Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Creator: Danby, Francis, 1793–1861

1. The Mountain Torrent

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: between 1820 and 1830
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 5/16 × 61 inches (99.9 × 154.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. End of Lake Geneva

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: 1835
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 45 inches (76.2 x 114.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Hampstead Heath, Sunset

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: ca. 1845
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches (28.6 x 38.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. A Mountain Chieftain's Funeral

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: ca. 1848
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 × 21 3/4 inches (35.6 × 55.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Boat Building near Dinan, Brittany

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: ca. 1838
Medium:: Oil on paper laid on panel
Dimensions:: 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches (23.5 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Study for 'Calypso's Grotto'

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: ca. 1843
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 5 x 7 1/2 inches (12.7 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Landscape near Clifton

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: 1822 to 1823
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 28 inches (91.4 x 71.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Children by a Brook

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: ca. 1822
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 29 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches (74.9 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Shipwreck

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: ca. 1850
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 1/2 x 16 inches (31.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Painter's Holiday

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: ca. 1844
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 29 7/8 × 41 7/8 inches (75.9 × 106.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Avon Gorge at Sunset

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: ca. 1850
Medium:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 5 7/16 x 6 7/16 inches (13.8 x 16.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Sunset at Sea after a Storm

Creator:: Attributed to Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: ca. 1824
Medium:: Oil on pressed card
Dimensions:: 4 1/2 x 7 inches (11.4 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. A View across the Artist's Garden from his House at Exmouth, Devonshire

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: mid-19th century
Medium:: Oil on paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: 6 1/8 x 8 15/16 inches (15.6 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. The Avon Gorge

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: between 1816 and 1818
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 13 × 9 3/4 inches (33 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Ferry

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: ca. 1840
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 7 3/8 inches (10.5 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Hope near Bergen

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: ca. 1840
Medium:: Brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 1/4 inches (11.4 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. A Lake in Norway

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: ca. 1825
Medium:: Brown wash with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/16 x 16 5/16 inches (30.9 x 41.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Avon Gorge, Looking toward Clifton

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: ca. 1820
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite with scraping out on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 28 3/4 inches (48.9 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Sunset over a River Landscape

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: early 1840s
Medium:: Watercolor with gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/16 x 17 9/16 inches (31.2 x 44.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Subterranean Pool with Sculptural Torchere

Creator:: attributed to Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown wash, with scraping on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 x 9 inches (26 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Haunted Wood

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown wash and brown ink with scratching out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches (15.9 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Launch of "La Sorciére" on the Lake of Geneva

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 11 3/8 inches (19.4 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Ruins of a Monastery with Farmyard Animals

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite with gouache and scraping on thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 15/16 × 21 1/4 inches (40.5 × 53.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Moonlit Lake

Creator:: attributed to Samuel Jackson, 1794–1869, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite, with scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches (24.1 x 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Crossing the Red Sea

Creator:: George H. Phillips, active 1819–1825, British
Date:: 1829
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 5/8 × 33 7/8 inches (60 × 86 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Sun-set at Sea after a Storm

Creator:: Frederick Christian Lewis the Elder, 1779–1856, British
Date:: 1826
Medium:: Mezzotint
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 12in. (19.1 x 30.5cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Newstead Abbey

Creator:: Print made by Robert Wallis, 1794–1878, British
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Line engraving, open etching
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Mountain Torrent

2. End of Lake Geneva

3. Hampstead Heath, Sunset

4. A Mountain Chieftain's Funeral

5. Boat Building near Dinan, Brittany

6. Study for 'Calypso's Grotto'

7. Landscape near Clifton

8. Children by a Brook

9. Shipwreck

10. The Painter's Holiday

11. The Avon Gorge at Sunset

12. Sunset at Sea after a Storm

13. A View across the Artist's Garden from his House at Exmouth, Devonshire

14. The Avon Gorge

15. The Ferry

16. Hope near Bergen

17. A Lake in Norway

18. The Avon Gorge, Looking toward Clifton

19. Sunset over a River Landscape

20. Subterranean Pool with Sculptural Torchere

21. The Haunted Wood

22. The Launch of "La Sorciére" on the Lake of Geneva

23. Ruins of a Monastery with Farmyard Animals

24. The Moonlit Lake

25. Crossing the Red Sea

26. Sun-set at Sea after a Storm

27. Newstead Abbey