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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
Beach Scene
Creator:
Philip Wilson Steer, 1860–1942
Date:
1891
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
8 1/4 × 10 3/4 inches (21 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:
Not on view

20. Thread

Thread
Creator:
Peter Nadin, born 1954
Date:
1993
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
90 × 70 inches (228.6 × 177.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Given by the Friends of British Art at Yale
On View:
Not on view

21. 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
Channel Coast
Creator:
Ruskin Spear, 1911–1990
Date:
ca. 1975
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on masonite board
Dimensions:
20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
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

26. Forecast

Forecast
Creator:
John Tunnard, 1900–1971
Date:
1945
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on gesso-prepared board
Dimensions:
24 x 22 3/4 inches (61 x 57.8 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund
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

31. Red Earth

Red Earth
Creator:
Renos Loizou, 1948–2013
Date:
1986
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on handmade paper
Dimensions:
20 x 16 inches (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker
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

41. 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

54. 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

63. 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

64. 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
Thumbnail Sketch of Port City
Creator:
unknown artist
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink, and gouache on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 7/16 × 2 1/16 inches (3.7 × 5.2 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

94. 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
Securing the Boats
Creator:
Print made by Arthur John Reginald Trevor Briscoe, 1873–1943
Date:
1928
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 11/16 x 10 7/16 inches (42.4 x 26.5 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
At the Tiller
Creator:
Print made by Arthur John Reginald Trevor Briscoe, 1873–1943
Date:
1929
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint on medium, moderately textured, blue laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 14 3/4 inches (24.5 x 37.4 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
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