Medium: wove paper / Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Collective Title: A Collection of Continental Drawings, From a Set of Four Sketchbooks, 1802-1804

1. The Castle of Petrarch, Vaucluse, France

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 × 15 7/16 inches (29.1 × 39.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Fort of Zakynthos, Greece

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 11/16 inches (11.9 × 19.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Ancient Inscription in the Walls of the Venetian Govenor's House, Mystras

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 1/4 inches (22.5 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Ruins of Messenia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 16 15/16 inches (30.5 × 43 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Arcadia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 4 1/8 inches (22.7 × 10.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. One of the Lions Taken From the Piraeus Port of Athens

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 5 1/2 inches (21.3 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Architectural Drawing of a Temple

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 12 1/2 inches (48.3 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Architectural Drawing of the Porticos of a Temple

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 5/8 inches (37.8 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Architectural Drawing of a Stone Relief, Depicting a Bird of Prey

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 13 3/4 inches (26.8 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Study of the Capital of a PIllar

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 11/16 inches (26.7 × 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Study of the Capital of a Pillar

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 11/16 inches (26.7 × 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. A View of Mountains From a Balcony

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Suburbs of Corfu

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 5/8 inches (11.9 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Remains of a Temple at Corinth

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 × 16 15/16 inches (28.7 × 43 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. In a Garden

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 10 15/16 inches (25.2 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Landscape With Mountains in the Horizon

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: 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

20. Plan and Section of a Subterraneous Building Discovered at Mycenea and Supposed to be the Tomb of Agamemnon.

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 7/16 inches (36.5 × 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Landscape of Stone Ruins and Mountains Views

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor 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

22. Temple at Phigalia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1803
Medium:: Watercolor 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

23. A Halt for the Evening of Our Guards and Attendants Between Messenia and Arcadia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: 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

24. Temple Near the Site of Ancient Phigalia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1803
Medium:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and brown ink, and black ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 9 13/16 inches (38.1 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. North Porch of the Erectheion, Athens

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: ca. 1804
Medium:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 17 inches (30.2 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. 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

27. Temple of Hephaestus

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 17 1/4 inches (29.2 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Ancient Gateway in Ruins

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Castalian Spring

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 15/16 × 10 1/16 inches (35.4 × 25.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Landscape of a Village

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash, blue wash, and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 × 15 inches (24 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Mount Parnassus

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash, blue wash, graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 15 1/16 inches (24.4 × 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Fragment of a Doric Cornice Among the Ruins of Eleusis

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 3/4 inches (19.2 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Temple of Aphaea

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 5/8 inches (22.7 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Landscape of Trees, and Ruins

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/16 × 9 11/16 inches (18.9 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Temple of Aphaea

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, 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

36. A Tower Ruin, With Mount Parnasus in the Distance

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Remains of the Temple of Aphaea, Island of Aigina

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 9 9/16 inches (38.1 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Architectural Drawing of the Temple of Concordia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black ink on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 × 9 1/2 inches (38.9 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Architectural Drawing of a Temple

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/8 × 10 7/8 inches (46.7 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. The Ruins at the Temple of Aphaia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, 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

41. Inscriptions in Greek Alphabet

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/16 × 7 9/16 inches (24 × 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. A Man in Traditional Greek Attire, Guiding a Boat, With a Line of Rope

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 4 5/8 inches (19.4 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Entrance into Girgenti From the Port

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 8 15/16 inches (29.2 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Girgenti

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Girgenti, in Sicily, to the South

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Inscriptions in Greek Alphabet

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 7 5/8 inches (11.7 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. The Capital and Entablature to the Columns of the Temple of Juno Lucina, Agrigentum

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Pen and black ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 9 11/16 inches (38.4 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Treasury of Atreus

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 1/2 inches (21.9 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Gateway in the Ruins of the Ancient Walls of Arpino

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 10 1/2 inches (17.1 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Doric Capital Among the Ruiins of a Temple, Dedicated to Vulcan, at Agrigentum

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Pen and black ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 9 9/16 inches (38.4 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Second Temple of Hera, in the Foreground, First Temple of Hera in the Background, at Paestum

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 16 1/2 inches (27.6 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Gateway in the Ruins of the Ancient Walls of Arpino

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 13 9/16 inches (26.8 × 34.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Ruins at Capua

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 5/8 inches (26.7 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Temple Ruins

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Temple of Concordia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 11 3/8 inches (22.9 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Architectural Drawing

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 19 1/8 inches (38.6 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Section of a Building Near the Coast

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 × 8 3/8 inches (28.7 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Sketch of Part of a Column

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Black wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 3/4 inches (24.6 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Temple of Concordia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, 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

60. Architectural Drawing

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 11 3/8 inches (22.9 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Fragment of the Capital of a Pillar

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 9/16 inches (19.4 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. Study of a Bust

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wasn and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 13/16 × 12 15/16 inches (47.8 × 32.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. Study of a Stone Wall

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 15 inches (27.8 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Studies of Pillars

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 5/8 inches (24.9 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. Architectural Sketch of Building with Doric Columns

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 10 3/4 inches (19.2 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. Raised Carving of a Sundial on a Wall

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 7 9/16 inches (24.3 × 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. View From Cori Towards Villetri

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 7/8 inches (26.7 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. A Village on the Road from Terni to the Falls of the Velino

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: 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

69. The Lake of Thrasimene

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: 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

70. Ancient Gateway in Perugia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: 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

71. Study of Fontana Maggiore in Perugia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 5/16 inches (14 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Interior of the Holy Chapel of Loretta

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (14 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. Fuori della Porta di S. Lucia, Vicenza

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 9 1/2 inches (19.5 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Palazzo di Vicenza

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 6 3/16 inches (11.9 × 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Porch to a Private House in Padua

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 4 1/16 inches (13.3 × 10.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. View of Vienna from the Gardens of Schonbrunn

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 7 5/8 inches (11.7 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Sketch of an Entrance to a Palace in the Streets of Prague

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 inches (19.4 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Powder Tower, One of the Original City Gates into the City of Prague

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 inches (19.7 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. One of the Upper Prague Streets

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (19.1 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Sketch of a Window and Arches of the Nave in the Church of St. Wensceslas in Prague

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 6 15/16 inches (26.7 × 17.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. A Cow House, Attached to a Villa Near Dresden

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 3/4 inches (11.7 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Villa in the Electoral Gardens Near Dresden

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 inches (19.4 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. A Villa Near Potsdam

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 7 3/8 inches (12.1 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. One of the Entrances to Potsdam

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 1/2 inches (11.9 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Iron Locks to the Entryway, Entrance of a Villa in the Suburbs of Dresden.

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 9/16 inches (11.9 × 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. The Buildings in Front of Sanssouci

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 7 1/8 inches (10.6 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Palace in Berlin

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Near Potsdam

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 7 1/16 inches (9.2 × 17.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. An Official Building

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 × 8 15/16 inches (18.6 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Sketch of an Ornamental Arched Entry

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 1/2 inches (24.6 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Interior of a Church

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 4 5/8 inches (19.1 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Sketch of a Mausoleum

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 5/8 inches (16.5 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Sketch of a Tombstone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite and brown wash on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 3 5/8 inches (12.2 × 9.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Sketch of a Carved Female Figure on Top of a Gravestone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 3/8 inches (8.9 × 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Study of a Tombstone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 × 2 7/8 inches (11 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Tombstone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite and brown wash on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 3 1/8 inches (11.1 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Tombstone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/16 × 3 7/16 inches (8.1 × 8.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Sketch of Three Standing Gravestones

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/16 × 4 11/16 inches (12.9 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Study of a Chandelier

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 4 5/8 inches (19.7 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Study of an Ornate Candle Stick

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 4 11/16 inches (19.7 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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Collective Title A Collection of Continental Drawings, From a Set of Four Sketchbooks, 1802-1804

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1. The Castle of Petrarch, Vaucluse, France

2. The Fort of Zakynthos, Greece

3. Ancient Inscription in the Walls of the Venetian Govenor's House, Mystras

4. Ruins of Messenia

5. Ruins of Messenia

6. Ruins of Sparta

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

8. Arcadia

9. One of the Lions Taken From the Piraeus Port of Athens

10. Architectural Drawing of a Temple

11. Architectural Drawing of the Porticos of a Temple

12. Architectural Drawing of a Stone Relief, Depicting a Bird of Prey

13. Study of the Capital of a PIllar

14. Study of the Capital of a Pillar

15. A View of Mountains From a Balcony

16. Suburbs of Corfu

17. Remains of a Temple at Corinth

18. In a Garden

19. Landscape With Mountains in the Horizon

20. Plan and Section of a Subterraneous Building Discovered at Mycenea and Supposed to be the Tomb of Agamemnon.

21. Landscape of Stone Ruins and Mountains Views

22. Temple at Phigalia

23. A Halt for the Evening of Our Guards and Attendants Between Messenia and Arcadia

24. Temple Near the Site of Ancient Phigalia

25. North Porch of the Erectheion, Athens

26. Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens

27. Temple of Hephaestus

28. Ancient Gateway in Ruins

29. The Castalian Spring

30. Landscape of a Village

31. Mount Parnassus

32. Fragment of a Doric Cornice Among the Ruins of Eleusis

33. Temple of Aphaea

34. Landscape of Trees, and Ruins

35. Temple of Aphaea

36. A Tower Ruin, With Mount Parnasus in the Distance

37. Remains of the Temple of Aphaea, Island of Aigina

38. Architectural Drawing of the Temple of Concordia

39. Architectural Drawing of a Temple

40. The Ruins at the Temple of Aphaia

41. Inscriptions in Greek Alphabet

42. A Man in Traditional Greek Attire, Guiding a Boat, With a Line of Rope

43. Entrance into Girgenti From the Port

44. Girgenti

45. Girgenti, in Sicily, to the South

46. Inscriptions in Greek Alphabet

47. The Capital and Entablature to the Columns of the Temple of Juno Lucina, Agrigentum

48. Treasury of Atreus

49. Gateway in the Ruins of the Ancient Walls of Arpino

50. Doric Capital Among the Ruiins of a Temple, Dedicated to Vulcan, at Agrigentum

51. Second Temple of Hera, in the Foreground, First Temple of Hera in the Background, at Paestum

52. Gateway in the Ruins of the Ancient Walls of Arpino

53. Ruins at Capua

54. Temple Ruins

55. Temple of Concordia

56. Architectural Drawing

57. Section of a Building Near the Coast

58. Sketch of Part of a Column

59. Temple of Concordia

60. Architectural Drawing

61. Fragment of the Capital of a Pillar

62. Study of a Bust

63. Study of a Stone Wall

64. Studies of Pillars

65. Architectural Sketch of Building with Doric Columns

66. Raised Carving of a Sundial on a Wall

67. View From Cori Towards Villetri

68. A Village on the Road from Terni to the Falls of the Velino

69. The Lake of Thrasimene

70. Ancient Gateway in Perugia

71. Study of Fontana Maggiore in Perugia

72. Interior of the Holy Chapel of Loretta

73. Fuori della Porta di S. Lucia, Vicenza