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Wreckers -- Coast of Northumberland, with a Steam-Boat Assisting a Ship off Shore
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
exhibited 1834
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 5/8 x 47 9/16 inches (90.5 x 120.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
On view at YUAG
Staffa, Fingal's Cave
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
exhibited 1832
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
35 3/4 x 47 3/4 inches (90.8 x 121.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
On view at YUAG
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
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
Stormy Sea Breaking on a Shore
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
between 1840 and 1845
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/2 x 25 inches (44.5 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Victory Returning from Trafalgar, in Three Positions
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
ca. 1803–6
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
26 3/8 x 39 1/2 inches (67 x 100.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Port Ruysdael
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
exhibited 1827
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
36 1/4 x 48 1/4 inches (92.1 x 122.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Squally Weather
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
between 1840 and 1845
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions:
12 x 18 inches (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
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:
Not on view
Sailing Ships
Creator:
Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Date:
1861
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
7 3/4 x 21 inches (19.7 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
View on the Thames with Westminster Bridge
Creator:
Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:
between 1743 and 1744
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Thames Barge running downwind off Tilbury Fort
Creator:
Clarkson Stanfield, 1793–1867
Date:
1853
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 x 36 1/4 inches (61 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Ship Running into Harbour with Other Craft at a Jetty
Creator:
Thomas Whitcombe, 1763–after 1824
Date:
1788
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
17 1/4 × 24 1/4 inches (43.8 × 61.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Shipping in a Choppy Sea
Creator:
Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
55 x 45 1/2 inches (139.7 x 115.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
An English Two-Decker Lying Hove to, with Other Ships and Vessels in a Fresh Breeze
Creator:
Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Date:
1770
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
16 x 25 inches (40.6 x 63.5 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 Harbour of Pulo Condere
Creator:
John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
7 3/4 × 10 1/2 inches (19.7 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Fishing Smack and Other Vessels in a Strong Breeze
Creator:
Joseph Stannard, 1797–1830
Date:
1830
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
12 3/4 x 17 inches (32.4 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view

19. Seascape

Seascape
Creator:
George Grosvenor Thomas, 1856–1923
Date:
between 1890 and 1895
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
16 x 20 inches (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Isabel S. Kurtz in memory of her father, Charles M. Kurtz
On View:
Not on view
Storm on the Ganges, with Mrs. Hastings near the Col-gon Rocks
Creator:
William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:
ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 × 72 inches (127 × 182.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Rock of Salvation
Creator:
Samuel Colman, 1780–1845
Date:
1837
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
24 1/8 x 29 1/4 inches (61.3 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
An English Sloop and a Frigate in a Light Breeze
Creator:
Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
Date:
undated, exhibited between 1762 and 1782
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
10 x 13 3/8 inches (25.4 x 34 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Cutter Close Hauled in a Fresh Breeze, with Other Shipping
Creator:
Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
42 x 66 inches (106.7 x 167.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Ship wrecked on a rocky coast
Creator:
Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:
between 1747 and 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
14 1/2 x 22 inches (36.8 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
English Ships Running before a Gale
Creator:
Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:
before 1759
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
15 x 23 inches (38.1 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Dutch Barge and Merchantmen Running out of Rotterdam
Creator:
Clarkson Stanfield, 1793–1867
Date:
1856
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
31 x 48 inches (78.7 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
On View:
Not on view
Shipwreck off a Rocky Coast
Creator:
Thomas Buttersworth, 1768–1842
Date:
ca. 1810
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
23 1/4 x 35 1/4 inches (59.1 x 89.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Cutter in a Strong Breeze
Creator:
Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:
ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on copper
Dimensions:
7 x 10 inches (17.8 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Men of War in a Stiff Breeze
Creator:
Jan Theunisz Blankerhoff, 1628–1669
Date:
mid-17th century
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
On View:
Not on view
English Warships Heeling in the Breeze Offshore
Creator:
Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:
between 1673 and 1707
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 x 28 inches (45.7 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
On View:
Not on view
English Royal Yachts at Sea in a Strong Breeze, in Company with a Ship Flying the Royal Standard
Creator:
Studio of Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:
ca. 1689
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
21 1/2 x 28 inches (54.6 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
On View:
Not on view
Dutch Shipping off the Low Countries
Creator:
Adam Silo, ca. 1674–1772
Date:
18th century
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
9 x 12 3/4 inches (22.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
On View:
Not on view
The Deluge
Creator:
John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
66 1/4 x 101 3/4 inches (168.3 x 258.4 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
An English Ship at Sea Running In a Gale
Creator:
Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:
ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 × 25 inches (76.2 × 63.5 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
On View:
Not on view
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:
Not on view

36. The Wave

The Wave
Creator:
C. R. W. Nevinson, 1889–1946
Date:
1917
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
20 x 30 inches (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view
A Lugger Driving Ashore in a Gale
Creator:
William Joy, 1803–1867
Date:
ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 1/2 x 26 1/4 inches (47 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Donkeys and Figures on a Beach
Creator:
Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817
Date:
ca. 1815
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (23.5 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
The Capture of the "Marquis d'Antin" and the "Louis Erasme"
Creator:
Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:
between 1745 and 1755
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
13 x 19 inches (33 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
Port on a Stormy Day
Creator:
George Chambers, 1803–1840
Date:
1835
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
13 x 18 inches (33 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Packet Boat Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland
Creator:
Thomas Luny, 1759–1837
Date:
1780
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
33 3/8 × 57 inches (84.8 × 144.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:
Not on view
A Page from a Cornish Sketchbook: Cornwall 30
Creator:
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk and graphite on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/16 x 7 inches (10.6 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Study of Waves
Creator:
attributed to Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray and brown washes with white gouache over graphite on thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 13/16 × 8 7/8 inches (14.8 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ships in a Breeze
Creator:
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
1808
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 × 11 inches (20.3 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Coast of Yorkshire
Creator:
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
1811
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/8 × 17 1/8 inches (28.9 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ships in a Breeze
Creator:
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
1808
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 3/4 inches (29.2 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ships in a Breeze
Creator:
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
1808
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; engraver's proof (f) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/8 × 12 inches (21.9 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Lake of Thun, Switzerland
Creator:
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
1808
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; engraver's proof (a) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 11 inches (20 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Shipping

Shipping
Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:
between 1828 and 1830
Materials & Techniques:
Brushed brown ink, pen and brown ink, gouache, graphite and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches (13.6 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Help! Help!" (Plate 12)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1826
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 13 3/4 inches (34.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The First Book of Urizen, Plate 4 (Bentley 24)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 7 1/8 inches (25.4 x 18.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"Nor fear the rocks, nor seek the shore..." (Design 101)
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
"What have I said? What have I done?..." (Plate 24)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
"With one accord in love sublime..." (Plate 44)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Jerusalem, Chapter 4. "The Spectres of Albions Twelve Sons..." (Plate 78)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1804 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Relief etching printed in orange ink, with watercolor and pen and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (34.3 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Urizen (Plate 22)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1794
Materials & Techniques:
Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown ink, with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Help! Help! (Plate 12)
Creator:
Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:
1793
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Spine: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Abu Seer

Abu Seer
Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/8 x 6 5/16 inches (8.6 x 16 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

59. The Wave

The Wave
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 1/4 x 19 inches (33.7 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Wolgemuth Rescuing the Shipwrecked off the Cape of Good Hope
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (14 x 19.4 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
Miranda, Prospero, and Caliban: The Tempest
Creator:
George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/2 x 22 1/8 inches (39.4 x 56.2 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
A Tropical Coast, Sunset
Creator:
John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:
between 1840 and 1850
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, and brown ink over graphite with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches (15.5 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Scarborough: Shipwreck at the Foot of the Castle Cliff
Creator:
Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Date:
ca. 1808
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 13/16 x 16 1/2in. (30 x 41.9cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ships on a Stormy Sea
Creator:
Samuel Owen, 1768–1857
Date:
1836
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches (14 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Sailing Ships and Small Boats in Rough Sea off the Coast
Creator:
Samuel Owen, 1768–1857
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (13.3 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shipping in a Choppy Sea
Creator:
Follower of William Owen, 1769–1825
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 3/4in. (19.1 x 27.3cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Shipping in a Choppy Sea
Creator:
Follower of William Owen, 1769–1825
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 1/2in. (19.1 x 26.7cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Mole Head, Algiers
Creator:
Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:
1816
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches (10.8 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ceyx and Alcyone
Creator:
William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 x 22 inches (45.7 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Fingal's Cave, Staffa
Creator:
Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:
1834
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove 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
Fingal's Cave, Staffa
Creator:
Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:
1833
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; second state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (36.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Bending Pillars at Staffa (from Smith's Geography)
Creator:
Alfred William Warren, active 1791–1809
Date:
1810
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Breaking Up of the Agamemnon, no. 2
Creator:
Print made by Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:
after 1880
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/16 x 21 7/8 inches (38.6 x 55.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield
Admiral George Edgcumbe, first Earl of Mount Edgcumbe
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1760
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/16 × 10 7/8 inches (38.6 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Admiral Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel
Creator:
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:
1759
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 13/16 × 13 15/16 inches (50.3 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ships in Distress
Creator:
Richard Bernard Godfrey, 1728–op.1794
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/8 x 16 11/16 inches (30.8 x 42.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Tynemouth Castle and Priory, Northumberland
Creator:
Print made by Benjamin Comte, 1760–1851
Date:
1802
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (15.5 x 24.7 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Wreck of the Apollo Frigate, 1803
Creator:
William H. Overend, 1851–1898
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Gray wash, white gouache, and pen and black ink on very thick, smooth, cream wove card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 × 10 3/8 inches (35.6 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
Fanali di Villa Franca
Creator:
Monro School
Date:
ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 15/16 × 7 7/16 inches (12.5 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Storm Over a Coast
Creator:
Giles F. Phillips, 1780–1867
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/16 × 9 1/2 inches (15.4 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Fishmarket on the Beach
Creator:
Giles F. Phillips, 1780–1867
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 7/16 × 8 1/4 inches (13.8 × 21 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Folkestone
Creator:
John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Black and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 3/4 x 6 7/8 inches (12.1 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Leander Taking Leave of Hero Before Swimming Back Across the Hellespont
Creator:
Attributed to William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gray wash, pen and brown ink, red chalk, graphite, with scraping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 5/8 inches (35.9 × 27 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Ferdinand Riding the Waves
Creator:
Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Date:
ca. 1830
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with gray wash and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 1/4 inches (24.8 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Clovelly, North Devon
Creator:
William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite with scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Contemporary drawn border: 29 1/4 x 44 1/2 inches (74.3 x 113 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Woman Rescued from the Sea and Assisted Ashore, Rowing Boat and Rescuers in Background
Creator:
Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 5/8 inches (16.5 × 21.9 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Needles from Alum Bay
Creator:
George Barret Jr., 1767–1842
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, gray wash and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 × 12 inches (14 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Shipwreck

Shipwreck
Creator:
Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:
1745
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 15 7/8 inches (30.2 × 40.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Ship in Distress
Creator:
Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Date:
1745
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 7/8 x 21 13/16 inches (37.8 x 55.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
French Fishing Boat off the Shears
Creator:
Print made by Miles Edmund Cotman, 1810–1858
Date:
1846
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with chine collé on thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 9/16 x 6 3/8 inches (14.2 x 16.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Wreck of the Nuestra Senora de los Remedios
Creator:
Print made by John Boydell, 1720–1804
Date:
1753
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 9/16 x 21 3/16 inches (39.6 x 53.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Brunswick Terrace, Bellevue Mansion, Town Hall, the Albion, Old Steine, Chapel Royal, German Place
Creator:
Print made by Day & Co., 1824–1913
Date:
1839
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph with hand coloring on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 x 20 7/8 inches (35.5 x 53.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Brave Captain Tyrrill in the Buckingham of 66 Guns and 472 Men, Defeating the Florissant, Aigrette & Atalante, Three French Ships of War, 3rd November, 1758
Creator:
Print made by Peter P. Benazech, 1767–1794
Date:
ca. 1760
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching, hand colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 21 inches (36.9 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
A Salmon River, no. 2
Creator:
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:
1884
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 11/16 x 11 1/8 inches (19.5 x 28.2 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Stanley J. Halle, Yale BA 1912, in memory of His Parents Jacques S. and Hattie S. Halle, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
The Breaking Up of the Agamemnon, no. 1
Creator:
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:
1870
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 18 3/4 inches (27.6 x 47.6 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield
The Breaking Up of the Agamemnon, no. 2
Creator:
Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:
after 1880
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 1/16 x 22 1/16 inches (38.3 x 56.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield
Scene of a Storm, with a Vessel Wrecked
Creator:
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:
1774
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 16 15/16 inches (28.2 x 43 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Theodore Sizer
The Glorious Defeat of the French Fleet under the Command of Marshal Conflans, off Belle-Isle, on the 20th of November, 1759, ...
Creator:
Print made by Peter P. Benazech, 1767–1794
Date:
ca. 1759
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching, hand colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/16 x 20 11/16 inches (36 x 52.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
His Majesty's Ship Britannia Leaving Hamoaze with the Lord High Admiral On Board
Creator:
Louis Haghe, 1806–1885
Date:
ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 19 3/16 inches (36.9 x 48.8 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
His Majesty's Ship Britannia Returning to Port
Creator:
Louis Haghe, 1806–1885
Date:
ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 1/2 x 18 15/16 inches (36.9 x 48.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection