Genre: genre subject / Associated Places: Europe and London / Subject Terms: cityscape

1. Hay Carts, Cumberland Market

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: 1915
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 7/8 × 24 inches (47.9 × 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. The Weigh House, Cumberland Market

Creator:: Robert Polhill Bevan, 1865–1925
Date:: ca. 1914
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/8 x 24 1/8 inches (51.1 x 61.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. St. Paul's Cathedral

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: ca. 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 24 3/4 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches (62.9 × 73 × 4.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 21 × 34 1/2 inches (53.3 × 87.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Northumberland House, London

Creator:: Attributed to William James, active 1754–1771
Date:: ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 3/4 x 16 inches (29.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Frost Fair on the Thames, with Old London Bridge in the distance

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1684
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/4 x 30 1/4 inches (64.1 x 76.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Lincoln's Inn, the Chapel, and Old Hall, London

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1730
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 3/4 x 49 3/4 inches (88.3 x 126.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Covent Garden

Creator:: Pieter Angillis, 1685–1734
Date:: ca. 1726
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 18 13/16 x 24 13/16 inches (47.8 x 63 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. The Second Stage of Cruelty: Coachman Beating a Fallen Horse

Creator:: Print made by William Hogarth, 1697–1764
Date:: 1751, printed 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 7/8 x 19 1/4 inches (63.2 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Patricia Cornwell

10. View of Old London Bridge

Creator:: William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 x 21 1/8 inches (33.7 x 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Street Scene at Stratford by Bow

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (12.1 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. A Group of Men on Westminster Pier

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1752
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink over graphite on medium, moderatelty textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches (9.2 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Battersea Reach

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (16.8 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

14. Battersea Reach

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, slightly textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (19 x 26.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Bequest of Thomas W. Farnam, B.A. 1899

15. Battersea Reach

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, smooth, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 x 10 3/8 inches (19.2 x 26.3 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

16. Whistler's House at Old Chelsea

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, smooth, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (20 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

17. Whistler's House at Old Chelsea

Creator:: Print made by Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 15/16 x 13 7/8 inches (20.1 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., BA 1910

18. Battersea Reach

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 9 13/16 inches (18.4 x 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., BA 1910

19. A Prospect of St. James's Park

Creator:: Nathaniel Parr, active 1742–1751
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Royal Palace of St. James's next the Park

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 11 × 16 3/4 inches (27.9 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. A Perspective View of Covent Garden

Creator:: Print made by John Maurer, active 1713–1761
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Church of St. Mary Le Bow in Cheapside London

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Bowles III, ca. 1712–1767
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Inside View of the Royal Exchange at London

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Bowles III, ca. 1712–1767
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Plate: 11 1/4 × 16 1/2 inches (28.6 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Crowded Improvised Air Raid Shelter in Liverpool Street Tube Tunnel

Creator:: Bill Brandt, 1904–1983
Date:: 1940
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, gloss photographic paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, white card
Dimensions:: Mount: 20 x 15 15/16 inches (50.8 x 40.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Parnassus Foundation, courtesy of Jane and Raphael Bernstein

25. People Sheltering in the Tube, Elephant and Castle Underground Station, circa 1939

Creator:: Bill Brandt, 1904–1983
Date:: ca. 1939
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, gloss photographic paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, white card
Dimensions:: Mount: 20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Parnassus Foundation, courtesy of Jane and Raphael Bernstein

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1. Hay Carts, Cumberland Market

2. The Weigh House, Cumberland Market

3. St. Paul's Cathedral

4. The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

5. Northumberland House, London

6. Frost Fair on the Thames, with Old London Bridge in the distance

7. Lincoln's Inn, the Chapel, and Old Hall, London

8. Covent Garden

9. The Second Stage of Cruelty: Coachman Beating a Fallen Horse

10. View of Old London Bridge

11. Street Scene at Stratford by Bow

12. A Group of Men on Westminster Pier

13. Battersea Reach

14. Battersea Reach

15. Battersea Reach

16. Whistler's House at Old Chelsea

17. Whistler's House at Old Chelsea

18. Battersea Reach

19. A Prospect of St. James's Park

20. The Royal Palace of St. James's next the Park

21. A Perspective View of Covent Garden

22. The Church of St. Mary Le Bow in Cheapside London

23. The Inside View of the Royal Exchange at London

24. Crowded Improvised Air Raid Shelter in Liverpool Street Tube Tunnel

25. People Sheltering in the Tube, Elephant and Castle Underground Station, circa 1939