Materials & Techniques: graphite / Associated Places: Switzerland

1. The Launch of "La Sorcière" 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

2. Upper Fall of the Reichenbach: Rainbow

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and scratching out on medium, 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

3. Near Grindelwald

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, blue wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 14 7/8 inches (24.1 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Switzerland

Creator:: Maria Leycester, 1798–1870
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 3/8 inches (16.2 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mark Emanuel

5. Walenstadt, from Weesen, Switzerland

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink, graphite, gouache and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 9/16 x 25 7/16 inches (44.6 x 64.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Mt. St. Bernard (Switzerland)

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 × 12 15/16 inches (21.1 × 32.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Convent, Mt. St. Bernard (Switzerland)

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: ca. 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and gray ink, over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 × 18 1/16 inches (31 × 45.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Pffeffen Bad/ Switzerland

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: ca. 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 7/8 × 12 3/16 inches (45.4 × 31 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Commencement of the Passage/ Towards the Gemmi/ from the Bernese Side

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, black wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 16 3/4 inches (40.5 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. On the Zweilütschine, Near Interlaken, Canton of Berne, The Jungfrau in the Distance

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: ca. 1817
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, black wash, gray wash, white gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 16 3/4 inches (33 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Mountainous Landscape with Inscription to Salomon Gessner (Switzerland)

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
Date:: ca. 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray ink, gray wash, black wash, graphite, and white grouache on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 × 17 inches (26.5 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Wallenstadt from Wesen, Switzerland

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches (24.8 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Trees, Near Lausanne

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 7 inches (24.4 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Lake Morat from Avenches

Creator:: Mary Harcourt, 1750–1833
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Brushed brown ink, brown wash, graphite and brown ground on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches (21.6 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. A Town on the Lake of Geneva

Creator:: Attributed to John Henderson, 1764–1843
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Blue wash, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 14 3/4 inches (24.4 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Via Mala

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 5 3/4 inches (21.9 x 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. A Chaisse passing Through the Alps

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, white chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/4 x 13 1/2in. (47.6 x 34.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Visp or Viege, near Brig

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: after 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and white chalk, with stumping on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 14 3/4 inches (26.6 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. From the Window of the Inn at Lauterbraun

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: ca. 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, white chalk and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 18 1/4 inches (30.2 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Lake Maggiore

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 × 19 1/8 inches (17.7 × 48.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Cascade of Buffalora

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (24.1 x 37.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Valley of Lutscheuen

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, and graphite, with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (19.7 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Mountain of Rigi and the Ancient Castle of Hapsbourg on the Lake of Lucerne

Creator:: Thomas Sunderland, 1744–1828
Date:: 18th century-19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to thick cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 18 1/8 inches (33.3 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Study of Figures at Schaffhausen

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: before 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/16 × 4 7/16 inches (8.7 × 11.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. A View at Lucerne

Creator:: William Pars, 1742–1782
Date:: 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and gray and brown ink over graphite with brown and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 × 23 1/8 inches (41.9 × 58.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Alpine Scene

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 13/16 x 9 1/2 inches (17.3 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Lago Maggiore and the Borromean Islands

Creator:: Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Date:: ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 21 3/8 inches (16.5 x 54.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Lugano

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on thick, smooth, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 7 inches (14 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

29. Upon the Aare between Unterseen and the Lake of Brientz

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, blue wash, gray wash, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (23.5 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Interlaken

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, brown wash, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 13 7/8 inches (23.2 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Lake of Geneva from the Canton of Berne

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, brown wash, graphite, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 14 inches (24.1 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Pays de Valais

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: between 1780 and 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and red-brown gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches (36.2 x 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. In the Via Mala, Between Coire and Splugen

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gray wash and blue wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 9 5/8 inches (38.1 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Launch of "La Sorcière" on the Lake of Geneva

2. Upper Fall of the Reichenbach: Rainbow

3. Near Grindelwald

4. Switzerland

5. Walenstadt, from Weesen, Switzerland

6. Mt. St. Bernard (Switzerland)

7. Convent, Mt. St. Bernard (Switzerland)

8. Pffeffen Bad/ Switzerland

9. Commencement of the Passage/ Towards the Gemmi/ from the Bernese Side

10. On the Zweilütschine, Near Interlaken, Canton of Berne, The Jungfrau in the Distance

11. Mountainous Landscape with Inscription to Salomon Gessner (Switzerland)

12. Wallenstadt from Wesen, Switzerland

13. Trees, Near Lausanne

14. Lake Morat from Avenches

15. A Town on the Lake of Geneva

16. The Via Mala

17. A Chaisse passing Through the Alps

18. Visp or Viege, near Brig

19. From the Window of the Inn at Lauterbraun

20. Lake Maggiore

21. Cascade of Buffalora

22. The Valley of Lutscheuen

23. Mountain of Rigi and the Ancient Castle of Hapsbourg on the Lake of Lucerne

24. Study of Figures at Schaffhausen

25. A View at Lucerne

26. Alpine Scene

27. Lago Maggiore and the Borromean Islands

28. Lugano

29. Upon the Aare between Unterseen and the Lake of Brientz

30. Interlaken

31. The Lake of Geneva from the Canton of Berne

32. The Pays de Valais

33. In the Via Mala, Between Coire and Splugen