Genre: architectural subject / Associated Places: England / Subject Terms: priory

1. Lee Priory, Kent

Creator:: John Dixon, ca. 1740–1810 or 1811
Date:: 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 38 3/4 inches (63.5 x 98.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. Ruin of St. Botolph's Priory, Colchester

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837
Date:: ca. 1809
Materials & Techniques:: Black and brown chalk over graphite with stumping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 x 14 7/8 inches (43.5 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Castle Acre Priory

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, brown wash, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches (18.1 x 23.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Merrick Abbey, Swaledale

Creator:: Print made by J. C. Varrall, active 1815–1827
Date:: 1818-1823
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof (b) on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 16 inches (26.8 × 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Remains of the Priory, Beeston Regis

Creator:: Robert Dixon, 1780–1815
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 x 8 1/4 inches (26.5 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Beeston Priory, Beeston Regis

Creator:: Robert Dixon, 1780–1815
Date:: between 1810 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Soft-ground etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 x 8 3/16 inches (27.1 x 20.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Merrick Abbey, Swaledale

Creator:: Print made by J. C. Varrall, active 1815–1827
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, etching and graphite, engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 11 13/16 inches (21.7 × 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland

Creator:: Print made by J. C. Varrall, active 1815–1827
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving, with graphite and scraping out; touched engraver's proof (a)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland

Creator:: Print made by J. C. Varrall, active 1815–1827
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof (b)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland

Creator:: Print made by J. C. Varrall, active 1815–1827
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, open etching
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Maxstoke Priory, Warwickshire

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 9 1/8 inches (14.9 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Bolton Abbey

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite with gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 17 inches (26.6 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Warwick: The Town and Castle from the Priory Gardens

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/4 x 36 3/4 inches (36.2 x 93.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Maxstoke Priory

Creator:: Heneage Finch fourth Earl of Aylesford, 1751–1812
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 x 13 3/4 inches (36.6 x 35 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland

Creator:: Print made by J. C. Varrall, active 1815–1827
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving, first published state
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Dudley Priory in Worcestershire, Plate 1

Creator:: Print made by M. Coote, ca. 1758/62–1801
Date:: before 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 8 11/16 inches (17.8 × 22 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Dudley Priory in Worcestershire, Plate 2

Creator:: Print made by M. Coote, ca. 1758/62–1801
Date:: before 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 13/16 × 7 5/8 inches (14.7 × 19.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Dudley Priory in Worcestershire, Plate 2

Creator:: M. Coote, ca. 1758/62–1801
Date:: before 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 × 8 3/4 inches (17.7 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Merrick Abbey, Swaledale

Creator:: Print made by J. C. Varrall, active 1815–1827
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 × 17 11/16 inches (30 × 44.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. 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

21. Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland

Creator:: Print made by J. C. Varrall, active 1815–1827
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; 3rd state on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 5/8 × 14 3/4 inches (27 × 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Walsingham Priory, Norfolk, England

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 7 15/16 inches (16.2 × 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Binham Priory, Norfolk, England

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 7 15/16 inches (16.4 × 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. 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

25. Walsingham Priory, Norfolk, England

Creator:: James Moore, 1762–1799
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/8 × 7 15/16 inches (16.2 × 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Lindisfarne Priory, Holy Island, Northumberland

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

27. Lindisfarne Priory, Holy Island, Northumberland

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

28. Guisborough Priory

Creator:: follower of Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 20 1/8 inches (30.3 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1818
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 7 3/8 inches (24.8 x 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Priory At Dover

Creator:: William Sawrey Gilpin, 1762–1843
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/16 x 14 5/8in. (25.9 x 37.1cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Interior of the Ruins of Yarmouth Priory

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1811
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches (22.2 x 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/8 x 11 inches (35.9 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 5/8 x 11 inches (37.1 x 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk, West Front

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1804
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted to medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches (26 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Bolton Priory, Yorkshire

Creator:: John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: ca. 1803
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and gray wash on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches (22.2 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

Creator:: follower of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

Creator:: imitator of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Date:: 19th century
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches (34 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Lee Priory, Kent

2. Ruin of St. Botolph's Priory, Colchester

3. Castle Acre Priory

4. Merrick Abbey, Swaledale

5. Remains of the Priory, Beeston Regis

6. Beeston Priory, Beeston Regis

7. Merrick Abbey, Swaledale

8. Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland

9. Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland

10. Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland

11. Maxstoke Priory, Warwickshire

12. Bolton Abbey

13. Warwick: The Town and Castle from the Priory Gardens

14. Maxstoke Priory

15. Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland

16. Dudley Priory in Worcestershire, Plate 1

17. Dudley Priory in Worcestershire, Plate 2

18. Dudley Priory in Worcestershire, Plate 2

19. Merrick Abbey, Swaledale

20. Tynemouth Castle and Priory, Northumberland

21. Brinkburn Priory, Northumberland

22. Walsingham Priory, Norfolk, England

23. Binham Priory, Norfolk, England

24. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk, England

25. Walsingham Priory, Norfolk, England

26. Lindisfarne Priory, Holy Island, Northumberland

27. Lindisfarne Priory, Holy Island, Northumberland

28. Guisborough Priory

29. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

30. Priory At Dover

31. Interior of the Ruins of Yarmouth Priory

32. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

33. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

34. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk, West Front

35. Bolton Priory, Yorkshire

36. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk

37. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk