Medium: oil paint / Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Subject Terms: flags

1. Dort or Dordrecht: The Dort Packet-Boat from Rotterdam Becalmed

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:: 1818
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 62 × 92 inches (157.5 × 233.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Corso Sant'Anastasia, Verona

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828, British
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Oil on millboard
Dimensions:: 25 5/8 x 17 3/8 inches (65.1 x 44.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

Creator:: William Hogarth, 1697–1764, British
Date:: 1732
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches (47.9 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Ships in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness

Creator:: Isaac Sailmaker, ca. 1633–1721, Dutch, active in Britain (from the 1640s)
Date:: between 1707 and 1708
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 x 53 inches (106.7 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. A Boat Race on the River Isis, Oxford

Creator:: John Whessell, 1760–ca. 1823, British
Date:: 1822
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 22 1/4 inches (40.6 x 56.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. The Battle of Trafalgar

Creator:: John Christian Schetky, 1778–1874, British
Date:: ca. 1841
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 33 1/4 x 48 1/2 inches (84.5 x 123.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Vice Admiral Sir George Anson's Victory off Cape Finisterre

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772, British
Date:: 1749
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 71 inches (101.6 x 180.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Low Lighthouse, North Shields

Creator:: Robert Salmon, 1775–ca.1845, British
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 16 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches (41.9 x 65.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Shipping off Dover

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772, British
Date:: 1738
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 53 inches (67.3 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. An English Two-Decker Lying Hove to, with Other Ships and Vessels in a Fresh Breeze

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793, French, active in Britain (from the 1750s)
Date:: 1770
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 16 x 25 inches (40.6 x 63.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. English Ships Coming to Anchor in a Fresh Breeze

Creator:: Dominic Serres, 1722–1793, French, active in Britain (from the 1750s)
Date:: late 18th century
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 1/2 x 65 1/2 inches (105.4 x 166.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Buckenham Ferry, on the River Yare, Norfolk

Creator:: Joseph Stannard, 1797–1830, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 3/4 x 24 inches (40 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Fishing Smack and Other Vessels in a Strong Breeze

Creator:: Joseph Stannard, 1797–1830, British
Date:: 1830
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 12 3/4 x 17 inches (32.4 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Windsor Castle Seen from the Thames

Creator:: Unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: ca. 1700
Medium:: 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

15. The Fishery

Creator:: Richard Wright, ca. 1720–ca. 1775, British
Date:: ca. 1764
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 53 inches (90.2 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Liverpool and National Steeplechase at Aintree, 1843

Creator:: William Tasker, 1808–1852, British
Date:: ca. 1843
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 3/8 x 71 1/2 inches (87.3 x 181.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Unknown artist, seventeenth century
Date:: 1684
Medium:: 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

18. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772, British
Date:: ca. 1757
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/4 x 37 1/4 inches (66.7 x 94.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Round Course at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, Preparing for the King's Plate

Creator:: Peter Tillemans, 1684–1734, Flemish, active in Britain (from 1708)
Date:: ca. 1725
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 1/4 × 49 1/2 inches (87 × 125.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. An English Sloop and a Frigate in a Light Breeze

Creator:: Francis Swaine, 1730–1782, British
Date:: undated, exhibited between 1762 and 1782
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 x 13 3/8 inches (25.4 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. A Seascape with Men-of-War and Small Craft

Creator:: Attributed to Francis Holman, 1760–1790, British
Date:: ca. 1780
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 1/4 x 56 inches (97.2 x 142.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707, Dutch, active in Britain (from 1672)
Date:: ca. 1700
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 44 3/4 x 72 1/2 inches (113.7 x 184.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Westminster from Lambeth, with the Ceremonial Barge of the Ironmongers' Company

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772, British
Date:: ca. 1745
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 31 1/4 x 59 1/4 inches (79.4 x 150.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768, Venetian, active in Britain (1746–55)
Date:: 1747
Medium:: 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

25. Shipping in a Calm

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749, British
Date:: between 1700 and 1725
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 12 1/4 inches (40.6 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Royal Yacht Becalmed at Anchor

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749, British
Date:: between 1710 and 1730
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 1/8 x 45 1/2 inches (76.5 x 115.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749, British
Date:: ca. 1703
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 x 54 inches (61.6 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Cutter Close Hauled in a Fresh Breeze, with Other Shipping

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759, British
Date:: ca. 1750
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 x 66 inches (106.7 x 167.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Dutch Sailing Vessels

Creator:: William Anderson, 1757–1837, British
Date:: 1814
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches (26.7 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Black Ball Line Packet Ship 'New York' off Ailsa Craig

Creator:: William Clark, 1803–1883, British
Date:: 1836
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The English Merchant Ship 'Malabar'

Creator:: William Clark, 1803–1883, British
Date:: 1836
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 × 36 inches (61.6 × 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The European Factories, Canton

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837, British
Date:: 1806
Medium:: 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

33. Study for 'Battle of Waterloo'

Creator:: George Jones, 1786–1869, British
Date:: 1815
Medium:: Oil on paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: 17 × 20 1/2 inches (43.2 × 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. An Indiaman and a Two Decker Hove to, Said to be Thomas Dumar, Esq. in H.M. Ship 'Portland' Delivering the Leeward Island Convoy, in 1776

Creator:: Thomas Luny, 1759–1837, British
Date:: 1796
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 x 66 inches (106.7 x 167.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. A Packet Boat Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland

Creator:: Thomas Luny, 1759–1837, British
Date:: 1780
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 33 3/8 × 57 inches (84.8 × 144.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. The English Brig 'Norval' before the Wind

Creator:: William Clark, 1803–1883, British
Date:: 1833
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 7/8 x 29 5/8 inches (50.5 x 75.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Launching at Deptford

Creator:: John Cleveley the elder, ca. 1712–1777, British
Date:: ca. 1757
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 3/4 × 72 1/8 inches (106 × 183.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. English Ships Under Sail in a Very Light Breeze

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759, British
Date:: ca. 1752
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 x 23 inches (38.1 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. An English Flagship Under Easy Sail in a Moderate Breeze

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759, British
Date:: ca. 1750
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches (36.8 x 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Capture of the "Marquis d'Antin" and the "Louis Erasme"

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759, British
Date:: between 1745 and 1755
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 x 19 inches (33 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Shipping in the English Channel

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759, British
Date:: ca. 1755
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 1/2 x 46 3/8 inches (90.2 x 117.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Date:: ca. 1788
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 17 1/2 inches (35.6 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Off the Needles, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Edward William Cooke, 1811–1880, British
Date:: 1845
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 1/2 × 35 1/2 inches (69.9 × 90.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. A View of Murton Colliery near Seaham, County Durham

Creator:: John Wilson Carmichael, 1799–1868, British
Date:: 1843
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 × 36 1/8 inches (61 × 91.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Admiral Lord Bridport

Creator:: Lemuel Francis Abbott, ca. 1760–1802, British
Date:: ca. 1795
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 40 inches (127 x 101.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. A Harbor Scene in the Isle of Wight, Looking Towards the Needles

Creator:: George Vincent, 1796–1832, British
Date:: 1824
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 15 3/8 x 22 inches (39.1 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Shipping in the Thames Estuary

Creator:: Thomas Mellish, ca.1748–1782, British
Date:: between 1761 and 1766
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/8 x 22 1/2 inches (46 x 57.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. British Men-of-War and a Sloop

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749, British
Date:: between 1720 and 1730
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 x 35 1/2 inches (71.1 x 90.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Orleans House, Twickenham

Creator:: Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755, British
Date:: ca. 1750
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/4 x 32 inches (43.8 x 81.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. The Apotheosis of Nelson

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Date:: 1807
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 1/2 x 29 inches (100.3 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. General Thomas Gage

Creator:: John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815, American, active in Britain (from 1776)
Date:: ca. 1768
Medium:: Oil on canvas mounted on masonite
Dimensions:: 50 x 39 3/4 inches (127 x 101 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Saddling Up for the Grand National, 1919: Before the Snowstorm (sketch)

Creator:: Sir Alfred J. Munnings, 1878–1959, British
Date:: 1919
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches (54.6 x 75.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Dort or Dordrecht: The Dort Packet-Boat from Rotterdam Becalmed

2. Corso Sant'Anastasia, Verona

3. William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland

4. Ships in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness

5. A Boat Race on the River Isis, Oxford

6. The Battle of Trafalgar

7. Vice Admiral Sir George Anson's Victory off Cape Finisterre

8. The Low Lighthouse, North Shields

9. Shipping off Dover

10. An English Two-Decker Lying Hove to, with Other Ships and Vessels in a Fresh Breeze

11. English Ships Coming to Anchor in a Fresh Breeze

12. Buckenham Ferry, on the River Yare, Norfolk

13. Fishing Smack and Other Vessels in a Strong Breeze

14. Windsor Castle Seen from the Thames

15. The Fishery

16. The Liverpool and National Steeplechase at Aintree, 1843

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

18. Action off the Cape of Good Hope

19. The Round Course at Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, Preparing for the King's Plate

20. An English Sloop and a Frigate in a Light Breeze

21. A Seascape with Men-of-War and Small Craft

22. A Battle of the Third Anglo Dutch War, Probably the London at the Battle of the Texel, August 1673

23. Westminster from Lambeth, with the Ceremonial Barge of the Ironmongers' Company

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

25. Shipping in a Calm

26. Royal Yacht Becalmed at Anchor

27. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

28. Cutter Close Hauled in a Fresh Breeze, with Other Shipping

29. Dutch Sailing Vessels

30. The Black Ball Line Packet Ship 'New York' off Ailsa Craig

31. The English Merchant Ship 'Malabar'

32. The European Factories, Canton

33. Study for 'Battle of Waterloo'

34. An Indiaman and a Two Decker Hove to, Said to be Thomas Dumar, Esq. in H.M. Ship 'Portland' Delivering the Leeward Island Convoy, in 1776

35. A Packet Boat Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland

36. The English Brig 'Norval' before the Wind

37. Launching at Deptford

38. English Ships Under Sail in a Very Light Breeze

39. An English Flagship Under Easy Sail in a Moderate Breeze

40. The Capture of the "Marquis d'Antin" and the "Louis Erasme"

41. Shipping in the English Channel

42. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

43. Off the Needles, Isle of Wight

44. A View of Murton Colliery near Seaham, County Durham

45. Admiral Lord Bridport

46. A Harbor Scene in the Isle of Wight, Looking Towards the Needles

47. Shipping in the Thames Estuary

48. British Men-of-War and a Sloop

49. Orleans House, Twickenham

50. The Apotheosis of Nelson

51. General Thomas Gage

52. Saddling Up for the Grand National, 1919: Before the Snowstorm (sketch)