Collection: Prints and Drawings / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Associated Places: Edinburgh

1. High Street, Edinburgh

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: ca. 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (16.5 x 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Edinburgh Castle and Horse Fair

Creator:: Walter Geikie, 1795–1837
Date:: ca. 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 1/8 inches (14 × 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Edinburgh

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 x 16 5/16in. (27.3 x 41.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Edinburgh

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid 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

5. A Distant View of Edinburgh

Creator:: Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Date:: 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 x 16 5/16in. (21.1 x 41.4cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Design for Court of Edinburgh University

Creator:: Robert Morrison, active ca. 1791
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, with pen in black ink, gray ink, and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 22 3/4 inches (43.2 x 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. West View of the City of Edinburgh

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The North-East View of Edinburgh Castle

Creator:: unknown artist
Materials & Techniques:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. A View in the Garden of Craigie-Hall, the Seat of the Honble. Charles Hope-Weir

Creator:: Print made by John Browne, 1741–1801
Date:: after 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 12 1/16 inches (22.8 x 30.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Leith

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

11. Scotland, Cheshire, &c.

Creator:: Maria Leycester, 1798–1870
Date:: 1819 to 1823
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, brown wash, and watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 9 3/8 inches (16.2 × 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mark Emanuel

12. Edinbourgh vu de la Chapelle S. Antoine

Creator:: Print made by Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: ca. 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 13 3/16 inches (26.5 x 33.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Craig Crook Castle, near Edinburgh, the Seat of Lord Jeffrey

Creator:: Print made by William Miller, 1796–1882
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Edinburgh Castle and Horse Fair

Creator:: Walter Geikie, 1795–1837
Date:: 1830
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 8 1/4 inches (15.2 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Edinburgh from Leith Harbour

Creator:: Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 11 1/16 inches (38.7 × 28.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. A View of Edinburgh

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 15 7/8in. (22.8 x 40.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Old Tower, Leith

Creator:: Print made by John Clerk of Eldin, 1728–1812
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching with pen and brown ink and gray wash on moderately thick, textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 4 1/8 inches (6.4 × 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. The Canongate Tollbooth

Creator:: Print made by Sir David Young Cameron, 1865–1945
Date:: 1906
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on Japanese paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 7/8 × 7 inches (40.3 × 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

19. Edinburgh

Creator:: Fred Taylor, 1875–1963
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on linen
Dimensions:: Sheet: 39 5/8 x 24 3/4 inches (100.6 x 62.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965

20. A View of Edinburgh from the South Looking towards Dalkeith

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches (38.7 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

21. Craigmillar Castle

Creator:: David Simson, 1803–1874
Date:: 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, graphite, pen and red ink, and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 13 3/16 inches (24.3 × 33.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. High Street, Edinburgh

2. Edinburgh Castle and Horse Fair

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4. Edinburgh

5. A Distant View of Edinburgh

6. Design for Court of Edinburgh University

7. West View of the City of Edinburgh

8. The North-East View of Edinburgh Castle

9. A View in the Garden of Craigie-Hall, the Seat of the Honble. Charles Hope-Weir

10. Leith

11. Scotland, Cheshire, &c.

12. Edinbourgh vu de la Chapelle S. Antoine

13. Craig Crook Castle, near Edinburgh, the Seat of Lord Jeffrey

14. Edinburgh Castle and Horse Fair

15. Edinburgh from Leith Harbour

16. A View of Edinburgh

17. Old Tower, Leith

18. The Canongate Tollbooth

19. Edinburgh

20. A View of Edinburgh from the South Looking towards Dalkeith

21. Craigmillar Castle