Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Genre: landscape / Subject Terms: waves (natural events)

1. Wreckers -- Coast of Northumberland, with a Steam-Boat Assisting a Ship off Shore

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: exhibited 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 5/8 x 47 9/16 inches (90.5 x 120.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. Sunset at Sea after a Storm

Creator:: Attributed to Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Date:: ca. 1824
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on pressed card
Dimensions:: 4 1/2 x 7 inches (11.4 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Stormy Sea Breaking on a Shore

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1840 and 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 25 inches (44.5 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Squally Weather

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: between 1840 and 1845
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 x 18 inches (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. Storm on the Ganges, with Mrs. Hastings near the Col-gon Rocks

Creator:: William Hodges, 1744–1797
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 × 72 inches (127 × 182.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: 1780 to 1781
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 50 inches (101.6 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. The Harbour of Pulo Condere

Creator:: John Webber, 1752–1793
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 7 3/4 × 10 1/2 inches (19.7 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. The Destruction of the Children of Niobe

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1760
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 58 x 74 inches (147.3 x 188 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal -- A Squall Passing Off

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 x 42 inches (68.6 x 106.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Study of Waves

Creator:: attributed to Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown washes with white gouache over graphite on thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 8 7/8 inches (14.8 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. A Page from a Cornish Sketchbook: Cornwall 30

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk and graphite on medium, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 x 7 inches (10.6 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Coast of Yorkshire

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/8 × 17 1/8 inches (28.9 × 43.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Lake of Thun, Switzerland

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; engraver's proof (a) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 11 inches (20 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The Wave

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink and gray wash over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/4 x 19 inches (33.7 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Coast Scene with Figures

Creator:: Robert Brandard, 1805–1862
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 × 12 5/8 inches (15.2 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Beach Scene

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, pen and gray ink, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 inches (19.7 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Folkestone

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 x 6 7/8 inches (12.1 x 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. A Tropical Coast, Sunset

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854
Date:: between 1840 and 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and brown ink over graphite with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches (15.5 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; early engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 9 3/4 inches (34.9 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Fanali di Villa Franca

Creator:: Monro School
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 15/16 × 7 7/16 inches (12.5 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Harbor

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/4 x 9 1/4in. (14.6 x 23.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Composition: Italian Seascape Effect

Creator:: Dr. Thomas Monro, 1759–1833
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 10 1/8 inches (13 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Walenstadt, from Weesen, Switzerland

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink, graphite, gouache and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 9/16 x 25 7/16 inches (44.6 x 64.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Admiral Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel

Creator:: Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Date:: 1759
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 13/16 × 13 15/16 inches (50.3 × 35.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, second state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (36.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Ceyx and Alcyone

Creator:: William Woollett, 1735–1785
Date:: 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 x 22 inches (45.7 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Bending Pillars at Staffa (from Smith's Geography)

Creator:: Alfred William Warren, active 1791–1809
Date:: 1810
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Tynemouth Castle and Priory, Northumberland

Creator:: Print made by Benjamin Comte, 1760–1851
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (15.5 x 24.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Situazione Di Ceramo

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 7/16 inches (38.1 x 54.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Clovelly, North Devon

Creator:: William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite with scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 29 1/4 x 44 1/2 inches (74.3 x 113 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. A Stiff Breeze

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: ca. 1805
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and gouache, with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 12 inches (18.4 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Castle on a Cliff with Stormy Sea

Creator:: William Callow, 1812–1908
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 13 13/16 inches (22.2 x 35.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. The Needles from Alum Bay

Creator:: George Barret Jr., 1767–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, gray wash and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 12 inches (14 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The Beach at Culbone, Somerset

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1826
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 6 1/8 inches (8.5 x 15.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. The Deluge

Creator:: Print made by J. P. Quilley, active 1828
Date:: 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Penzance, Cornwall

Creator:: Print made by James C. Allen, active 1821–1831
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:: Plate: 5 11/16 x 9 inches (14.5 x 22.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: Print made by William Forrest, 1802–1889
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 6 7/8 inches (25.4 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. View of the Entrance to Fishguard, from Goodwych Sands

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches (16.2 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Rope Bridge, near the Light House, Holyhead

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and scraping out on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches (16.5 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Near Combmartin, on the Coast of North Devon

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches (16.5 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Lands-end, Cornwall

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and scraping on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches (16.2 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. The Entrance to Portreath, Cornwall

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 3/8 inches (16.5 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. The Lizard Light-House Cornwall

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 3/8 inches (16.5 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Southwold Suffolk

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: after 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (16.5 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Etching; open etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 11 inches (42.5 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Royal Crescent, County Hospital, St. George's Chapel, Kemp Town

Creator:: Print made by Day & Co., 1824–1913
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph with hand coloring on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 20 15/16 inches (35.5 x 53.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Landscape with Man on Beach

Creator:: Attributed to William Collins, 1788–1847
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 5/8 × 2 7/8 inches (6.7 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Shipping off Staffa

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855
Date:: 1842
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, brown ink, gray ink, black ink, gouache, gum, and graphite, with scraping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 × 16 3/8 inches (31.1 × 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. The Warren near Exmouth, Devon: Steep Cliffs Rising at Right, Sea and Rocky Shore at Left

Creator:: John White Abbott, 1763–1851
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gray wash, pen and gray ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches (18.7 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. The Northern Boundary of St. Bride's Bay

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Date:: 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 8 1/2 inches (13 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: George Cuitt, 1743–1818
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and scratching out on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 16 13/16 inches (33.3 × 42.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Wreckers -- Coast of Northumberland, with a Steam-Boat Assisting a Ship off Shore

2. Sunset at Sea after a Storm

3. Stormy Sea Breaking on a Shore

4. Squally Weather

5. Storm on the Ganges, with Mrs. Hastings near the Col-gon Rocks

6. A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset

7. The Harbour of Pulo Condere

8. The Destruction of the Children of Niobe

9. Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal -- A Squall Passing Off

10. Study of Waves

11. A Page from a Cornish Sketchbook: Cornwall 30

12. Coast of Yorkshire

13. Lake of Thun, Switzerland

14. The Wave

15. Coast Scene with Figures

16. Beach Scene

17. Folkestone

18. A Tropical Coast, Sunset

19. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

20. Fanali di Villa Franca

21. Harbor

22. Composition: Italian Seascape Effect

23. Walenstadt, from Weesen, Switzerland

24. Admiral Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel

25. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

26. Ceyx and Alcyone

27. The Bending Pillars at Staffa (from Smith's Geography)

28. Tynemouth Castle and Priory, Northumberland

29. Situazione Di Ceramo

30. Clovelly, North Devon

31. A Stiff Breeze

32. Castle on a Cliff with Stormy Sea

33. The Needles from Alum Bay

34. The Beach at Culbone, Somerset

35. The Deluge

36. Penzance, Cornwall

37. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

38. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

39. View of the Entrance to Fishguard, from Goodwych Sands

40. The Rope Bridge, near the Light House, Holyhead

41. Near Combmartin, on the Coast of North Devon

42. The Lands-end, Cornwall

43. The Entrance to Portreath, Cornwall

44. The Lizard Light-House Cornwall

45. Southwold Suffolk

46. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

47. Royal Crescent, County Hospital, St. George's Chapel, Kemp Town

48. Landscape with Man on Beach

49. Shipping off Staffa

50. The Warren near Exmouth, Devon: Steep Cliffs Rising at Right, Sea and Rocky Shore at Left

51. The Northern Boundary of St. Bride's Bay

52. Fingal's Cave, Staffa