Period: 19th century / Work Type: drawing / Subject Terms: tower (building division)

1. 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

2. Guildford

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache and scraping out with some varnish over graphite on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 5/8 inches (18.7 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. East Bergholt Church, Looking Out the South Archway of the Ruined Tower

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches (18.7 x 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Rhodes

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1823 and 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 8 7/8in. (13.3 x 22.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Near Rauda

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on thick, rough, cream wove paper, mounted on very thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/16 x 7 inches (6.2 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

6. View at Caernarvon, Wales

Creator:: William Payne, active 1850s
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 × 8 1/2 inches (17.3 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Mole Head, Algiers

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches (10.8 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. O'Hara's Tower, Gibraltar

Creator:: George Lothian Hall, 1825–1888
Date:: 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream card
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. Bushey Church from the South West

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 9 3/4 x 15 inches (24.8 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Delft

Creator:: James Holland, 1799–1870
Date:: 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 5 1/2 inches (23.2 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Ruins of the College of Lincluden, near Dumfries

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (16.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Design for London Bridge Approach

Creator:: Print made by Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: between 1827 and 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, greened white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 14 7/8 inches (22.5 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Oruro, Bolivia

Creator:: Godfrey Thomas Vigne, 1801–1863
Date:: 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 14 3/8 inches (23.5 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Design for a Monument

Creator:: Lewis Vulliamy, 1791–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink and watercolor on smooth, thick, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 6 3/4 inches (22.2 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Design for London Bridge Approach

Creator:: Print made by Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867
Date:: between 1827 and 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash over graphite and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, greened white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 18 1/16 inches (21 x 45.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Variant Designs for the Somerset Monument: Elevation

Creator:: Lewis Vulliamy, 1791–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on smooth, thick, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 7 inches (26.7 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Rye House

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue-gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 15 1/2 inches (28.3 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Tower of the Clergy, Oporto

Creator:: James Holland, 1799–1870
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 6 3/4 inches (23.5 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Palais de Justice, Rouen

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches (30.2 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Tower of London

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 14 3/4 inches (22.5 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales: Elevation of Windows in the Barbican Towers

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and red ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 1/8 inches (27.9 x 38.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

22. Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales: Elevations of Windows

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 15 inches (27 x 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. West View of the Ruins of Gleaston Castle, Gleaston, Aldingham, Lancashire, and The Castle or Tower of Dalton, Dalton-in-Furness, Dalton Town with Newton, Lancashire

West View of the Ruins of Gleaston Castle, Gleaston, Aldingham, Lancashire, and The Castle or Tower of Dalton, Dalton-in-Furness, Dalton Town with Newton, Lancashire

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 5 3/8 inches (21.3 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Saint Peter's Church, Hereford, from Butcher's Row

Creator:: follower of John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/4 x 22 5/8 inches (40 x 57.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Landscape with an Abbey

Creator:: Jonathan Girtin, ca.1780–aft.1820
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid on contemporary mount made of thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 3/4 x 21 1/2 inches (32.4 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache and oil on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper pasted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches (18.5 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales: Plan of the Barbican Tower and Elevation and Section of Window

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and pen and red ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 10 5/8 inches (38.1 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

28. The Tower of the Manor House, East Barsham, Norfolk

Creator:: Joseph Nash, 1808–1878
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 6 3/4 inches (22.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Landscape with Tower and Approaching Storm

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, brown ink, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, moderately textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 1/4 x 7 9/16 inches (13.4 x 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. West view of the Ruins of Cowdray House, Sussex

Creator:: John Buckler FSA, 1770–1851
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 19 3/4 inches (33 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Widecombe Village

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (14 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Torre delle Milizie

Creator:: Lewis Vulliamy, 1791–1871
Date:: between 1818 and 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on slightly textured, moderately thick, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 15 1/16 inches (22.7 × 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Hillslap

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 6 3/4 inches (12.4 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Unidentified Tower

Creator:: Lewis Vulliamy, 1791–1871
Date:: between 1818 and 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on slightly textured, medium cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 × 9 3/4 inches (40.6 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Bridge and Tower, after Richard Wilson

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 6 1/2 inches (10.5 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Tower of the Village Church of Saint Maclou, Normandy

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 7 1/8 inches (30.5 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Rotterdam: The Church of St. Lawrence

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 11 3/8 inches (21.3 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Yarmouth, the North-west Tower

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches (30.2 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Great Snoring Church, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1815 to 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 9 1/4 inches (15.2 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Princes in the Tower

Creator:: William Marshall Craig, 1763 or 1764–1829
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink with gray wash and watercolor on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 8 11/16 inches (27.5 x 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

41. Clock Tower, St. Alban's Abbey

Creator:: Henry Edridge, 1769–1821
Date:: 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 × 7 7/8 inches (26.4 × 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Curfew Tower, Windsor

Creator:: Henry Edridge, 1769–1821
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (36.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. The Lecture House, Watford

Creator:: Henry Edridge, 1769–1821
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 12 3/4 inches (25.4 × 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Kilkee, Ireland

Creator:: Attributed to Mary Darby, active mid 19th century
Date:: 1848
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white chalk, with stumping on moderately thick, slightly textured, light green wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 3/4 inches (27 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Lonely Tower

2. Guildford

3. East Bergholt Church, Looking Out the South Archway of the Ruined Tower

4. Rhodes

5. Near Rauda

6. View at Caernarvon, Wales

7. Mole Head, Algiers

8. O'Hara's Tower, Gibraltar

9. Bushey Church from the South West

10. Delft

11. The Ruins of the College of Lincluden, near Dumfries

12. Design for London Bridge Approach

13. Oruro, Bolivia

14. Design for a Monument

15. Design for London Bridge Approach

16. Variant Designs for the Somerset Monument: Elevation

17. Rye House

18. The Tower of the Clergy, Oporto

19. Palais de Justice, Rouen

20. The Tower of London

21. Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales: Elevation of Windows in the Barbican Towers

22. Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales: Elevations of Windows

23. West View of the Ruins of Gleaston Castle, Gleaston, Aldingham, Lancashire, and The Castle or Tower of Dalton, Dalton-in-Furness, Dalton Town with Newton, Lancashire

24. Saint Peter's Church, Hereford, from Butcher's Row

25. Landscape with an Abbey

26. Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans

27. Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, Wales: Plan of the Barbican Tower and Elevation and Section of Window

28. The Tower of the Manor House, East Barsham, Norfolk

29. Landscape with Tower and Approaching Storm

30. West view of the Ruins of Cowdray House, Sussex

31. Widecombe Village

32. Torre delle Milizie

33. Hillslap

34. Unidentified Tower

35. Bridge and Tower, after Richard Wilson

36. Tower of the Village Church of Saint Maclou, Normandy

37. Rotterdam: The Church of St. Lawrence

38. Yarmouth, the North-west Tower

39. Great Snoring Church, Norfolk

40. The Princes in the Tower

41. Clock Tower, St. Alban's Abbey

42. The Curfew Tower, Windsor

43. The Lecture House, Watford

44. Kilkee, Ireland