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

1. The Needles from Alum Bay

Creator:: George Barret Jr., 1767–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, gray wash and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 12 inches (14 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. 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

3. St. Maws Castle, Falmouth, East South East

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 6 3/4 inches (7.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. View of Rugged Coastline, Bamburgh, Northumberland

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 5 7/8 inches (10.2 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Barnard Castle, County Durham

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/16 x 5 1/4 inches (8.1 x 13.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. A Border Tower

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen and brown ink over graphite on very thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 12 3/8 inches (22.2 × 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. View on Exmoor

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red-brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches (14.3 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Birnam Wood

Creator:: Hugh William "Grecian" Williams, 1773–1829
Date:: before 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 19 3/4 inches (38.1 × 50.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. In Borrowdale

Creator:: Joseph Powell, 1780–1834
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 11 1/4 inches (20 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. The Undercliff, Steephill, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 17 1/8 inches (12.1 x 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. On the Wye

Creator:: Rev. William Warren Porter, 1776–1804
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove 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, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr., Yale BE 1945W

15. Valley of Stones, Lynton, Devon

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen and red and gray-brown ink; verso: graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 3/8 x 12 3/16 inches (21.3 x 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. 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

17. Falls on the River Conwy, North Wales

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink and gray-blue ink, over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 x 11 5/16 inches (19.5 x 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Old Bridge in Devon

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1797 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 5/8 inches (21.9 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. 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

20. Church Hope, the Island of Portland, Dorset

Creator:: George Cumberland, 1754–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 8 5/8 inches (15.6 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Looking Upwards from Devil's Bridge, Cardiganshire, Wales

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 23 3/4 inches (35.2 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Shipbuilding on the Yorkshire Coast

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 16 5/8 inches (24.1 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Seascape with Rocks Lizard, Cornwall

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 17 1/2 inches (30.2 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. 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

25. A Bridge in Wales

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 × 18 1/4 inches (30.3 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: George Cuitt, 1743–1818
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and scratching out on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 16 13/16 inches (33.3 × 42.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. 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

28. Barden Tower, Yorkshire

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 7/8 x 16 3/16 inches (55.6 x 41.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Near Norwich

Creator:: pupil of Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 1/8 inches (21.9 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Bridge on the Malton Road from York

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
Dimensions:: Mount: 14 5/8 x 17 3/4 inches (37.2 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. 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

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1. The Needles from Alum Bay

2. Mountain Landscape, North Wales

3. St. Maws Castle, Falmouth, East South East

4. View of Rugged Coastline, Bamburgh, Northumberland

5. Barnard Castle, County Durham

6. A Border Tower

7. View on Exmoor

8. Birnam Wood

9. In Borrowdale

10. Landscape Composition, Dolbadern

11. Cader Idris, North Wales

12. Ludlow, Shropshire

13. The Undercliff, Steephill, Isle of Wight

14. On the Wye

15. Valley of Stones, Lynton, Devon

16. Giant's Causeway, Antrim, Ireland.

17. Falls on the River Conwy, North Wales

18. The Old Bridge in Devon

19. On the Conway River, North Wales

20. Church Hope, the Island of Portland, Dorset

21. Looking Upwards from Devil's Bridge, Cardiganshire, Wales

22. Shipbuilding on the Yorkshire Coast

23. Seascape with Rocks Lizard, Cornwall

24. Bolton Castle

25. A Bridge in Wales

26. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

27. Harvest Time: Cumberland

28. Barden Tower, Yorkshire

29. Near Norwich

30. Bridge on the Malton Road from York

31. Knaresborough Castle, Yorkshire