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1. The Mountain Torrent

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: between 1820 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 5/16 × 61 inches (99.9 × 154.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. A View across the Artist's Garden from his House at Exmouth, Devonshire

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: mid-19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: 6 1/8 x 8 15/16 inches (15.6 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. The Avon Gorge

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: between 1816 and 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 13 × 9 3/4 inches (33 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Sunset at Sea after a Storm

Creator:: Attributed to Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on pressed card
Dimensions:: 4 1/2 x 7 inches (11.4 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. The Avon Gorge at Sunset

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 5 7/16 x 6 7/16 inches (13.8 x 16.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. End of Lake Geneva

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 45 inches (76.2 x 114.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. The Painter's Holiday

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1844
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 7/8 × 41 7/8 inches (75.9 × 106.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Children by a Brook

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (74.9 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Hampstead Heath, Sunset

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches (28.6 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. A Mountain Chieftain's Funeral

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1848
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 × 21 3/4 inches (35.6 × 55.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Boat Building near Dinan, Brittany

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper laid on panel
Dimensions:: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches (23.5 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Shipwreck

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/2 x 16 inches (31.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Landscape near Clifton

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: 1822 to 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 28 inches (91.4 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. Study for 'Calypso's Grotto'

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 5 x 7 1/2 inches (12.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

15. Chepstow Castle on the Wye

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 17 5/8 inches (21 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. The Haunted Wood

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and brown ink with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches (15.9 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. The Launch of "La Sorciére" on the Lake of Geneva

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 11 3/8 inches (19.4 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Oberon and Titania

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink with gum over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 8 1/4 inches (15.2 × 20.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. Study for "The Golden Age"

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 7/8in. (19.1 x 27.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Andrew Wyld in honor of Paul Mellon

20. A Lake in Norway

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 16 5/16 inches (30.9 x 41.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Avon Gorge, Looking toward Clifton

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite with scraping out on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 28 3/4 inches (48.9 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Subterranean Pool with Sculptural Torchere

Creator:: attributed to Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, with scraping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 9 inches (26 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Hope near Bergen

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 1/4 inches (11.4 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Ferry

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 7 3/8 inches (10.5 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. A Classical City

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 7 3/8 inches (12.7 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

26. Sunset over a River Landscape

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: early 1840s
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 17 9/16 inches (31.2 x 44.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Moonlit Lake

Creator:: attributed to Samuel Jackson, 1794–1869
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite, with scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches (24.1 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Crossing the Red Sea

Creator:: George H. Phillips, active 1819–1825
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 5/8 × 33 7/8 inches (60 × 86 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Sun-set at Sea after a Storm

Creator:: Frederick Christian Lewis the Elder, 1779–1856
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 12in. (19.1 x 30.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Ruins of a Monastery with Farmyard Animals

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with gouache and scraping on thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 21 1/4 inches (40.5 × 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Mountain Torrent

2. A View across the Artist's Garden from his House at Exmouth, Devonshire

3. The Avon Gorge

4. Sunset at Sea after a Storm

5. The Avon Gorge at Sunset

6. End of Lake Geneva

7. The Painter's Holiday

8. Children by a Brook

9. Hampstead Heath, Sunset

10. A Mountain Chieftain's Funeral

11. Boat Building near Dinan, Brittany

12. Shipwreck

13. Landscape near Clifton

14. Study for 'Calypso's Grotto'

15. Chepstow Castle on the Wye

16. The Haunted Wood

17. The Launch of "La Sorciére" on the Lake of Geneva

18. Oberon and Titania

19. Study for "The Golden Age"

20. A Lake in Norway

21. The Avon Gorge, Looking toward Clifton

22. Subterranean Pool with Sculptural Torchere

23. Hope near Bergen

24. The Ferry

25. A Classical City

26. Sunset over a River Landscape

27. The Moonlit Lake

28. Crossing the Red Sea

29. Sun-set at Sea after a Storm

30. Ruins of a Monastery with Farmyard Animals