Period: 18th century-19th century / Associated Places: United Kingdom / Work Type: watercolor / Subject Terms: landscape and mountains / Classification: Drawings & Watercolors

1. Waterfall of Lodore, Cumberland

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, blue wash, graphite and black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (15.9 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Edinburgh

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 16 5/16in. (27.3 x 41.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Landscape Composition, Dolbadern

Creator:: pupil of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches (18.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Landscape in Wales with Mountains, Lake, Castle and Two Figures in the Foreground

Creator:: pupil of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 18 1/4 inches (17.8 × 46.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. The Beach at Charmouth

Creator:: John Baverstock Knight, 1785–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 19 7/8 inches (31.8 × 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Bridgenorth, Shropshire

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, watercolor, white chalk, black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 7/8 x 35 1/2 inches (65.7 x 90.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

7. Cader Idris, North Wales

Creator:: Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and white gouache with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 8 1/4 inches (14.6 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Linlithgow Palace

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/16 x 7 3/16 inches (13.1 x 18.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Romantic Composition

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 15 1/2 inches (20.3 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Ireland.

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-gray and gray ink, over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 9 5/16 inches (14.6 x 23.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Ludlow, Shropshire

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 10 5/8 inches (20.3 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Richard L. Purdy

12. On the Conway River, North Wales

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gouache, and gum arabic on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 13 1/2 × 18 11/16 inches (34.3 × 47.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

13. Mountainous Landscape, with River Flowing to Bridge in Distance, a Figure Right

Creator:: pupil of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 11 1/2 x 23 5/8 inches (29.2 x 60 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Landscape: Trees, Lakes and Mountains, Lake District

Creator:: Thomas Sunderland, 1744–1828
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 17 1/2in. (31.4 x 44.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Pont-y-Pier near Llanroost, Denbighshire

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (19.7 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Mountain Landscape, North Wales

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 17 inches (26.7 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Harlech

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 inches (21 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Study near Harlech Castle

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches (19.7 x 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. A Welsh Landscape a Lay-in'

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 10 1/4 inches (16.4 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and orange wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper prepared with orange wash, mounted on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with wash line border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 3/4 x 17 13/16 inches (37.4 x 45.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Snowdon

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper prepared with yellow wash
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 10 1/16in. (15.9 x 25.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. View in Barnscliff, near Scarborough, when Overflowed by the Derwent

Creator:: Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and orange wash with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper prepared with orange wash, mounted on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper with wash line border
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 5/8 x 17 1/2 inches (37.1 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Priory of Beddgelert, Caernarfonshire

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches (13.3 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Cottages in Westmoreland

Creator:: George Samuel, active 1785–died 1823
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper laid down on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 13 1/4in. (20.3 x 33.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Snowdon from Capel Curig

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 17 5/8 inches (31.4 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Cumberland Landscape

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, blue wash, and graphite, with scraping out on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 inches (27.6 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Bolton Castle

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 23 inches (38.1 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Bardon Hill, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire

Creator:: attributed to Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 10 1/4 inches (8.6 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. A Yorkshire Road

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 16 7/8 inches (19.4 x 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Harvest Time: Cumberland

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 17 inches (16.8 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Waterfall of Lodore, Cumberland

2. Edinburgh

3. Landscape Composition, Dolbadern

4. Landscape in Wales with Mountains, Lake, Castle and Two Figures in the Foreground

5. The Beach at Charmouth

6. Bridgenorth, Shropshire

7. Cader Idris, North Wales

8. Linlithgow Palace

9. Romantic Composition

10. Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Ireland.

11. Ludlow, Shropshire

12. On the Conway River, North Wales

13. Mountainous Landscape, with River Flowing to Bridge in Distance, a Figure Right

14. Landscape: Trees, Lakes and Mountains, Lake District

15. Pont-y-Pier near Llanroost, Denbighshire

16. Mountain Landscape, North Wales

17. Harlech

18. Study near Harlech Castle

19. A Welsh Landscape a Lay-in'

20. Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire

21. Snowdon

22. View in Barnscliff, near Scarborough, when Overflowed by the Derwent

23. The Priory of Beddgelert, Caernarfonshire

24. Cottages in Westmoreland

25. Snowdon from Capel Curig

26. Cumberland Landscape

27. Bolton Castle

28. Bardon Hill, Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire

29. A Yorkshire Road

30. Harvest Time: Cumberland