Creator Gender: male / Associated Places: England / Subject Terms: spires

1. The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 21 × 34 1/2 inches (53.3 × 87.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Perspective View: the New Houses of Parliament

Creator:: Sir Charles Barry, 1795–1860
Date:: ca. 1840-1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over traces of graphite, with gouache, pen and black and brown ink on medium, smooth, weige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 x 30 1/8 inches (40.3 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Our Blessed Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, Dudley: Perspective

Creator:: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1812–1852
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray wash, and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 9 5/8in. (34.3 x 24.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Greyfriars Tower, Lynn, as it appeared 1801

Creator:: Robert Dixon, 1780–1815
Date:: between 1810 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 x 8 1/16 inches (25.3 x 20.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. St. Paul's from Southwark by Sunset

Creator:: George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Date:: ca. 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 1/4 × 35 1/4 inches (59.1 × 89.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

6. Alnwick Castle

Creator:: William Beilby, 1740–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/16 x 10 7/16 inches (20.8 x 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. The Tower of the Manor House, East Barsham, Norfolk

Creator:: Joseph Nash, 1808–1878
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 6 3/4 inches (22.9 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Westminster Abbey from Dean's Yard

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 11/16 × 8 15/16 inches (17 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Corsham Court, Wiltshire: Elevation of the North Front

Creator:: John Nash, 1752–1835
Date:: ca. 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 14 3/8 inches (19.2 × 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. London: a View toward the City and St. Paul's from the North West

Creator:: Bernard Lens III, 1682–1740
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 12 3/4in. (21.3 x 32.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex: View

Creator:: James Lambert of Lewes, 1725–1788
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor within triple-ruled and wash border on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 5/8 x 25 1/4 inches (47.3 x 64.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Cambridge from Coe Fen

Creator:: Edward Vulliamy, 1876–1962
Date:: 1917
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 11 1/4 inches (21.5 × 28.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Oxford, Folly Bridge

Creator:: William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches (15.6 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and the Entrance to the Singing Men's Cloister

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

15. St. Paul's Cathedral

Creator:: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, 1792–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black ink, brown ink, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/16 × 7 5/8 inches (13.5 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Houses of Parliament

Creator:: Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, 1792–1864
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 7 5/8 inches (12.2 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Gloucester Cathedral

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 inches (20.6 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. London from the South West

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1831
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 10 3/4 inches (15.6 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

Creator:: John Varley, 1778–1842
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 1/4 inches (27.6 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Out of Study Window

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 14 5/16 inches (24.8 x 36.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

21. Out of Study Window

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1859
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream antique laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 x 11 1/4 inches (14.1 x 28.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., BA 1910

22. The Cathedral Church of Worcester

Creator:: John Harris, 1811–1865
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 12 9/16 inches (20.9 x 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The North Prospect of the Cathedral Church of St. Mary at Worcester

Creator:: John Harris, 1811–1865
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 x 13 7/16 inches (25.3 x 34.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Blockley Church

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Bonnor, ca. 1740–ca. 1812
Date:: 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 6 7/8 inches (12.7 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Design for a Chapel at Enfield: Longitudinal Section

Creator:: Lewis Vulliamy, 1791–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 18 13/16 inches (32.1 x 47.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Design for a Chapel at Enfield: Transverse Sections of the East and West End

Creator:: Lewis Vulliamy, 1791–1871
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 18 9/16 inches (32.1 x 47.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. King's College, Cambridge, from Trinity

Creator:: Print made by John Piper, 1903–1992
Date:: ca. 1954
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, moderately textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 3/8 x 26 7/8 inches (51.8 x 68.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Two Studies of Clare College

Creator:: Colin Sorensen, active 1964–2001
Date:: 1964
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 8 11/16 inches (29.5 × 22.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's from Battersea Fields

Creator:: Nathaniel Smith, 1740–1787
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 6 3/8in. (10.5 x 16.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Blockley Church

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Bonnor, ca. 1740–ca. 1812
Date:: ca. 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving with etching on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 × 11 11/16 inches (21.1 × 29.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Yarmouth, Norfolk

Creator:: Edward Francis Finden, 1791–1857
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 3/4 inches (28.3 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderatetly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/16 x 11 3/8 inches (38.3 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Leicester, St. Mary's Church

Creator:: Edward Edwards, 1738–1806
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 14 3/4 inches (26.7 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The Heart of the Empire

Creator:: Niels Moller Lund, 1863–1916
Date:: 1905
Materials & Techniques:: Photogravure (artist's proof) on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine-collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 29 3/8 × 36 inches (74.6 × 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

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1. The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

2. Perspective View: the New Houses of Parliament

3. Our Blessed Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, Dudley: Perspective

4. The Greyfriars Tower, Lynn, as it appeared 1801

5. St. Paul's from Southwark by Sunset

6. Alnwick Castle

7. The Tower of the Manor House, East Barsham, Norfolk

8. Westminster Abbey from Dean's Yard

9. Corsham Court, Wiltshire: Elevation of the North Front

10. London: a View toward the City and St. Paul's from the North West

11. Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex: View

12. Cambridge from Coe Fen

13. Oxford, Folly Bridge

14. St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and the Entrance to the Singing Men's Cloister

15. St. Paul's Cathedral

16. The Houses of Parliament

17. Gloucester Cathedral

18. London from the South West

19. Byland Abbey, Yorkshire

20. Out of Study Window

21. Out of Study Window

22. The Cathedral Church of Worcester

23. The North Prospect of the Cathedral Church of St. Mary at Worcester

24. Blockley Church

25. Design for a Chapel at Enfield: Longitudinal Section

26. Design for a Chapel at Enfield: Transverse Sections of the East and West End

27. King's College, Cambridge, from Trinity

28. Two Studies of Clare College

29. Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's from Battersea Fields

30. Blockley Church

31. Yarmouth, Norfolk

32. Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire

33. Leicester, St. Mary's Church

34. The Heart of the Empire