Period: 18th century / Subject Terms: castle / Classification: Paintings

1. Warwick Castle

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: 1748 to 1749
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 37 3/4 × 56 1/4 × 3 1/2 inches (95.9 × 142.9 × 8.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

2. Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 1/4 x 47 inches (87 x 119.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. A Summer Evening (Caernarfon Castle)

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: between 1764 and 1765
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 3/4 x 45 3/4 inches (62.9 x 116.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Windsor Castle Seen from the Thames

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 5/8 x 36 3/4 inches (67.6 x 93.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. An Imaginary Landscape with a Traveller and Figures Overlooking the Bay of Baiae

Creator:: Thomas Jones, 1742–1803
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 1/16 x 29 7/16 inches (48.4 x 74.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. Landscape, with Dover Castle in the Distance

Creator:: Arthur Nelson, active 1765–1773
Date:: ca. 1767
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 22 1/2 x 43 inches (57.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

7. West Gate of Pevensey Castle, Sussex

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: between 1773 and 1774
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 7/8 x 35 3/4 inches (70.8 x 90.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

8. Corfe Castle, Dorset

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:: 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 1/8 x 18 inches (33.3 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

9. Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 3/8 x 20 1/4 inches (39.1 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

10. Landscape with a Shepherd

Creator:: Charles Towne, 1763–1840
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/2 × 32 1/4 inches (62.2 × 81.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 3/4 x 76 inches (101 x 193 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

12. Durham

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 41 inches (50.8 x 104.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

13. Warwick Castle

Creator:: Francis Harding, active 1730–1766
Date:: ca. 1764
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 5/8 x 39 inches (62.5 x 99.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

14. 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

15. Ludlow Castle with Dinham Weir, from the South-West

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Date:: 1765 to 1769
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 3/8 x 42 13/16 inches (72.1 x 108.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

16. The Medway at Rochester

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 3/4 x 31 inches (55.2 x 78.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

17. View near Wynnstay, the Seat of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, fourth Bt.

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1770 to 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 71 x 96 3/8 inches (180.3 x 244.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

18. Rochester

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 7/8 x 12 13/16 inches (25.1 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

19. A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1740
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 5/8 x 11 7/8 inches (24.4 x 30.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

20. Caernarvon Castle

Creator:: Joseph Farington, 1747–1821
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 3/4 × 28 3/4 inches (52.7 × 73 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

21. St. Augustine's Gate, Canterbury

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Date:: ca. 1778
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 1/2 x 35 1/4 inches (69.9 x 89.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

22. Cottage on Fire at Night

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Date:: between 1785 and 1793
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 1/4 × 31 1/2 inches (56.5 × 80 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

23. Black Game, Rabbits, and Swallows in a Park

Creator:: Leonard Knyff, 1650–1721
Date:: ca. 1700
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 56 inches (90.2 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

24. Classical Landscape

Creator:: Alexander Runciman, 1736–1785
Date:: 1767 to 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 12 7/8 x 18 3/16 inches (32.7 x 46.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

25. Dinas Bran from Llangollen

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: 1770 to 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 71 × 96 3/8 inches (180.3 × 244.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

26. Caernarfon Castle

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782
Date:: ca. 1745
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/2 x 41 5/16 inches (64.8 x 104.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

27. The Rope Bridge at Serinagur

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 1/4 x 40 3/4 inches (81.9 x 103.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

28. Chepstow Castle

Creator:: Hendrik Frans de Cort, 1742–1810
Date:: ca. 1795
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 33 inches (67.3 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

29. 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

30. Windsor Castle from the Buckinghamshire Bank

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1705
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 37 x 68 inches (94 x 172.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

31. Ship on Fire at Night

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Date:: ca. 1756
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/2 x 17 inches (31.8 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

32. Saltwood Castle

Creator:: George Lambert, 1700–1765
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 3/4 x 36 3/4 inches (50.2 x 93.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

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1. Warwick Castle

2. Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight

3. A Summer Evening (Caernarfon Castle)

4. Windsor Castle Seen from the Thames

5. An Imaginary Landscape with a Traveller and Figures Overlooking the Bay of Baiae

6. Landscape, with Dover Castle in the Distance

7. West Gate of Pevensey Castle, Sussex

8. Corfe Castle, Dorset

9. Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome

10. Landscape with a Shepherd

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

12. Durham

13. Warwick Castle

14. The Destruction of the Children of Niobe

15. Ludlow Castle with Dinham Weir, from the South-West

16. The Medway at Rochester

17. View near Wynnstay, the Seat of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, fourth Bt.

18. Rochester

19. A Two-Decker on Fire at Night off a Fort

20. Caernarvon Castle

21. St. Augustine's Gate, Canterbury

22. Cottage on Fire at Night

23. Black Game, Rabbits, and Swallows in a Park

24. Classical Landscape

25. Dinas Bran from Llangollen

26. Caernarfon Castle

27. The Rope Bridge at Serinagur

28. Chepstow Castle

29. Shrewsbury Abbey

30. Windsor Castle from the Buckinghamshire Bank

31. Ship on Fire at Night

32. Saltwood Castle