Materials & Techniques: watercolor / Associated Places: Europe / Subject Terms: science

1. The Lonely Tower

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1868
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and gum arabic on London board: a high-quality pasteboard sheet made of Whatman's finest drawing paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 27 7/8 inches (51.4 x 70.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. At Hailsham, Sussex: a Storm Approaching

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 12 1/2 inches (21 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Rocky Landscape in Wales

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1835 or 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Gouache and watercolor with gum and black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 18 7/8 inches (38.1 × 47.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Carlisle

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 x 5 5/8in. (8.3 x 14.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Upper Fall of the Reichenbach: Rainbow

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 1/2 inches (27.9 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Vesuvius in Eruption

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1817 and 1820
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gum, scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 15 5/8 inches (28.6 x 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. A Paddle-Steamer in a Storm on Lake Lucerne

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1841
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 11 3/8 inches (23.2 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Waterfall of Lodore, Cumberland

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, blue wash, graphite and black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (15.9 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Devil's Bridge, Saint Gotthard's Pass

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white wax crayon and scraping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 41 5/8 x 29 7/8 inches (105.7 x 75.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Tivoli with the Temple of the Sybil and the Cascades

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1796 and 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 21 5/8 inches (41.9 x 54.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Mer de Glace, in the Valley of Chamonix

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gum, scraping out and stopping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, smooth wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 27 3/4 x 41 inches (70.5 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Ingleborough from Chapel-Le-Dale

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1810 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 15 1/2 inches (27.9 x 39.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Avon near Bristol

Creator:: Samuel Jackson, 1794–1869
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache, with scraping and gum on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches (28.5 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. View from Skiddaw over Derwentwater

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: between 1772 and 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches (27.3 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Vesuvius in Eruption

Creator:: Clarkson Stanfield, 1793–1867
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 × 19 3/8 inches (33 × 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Professor G. Evelyn Hutchinson

16. The Meteor of August 18, 1783, as seen from the East Angle of the North Terrace, Windsor Castle

Creator:: Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, moderately textured, cream laid apper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 19 inches (31.8 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. 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

18. Wallenstadt from Wesen, Switzerland

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches (24.8 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Margate, Great Cloud

Creator:: George Richmond, 1809–1896
Date:: 1853
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 1/8 inches (14.3 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Coast Scene near Plymouth

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown ink, black ink, and g over graphite on thick, rough, beige board, pasted on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 × 23 inches (46 × 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Walenstadt, from Weesen, Switzerland

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink, graphite, gouache and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 9/16 x 25 7/16 inches (44.6 x 64.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Near Chiavenna

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gray wash and blue wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 9 1/2in. (38.1 x 24.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. North Foreland Light House

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (16.5 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Pluscardine Abbey, Elgin

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 6 5/8 inches (21.7 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. On the Banks of the Lago di Como

Creator:: Monro School
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (35.9 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Craig y Ladron - The Thieves Precipice

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/8 inches (14 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Old Sarum in a Storm

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches (14.9 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. In the Via Mala, Between Coire and Splugen

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gray wash and blue wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 9 5/8 inches (38.1 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Falls on the River Conwy, North Wales

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink and gray-blue ink, over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 x 11 5/16 inches (19.5 x 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Ascent of Vesuvius

Creator:: Henry Tresham, 1751–1814
Date:: 1785 to 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/8 x 27 5/8 inches (44.8 x 70.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Coast of Sussex, Pushing Off a Boat to a Vessel in Distress

Creator:: Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847
Date:: ca. 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 x 28 3/4 inches (48.3 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Presented by Andrew Wyld / W.S. Fine Art Ltd.

32. 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

33. Seascape with Rocks Lizard, Cornwall

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 17 1/2 inches (30.2 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Bolton Castle

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 23 inches (38.1 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. On the Thames

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/4 x 34 1/8 inches (55.2 x 86.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Antigonus Disposing of Perdita

Creator:: Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Date:: ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with brown and black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, textured, beige card with additional inscribed sheet mounted lower center
Dimensions:: Mount: 23 1/16 x 18 5/8 inches (58.5 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Lonely Tower

2. At Hailsham, Sussex: a Storm Approaching

3. Rocky Landscape in Wales

4. Carlisle

5. Upper Fall of the Reichenbach: Rainbow

6. Vesuvius in Eruption

7. A Paddle-Steamer in a Storm on Lake Lucerne

8. Waterfall of Lodore, Cumberland

9. Devil's Bridge, Saint Gotthard's Pass

10. Tivoli with the Temple of the Sybil and the Cascades

11. Mer de Glace, in the Valley of Chamonix

12. Ingleborough from Chapel-Le-Dale

13. The Avon near Bristol

14. View from Skiddaw over Derwentwater

15. Vesuvius in Eruption

16. The Meteor of August 18, 1783, as seen from the East Angle of the North Terrace, Windsor Castle

17. Clovelly, North Devon

18. Wallenstadt from Wesen, Switzerland

19. Margate, Great Cloud

20. Coast Scene near Plymouth

21. Walenstadt, from Weesen, Switzerland

22. Near Chiavenna

23. North Foreland Light House

24. Pluscardine Abbey, Elgin

25. On the Banks of the Lago di Como

26. Craig y Ladron - The Thieves Precipice

27. Old Sarum in a Storm

28. In the Via Mala, Between Coire and Splugen

29. Falls on the River Conwy, North Wales

30. The Ascent of Vesuvius

31. Coast of Sussex, Pushing Off a Boat to a Vessel in Distress

32. Rochester, Kent: from the North

33. Seascape with Rocks Lizard, Cornwall

34. Bolton Castle

35. On the Thames

36. Antigonus Disposing of Perdita