Exhibition History: Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17) / Work Type: watercolor

1. Underriver Hills, near Sevenoaks, Kent, from the Grounds of J. Herries, Esq.

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 14 1/16 inches (24.4 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. A Pastoral Scene

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches (9.5 x 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Sky Study with Rainbow

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches (22.5 x 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Landscape at East Bergholt

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 x 8 1/2 inches (17.8 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Borrowdale: Evening after a Fine Day, 1 October 1806

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 1/2 inches (17.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Christ Church Gate, Canterbury

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1793 to 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches (22.5 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Ingleborough from Chapel-Le-Dale

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1810 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 1/2 inches (27.9 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Andernach

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 12 5/8 inches (20 x 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Villa d'Este

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and back ink, blue wash and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 x 21 3/4 inches (42.5 x 55.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Yarmouth Sands

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches (24.8 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Crichton Castle (Mountainous Landscape with a Rainbow)

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches (17.5 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Tours: Sunset: Looking Backwards

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1826 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches (12.4 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Dead Sea, 16 and 17 April 1858

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: April 16 and 17, 1858
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink with watercolor over graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches (36.8 x 55.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Amada, 9:30 am, 12 February 1867

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches (12.4 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 19, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with letterpress inset
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 49, "The Progress of Poesy."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches (42.2 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Coast Scene with Shipping

Creator:: Charles Bentley, 1806–1854
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink over graphite, with scraping out on heavy, moderately textured, wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 14 5/8 inches (23.5 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. View of the Pantheon from the Arsenal

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over soft-ground etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 17 5/16 inches (15 x 43.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Beach Scene

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with scraping out on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches (13.7 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. John Gilpin in the Uxbridge Passage Boat

Creator:: Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Date:: 1820s
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, blue wash, and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 × 14 5/8 inches (23.5 × 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Greengrocer

Creator:: James Pollard, 1792–1867
Date:: ca. 1819
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 10 7/8 inches (22.9 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Grace Before Meat

Creator:: Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown and red ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 10 1/8 inches (21 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. 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

25. An Encampment in St. James Park

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 17 7/8 inches (30.2 x 45.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Windmill on a Knoll in a Landscape

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 8 1/2 inches (29.8 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Barn Interior

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches (34.6 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Aberystwyth Castle

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1796 to 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches (28.6 x 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Italianate Landscape with Travelers, No. 1

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 3/16 inches (37.5 x 53.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Blois on the Loire

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/16 x 13 3/8 inches (13.5 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Vauxhall Bridge

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: ca. 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 x 14 7/8 inches (28.9 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Rhine at Assmannshausen

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen, and brown ink, graphite, and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 17 5/16 inches (30.8 x 44 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. The Great Gate of St. Augustine's Monastery, Canterbury

Creator:: Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758
Date:: 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on thick, textured, cream laid paper on contemporary mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 × 15 3/16 inches (20.6 × 38.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Chepstow Castle

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 25 1/4 inches (30.5 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. View of Bath from Spring Gardens

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches (30.8 x 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. The Avon near Bristol

Creator:: Samuel Jackson, 1794–1869
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache, with scraping and gum on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches (28.5 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Study of a Lioness

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: ca. 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on buff wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/16 x 16 9/16 inches (36.4 x 42.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. A Greek Girl Standing on a Balcony

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper, laid down on contemporary mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 7/16 inches (42.5 x 29.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. 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

40. Travelers on a Road above a River

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 5/8 inches (19.7 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. A Lady Reading

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 11 1/2 x 8 inches (29.2 x 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Chapel of the Greyfriars Monastery, Winchester

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: between 1790 and 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 11 1/8 inches (22.9 x 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Cottages at Llanllyfni, North Wales

Creator:: Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
Date:: 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/16 x 9 3/4 inches (10.3 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Dust Storm Coming On, near Jeypore, Rajpootana

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 20 inches (35.5 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Temple of Venus and Rome from the Colosseum

Creator:: William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 16 3/8 inches (30.6 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Mine in the Bastion du Mat, Sebastopol, Crimea

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 15 15/16 inches (26.4 x 40.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. 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

48. A Hoy and a Lugger with other Shipping on a Calm Sea

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches (33.3 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Travelling in France

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1785 and 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 17 1/2 inches (28.7 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. An Arch at Holy Island, Northumberland

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (29.2 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Viewing at the Royal Academy

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (14.6 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Comforts of Bath: The Concert

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches (14 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Comforts of Bath: Gouty Persons Fall on Steep HIll

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite; verso: extensive watercolor blots on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 5 13/16 x 8 5/16 inches (14.8 x 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. The Great Temple of Amon Karnak, The Hypostyle Hall

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with scratching out and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 13 inches (48.9 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. 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

56. The Mosque at Cordova

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache and some gum over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 3/4 inches (24.8 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. A Woodcutter's Picnic

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and vermillion ink and watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 13/16 x 15 1/16 inches (27.5 x 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Isola Madre, Lago Maggiore

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid down on original mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 17 1/2 inches (31 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Skating in Hyde Park

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, brown ink, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 13 15/16 inches (25.2 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. View of Lake Coniston, Lancashire

Creator:: Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 3/4 × 24 7/8 inches (32.4 × 63.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Checkmate

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches (14 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. A Sporting Cove

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1815 and 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite; verso: watercolor blots on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 6 inches (19.7 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Estuary on the River Taw, Devon

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/16 x 17 3/4 inches (26.2 x 45.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (16.8 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. 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

66. The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 17 inches (27.3 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Lake Windermere from Calgarth with Belle Isle

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper in contemporary line mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 × 20 1/8 inches (34.6 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Wooded Landscape with Country Cart and Figures

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1785 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk, gray wash and black wash on medium, slightly textured, antique buff wove paper prepared with gray
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 inches (24.8 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. Il Parco degli Astroni - The Wooded Crater Bottom with Hunt in Progress

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 5/8 inches (26 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. Mountain Tops (A Mountain Study)

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, gray wash, graphite, and brown ground on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (23.5 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Mountainous Landscape with Clouds

Creator:: Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847
Date:: ca. 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, light blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 15 inches (25.7 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Harvest Time: Cumberland

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 17 inches (16.8 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. 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

74. Richmond Hill

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with scraping on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 12 inches (16.8 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Forest Pool

Creator:: Robert Hills, 1769–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite, with scraping out on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 11 1/2 inches (22.9 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Open Landscape with Horsemen and Covered Cart

Creator:: Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Date:: between 1780 and 1788
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and black wash, with traces of black and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 inches (27.3 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Still Life: Pots, Basket and Cloth on a Chest

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches (31.1 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Lake of Vico Between Rome and Florence

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/8 x 14 13/16 inches (25.7 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Between Chamonix and Martigny

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, watercolor, graphite, gray wash and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 12 15/16 x 17 11/16 inches (32.8 x 45 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Yarmouth Sands, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1820 to 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and scraping out on medium smooth cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches (29.8 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Fantastic Landscape

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: 1780 to 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black wash, graphite and buff ground on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches (40 x 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Sketch to Illustrate the Passions: Suspense or Expectation

Creator:: Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:: 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches (35.9 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. On the Lake of Nemi

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: between 1780 and 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 7/8 inches (21 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Windsor Castle from near Brocas Meadows

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, graphite, gouache, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 18 3/16 × 25 15/16 inches (46.2 × 65.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Old British Camp in Bulstrode Park

Creator:: George Arthur Fripp, 1813–1896
Date:: 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and gum with scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 × 24 1/4 inches (35.2 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Landscape with Buildings: Possibly at Richmond, Surrey

Creator:: William Taverner, 1703–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 × 28 1/8 inches (24.1 × 71.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Underriver Hills, near Sevenoaks, Kent, from the Grounds of J. Herries, Esq.

2. A Pastoral Scene

3. Sky Study with Rainbow

4. Landscape at East Bergholt

5. Borrowdale: Evening after a Fine Day, 1 October 1806

6. Christ Church Gate, Canterbury

7. Ingleborough from Chapel-Le-Dale

8. Andernach

9. Villa d'Este

10. Yarmouth Sands

11. Crichton Castle (Mountainous Landscape with a Rainbow)

12. Tours: Sunset: Looking Backwards

13. The Dead Sea, 16 and 17 April 1858

14. Amada, 9:30 am, 12 February 1867

15. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 19, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

16. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 49, "The Progress of Poesy."

17. The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins

18. Coast Scene with Shipping

19. View of the Pantheon from the Arsenal

20. Beach Scene

21. John Gilpin in the Uxbridge Passage Boat

22. The Greengrocer

23. Grace Before Meat

24. Plums and Mulberries

25. An Encampment in St. James Park

26. Windmill on a Knoll in a Landscape

27. Barn Interior

28. Aberystwyth Castle

29. Italianate Landscape with Travelers, No. 1

30. Blois on the Loire

31. Vauxhall Bridge

32. The Rhine at Assmannshausen

33. The Great Gate of St. Augustine's Monastery, Canterbury

34. Chepstow Castle

35. View of Bath from Spring Gardens

36. The Avon near Bristol

37. Study of a Lioness

38. A Greek Girl Standing on a Balcony

39. Figures and Animals in a Vineyard

40. Travelers on a Road above a River

41. A Lady Reading

42. The Chapel of the Greyfriars Monastery, Winchester

43. Cottages at Llanllyfni, North Wales

44. Dust Storm Coming On, near Jeypore, Rajpootana

45. Temple of Venus and Rome from the Colosseum

46. Mine in the Bastion du Mat, Sebastopol, Crimea

47. Prague

48. A Hoy and a Lugger with other Shipping on a Calm Sea

49. Travelling in France

50. An Arch at Holy Island, Northumberland

51. Viewing at the Royal Academy

52. Comforts of Bath: The Concert

53. Comforts of Bath: Gouty Persons Fall on Steep HIll

54. The Great Temple of Amon Karnak, The Hypostyle Hall

55. Ouse Bridge, York

56. The Mosque at Cordova

57. A Woodcutter's Picnic

58. Isola Madre, Lago Maggiore

59. Skating in Hyde Park

60. View of Lake Coniston, Lancashire

61. Checkmate

62. A Sporting Cove

63. Estuary on the River Taw, Devon

64. Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland

65. Tryfan, Carnarvonshire

66. The Return of the Fleet to Great Yarmouth in 1797

67. Lake Windermere from Calgarth with Belle Isle

68. Wooded Landscape with Country Cart and Figures

69. Il Parco degli Astroni - The Wooded Crater Bottom with Hunt in Progress

70. Mountain Tops (A Mountain Study)

71. Mountainous Landscape with Clouds

72. Harvest Time: Cumberland

73. The Head of Loch Fyne, with Dindarra Castle

74. Richmond Hill