inches (50.2 x 38.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. A View of Somerset House with St. Mary's Church in the Strand London

Creator:: Thomas Bowles, ca. 1712–died 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. A Wood Yard on the Thames at Nine Elms

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: 13 3/4 x 35 1/8 inches (34.9 x 89.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

31. Thames Side Buildings

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: 14 3/8 x 33 inches (36.5 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

32. St James's House, Le Palais Royal de St James

Creator:: Print made by Johannes Kip, 1653–1722
Date:: 1707
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 × 19 1/4 inches (36.2 × 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Helen Chillman

33. Drawings of London and the Upper Thames

Creator:: James Miller, active 1773–1814
Date:: 1770s
Materials & Techniques:: Disbound sketchbook with 36 matted drawings and two ms. sheets, cover boards, and newspaper clipping
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

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1. St. Paul's and Blackfriars Bridge

2. The Hermitage

3. St. Paul's Cathedral

4. Arches of Westminster Bridge

5. Charing Cross, with the Statue of King Charles I and Northumberland House

6. Lincoln's Inn, the Chapel, and Old Hall, London

7. The Mansion House

8. Devonshire Place and Wimpole Street, from the New Road, St. Mary Le Bone

9. Devonshire Place and Wimpole Street, from the New Road, St. Mary le Bone

10. York Water Gate

11. Westminster Abbey and Bridge from Somerset Garden

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

13. St. Martin's Church

14. The West Prospect of the Church and Steeple of St. Mary le Bow in Cheapside

15. The South Sea House

16. The Admiralty Office

17. Ruins of St. Paul Covent Garden

18. Whitehall Showing Holbein's Gate and Banqueting Hall

19. The Church of St. John's, Smith Square

20. The Royal Palace of St. James's next the Park

21. A Perspective View of ye Parade in St. James's Park. The Treasury, The New Buildings for the Horse Guards, And His Majesty going to the House of Lords

22. Church at Marlylebone

23. Near Putney

24. Fairburn's Plan of the Proposed Wet-Docks and Cut, from New Gravel Lane to Blackwall

25. View of the New Trinity House on Tower Hill. Samuel Wyatt Esqr. Architect. The first Stone of this Noble Building was laid on the 12th of September 1793, by the Right Hon'ble William Pitt, First Lord of the Treasury and Master of this Corporation

26. The Inside View of the Royal Exchange at London

27. The Lord Mayor's Mansion House, shewing the Front of the House & the West Side

28. St. Paul's Cathedral, from St. Martin's-le-Grand, London

29. A View of Somerset House with St. Mary's Church in the Strand London

30. A Wood Yard on the Thames at Nine Elms

31. Thames Side Buildings

32. St James's House, Le Palais Royal de St James

33. Drawings of London and the Upper Thames