Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: abbey

1. St. Mary's Abbey, York

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 x 36 inches (71.1 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Westminster Abbey and Bridge

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 3/8 x 28 inches (92.4 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. The Thames and the Adelphi

Creator:: Attributed to William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:: ca. 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/4 x 23 3/4 inches (46.4 x 60.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Haycart Passing a Ruined Abbey

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 x 22 inches (55.9 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Rievaulx Abbey

Creator:: John Wootton, 1682–1764
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 x 22 inches (55.9 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. The Building of Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: ca. 1742
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 x 47 inches (68.6 x 119.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. Westminster from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches (38.7 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. The Interior of Westminster Abbey

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1714
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 48 1/8 x 38 1/2 inches (122.2 x 97.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire

Creator:: George Lambert, 1700–1765
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 46 1/8 x 43 5/8 inches (117.2 x 110.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Shrewsbury and the River Severn

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/2 x 71 1/2 inches (77.5 x 181.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

11. Shrewsbury Abbey

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 71 1/2 inches (67.3 x 181.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. The Ruins of Leiston Abbey

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 9 3/4 x 12 3/8 inches (24.8 x 31.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Westminster Abbey and Bridge from Somerset Garden

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and red chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches (20 x 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Transept of Melrose Abbey, 1778 Near Old Melrose on the River Tweed, Roxburgh

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 13 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (34.6 x 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. View of Leiston Abbey

Creator:: Print made by William Byrne, 1743–1805
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and stipple engraving on moderately thick, textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 x 11 3/4 inches (24.6 x 29.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Bath

Creator:: Print made by George Murray, died 1822
Date:: 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, published state on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/8 × 4 5/8 inches (7.3 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; 1st published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 inches (19.1 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Abbot's Kitchen, Glastonbury

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 10 1/2 inches (20.3 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The South-West View of Battel-Abbey, in the County of Sussex

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Buck, 1696–1779
Date:: 1737
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 x 17 13/16 inches (28.4 x 45.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Abbey Church at St. Albans

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
Date:: 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 9 5/8 inches (17.1 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 7/8 inches (16.8 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. 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

23. Projected Design for Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire

Creator:: James Wyatt, 1746–1813
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 28 1/2 x 43 1/2 x 2 inches (72.4 x 110.5 x 5.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. View of Tintern Abbey on the River Wye

Creator:: Francis Jukes, 1747–1812
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Colored aquatint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 17 1/8in. (32.1 x 43.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. St. Augustine's Gate, Canterbury

Creator:: Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 20 15/16 inches (40.5 × 53.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Bindon Abbey, Dorset, England

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 3/8 inches (16.5 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Milton Abbey, Dorset

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 3/8 inches (16.8 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Buckfast Abbey, Devon, England

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 3/8 inches (16.5 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Kirkstall Abbey from the N.W.

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 3/4 inches (16.8 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches (24.8 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk, England

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 7 3/4 inches (15.9 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Cerne Abbey

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 8 3/8 inches (16.7 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Cerne Abbey

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Cymer Abbey, Wales

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 5/16 inches (16.8 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Architectural Study of a Ruined Abbey

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 8 5/16 inches (17.1 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Study of the Ruins of an Abbey

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: ca. 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 8 15/16 inches (18.1 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. The Abbey of St. Mary, Yorkshire, England

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 8 15/16 inches (18.1 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Melrose Abbey, Scotland

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 9 inches (18.3 × 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1796
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 5 inches (34.9 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Tithe Barn at Abbotsbury with the Abbey on the hill...

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink and graphite mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches (10.5 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Valle Crucis Abbey, near Llangollen

Creator:: imitator of Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 11 5/8 inches (21 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Cerne Abbey, Dorset

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1791
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 9/16 × 8 3/8 inches (16.7 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 15 5/8 inches (26.7 x 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Waltham Abbey, Essex

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 × 8 3/8 inches (13.7 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted to medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (16.5 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite and pen and black ink on medium slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted to medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (16.8 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Kelso Abbey, Rosburghshire

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches (16.5 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. The Ruins of Cymer Abbey on the Mawddach River

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches (12.4 x 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Landscape with Trees by a Lake

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: 1780-1789
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 7 5/8 inches (14.9 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Dunfermline Abbey, Scotland

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 7 1/16 inches (22.9 × 17.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. St. Mary's Abbey, York

2. Westminster Abbey and Bridge

3. The Thames and the Adelphi

4. Haycart Passing a Ruined Abbey

5. Rievaulx Abbey

6. The Building of Westminster Bridge

7. Westminster from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

8. The Interior of Westminster Abbey

9. Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire

10. Shrewsbury and the River Severn

11. Shrewsbury Abbey

12. The Ruins of Leiston Abbey

13. Westminster Abbey and Bridge from Somerset Garden

14. Transept of Melrose Abbey, 1778 Near Old Melrose on the River Tweed, Roxburgh

15. View of Leiston Abbey

16. Bath

17. Westminster Bridge

18. Abbot's Kitchen, Glastonbury

19. The South-West View of Battel-Abbey, in the County of Sussex

20. Abbey Church at St. Albans

21. Westminster Bridge

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

23. Projected Design for Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire

24. View of Tintern Abbey on the River Wye

25. St. Augustine's Gate, Canterbury

26. Bindon Abbey, Dorset, England

27. Milton Abbey, Dorset

28. Buckfast Abbey, Devon, England

29. Kirkstall Abbey from the N.W.

30. Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire

31. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk, England

32. Cerne Abbey

33. Cerne Abbey

34. Cymer Abbey, Wales

35. Architectural Study of a Ruined Abbey

36. Study of the Ruins of an Abbey

37. The Abbey of St. Mary, Yorkshire, England

38. Melrose Abbey, Scotland

39. Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire

40. The Tithe Barn at Abbotsbury with the Abbey on the hill...

41. Valle Crucis Abbey, near Llangollen

42. Cerne Abbey, Dorset

43. Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire

44. Waltham Abbey, Essex

45. Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire

46. Melrose Abbey, Roxburghshire

47. Kelso Abbey, Rosburghshire

48. The Ruins of Cymer Abbey on the Mawddach River

49. Landscape with Trees by a Lake

50. Dunfermline Abbey, Scotland