Period: 19th century / Exhibition History: Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22) / Image Available: Available / Image Use: Free to Use

1. Devil's Bridge, Saint Gotthard's Pass

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white wax crayon and scraping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 41 5/8 x 29 7/8 inches (105.7 x 75.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Landscape with figures

Creator:: William Havell, 1782–1857
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, scraping out and gum, over graphite on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/4 × 15 7/8 inches (43.8 × 40.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Pale Melancholy

Creator:: William Havell, 1782–1857
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 15 5/8 inches (27.9 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Pale Melancholy

Creator:: Paul Sandby Munn, 1773–1845
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 12 1/8 inches (23.2 × 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Ouse Bridge, York

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite, with scratching out on medium, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 15/16 x 20 5/8 inches (32.9 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Llanberis Lake, with Castle Dolbadern

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 3/4 x 26 1/8 inches (50.2 x 66.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Lake Geneva and Mount Blanc

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1802 to 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink and scraping out on slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 28 7/8 x 44 5/8 inches (73.3 x 113.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. A Distant View of Maidstone, from Lower Bell Inn, Boxley Hill

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 x 30 1/2 inches (55.9 x 77.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. The Thames at Isleworth

Creator:: John Glover, 1767–1849
Date:: ca. 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 7/8 x 40 1/8 inches (68.3 x 101.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Colosseum, Rome

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 x 32 inches (52.1 x 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Mer de Glace, in the Valley of Chamonix

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gum, scraping out and stopping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, smooth wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 3/4 x 41 inches (70.5 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Landscape with Figures and Distant Castle

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (14.3 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Prince Rasselas and His Sister Conversing in Their Summer Palace on the Banks of the Nile

Creator:: Samuel Shelley, 1750–1808
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, mounted to moderately thick, smooth cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 7/8 × 15 1/4 inches (55.6 × 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Hilly Landscape with River and Cattle

Creator:: John Glover, 1767–1849
Date:: ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderateley thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches (21 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Millbank

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, graphite, and scratching out on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (29.2 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Robbing a Market Girl

Creator:: Thomas Heaphy, 1775–1835
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, pen and ink and gum over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 5/8 × 17 7/8 inches (60 × 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Inattention

Creator:: Thomas Heaphy, 1775–1835
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and ink, sponging, and gum over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 3/8 x 19 3/4 inches (64.5 x 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Landscape with Limekiln

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum, white gouache, and graphite, with scraping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 12 3/4 inches (23.2 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Artist and his Family

Creator:: Adam Buck, 1759–1833
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink, and graphite, with gum arabic and scraping on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 9/16 × 16 11/16 inches (44.6 × 42.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Color Guide, Based on Varley's List of Colors

Creator:: Thomas Sully, 1783–1872
Date:: between 1814 and 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (29.2 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Color Guide, Based on Varley's List of Colors

Creator:: Thomas Sully, 1783–1872
Date:: between 1814 and 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 9 3/8 inches (29.2 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Gil Blas, While Practising Medicine under Dr. Sangrado, Encounters Dr. Cuchillo at the Bedside of the Grocer

Creator:: Alfred Edward Chalon, 1780–1860
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on slightly textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches (31.8 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Harvesters in Landscape in Sussex

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with scraping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 7/8 × 38 3/4 inches (65.7 × 98.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Thames Near the Penitentiary, Millbank, London

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 16 1/8 inches (29.2 x 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Young Woodcutter

Creator:: Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper, laid on thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 3/8 x 14 3/16 inches (39 x 36.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. A Village Snow Scene

Creator:: Robert Hills, 1769–1844
Date:: 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite with scraping out on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 16 15/16 inches (32 x 43.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Tenth Day of the Decameron

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 8in. (27 x 20.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. A View of London from Highgate

Creator:: George Barret Jr., 1767–1842
Date:: 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with scraping and gum on thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/2 × 32 1/8 inches (52.1 × 81.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Gil Blas, While Practising Medicine under Dr. Sangrado, Encounters Dr. Cuchillo at the Bedside of the Grocer

Creator:: Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847
Date:: between 1820 and 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 x 15 1/2 inches (33 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Portia and Bassanio

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: ca. 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches (16.5 x 13 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Figures and Animals in a Vineyard

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: ca. 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with gum over graphite, with scratching out on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 × 20 1/2 inches (41.9 × 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Mrs. William Wilberforce and Child

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and scored gesso ground on panel
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 10 1/4 inches (35.6 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Romantic Landscape

Creator:: Samuel Jackson, 1794–1869
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite, with scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 3/4 inches (21.9 × 29.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Tryfan, Carnarvonshire

Creator:: George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and scraping out on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/4 x 29 15/16 inches (46.4 x 76 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye, Dawn

Creator:: George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Date:: between 1826 and 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, scraping out and gum on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches (45.1 x 65.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Lalla Rookh

Creator:: James Stephanoff, 1787–1874
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove apper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 16 1/2 inches (35.2 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Music: Composition in a Garden

Creator:: John James Chalon, 1778–1854
Date:: ca. 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Brown and gray wash, graphite on textured, moderately thick, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 17 5/8 inches (32.4 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. St. Paul's from Southwark by Sunset

Creator:: George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Date:: ca. 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/4 × 35 1/4 inches (59.1 × 89.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

39. View of the Pont Royal

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: ca. 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, graphite, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 × 19 13/16 inches (33.7 × 50.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Study for 'Elijah'

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 16 inches (25.1 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

41. Study for 'Elijah'

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 11 inches (18.1 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

42. French Coast Scene with Fisherboy

Creator:: James Duffield Harding, 1798–1863
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, pen and red ink, pen and gray ink, graphite, and gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches (37.8 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Religious Ceremony in Ancient Greece

Creator:: Francis Oliver Finch, 1802–1862
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, gum arabic, graphite, and scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 5/16 × 25 5/16 inches (46.5 × 64.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Highland Hospitality

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, gum, and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 1/8 x 29 7/8 inches (56.2 x 75.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Antwerp, Morning

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches (18.1 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. A View of Snowdon from the Sands of Traeth Mawr, taken at the Ford Between Pont Aberglaslyn and Tremadoc

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, blue chalk, graphite, and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/2 x 36 1/4 inches (64.8 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Pistil Mawddach, North Wales

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: between 1835 and 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/8 x 21 inches (44.1 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Festa di San Antonio, Bay of Naples

Creator:: Thomas Uwins, 1782–1857
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 33 inches (18.1 × 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

49. The Porch, Reims Cathedral

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite, with scratching out on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 × 10 3/4 inches (42.2 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. The Grand Canal, Venice

Creator:: James Duffield Harding, 1798–1863
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen in brown and blue ink, gouache and arabic gum over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, stretched over solid wooden frame
Dimensions:: Sheet: 30 x 41 3/16 inches (76.2 x 104.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Devil's Bridge, Saint Gotthard's Pass

2. Landscape with figures

3. Pale Melancholy

4. Pale Melancholy

5. Ouse Bridge, York

6. Llanberis Lake, with Castle Dolbadern

7. Lake Geneva and Mount Blanc

8. A Distant View of Maidstone, from Lower Bell Inn, Boxley Hill

9. The Thames at Isleworth

10. The Colosseum, Rome

11. Mer de Glace, in the Valley of Chamonix

12. Landscape with Figures and Distant Castle

13. Prince Rasselas and His Sister Conversing in Their Summer Palace on the Banks of the Nile

14. Hilly Landscape with River and Cattle

15. Millbank

16. Robbing a Market Girl

17. Inattention

18. Landscape with Limekiln

19. The Artist and his Family

20. Color Guide, Based on Varley's List of Colors

21. Color Guide, Based on Varley's List of Colors

22. Gil Blas, While Practising Medicine under Dr. Sangrado, Encounters Dr. Cuchillo at the Bedside of the Grocer

23. Harvesters in Landscape in Sussex

24. The Thames Near the Penitentiary, Millbank, London

25. Young Woodcutter

26. A Village Snow Scene

27. The Tenth Day of the Decameron

28. A View of London from Highgate

29. Gil Blas, While Practising Medicine under Dr. Sangrado, Encounters Dr. Cuchillo at the Bedside of the Grocer

30. Portia and Bassanio

31. Figures and Animals in a Vineyard

32. Mrs. William Wilberforce and Child

33. Romantic Landscape

34. Tryfan, Carnarvonshire

35. Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye, Dawn

36. Lalla Rookh

37. Music: Composition in a Garden

38. St. Paul's from Southwark by Sunset

39. View of the Pont Royal

40. Study for 'Elijah'

41. Study for 'Elijah'

42. French Coast Scene with Fisherboy

43. Religious Ceremony in Ancient Greece

44. Highland Hospitality

45. Antwerp, Morning

46. A View of Snowdon from the Sands of Traeth Mawr, taken at the Ford Between Pont Aberglaslyn and Tremadoc

47. Pistil Mawddach, North Wales

48. Festa di San Antonio, Bay of Naples

49. The Porch, Reims Cathedral

50. The Grand Canal, Venice