Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: boats / Topic subjectplace ss: London

1. Westminster from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches (38.7 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Frost on the Thames

Creator:: Samuel Collings, active 1784–1795
Date:: 1788 to 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 3/16 × 48 3/16 inches (76.7 × 122.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. The Great Fire of London

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 5/8 × 32 inches (60 × 81.3 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. An Imaginary View of Westminster Bridge

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: mid-18th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 1/4 × 36 1/4 inches (71.8 × 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. The Port of London

Creator:: Thomas Luny, 1759–1837
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 3/4 x 33 7/8 inches (55.2 x 86 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Thames at Lambeth Palace

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/2 × 44 1/8 inches (62.2 × 112.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. The Thames and the Adelphi

Creator:: Attributed to William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 x 23 3/4 inches (46.4 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 21 × 34 1/2 inches (53.3 × 87.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. The Building of Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: ca. 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 x 47 inches (68.6 x 119.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. 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

12. View on the Thames with Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: between 1743 and 1744
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Westminster Abbey and Bridge

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 3/8 x 28 inches (92.4 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 43 5/8 x 56 x 3 inches (110.8 x 142.2 x 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. A view of Greenwich from the River with many Boats

Creator:: Jan Griffier the Elder, ca. 1645–1718
Date:: Between 1700-1710
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 3/4 x 32 3/4 inches (45.1 x 83.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Lambeth Palace

Creator:: Samuel Wale, 1721–1786
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/8 × 5 9/16 inches (7.3 × 14.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Old Somerset House

Creator:: Samuel Wale, 1721–1786
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/16 × 5 9/16 inches (7.8 × 14.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Swan Inn at Twickenham

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

19. 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

20. View of Old Somerset House from the Thames

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, watercolor and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 x 28 7/8 inches (41.3 x 73.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. A View of Westminster Bridge from Lambeth. 1. Westminster Abby. 2. St. Margaret's Church. 3. Westminster Hall. 4. St. Martin's Church

Creator:: unknown artist
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. The South West Prospect of London, from Somerset Gardens to the Tower

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

23. A Perspective of ye Royal Palace of Somerset next ye River

Creator:: John Maurer, active 1713–1761
Date:: 1742
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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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. Westminster from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

2. Frost on the Thames

3. The Great Fire of London

4. Arches of Westminster Bridge

5. An Imaginary View of Westminster Bridge

6. The Port of London

7. Thames at Lambeth Palace

8. The Thames and the Adelphi

9. The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

10. The Building of Westminster Bridge

11. St. Paul's and Blackfriars Bridge

12. View on the Thames with Westminster Bridge

13. Westminster Abbey and Bridge

14. Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames

15. A view of Greenwich from the River with many Boats

16. Lambeth Palace

17. Old Somerset House

18. The Swan Inn at Twickenham

19. York Water Gate

20. View of Old Somerset House from the Thames

21. A View of Westminster Bridge from Lambeth. 1. Westminster Abby. 2. St. Margaret's Church. 3. Westminster Hall. 4. St. Martin's Church

22. The South West Prospect of London, from Somerset Gardens to the Tower

23. A Perspective of ye Royal Palace of Somerset next ye River

24. Thames Side Buildings

25. A Wood Yard on the Thames at Nine Elms

26. Drawings of London and the Upper Thames