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

1. Shipwreck

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/2 x 16 inches (31.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Stormy Sea, Brighton

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 6 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (16.5 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. The English Brig 'Norval' before the Wind

Creator:: William Clark, 1803–1883
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 7/8 x 29 5/8 inches (50.5 x 75.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. 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

8. 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

9. Port on a Stormy Day

Creator:: George Chambers, 1803–1840
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 x 18 inches (33 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Sailing Boats and Barges on a Dutch(?) Estuary

Creator:: John Berney Crome, 1794–1842
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 × 48 inches (86.4 × 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Toulon (?)

Creator:: Edward William Cooke, 1811–1880
Date:: 1845 or after 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 12 × 18 3/8 inches (30.5 × 46.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Yarmouth Pier

Creator:: John Crome, 1768–1821
Date:: between 1810 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/2 x 33 inches (52.1 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal -- A Squall Passing Off

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 x 42 inches (68.6 x 106.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. 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

15. A Lugger Driving Ashore in a Gale

Creator:: William Joy, 1803–1867
Date:: ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/2 x 26 1/4 inches (47 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. Study of Waves

Creator:: attributed to Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown washes with white gouache over graphite on thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 8 7/8 inches (14.8 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Marine Dabblers

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 12 1/2 inches (24.1 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving; early engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (34.9 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Building and Repairing Masoola Boats

Creator:: John Gantz, 1772–1853
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 inches (16.2 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. 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

21. Land's End, Cornwall

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1814-1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 × 17 1/2 inches (30 × 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Land's End, Cornwall

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1814-1826
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, interstate (between 1st and 2nd) on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/16 × 13 13/16 inches (25.9 × 35.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. 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

24. 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

25. A Mistica, Gibraltar

Creator:: George Lothian Hall, 1825–1888
Date:: 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 × 4 1/8 inches (7.6 × 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. 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

27. Boats and Men on Beach

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite, gum arabic, and scratching out on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 7 1/2 inches (21.4 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Shipping off the Isle of Wight

Creator:: Alfred Gomersal Vickers, 1810–1837
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink and pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 13 1/16 inches (19.1 × 33.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Cape Aia and Balaklava Bay, 1854

Creator:: Gaspard Le Marchant Tupper, 1862–1906
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and white gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 21 inches (18.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Harbour of Sebastopol

Creator:: Gaspard Le Marchant Tupper, 1862–1906
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache on moderately thick, slightly textured, light blue, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 20 3/8 inches (17.5 x 51.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Fishing Vessel "Providence" of Scarborough

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 16 3/8 inches (25.4 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Tarifa Point, Spain and Mons Abyla, Africa

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

33. Cabrita Point - Rock of Gibraltar

Creator:: George Lothian Hall, 1825–1888
Date:: 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with 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

34. Port

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 x 10in. (17.6 x 25.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Moonlit Coastal Scene

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and white gouache on medium, smooth, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/16 × 4 3/4 inches (8.7 × 12.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Harbor

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 9 1/4in. (14.6 x 23.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Thumbnail Sketch of Port City

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink, and gouache on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 7/16 × 2 1/16 inches (3.7 × 5.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. Constantinople

Creator:: Print made by Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850
Date:: after 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and stipple engraving, with color woodcut on cream card mounted on beige card
Dimensions:: Image: 2 1/16 x 4 13/16 inches (5.3 x 12.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Study for Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown

Creator:: Alfred William Hunt, 1830–1896
Date:: ca. 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with scraping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 inches (27.3 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

43. 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

44. Untitled

Creator:: Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 3 7/16 inches (13.3 × 8.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

45. 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

46. 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

47. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Etching; open etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 11 inches (42.5 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Yarmouth, Norfolk

Creator:: Edward Francis Finden, 1791–1857
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 3/4 inches (28.3 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. 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

50. 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

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1. Shipwreck

2. Stormy Sea, Brighton

3. Harwich: The Low Lighthouse and Beacon Hill

4. Beached Vessels and a Wagon near Trouville

5. Sailing Ships

6. The English Brig 'Norval' before the Wind

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

8. The English Merchant Ship 'Malabar'

9. Port on a Stormy Day

10. Sailing Boats and Barges on a Dutch(?) Estuary

11. Toulon (?)

12. Yarmouth Pier

13. Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal -- A Squall Passing Off

14. The European Factories, Canton

15. A Lugger Driving Ashore in a Gale

16. Study of Waves

17. Marine Dabblers

18. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

19. Building and Repairing Masoola Boats

20. Sailing Barge at Sea

21. Land's End, Cornwall

22. Land's End, Cornwall

23. The Rock of Gibraltar from Algeciras (Spain)

24. Europa Lighthouse, Ceuta, Spain

25. A Mistica, Gibraltar

26. A British Frigate Dropping Anchor

27. Boats and Men on Beach

28. Shipping off the Isle of Wight

29. Cape Aia and Balaklava Bay, 1854

30. The Harbour of Sebastopol

31. Fishing Vessel "Providence" of Scarborough

32. Tarifa Point, Spain and Mons Abyla, Africa

33. Cabrita Point - Rock of Gibraltar

34. Port

35. Moonlit Coastal Scene

36. Harbor

37. Thumbnail Sketch of Port City

38. Moonlit Scene of Castle and Ships

39. Clovelly, North Devon

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

41. Constantinople

42. Study for Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown

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

44. Untitled

45. View of Ilfracombe, from Hilsborough

46. A First Rate after a Storm

47. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

48. Yarmouth, Norfolk

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

50. A Sloop of War in a Light Breeze