Exhibition History: In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) / Genre: marine art

1. A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 3/4 x 72 1/2 inches (113.7 x 184.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

2. Ships and Militia by a Rocky Shore

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Elder, ca. 1611–1693
Date:: ca. 1680
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and ink on prepared canvas
Dimensions:: 25 5/8 × 38 7/16 inches (65.1 × 97.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

3. The Port of London

Creator:: Thomas Luny, 1759–1837
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 3/4 × 33 7/8 inches (55.2 × 86 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

4. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/4 × 37 1/4 inches (66.7 × 94.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

5. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: 1753
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 55 × 45 1/2 inches (139.7 × 115.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

6. A View of the Tower of London, Supposed on his Majesty's Birthday

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 3/4 × 76 inches (101 × 193 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

7. Pinnace sailing down the Ganges past Monghyr Fort

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: ca. 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 49 1/2 inches (76.2 x 125.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

8. The Island of Barbados

Creator:: Attributed to Isaac Sailmaker, ca. 1633–1721
Date:: ca. 1694
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 1/2 x 91 inches (113 x 231.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

9. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: ca. 1757
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/4 × 37 1/4 inches (66.7 × 94.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

10. Vice Admiral Sir George Anson's Victory off Cape Finisterre

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 71 inches (101.6 x 180.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Captain William Locker

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 × 12 inches (36.8 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

12. A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1780 to 1781
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, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

13. Port Mahon, Minorca with British Men-of-War at Anchor

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/8 × 30 1/4 inches (51.8 × 76.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

14. Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 43 5/8 x 56 x 3 inches (110.8 x 142.2 x 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

15. A Fish-market near Boulogne

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 3/8 x 48 1/4 inches (82.2 x 122.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

16. Nocturne in Blue and Silver

Creator:: James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903
Date:: 1872 to 1878, butterfly added ca. 1885
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 24 inches (44.5 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: On view

17. The Battle of La Hogue

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: 1778, retouched 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 64 3/4 x 96 1/4 inches (164.5 x 244.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: On view

18. The European Factories, Canton

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 × 50 inches (86.4 × 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

19. A View of Matavai Bay in the Island of Otaheite [Tahiti]

Creator:: William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 × 54 inches (91.4 × 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

20. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749
Date:: ca. 1703
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 × 54 inches (61.6 × 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

21. Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal -- A Squall Passing Off

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 x 42 inches (68.6 x 106.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

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1. A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

2. Ships and Militia by a Rocky Shore

3. The Port of London

4. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

5. Shipping in a Choppy Sea

6. A View of the Tower of London, Supposed on his Majesty's Birthday

7. Pinnace sailing down the Ganges past Monghyr Fort

8. The Island of Barbados

9. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

10. Vice Admiral Sir George Anson's Victory off Cape Finisterre

11. Captain William Locker

12. A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset

13. Port Mahon, Minorca with British Men-of-War at Anchor

14. Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames

15. A Fish-market near Boulogne

16. Nocturne in Blue and Silver

17. The Battle of La Hogue

18. The European Factories, Canton

19. A View of Matavai Bay in the Island of Otaheite [Tahiti]

20. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

21. Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal -- A Squall Passing Off