Genre: genre subject / Associated Places: London / Subject Terms: cityscape / Topic subjectplace ss: Thames

1. Half-size Sketch for The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (“Whitehall Stairs, June 18, 1817”)

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: 1829 to 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 × 39 inches (61 × 99.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. 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

3. Westminster from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches (38.7 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. 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

5. Arches of Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 3/4 × 47 3/4 inches (108.6 × 121.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Frost on the Thames

Creator:: Samuel Collings, active 1784–1795
Date:: 1788 to 1789
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 3/16 × 48 3/16 inches (76.7 × 122.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. The Church of St. Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, with the Monument in the Background

Creator:: Thomas Shotter Boys, 1803–1874
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite with gouache and arabic gum on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 11/16 x 10 5/8 inches (34.8 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. 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

9. 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

10. Chiswick

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 21 5/8 inches (24.4 × 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequeathed by Weyland Wells Williams, Yale BA 1910, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

11. Black Lion Wharf

Creator:: Print made by James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:: 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on thin, slightly textured, beige China paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 14 inches (23.1 × 35.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

12. Part of Waterloo Bridge with the Shot Tower, &c.

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 11 13/16 inches (44.5 x 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. 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

14. 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

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. 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

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. Battersea Power Station, London

Creator:: Emil Otto Hoppé, 1878–1972
Date:: 1934
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 3 inches (10.2 × 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Graham Howe

20. Watching the Steamers at Westminster, London

Creator:: Emil Otto Hoppé, 1878–1972
Date:: 1934
Materials & Techniques:: Gelatin silver print on photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 × 4 inches (7.6 × 10.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Graham Howe

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1. Half-size Sketch for The Opening of Waterloo Bridge (“Whitehall Stairs, June 18, 1817”)

2. The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

3. Westminster from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

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

5. Arches of Westminster Bridge

6. Frost on the Thames

7. The Church of St. Magnus the Martyr, London Bridge, with the Monument in the Background

8. View of Old London Bridge

9. A Group of Men on Westminster Pier

10. Chiswick

11. Black Lion Wharf

12. Part of Waterloo Bridge with the Shot Tower, &c.

13. Whistler's House at Old Chelsea

14. Battersea Reach

15. Battersea Reach

16. Battersea Reach

17. Whistler's House at Old Chelsea

18. Battersea Reach

19. Battersea Power Station, London

20. Watching the Steamers at Westminster, London