Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / On-site Access: Accessible by appointment in the Study Room / Associated Places: Africa

1. Tenth Plague of Egypt

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 16 3/4 inches (27.9 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Abu Simbel, 11-11:30 am, 8 February 1867 (374)

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink, pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 20 1/8 inches (34.9 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Wady Feiran, Peninsula of Mt. Sinai

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: ca. 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, with pen and gray ink, brown ink, and graphite, with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 20 5/8 inches (32.4 × 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Oasis Village

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 17 inches (24.4 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Amada, 9:30 am, 12 February 1867

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches (12.4 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Tarifa Point, Spain and Mons Abyla, Africa

Creator:: George Lothian Hall, 1825–1888
Date:: 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 10 inches (15.9 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai. 1842 - The Convent of St. Catherine in the Distance

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/4 x 53 1/2 inches (66.7 x 135.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Ramesseum at Thebes

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: between 1841 and 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, black chalk and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 20 1/8 inches (34.9 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Port Louis from La Petite Montagne (Twilight) with a Rider and Figures in Foreground

Creator:: Thomas Bradshaw, Born 1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 1/4 inches (16.8 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Blessing of the Suez Canal, November 16, 1869

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: after 1869
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 17 1/4 inches (27.6 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Bride, Paul and Virginia, the Chalees Satoon, East India

Creator:: Imitator of George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:: after 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and stipple engraving; hand coloring done by an unknown later printer on thick cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 10 9/16 inches (13.4 × 26.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Posizione delle Piramidi di Sachara

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/16 x 14 15/16 inches (54.1 x 38 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Market Place, Tanta, Egypt

Creator:: William Paton Burton, 1828–1883
Date:: 1874
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 × 20 1/2 inches (36.7 × 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. 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

15. Tripoli

Creator:: William James Muller, 1812–1845
Date:: ca. 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 16 5/8 inches (27.5 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Karnak

Creator:: William James Muller, 1812–1845
Date:: between 1838 and 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 1/16 inches (27.6 x 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Ceiling Decoration of Arch at Tripoli

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 × 19 1/2 inches (66 × 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Ancient Carthage - The Embarcation of Regulus

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Wilson, 1816–1892
Date:: 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 31 1/8 inches (63.8 × 79.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. A Study for a Caius Marius Sitting amidst the Ruins of Carthage, Rather a Serious Subject: "Napoleon was in the habit of comparing England to Carthage!"

A Study for a Caius Marius Sitting amidst the Ruins of Carthage, Rather a Serious Subject: "Napoleon was in the habit of comparing England to Carthage!"

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 9/16 inches (30.6 x 44.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Ivory Coast, West Africa

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1810 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 9/16 inches (37.5 x 54.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Plain of El Raheh, Mount Sinai

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 13 1/2in. (24.1 x 34.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Great Temple of Amon Karnak, The Hypostyle Hall

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with scratching out and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 13 inches (48.9 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. From under the Portico of the Temple of Edfu, Upper Egypt

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1846
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches (34.6 x 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Suez

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 5/8 × 9 9/16 inches (4.1 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. View on the Nile

Creator:: Charles Dyce, active 1848
Date:: ca. 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 13 7/8 inches (24.4 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Passengers aboard the Nile steamer

Creator:: Charles Dyce, active 1848
Date:: ca. 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 13 3/4 inches (24.4 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Harbor, Alexandria

Creator:: Charles Dyce, active 1848
Date:: ca. 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper laid down on contemporary mount with trompe l'oeil frame
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 7/8 inches (24.8 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Alexandria, Egypt

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 7 1/2 inches (9.2 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Egyptians outside a tomb

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 5 inches (18.7 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Egyptian River View with Water Woman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (11.4 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Ruins of The Ptolomean Library

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 7 1/2 inches (10.2 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Egyptian Ruins with a Mosque

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 7 5/8 inches (9.2 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Egyptian View - A Bay

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 7 1/2 inches (10.5 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Sepulchral Chambers

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 1/4 inches (11.4 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Goree

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches (29.8 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Korah Girl Seated

Creator:: Samuel Daniell, 1775–1811
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 6 3/8 inches (16.5 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Distant View of an Island

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: between 1777 and 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 13 7/8 inches (22.9 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Korah Girl with a Jar

Creator:: Samuel Daniell, 1775–1811
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (23.2 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Tswana Man Holding and Ostrich Feather Fan in a Landscape

Creator:: Samuel Daniell, 1775–1811
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 5 7/8 inches (22.5 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Head of a Khosa Chief

Creator:: Samuel Daniell, 1775–1811
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 6 inches (16.8 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Views in the Levant: Street Scene With Domed Roofs, One Dome Surmounted by a Column (Possibly Cairo?)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 9 5/8 inches (30.5 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Mauritius - a scene with figures wearing classical costume standing by a pool flanked by palms; in the background is the Pieter Both Mountain

Creator:: William John Chamberlayne, 1821–1910
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on textured, thick, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 13/16 × 20 3/4 inches (35.1 × 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Tenth Plague of Egypt

2. Abu Simbel, 11-11:30 am, 8 February 1867 (374)

3. Wady Feiran, Peninsula of Mt. Sinai

4. Oasis Village

5. Amada, 9:30 am, 12 February 1867

6. Tarifa Point, Spain and Mons Abyla, Africa

7. A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai. 1842 - The Convent of St. Catherine in the Distance

8. The Ramesseum at Thebes

9. Port Louis from La Petite Montagne (Twilight) with a Rider and Figures in Foreground

10. The Blessing of the Suez Canal, November 16, 1869

11. The Bride, Paul and Virginia, the Chalees Satoon, East India

12. Posizione delle Piramidi di Sachara

13. The Market Place, Tanta, Egypt

14. Mole Head, Algiers

15. Tripoli

16. Karnak

17. Ceiling Decoration of Arch at Tripoli

18. Ancient Carthage - The Embarcation of Regulus

19. A Study for a Caius Marius Sitting amidst the Ruins of Carthage, Rather a Serious Subject: "Napoleon was in the habit of comparing England to Carthage!"

20. The Ivory Coast, West Africa

21. The Plain of El Raheh, Mount Sinai

22. The Great Temple of Amon Karnak, The Hypostyle Hall

23. From under the Portico of the Temple of Edfu, Upper Egypt

24. Suez

25. View on the Nile

26. Passengers aboard the Nile steamer

27. The Harbor, Alexandria

28. Alexandria, Egypt

29. Egyptians outside a tomb

30. Egyptian River View with Water Woman

31. Ruins of The Ptolomean Library

32. Egyptian Ruins with a Mosque

33. Egyptian View - A Bay

34. Sepulchral Chambers

35. Goree

36. Korah Girl Seated

37. Distant View of an Island

38. Korah Girl with a Jar

39. Tswana Man Holding and Ostrich Feather Fan in a Landscape

40. Head of a Khosa Chief

41. Views in the Levant: Street Scene With Domed Roofs, One Dome Surmounted by a Column (Possibly Cairo?)

42. Mauritius - a scene with figures wearing classical costume standing by a pool flanked by palms; in the background is the Pieter Both Mountain