Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Exhibition History: In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30) / Genre: cityscape

1. The Colosseum

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 3/8 × 20 1/4 inches (39.1 × 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

2. King's Parade, Cambridge

Creator:: Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804
Date:: between 1798 and 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 1/2 x 50 inches (95.3 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. St. Paul's and Blackfriars Bridge

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813
Date:: between 1770 and 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/16 x 29 3/8 inches (51.3 x 74.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

4. Covent Garden

Creator:: Pieter Angillis, 1685–1734
Date:: ca. 1726
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 18 13/16 x 24 13/16 inches (47.8 x 63 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

5. The Port of London

Creator:: Thomas Luny, 1759–1837
Date:: 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 3/4 × 33 7/8 inches (55.2 × 86 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

6. Railway Bridge over the River Cart, Paisley

Creator:: Waller Hugh Paton, 1828–1895
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 × 39 inches (68.6 × 99.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

7. 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:: On view

8. Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: 1747
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 43 5/8 x 56 x 3 inches (110.8 x 142.2 x 7.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

9. A Fish-market near Boulogne

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Date:: 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 3/8 x 48 1/4 inches (82.2 x 122.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

10. A View of the Tower of London, Supposed on his Majesty's Birthday

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 3/4 × 76 inches (101 × 193 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

11. Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 3/16 × 48 inches (91.9 × 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

12. Frost Fair on the Thames, with Old London Bridge in the distance

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1684
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/4 x 30 1/4 inches (64.1 x 76.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

13. Greenwich, with London in the distance

Creator:: Jan Vorsterman, ca. 1643–after 1685
Date:: ca. 1680
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 × 57 1/2 inches (74.9 × 146.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

14. Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 3/8 × 20 1/4 inches (39.1 × 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

15. View of the City of Edinburgh

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Date:: ca. 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 55 7/8 x 82 5/8 inches (141.9 x 209.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

16. 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:: On view

17. 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:: On view

18. Plymouth

Creator:: Hendrik Danckerts, ca. 1625–1680
Date:: 1673
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 × 68 inches (101.6 × 172.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

19. Indian Temple, Said to Be the Mosque of Abo-ul-Nabi, Muttra

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: 1827
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 1/2 × 56 1/4 inches (108 × 142.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

20. St. Paul's Cathedral

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: ca. 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 24 3/4 × 28 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches (62.9 × 73 × 4.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

21. Arches of Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, ca. 1702–1772
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 3/4 × 47 3/4 inches (108.6 × 121.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

22. The European Factories, Canton

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: 1806
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 × 50 inches (86.4 × 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

23. London from Greenwich Hill

Creator:: Henry Dawson, 1811–1878
Date:: 1869 to 1870
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 72 x 107 1/2 inches (182.9 x 273.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view

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Exhibition History In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30)

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1. The Colosseum

2. King's Parade, Cambridge

3. St. Paul's and Blackfriars Bridge

4. Covent Garden

5. The Port of London

6. Railway Bridge over the River Cart, Paisley

7. Westminster Abbey and Bridge

8. Westminster Bridge, with the Lord Mayor's Procession on the Thames

9. A Fish-market near Boulogne

10. A View of the Tower of London, Supposed on his Majesty's Birthday

11. Pierrepont House, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

12. Frost Fair on the Thames, with Old London Bridge in the distance

13. Greenwich, with London in the distance

14. Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

15. View of the City of Edinburgh

16. The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

17. Westminster from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

18. Plymouth

19. Indian Temple, Said to Be the Mosque of Abo-ul-Nabi, Muttra

20. St. Paul's Cathedral

21. Arches of Westminster Bridge

22. The European Factories, Canton

23. London from Greenwich Hill