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)

1. 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

2. 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

3. Prague

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: ca. 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, red ink, gouache, graphite, and scraping out on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 10 15/16 inches (38.7 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. 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

5. 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

6. Walenstadt, from Weesen, Switzerland

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink, graphite, gouache and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 9/16 x 25 7/16 inches (44.6 x 64.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. The Bass Rock at Dawn

Creator:: Edward Duncan, 1803–1882
Date:: 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, graphite, gouache, and scratching out on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/16 × 19 15/16 inches (20.8 × 50.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. 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

18. Shipping off Staffa

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, brown ink, gray ink, black ink, gouache, gum, and graphite, with scraping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 3/8 inches (31.1 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Head of Loch Fyne, with Dindarra Castle

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855
Date:: 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, brown ink, gouache, gum, and graphite, with scraping on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 16 1/8 inches (30.5 × 41 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. 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

21. 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

22. The Hayrick

Creator:: Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
Date:: 1862
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and gum with scraping out on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 30 7/8 × 26 3/4 inches (78.4 × 67.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

Creator:: Sir John Gilbert, 1817–1897
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, red ink, gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 × 29 3/4 inches (48.9 × 75.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown

Creator:: Alfred William Hunt, 1830–1896
Date:: 1868
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, gum, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches (37.1 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

35. Plums and Mulberries

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and gum over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (19.7 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. 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

37. Abu Simbel, 11-11:30 am, 8 February 1867 (374)

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink, pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 20 1/8 inches (34.9 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Kilchurn Castle, Argyllshire

Creator:: William Leighton Leitch, 1804–1883
Date:: 1865
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and scratching out on thick, textured, cream wove paper, mounted on wood
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 × 40 inches (66 × 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai. 1842 - The Convent of St. Catherine in the Distance

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/4 x 53 1/2 inches (66.7 x 135.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. 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

41. 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

42. 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

43. 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

44. The Long Gallery, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire

Creator:: Joseph Nash, 1808–1878
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and brown ink, graphite, and scratching out on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/8 × 29 3/4 inches (54.9 × 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. The Lonely Tower

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1868
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and gum arabic on London board: a high-quality pasteboard sheet made of Whatman's finest drawing paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 27 7/8 inches (51.4 x 70.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. 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

47. 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

48. Fishermen Hauling their Net Ashore on the Bay of Naples

Creator:: Ramsay Richard Reinagle, 1775–1862
Date:: 1812
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum arabic, graphite, and scraping on moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 37 1/2 × 55 inches (95.3 × 139.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. 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

50. 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

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1. A View of London from Highgate

2. Portia and Bassanio

3. Prague

4. The Artist and his Family

5. View of the Pont Royal

6. Walenstadt, from Weesen, Switzerland

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

8. Music: Composition in a Garden

9. Antwerp, Morning

10. Millbank

11. Young Woodcutter

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

13. Harvesters in Landscape in Sussex

14. Study for 'Elijah'

15. Study for 'Elijah'

16. The Bass Rock at Dawn

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

18. Shipping off Staffa

19. The Head of Loch Fyne, with Dindarra Castle

20. Landscape with Limekiln

21. Religious Ceremony in Ancient Greece

22. The Hayrick

23. Enter Malvolio, Crossgartered...

24. Ouse Bridge, York

25. Hilly Landscape with River and Cattle

26. The Thames at Isleworth

27. French Coast Scene with Fisherboy

28. The Grand Canal, Venice

29. Landscape with figures

30. Pale Melancholy

31. Inattention

32. Robbing a Market Girl

33. A Village Snow Scene

34. Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown

35. Plums and Mulberries

36. Romantic Landscape

37. Abu Simbel, 11-11:30 am, 8 February 1867 (374)

38. Kilchurn Castle, Argyllshire

39. A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai. 1842 - The Convent of St. Catherine in the Distance

40. Figures and Animals in a Vineyard

41. Highland Hospitality

42. Mrs. William Wilberforce and Child

43. Pale Melancholy

44. The Long Gallery, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire

45. The Lonely Tower

46. Pistil Mawddach, North Wales

47. The Porch, Reims Cathedral

48. Fishermen Hauling their Net Ashore on the Bay of Naples

49. Tryfan, Carnarvonshire

50. Loch Coruisk, Isle of Skye, Dawn