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Two Gentlemen Going a Shooting, with a View of Creswell Crags, Taken on the Spot
Creator:
George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:
ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Given by Paul Mellon in memory of his friend James Cox Brady, Yale College, Class of 1929
On View:
Not on view
Vesuvius from Posillipo
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
25 x 33 inches (63.5 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Landscape with Distant Classical Ruins, a Bridge, Figures, and Cattle
Creator:
William Smith, 1707–1764
Date:
1752
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 × 35 3/4 inches (71.1 × 90.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Morning: Landscape with Mares and Sheep
Creator:
George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784
Date:
ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 × 26 inches (45.7 × 66 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Bathing Place at Ramsgate
Creator:
Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:
ca. 1788
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 x 17 1/2 inches (35.6 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Landscape with Fishermen on a Lake
Creator:
William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 1/2 x 24 3/8 inches (47 x 61.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Matlock Tor by Moonlight
Creator:
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:
between 1777 and 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 × 30 inches (63.5 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Three Hunters in a Rocky Landscape
Creator:
Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Date:
1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
37 1/2 x 49 1/2 inches (95.3 x 125.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Destruction of the Children of Niobe
Creator:
Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:
1760
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
58 x 74 inches (147.3 x 188 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Fort of Bidjegur
Creator:
William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:
ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 1/8 × 40 inches (61.3 × 101.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
West Indian Women of Color, with a Child and Black Servant
Creator:
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Date:
ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
12 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches (31.1 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Chepstow Castle
Creator:
Hendrik Frans de Cort, 1742–1810
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
26 1/2 x 33 inches (67.3 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Coach in a Thunderstorm
Creator:
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on millboard (attached to stretcher); verso: oil sketch
Dimensions:
16 3/4 x 24 inches (42.5 x 61 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Destruction of Niobe's Children
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 3/4 x 20 5/8 inches (32.4 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
"Headlong, from the mountain's height, Deep in the roaring tide he plung'd to endless night." (Design 65)
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Hark, how each giant -oak, and desert-cave, Sigh to the torrent's awful voice beneath!..." (Design 57)
Creator:
William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Chepstow

Chepstow
Creator:
Print made by James S. Storer, 1771–1853
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, 1st published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Orchard Bay
Creator:
Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, Bohn reprint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/8 × 22 inches (38.4 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Freshwater Bay
Creator:
Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, original impression on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 inches (29.8 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Ariadne

Ariadne
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and gray wash with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (18.1 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Freshwater Bay
Creator:
Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, Bohn reprint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/4 × 22 inches (38.7 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Alum Bay, Isle of Wight
Creator:
Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/8 × 22 inches (38.4 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Alum Bay and the Needles
Creator:
Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, original impression on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 3/8 inches (19.7 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Alum Bay and the Needles
Creator:
Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 7/8 inches (38.4 × 55.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shanklin Castle
Creator:
Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, Bohn reprint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 7/8 × 22 inches (37.8 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Alum Bay and the Needles
Creator:
Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, original impression on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 × 13 1/4 inches (25.4 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Orchard Bay
Creator:
Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving, original impression on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/8 × 18 1/2 inches (34 × 47 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Storm

The Storm
Creator:
Peter P. Benazech, 1767–1794
Date:
1779
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection
Landscape with Two Trees and Cliff
Creator:
Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 15/16 x 11 5/8 inches (17.6 x 29.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
Sketch with a Castle on a Mountaintop
Creator:
Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:
between 1762 and 1783
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 13 1/2 inches (21.9 × 34.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
Water Fall at Powers Court
Creator:
Giles King, active 1732–1746
Date:
1744
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
View of the Rhydaer
Creator:
Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Date:
1777
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and black ink over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (29.8 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Chapel of St. Michael's Mount
Creator:
Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 16 1/2in. (26 x 41.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

34. Chepstow

Chepstow
Creator:
Print made by James S. Storer, 1771–1853
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 inches (22.5 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Vulture and Lamb
Creator:
Print made by Samuel William Reynolds, 1773–1835
Date:
1799
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint, etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 3/8 × 24 1/8 inches (49.2 × 61.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Prospect of ye Bass from ye South shore
Creator:
Print made by unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Dimensions:
Plate: 10 1/4 x 16 1/4in. (26 x 41.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Miss Anna Crouch
Creator:
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving, on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper, laid on mount
Dimensions:
Mount: 12 11/16 x 8 5/8 inches (32.2 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Views in the Levant: Two Rowing Boats and a Sailboat by a Steep Cliff, Hilly Landscape Seen From the Sea
Creator:
Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/16 × 24 1/4 inches (33.2 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Views in the Levant: Stormy Landscape with Rockfall at Right, Viewed From the Sea
Creator:
Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Date:
ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 23 3/16 inches (18.7 × 58.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
St. Catherine's Castle at Fowey, Cornwall
Creator:
Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 x 19 1/2in. (30.5 x 49.5cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove
Charles Watson Esq., Vice-Admiral of the White
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
between 1758 and 1782
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/8 x 12 3/8 inches (42.8 x 31.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Warkworth Castle, Northumberland
Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:
ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 5/8 inches (16.8 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Dover

Dover
Creator:
attributed to Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/16 x 11 1/4 inches (20.8 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Landscape, with Castle Ruins on Top of a Rocky Hill
Creator:
James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:
ca. 1791
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 3/8 inches (16.8 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Entrance to Wookey Hole, Somerset
Creator:
Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:
ca. 1719
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 3/16 x 12 9/16in. (20.8 x 31.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Landscape with a Castle on a Hill in Center Distance
Creator:
Rev. William Gilpin, 1724–1804
Date:
between 1745 and 1748
Materials & Techniques:
Gray and brown wash with pen and black ink, over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper, prepared with yellow wash
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/16 x 7 3/8 inches (13.5 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lyme Regis, Dorset
Creator:
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:
ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 11/16 x 17 1/16 inches (22.1 x 43.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Waterfall in the Lake District
Creator:
Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:
ca. 1782
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 1/8 × 18 9/16 inches (61.3 × 47.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Palace on a Cliff Above a River
Creator:
Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:
1780-1789 (?)
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/4 × 7 1/2 inches (15.9 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ruins of Criccieth Castle and Part of the Town on the Bay on Cardigan. East View, Caernarfonshire
Creator:
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 5/8 inches (13.7 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A View of Tivoli Looking Towards Rome
Creator:
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:
ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 20 1/2 x 32 inches (52.1 x 81.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Saint Michael's Mount, Cornwall
Creator:
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches (13.7 x 21.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Hafod: Upper Part of Cascade
Creator:
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 5/8 x 20 1/8 inches (34.6 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
River Scene and Bridge with Artist Sketching in Foreground
Creator:
Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:
1777
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen, black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 16 inches (29.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Murichom to Choka [Chukha]
Creator:
Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:
1783
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 × 6 7/8 inches (25.4 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
No cover image available
Creator:
Thomas Anburey, 1759–1840
Date:
ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper laid down on card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 7/8 x 22 1/16 inches (42.9 x 56 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection