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1. 1947 (Mousehole, Cornwall)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982, British
Date:: 1947
Medium:: Oil and pencil on board
Dimensions:: 7 5/8 x 9 inches (19.4 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Purchased with funds from Neil Phillips, Yale LLB 1951, and Ivan Phillips, Yale BA 1956, in memory of their parents, The Hon. Lazarus Phillips and Rosalie Phillips

2. Jan 20 1948 (still life, Newlyn)

Creator:: Ben Nicholson, 1894–1982, British
Date:: 1948
Medium:: Oil on canvas, laid on board
Dimensions:: 31 3/4 x 20 1/4 inches (80.6 x 51.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Coastal Scene with Cliffs

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837, British
Date:: ca. 1814
Medium:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 5 × 9 5/8 inches (12.7 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Harwich: The Low Lighthouse and Beacon Hill

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837, British
Date:: ca. 1820
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 x 20 inches (33 x 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Hove Beach

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837, British
Date:: 1824 to 1828
Medium:: Oil on paper laid on board
Dimensions:: 9 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches (23.2 x 35.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Stormy Sea, Brighton

Creator:: John Constable, 1776–1837, British
Date:: ca. 1828
Medium:: Oil on paper laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 6 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (16.5 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Harlech Castle, from Tygwyn Ferry, Summer's Evening Twilight

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 34 1/4 x 47 inches (87 x 119.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Off the Nore

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:: between 1840 and 1845
Medium:: Oil on paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 x 18 inches (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Channel Coast

Creator:: Ruskin Spear, 1911–1990, British
Date:: ca. 1975
Medium:: Oil on masonite board
Dimensions:: 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

10. Edinburgh from the Castle

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864, British
Date:: 1847
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 48 x 84 inches (121.9 x 213.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Tantallon Castle (?), a study

Creator:: unknown artist, nineteenth century
Date:: ca. 1830
Medium:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 11 3/4 × 8 3/4 inches (29.8 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Landscape, Possibly the Isle of Wight or Richmond Hill

Creator:: John Martin, 1789–1854, British
Date:: 1815
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 8 7/8 x 12 inches (22.5 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Discussing a Catch of Salmon in a Scottish Fishing-Lodge

Creator:: William Shiels, 1785–1857, British
Date:: ca. 1840
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 38 x 50 3/4 inches (96.5 x 128.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Forecast

Creator:: John Tunnard, 1900–1971, British
Date:: 1945
Medium:: Oil on gesso-prepared board
Dimensions:: 24 x 22 3/4 inches (61 x 57.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Friends of British Art Fund

15. After the Barge Race, Pin Mill

Creator:: Edward Brian Seago, 1910–1974, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 11 x 16 inches (27.9 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker

16. St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall

Creator:: Thomas Creswick, 1811–1869, British
Date:: ca. 1838
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 9 x 6 3/4 inches (22.9 x 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Morecambe Sands

Creator:: Unknown artist
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 × 12 inches (22.9 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Monique Goldstrom in honor of Michael Goldstrom's role "Hersh" in "Modern Orthodox" by Daniel Goldfarb at Long Wharf Theatre

18. Port on a Stormy Day

Creator:: George Chambers, 1803–1840, British
Date:: 1835
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 13 x 18 inches (33 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Sandown Bay, from near Shanklin Chine, Isle of Wight

Creator:: John Glover, 1767–1849, British
Date:: ca. 1827
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 52 inches (91.4 x 132.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Ailsa Craig

Creator:: William Bell Scott, 1811–1890, British
Date:: 1860
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 13/16 x 19 1/4 inches (32.5 x 48.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. 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

22. 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

23. On the Old Racecourse, Sligo

Creator:: Jack Butler Yeats, 1871–1957, Irish
Date:: 1921
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

24. Whitehaven, Cumbria, Showing Flatt Hall

Creator:: Matthias Read, 1669–1747, British
Date:: between 1730 and 1735
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 x 72 inches (101.6 x 182.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Ship wrecked on a rocky coast

Creator:: Charles Brooking, 1723–1759, British
Date:: between 1747 and 1750
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 22 inches (36.8 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Yarmouth Pier

Creator:: John Crome, 1768–1821, British
Date:: between 1810 and 1811
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 1/2 x 33 inches (52.1 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. 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

28. Sunset on the Beach at Sark

Creator:: unknown artist, nineteenth century
Date:: ca. 1850
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/8 × 18 1/8 inches (61.3 × 46 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Frigate 'Surprise' at Anchor off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Creator:: Francis Holman, 1760–1790, British
Date:: ca. 1775
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 57 inches (76.2 x 144.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Coast Scene at Cullercoats near Whitley Bay

Creator:: Attributed to John Linnell, 1792–1882, British
Date:: ca. 1834
Medium:: Oil on paper on masonite board
Dimensions:: 8 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (21.6 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. 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

32. Man of War Rocks, Coast of Dorset

Creator:: John Brett, 1831–1902, British
Date:: 1884
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 × 48 inches (61 × 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Henry Luce Foundation