Creator Gender: male / Period: 18th century / Associated Places: Napoli

1. Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797, British, active in Italy (1773–75)
Date:: 1779
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/16 x 50 1/4 inches (101.8 x 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Thomas Jones, 1742–1803, British, active in Italy (1776–83)
Date:: 1773
Medium:: 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

3. Lago d'Agnano with Vesuvius in the distance

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Date:: between 1770 and 1775
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches (44.5 x 52.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Lago d'Agnano with the Grotta del Cane

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Date:: between 1770 and 1775
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 × 21 inches (44.5 × 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Cicero's Villa and the Gulf of Pozzuoli

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Date:: 1773 to 1780
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 × 21 1/4 inches (43.2 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Italian Landscape (Morning)

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Date:: between 1760 and 1765
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 5/8 x 37 1/4 inches (70.2 x 94.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. An Imaginary Coast Scene, with the Temple of Venus at Baiae

Creator:: Thomas Jones, 1742–1803, British, active in Italy (1776–83)
Date:: 1773
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 19 x 24 inches (48.3 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. View of the Campi Flegrei from the Camaldolese Convent near Naples

Creator:: Thomas Jones, 1742–1803, British, active in Italy (1776–83)
Date:: 1783
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 50 x 71 1/2 inches (127 x 181.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

9. Sir William Hamilton's Villa

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1795
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on moderately thick wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches (17.1 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. A View of Several Palaces at Naples at Sun Rise

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist, (Dubois)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 5/8 x 12 1/8 inches (24.5 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Buildings Overlooking Water, near Naples

Creator:: Monro School
Date:: ca. 1796
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite, gray wash and blue wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 3/4 inches (26.4 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. A Perspective View of the City of Naples

Creator:: Thomas Bowles, ca. 1712–died 1753, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Hand-colored engraving on wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 60 1/2in. (153.7cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. A View of the Salfatara, a Remarkable Mountain Near Naples

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist, (de Bois)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 8 15/16 x 12 9/16 inches (22.7 x 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. A View of the Mole and the New Castle at Naples

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist, (Dubois)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 x 12 9/16 inches (25.4 x 31.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. A View of the Royal Palace at Naples

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist, (Dubois)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 3/16 x 12 13/16 inches (23.4 x 32.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Palace of Mont Alto at Naples

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist, (de Bois)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/8 x 12 1/8 inches (23.1 x 30.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. View of Vesuvius

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 3/4 inches (18.1 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Geoffrey and Renée Hartman

18. Spanish Palace at Naples

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist, (de Bois)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/8 x 12 5/16 inches (23.2 x 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. A View of Part of the Royal Gardens at Naples Towards the Sea

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist, (de Bois)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 5/8 x 12 1/2 inches (24.4 x 31.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. A View of the Sea from the Palace of the Vice Roy at Naples

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist, (Dubois)
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/2 x 12 7/8 inches (24.1 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Coast Near Sorrento

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831, British
Date:: 1764-1831
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 18 1/8 inches (29.8 x 46 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Part of Mt. Vesuvius from the Loggia at the Villa, Portici, August 22

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite and varnish on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 9 1/2 inches (15.2 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Stromboli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770, Italian
Date:: 1750
Medium:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 x 14 15/16 inches (54.3 x 37.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. At Naples

Creator:: Print made by Placido Columbani, born ca. 1744, active 1801, Italian, active in Britain
Date:: undated
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 x 5 13/16 inches (22.1 x 14.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus

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

3. Lago d'Agnano with Vesuvius in the distance

4. Lago d'Agnano with the Grotta del Cane

5. Cicero's Villa and the Gulf of Pozzuoli

6. Italian Landscape (Morning)

7. An Imaginary Coast Scene, with the Temple of Venus at Baiae

8. View of the Campi Flegrei from the Camaldolese Convent near Naples

9. Sir William Hamilton's Villa

10. A View of Several Palaces at Naples at Sun Rise

11. Buildings Overlooking Water, near Naples

12. A Perspective View of the City of Naples

13. A View of the Salfatara, a Remarkable Mountain Near Naples

14. A View of the Mole and the New Castle at Naples

15. A View of the Royal Palace at Naples

16. The Palace of Mont Alto at Naples

17. View of Vesuvius

18. Spanish Palace at Naples

19. A View of Part of the Royal Gardens at Naples Towards the Sea

20. A View of the Sea from the Palace of the Vice Roy at Naples

21. Coast Near Sorrento

22. Part of Mt. Vesuvius from the Loggia at the Villa, Portici, August 22

23. Stromboli

24. At Naples