Medium: blue wash / Period: 19th century / Genre: architectural subject

1. Ruins of Messenia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Blue wash, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 17 inches (30.5 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Ruins of Sparta

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash, blue wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 17 inches (30.5 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Ruins of an Ancient Temple on the Summit of a Mountain Near Andritza

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash, blue wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Blue wash, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 1/4 inches (29.8 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. View of the Pantheon, Paris

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Date:: 1802
Medium:: Soft ground etching with gray, blue, and yellow wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 3/8 x 21 inches (23.8 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Linlithgow Palace Courtyard, West Lothian

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gray was and blue wash with graphite and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 x 13 7/8in. (24.8 x 35.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Paris, A View of Pont au Changes

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Date:: 1800 to 1802
Medium:: Hand colored soft-ground etching with brown, gray, and blue wash on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 19 5/16 inches (23.2 × 49.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Sketches for Panels Executed at Crowe Hall

Creator:: J. R. Harris, active 1876, British
Date:: 1876
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, blue wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse

9. Sketches for Panels Executed at Crowe Hall

Creator:: J. R. Harris, active 1876, British
Date:: 1876
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, blue wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse

10. Sketches for Panels Executed at Crowe Hall

Creator:: J. R. Harris, active 1876, British
Date:: 1876
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, blue wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse

11. Sketches for Panels Executed at Crowe Hall

Creator:: J. R. Harris, active 1876, British
Date:: 1876
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, blue wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet:
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift from the Estate of Christopher P. Monkhouse

12. Dolbadarn Castle (North Wales)

Creator:: Isaac Weld, 1774–1856, Irish
Date:: 1809
Medium:: Graphite, gray wash, and blue wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 19 9/16 inches (27.8 × 49.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Remains of the Temple of Jupiter in the Plains of Nemea, Greece

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1803
Medium:: Gray wash, blue wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/4 × 15 inches (27.3 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Temple of Sunias Minerva

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash, blue wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 5/16 inches (22.7 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Vicenza

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Brown wash, blue wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/16 × 9 5/8 inches (18.9 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Study of Buildings in a Settlement, Atop a Mountain

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, blue wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 3/8 inches (21.9 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Entry Gateway to Prince Adam Liechtenstein's; Villa in Wien

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash, blue wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 11/16 inches (16.8 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. An Old Battery and Watch Tower in Genoa

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802
Medium:: Blue wash, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 11 5/8 inches (22.4 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Ancient Aqueduct Ruins

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, gray wash, blue wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 × 17 1/4 inches (29.4 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Arch of Trajan, Ancona, Italy

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Graphite, blue wash, gray wash, brown wash, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 15/16 inches (27.8 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Canterbury Cathedral

Creator:: Capt. Thomas Hastings, 1778–1854, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite with blue wash and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (16.5 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Grittleton, West Front Elevation, No.5

Creator:: James Thomson, 1800–1883, British
Date:: 1851
Medium:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, blue wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 × 23 inches (42.9 × 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Grittleton, East Front Elevation, No.7

Creator:: James Thomson, 1800–1883, British
Date:: 1851
Medium:: Pen and black ink, gray wash, blue wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/8 × 22 7/8 inches (43.5 × 58.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

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1. Ruins of Messenia

2. Ruins of Sparta

3. The Ruins of an Ancient Temple on the Summit of a Mountain Near Andritza

4. Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens

5. View of the Pantheon, Paris

6. Linlithgow Palace Courtyard, West Lothian

7. Paris, A View of Pont au Changes

8. Sketches for Panels Executed at Crowe Hall

9. Sketches for Panels Executed at Crowe Hall

10. Sketches for Panels Executed at Crowe Hall

11. Sketches for Panels Executed at Crowe Hall

12. Dolbadarn Castle (North Wales)

13. Remains of the Temple of Jupiter in the Plains of Nemea, Greece

14. Temple of Sunias Minerva

15. Vicenza

16. Study of Buildings in a Settlement, Atop a Mountain

17. Entry Gateway to Prince Adam Liechtenstein's; Villa in Wien

18. An Old Battery and Watch Tower in Genoa

19. Ancient Aqueduct Ruins

20. Arch of Trajan, Ancona, Italy

21. Canterbury Cathedral

22. Grittleton, West Front Elevation, No.5

23. Grittleton, East Front Elevation, No.7