Exhibition History: Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02) / Subject Terms: marine art

1. Penzance Pier from the Dolphin Inn Window, October 15, 1807

Creator:: John Samuel Hayward, 1778–1822
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 20 7/8 inches (18.1 × 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Porpoises, July 7, 1883

Creator:: Henry Moore, 1831–1895
Date:: 1883
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 x 13 15/16in. (25.4 x 35.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Vessels in a Choppy Sea

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: ca. 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 3/8 inches (14 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Hindostan at Anchor in the Strait of Mi-a-tau of the City of Ten-choo-fou at the Entrance to the Gulf of Pekin

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 15 1/16 inches (20.6 x 38.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Shipping in an Estuary, Probably near Quilleboeuf

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: 1825 to 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 9 inches (14.6 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Near St. Malo

Creator:: Sir Augustus Wall Callcott, 1779–1844
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black chalk with scratching out on medium, slightly textured white wove paper, mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 10 inches (18.1 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Men of War Lying off Sheerness

Creator:: John Harris, 1770–1834
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gouache and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 21 1/4 inches (41.3 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. 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

9. Dutch Fishing Boats at Anchor in an Estuary

Creator:: William Joy, 1803–1867
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with scraping and gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 16 1/4in. (28.7 x 41.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Admiral House, Simon's Town, Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: Lt. Humphrey John Julian, active 1842–1849
Date:: 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite, with scraping on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 14 inches (22.9 × 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. 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

12. Dutch Shipping

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 13/16 × 9 5/8 inches (19.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Mutton Cove, Plymouth

Creator:: Thomas Sewell Robins, 1814–1880
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 11 inches (21.3 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. 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

15. Two Boats with Crews, Study for The Royal William at Sea

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed black ink, gray wash and graphite; verso: graphite and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches (14.6 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Mouth of the Humber

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 × 10 inches (15.6 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Ships on a Stormy Sea

Creator:: Samuel Owen, 1768–1857
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches (14 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Sailing Ships and Small Boats in Rough Sea off the Coast

Creator:: Samuel Owen, 1768–1857
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (13.3 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. View of Castle Cornet, Guernsey, Channel Islands, with Shipping

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 26 1/4 inches (23.8 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. A Dutch Packet in a Rising Breeze

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 13/16 inches (19.7 x 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Men-of-War and Sailing Boats Near a Shore

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red brown and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/16 x 18 1/4 inches (20.5 x 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Allen Evarts Foster, B.A. 1906

22. Entrance to Calais Harbour

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: ca. 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 11 inches (18.7 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. On the Medway

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859
Date:: early 1850s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on heavy textured Scotch paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 x 29 1/8 inches (48.3 x 74 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Fisherpeople on a Junk

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 8 inches (14.9 × 20.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. 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

26. Boats on a Stormy Sea

Creator:: François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 x 7 inches (10.2 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A Frigate Awaiting a Pilot

Creator:: William Anderson, 1757–1837
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches (20 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Penzance Pier from the Dolphin Inn Window, October 15, 1807

2. Porpoises, July 7, 1883

3. Vessels in a Choppy Sea

4. The Hindostan at Anchor in the Strait of Mi-a-tau of the City of Ten-choo-fou at the Entrance to the Gulf of Pekin

5. Shipping in an Estuary, Probably near Quilleboeuf

6. Near St. Malo

7. Men of War Lying off Sheerness

8. Tynemouth Pier - Lighting the Lamps at Sundown

9. Dutch Fishing Boats at Anchor in an Estuary

10. The Admiral House, Simon's Town, Cape of Good Hope

11. Sailing Barge at Sea

12. Dutch Shipping

13. Mutton Cove, Plymouth

14. Coast Scene with Shipping

15. Two Boats with Crews, Study for The Royal William at Sea

16. Mouth of the Humber

17. Ships on a Stormy Sea

18. Sailing Ships and Small Boats in Rough Sea off the Coast

19. View of Castle Cornet, Guernsey, Channel Islands, with Shipping

20. A Dutch Packet in a Rising Breeze

21. Men-of-War and Sailing Boats Near a Shore

22. Entrance to Calais Harbour

23. On the Medway

24. Fisherpeople on a Junk

25. The Head of Loch Fyne, with Dindarra Castle

26. Boats on a Stormy Sea

27. A Frigate Awaiting a Pilot