Period: 19th century / Genre: marine art / Subject Terms: ocean and ships

1. Harwich: The Low Lighthouse and Beacon Hill

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 x 20 inches (33 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Beached Vessels and a Wagon near Trouville

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches (37.1 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

3. Sailing Ships

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 3/4 x 21 inches (19.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. The Black Ball Line Packet Ship 'New York' off Ailsa Craig

Creator:: William Clark, 1803–1883
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. The English Merchant Ship 'Malabar'

Creator:: William Clark, 1803–1883
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 × 36 inches (61.6 × 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. The European Factories, Canton

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 × 50 inches (86.4 × 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. The Rock of Gibraltar from Algeciras (Spain)

Creator:: George Lothian Hall, 1825–1888
Date:: 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and scraping out on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 10 inches (15.9 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Europa Lighthouse, Ceuta, Spain

Creator:: George Lothian Hall, 1825–1888
Date:: 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 10 inches (15.9 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. A British Frigate Dropping Anchor

Creator:: William Joy, 1803–1867
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with scraping and gum on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 12 1/2in. (21.3 x 31.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Moonlit Scene of Castle and Ships

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen and black ink, brown ink, graphite, gouache and gum arabic on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 5 13/16 inches (11.1 × 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Barmouth, Merionethshire

Creator:: Print made by William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 x 14 15/16 inches (26.8 x 38 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Lamson Warren, Class of 1935

12. His Majesty's Ship Britannia Leaving Hamoaze with the Lord High Admiral On Board

Creator:: Louis Haghe, 1806–1885
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 19 3/16 inches (36.9 x 48.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. His Majesty's Ship Britannia Returning to Port

Creator:: Louis Haghe, 1806–1885
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 18 15/16 inches (36.9 x 48.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The Fire in H.M. Dockyard at Devonport on the Morning of the 27th of September 1840

Creator:: Print made by William Clerk, ? 19th c.
Date:: after 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 x 18 3/4 inches (38.6 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Rt. Hon. Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport, K.B.

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Freeman, 1773–1857
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 5 9/16 inches (22.4 × 14.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alexander

16. Clovelly, North Devon

Creator:: William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite with scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 29 1/4 x 44 1/2 inches (74.3 x 113 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Sailing Barge at Sea

Creator:: Edward Duncan, 1803–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite, with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 12 5/8 inches (23.5 x 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Mouth of the Thames, Isle of Sheppey in Distance

Creator:: Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
Date:: 1891
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

19. A Frigate in a Calm

Creator:: J. Hill, active 19th century
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 x 16 7/16 inches (26.9 x 41.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. A Seventy-four in a Fresh Gale

Creator:: J. Hill, active 19th century
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 x 16 5/8 inches (26.9 x 42.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. A First Rate after a Storm

Creator:: J. Hill, active 19th century
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 16 9/16 inches (26.6 x 42.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. A Sloop of War in a Light Breeze

Creator:: J. Hill, active 19th century
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 16 7/16 inches (26.7 x 41.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. View of Malta

Creator:: Charles Dyce, active 1848
Date:: 1848
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 7/8 inches (24.8 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. View of Malta

Creator:: Charles Dyce, active 1848
Date:: ca. 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 5/8 inches (24.8 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. The Harbor, Alexandria

Creator:: Charles Dyce, active 1848
Date:: ca. 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper laid down on contemporary mount with trompe l'oeil frame
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 7/8 inches (24.8 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. View of Ilfracombe, from Hilsborough

$View of Ilfracombe, from Hilsborough$

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches (16.2 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. View of Gibraltar

Creator:: Charles Dyce, active 1848
Date:: ca. 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 13 5/8 inches (24.4 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. A Mediterranean Port (or Aden?)

Creator:: Charles Dyce, active 1848
Date:: ca. 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 × 13 3/4 inches (25.1 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Shipping Scene

Creator:: Charles Golding Constable, 1821–1879
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 8 3/4 inches (12.1 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Seascape - Sailing Ships on a Choppy Sea

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and scraping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 6 1/4in. (8.9 x 15.9cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Custom House, London

Creator:: Henry Edridge, 1769–1821
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 7 3/4 inches (12.7 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. On the Beach

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: 1893
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 18 inches (35.6 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

33. Constantinople

Creator:: Print made by Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850
Date:: after 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Stipple engraving, etching, aquatint and color woodcut on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, smooth, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Image: 2 1/8 x 1 inches (5.4 x 2.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Harwich: The Low Lighthouse and Beacon Hill

2. Beached Vessels and a Wagon near Trouville

3. Sailing Ships

4. The Black Ball Line Packet Ship 'New York' off Ailsa Craig

5. The English Merchant Ship 'Malabar'

6. The European Factories, Canton

7. The Rock of Gibraltar from Algeciras (Spain)

8. Europa Lighthouse, Ceuta, Spain

9. A British Frigate Dropping Anchor

10. Moonlit Scene of Castle and Ships

11. Barmouth, Merionethshire

12. His Majesty's Ship Britannia Leaving Hamoaze with the Lord High Admiral On Board

13. His Majesty's Ship Britannia Returning to Port

14. The Fire in H.M. Dockyard at Devonport on the Morning of the 27th of September 1840

15. The Rt. Hon. Alexander Hood, Viscount Bridport, K.B.

16. Clovelly, North Devon

17. Sailing Barge at Sea

18. The Mouth of the Thames, Isle of Sheppey in Distance

19. A Frigate in a Calm

20. A Seventy-four in a Fresh Gale

21. A First Rate after a Storm

22. A Sloop of War in a Light Breeze

23. View of Malta

24. View of Malta

25. The Harbor, Alexandria

26. View of Ilfracombe, from Hilsborough

27. View of Gibraltar

28. A Mediterranean Port (or Aden?)

29. Shipping Scene

30. Seascape - Sailing Ships on a Choppy Sea

31. The Custom House, London

32. On the Beach

33. Constantinople