Period: 18th century / Associated Places: United Kingdom / Subject Terms: houses / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. View of Ely Cathedral

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 6 5/8in. (10.5 x 16.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. 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

3. Edinburgh

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (16.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. 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

5. The Paper Mill at Rickmansworth

Creator:: Attributed to Robert Udney, 1740–1808
Date:: between 1765 and 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 17 1/4 inches (29.5 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. At Steyning - Sussex

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 9 1/8 inches (14.9 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. View near Aldenham, Herts

Creator:: Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 7 3/8 inches (12.4 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. St. Vincent's Rock, Clifton, Bristol with Hotwell's Spring House in the Distance

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 12 1/2 x 16 5/8 inches (31.8 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The River Avon: with Passing Vessels

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 22 1/8 inches (41.6 × 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. From Hampstead

Creator:: Peter Tillemans, 1684–1734
Date:: 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 15/16 × 6 1/8 inches (10 × 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Castell Dinas Brân, Wales

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 × 19 5/8 inches (33 × 49.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. 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

13. The Thames with Montagu House and Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper with medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper border, mounted on linen, backed with medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/4 x 36 inches (43.8 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

14. A Town House on the Thames

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper, with thin, slightly textured, blue laid paper border, mounted on linen backed with moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 x 40 1/8 inches (40.6 x 101.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

15. 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

16. Near Ramsgate, Kent

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 10 3/8 inches (15.6 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. A View of Edinburgh from the South Looking towards Dalkeith

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:: Mount: 15 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches (38.7 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

18. Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches (10.5 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Land Gate, Rye, Sussex

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 6 5/8 inches (22.5 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. View of Winchelsea, Sussex

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 1/8 inches (20 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Embarkation at Southampton, June 20th 1794

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown, gray, and red-brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 6 9/16 x 14 inches (16.7 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. View of Kingswear, from Dartmouth, Devon

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 16 1/8 inches (24.8 x 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Ripon Minster, Yorkshire

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black and brown ink and scraping over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 17 3/16 inches (27.5 x 43.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Thetford, Norfolk

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 11 3/8 inches (18.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. 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

26. A Farm near Windsor

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 17 1/2 inches (27.9 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Bridgnorth Bridge, Shropshire

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 x 11 7/8 inches (19.2 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Ruins of Criccieth Castle and Part of the Town on the Bay on Cardigan. East View, Caernarfonshire

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 5/8 inches (13.7 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. View of the Early Castle of Diganwy

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches (13 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Quarry House near Bletchingley, Surrey

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 15 inches (21 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Junction of Lyon and Tay

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 5/8 inches (30.8 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. View of the Isle of Wight: Landscape with Figures

Creator:: Master of the Wire Line, 18th century
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 13 1/8 inches (23.2 × 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Village of Stonethwaite and Eagle Cragg, Borrowdale

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches (34.3 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Matlock Baths, Derbyshire

Creator:: William Day, 1764–1807
Date:: ca. 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 17 3/8 × 22 1/2 inches (44.1 × 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Views in the Levant: Cattle Grazing with Distant View of Houses and the Sea, St. Lawrence, Isle of Wight

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and gray ink, and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 5/8 inches (17.8 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. View of Ely Cathedral

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

3. Edinburgh

4. York Water Gate

5. The Paper Mill at Rickmansworth

6. At Steyning - Sussex

7. View near Aldenham, Herts

8. St. Vincent's Rock, Clifton, Bristol with Hotwell's Spring House in the Distance

9. The River Avon: with Passing Vessels

10. From Hampstead

11. Castell Dinas Brân, Wales

12. Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury

13. The Thames with Montagu House and Westminster Bridge

14. A Town House on the Thames

15. A Wood Yard on the Thames at Nine Elms

16. Near Ramsgate, Kent

17. A View of Edinburgh from the South Looking towards Dalkeith

18. Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex

19. The Land Gate, Rye, Sussex

20. View of Winchelsea, Sussex

21. Embarkation at Southampton, June 20th 1794

22. View of Kingswear, from Dartmouth, Devon

23. Ripon Minster, Yorkshire

24. Thetford, Norfolk

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

26. A Farm near Windsor

27. Bridgnorth Bridge, Shropshire

28. Ruins of Criccieth Castle and Part of the Town on the Bay on Cardigan. East View, Caernarfonshire

29. View of the Early Castle of Diganwy

30. Quarry House near Bletchingley, Surrey

31. The Junction of Lyon and Tay

32. View of the Isle of Wight: Landscape with Figures

33. Village of Stonethwaite and Eagle Cragg, Borrowdale

34. Matlock Baths, Derbyshire

35. Views in the Levant: Cattle Grazing with Distant View of Houses and the Sea, St. Lawrence, Isle of Wight