Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: sky / Topic subjectplace ss: England

1. Margaret Newton (née Coningsby), Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 29 1/4 inches (63.5 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Newmarket Heath, with the King's stables rubbing house at the finish of the Beacon Course

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: ca. 1766
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 46 1/2 × 56 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (118.1 × 143.5 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Leak Okeover, Rev. John Allen and Captain Chester at Okeover Hall, Staffordshire

Creator:: Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Date:: between 1745 and 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 1/2 x 48 1/2 inches (97.8 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Windsor Castle Seen from the Thames

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 5/8 x 36 3/4 inches (67.6 x 93.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Rievaulx Abbey

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 x 22 inches (55.9 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. A Distant View of Hythe Village and Church, Kent

Creator:: Arthur Nelson, active 1765–1773
Date:: ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 22 1/2 x 43 inches (57.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

8. Landscape, with Dover Castle in the Distance

Creator:: Arthur Nelson, active 1765–1773
Date:: ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 22 1/2 x 43 inches (57.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

9. West Gate of Pevensey Castle, Sussex

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: between 1773 and 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 7/8 x 35 3/4 inches (70.8 x 90.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

10. The Duke of Rutland's Bonny Black

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1715
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 48 1/2 inches (76.2 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. The River Avon: with Passing Vessels

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 22 1/8 inches (41.6 × 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The North Terrace, Windsor Castle, Looking West

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and watercolor over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 1/2 inches (38.1 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The City of Bath taken from the London Road

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, hand colored with gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 × 15 inches (28.1 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. St. Nicholas's Island off Mount Edgecombe

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Date:: 1768
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 14 1/2in. (21.6 x 36.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

15. A View of Vinters at Boxley, Kent, with Mr. Whatman's Turkey Paper Mills

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache, watercolor and graphite on handmade Whatman wove paper laid down on canvas on a wooden stretcher
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 5/16 x 40 3/16 inches (69.3 x 102 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. Embarkation at Southampton, June 20th 1794

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and pen and brown, gray, and red-brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 6 9/16 x 14 inches (16.7 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Rochester, Kent: from the North

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/16 x 23 inches (44 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. A Temple in Harewood Park

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, black chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 7 inches (21.3 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The New Walk, York

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and brown ink over graphite with gouache on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 21 13/16 inches (31.3 x 55.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Kingswear Seen from Dartmouth, Devon

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 12 13/16 inches (19.4 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum, touched with gouache over graphite on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 x 21 3/4 inches (41.6 x 55.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Ullswater, Looking toward Patterdale

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 20 1/8 inches (34 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Pevensey Castle, Sussex

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (19.4 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Tithe Barn at Abbotsbury with the Abbey on the hill...

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches (10.5 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Kirkstall Abbey from the N.W.

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 3/4 inches (16.8 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (16.8 x 21.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Lincoln Cathedral

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, pen and black ink and graphite on moerately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 11 5/8 inches (16.8 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 5 inches (34.9 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Trees and Pond near Bromley, Kent

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite; verso: graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/16 x 12 5/16 inches (20.8 x 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Turver's Farm, Wimbish, Essex

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 16 3/8 inches (30.2 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Design for Interior of a Mosque

Creator:: Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Date:: ca. 1761
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, watercolor and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper, with additional sheet affixed to verso
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 12 inches (18.7 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Margaret Newton (née Coningsby), Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt

2. Newmarket Heath, with the King's stables rubbing house at the finish of the Beacon Course

3. Turf, with Jockey up, at Newmarket

4. Leak Okeover, Rev. John Allen and Captain Chester at Okeover Hall, Staffordshire

5. Windsor Castle Seen from the Thames

6. Rievaulx Abbey

7. A Distant View of Hythe Village and Church, Kent

8. Landscape, with Dover Castle in the Distance

9. West Gate of Pevensey Castle, Sussex

10. The Duke of Rutland's Bonny Black

11. The River Avon: with Passing Vessels

12. The North Terrace, Windsor Castle, Looking West

13. The City of Bath taken from the London Road

14. St. Nicholas's Island off Mount Edgecombe

15. A View of Vinters at Boxley, Kent, with Mr. Whatman's Turkey Paper Mills

16. Embarkation at Southampton, June 20th 1794

17. Rochester, Kent: from the North

18. A Temple in Harewood Park

19. The New Walk, York

20. Kingswear Seen from Dartmouth, Devon

21. Warkworth Castle, Northumberland

22. Ullswater, Looking toward Patterdale

23. Pevensey Castle, Sussex

24. The Tithe Barn at Abbotsbury with the Abbey on the hill...

25. Kirkstall Abbey from the N.W.

26. Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland

27. Lincoln Cathedral

28. Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire

29. Trees and Pond near Bromley, Kent

30. Turver's Farm, Wimbish, Essex

31. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Design for Interior of a Mosque