Period: 18th century / Associated Places: United Kingdom / Subject Terms: road

1. View of Horse Guards and Whitehall

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: ca. 1750
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 3/4 × 36 1/2 inches (65.4 × 92.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. St. Mary's Abbey, York

Creator:: Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801, British
Date:: ca. 1778
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 x 36 inches (71.1 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. A View Supposedly Near Arundel, Sussex, with Figures in a Lane

Creator:: George Smith, 1714–1776, British
Date:: mid-18th century
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 15 7/8 x 19 3/4 inches (40.3 x 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. A Distant View of Hythe Village and Church, Kent

Creator:: Arthur Nelson, active 1765–1773, British
Date:: ca. 1767
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 22 1/2 x 43 inches (57.2 x 109.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

5. Wilton House from the Southeast

Creator:: Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Date:: between 1758 and 1760
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 39 x 56 3/4 inches (99.1 x 144.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Calke Hall, Derbyshire, the Seat of Sir Henry Harpur, Bt.

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: ca. 1734
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 3/4 x 36 inches (60.3 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. A Bridge Over the River Wye

Creator:: John Taylor of Bath, 1735–1806, American
Date:: 1776
Medium:: Oil on copper
Dimensions:: 9 7/8 x 13 inches (25.1 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Matlock Dale, looking toward Black Rock Escarpment

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797, British, active in Italy (1773–75)
Date:: between 1780 and 1785
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 x 30 inches (58.4 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Derwent Water, with Skiddaw in the distance

Creator:: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797, British, active in Italy (1773–75)
Date:: between 1795 and 1796
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 22 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches (56.5 x 80 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. King's Parade, Cambridge

Creator:: Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804, British
Date:: between 1798 and 1799
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 37 1/2 x 50 inches (95.3 x 127 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Vale of Pencerrig

Creator:: Thomas Jones, 1742–1803, British, active in Italy (1776–83)
Date:: 1776
Medium:: Oil on paper
Dimensions:: 9 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches (23.5 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Earl of Rochester's House, New Park, Richmond, Surrey

Creator:: unknown artist, eighteenth century
Date:: between 1700 and 1705
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 1/4 x 83 1/2 inches (107.3 x 212.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Loch Awe, Argyllshire

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840, British
Date:: ca. 1785
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 20 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Northumberland House, London

Creator:: Attributed to William James, active 1754–1771, British
Date:: ca. 1759
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 3/4 x 16 inches (29.8 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Whitehall

Creator:: William Marlow, 1740–1813, British
Date:: ca. 1775
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 × 35 7/8 inches (71.1 × 91.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

Creator:: Canaletto, 1697–1768, Venetian, active in Britain (1746–55)
Date:: ca. 1750
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 21 × 34 1/2 inches (53.3 × 87.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Birmingham

Creator:: Print made by James S. Storer, 1771–1853, British
Date:: 1795
Medium:: Line engraving, 1st published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (19.1 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Peterborough

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808, British
Date:: 1796
Medium:: Line engraving, 1st published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 inches (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Gateway of Lancaster Castle

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817, British
Date:: ca. 1778
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 7 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches (19.4 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. View from Skiddaw over Derwentwater

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817, British
Date:: between 1772 and 1782
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches (27.3 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The River Avon: with Passing Vessels

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821, British
Date:: 1785
Medium:: Watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 22 1/8 inches (41.6 × 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. At Steyning - Sussex

Creator:: John Inigo Richards, 1730/31?–1810, British
Date:: 1795
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 × 9 1/8 inches (14.9 × 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. View from Ashton Meadows, Bristol

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821, British
Date:: 1791
Medium:: Watercolor with pen and black ink; verso: graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 7/8 inches (16.8 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. South West View of Dunster Castle, Somersetshire

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Rawle, 1771–1860, British
Date:: 1800
Medium:: Line engraving, 1st. published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 15 inches (28.3 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight

Creator:: attributed to Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and black ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 7/8 x 16 1/4 inches (25.1 x 41.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury

Creator:: Jonathan Skelton, active 1754, died 1758, British
Date:: 1757
Medium:: Watercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 1/4 × 23 1/2 inches (26 × 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Peterborough

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808, British
Date:: 1796
Medium:: Etching and line engraving, with hand coloring in watercolor; 2nd. published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 5/8 × 11 3/4 inches (49.8 × 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Oxford

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Tagg, died 1809, British
Date:: 1795
Medium:: Line engraving, published state on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches (8.9 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Painter-Stainers’ Hall

Creator:: Charles Tomkins, 1757–1823, British
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Watercolor and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 × 5 3/8 inches (22.1 × 13.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Date:: ca. 1794
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches (10.5 x 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Entrance to Festiniog, Wales

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Date:: 1797
Medium:: Watercolor with pen and gray and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 x 16 3/8 inches (14.3 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Guisborough Priory

Creator:: follower of Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 x 20 1/8 inches (30.3 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Colonel Thornton Driving Tandem on His Sporting Tour of Scotland

Creator:: George Garrard, 1760–1826, British
Date:: 1786
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 × 18 9/16 inches (32.7 × 47.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's from Battersea Fields

Creator:: Nathaniel Smith, 1740–1787
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 x 6 3/8in. (10.5 x 16.2cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Turver's Farm, Wimbish, Essex

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Date:: ca. 1799
Medium:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 16 3/8 inches (30.2 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Melville Castle, Midlothian

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Date:: ca. 1796
Medium:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on very thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches (17.5 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. A View of Edinburgh from the South Looking towards Dalkeith

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches (38.7 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund, in honor of John Baskett

38. Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Date:: ca. 1793
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite, and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 9/16 inches (16.8 x 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Lincoln Cathedral

Creator:: Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802, British
Date:: ca. 1795
Medium:: Watercolor, white gouache, pen and black ink and graphite on moerately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 11 5/8 inches (16.8 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Birmingham

Creator:: Print made by James S. Storer, 1771–1853, British
Date:: 1795
Medium:: Etching and line engraving, with letterpress on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 5/8 × 11 1/4 inches (44.8 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. The City of Bath taken from the London Road

Creator:: Print made by John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797, British
Date:: 1773
Medium:: Etching, hand colored with gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/16 × 15 inches (28.1 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The South Sea House

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1720 and 1728
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 x 19 3/4 inches (36.7 x 50.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. The West Prospect of the Church and Steeple of St. Mary le Bow in Cheapside

Creator:: Print made by unknown artist
Date:: between 1720 and 1750
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 11/16 x 14 7/16 inches (44.9 x 36.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. The Admiralty Office

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Bowles, ca. 1712–died 1753, British
Date:: 1731
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 x 19 3/4 inches (35.5 x 50.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. A View from Richmond Hill Up the River

Creator:: Charles Grignion, 1717–1810, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Line engraving and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/16 x 18 1/16 inches (31.6 x 45.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Edgar's Tower, Worcester

Creator:: Richard Bernard Godfrey, 1728–op.1794, British
Date:: 1786
Medium:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper (page in book)
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 x 8 9/16 inches (34.3 x 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Night Watchman

Creator:: Print made by John Bogle, 1746–1804, British
Date:: 1776
Medium:: Etching on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 3/4 x 11 15/16 inches (45.1 x 30.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

48. Near Putney

Creator:: James Miller, active 1773–1814
Date:: 1770s
Medium:: Watercolor and gray wash over graphite. verso: graphite
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 12 1/2 inches (19.5 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

49. South Mimms Church, Hertfordshire

Creator:: Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791, British
Date:: 1787
Medium:: Pen and black ink, black wash, and graphite, squared for transfer on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 1/2in. (24.1 x 31.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

50. The New Meeting

Creator:: William Ellis, 1747–1810, British
Date:: 1792
Medium:: Aquatint and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 x 11 3/4 inches (22.1 x 29.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. The Swan Inn at Twickenham

Creator:: James Miller, active 1773–1814
Date:: 1770s
Medium:: Watercolor and gray wash over graphite
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 x 12 1/2in. (19.5 x 31.8cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

52. Drawings of London and the Upper Thames

Creator:: James Miller, active 1773–1814
Date:: 1770s
Medium:: Disbound sketchbook with 36 matted drawings and two ms. sheets, cover boards, and newspaper clipping
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove

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1. View of Horse Guards and Whitehall

2. St. Mary's Abbey, York

3. A View Supposedly Near Arundel, Sussex, with Figures in a Lane

4. A Distant View of Hythe Village and Church, Kent

5. Wilton House from the Southeast

6. Calke Hall, Derbyshire, the Seat of Sir Henry Harpur, Bt.

7. A Bridge Over the River Wye

8. Matlock Dale, looking toward Black Rock Escarpment

9. Derwent Water, with Skiddaw in the distance

10. King's Parade, Cambridge

11. The Vale of Pencerrig

12. The Earl of Rochester's House, New Park, Richmond, Surrey

13. Loch Awe, Argyllshire

14. Northumberland House, London

15. Whitehall

16. The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House

17. Birmingham

18. Peterborough

19. The Gateway of Lancaster Castle

20. View from Skiddaw over Derwentwater

21. The River Avon: with Passing Vessels

22. At Steyning - Sussex

23. View from Ashton Meadows, Bristol

24. South West View of Dunster Castle, Somersetshire

25. Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight

26. Harbledown, a Village near Canterbury

27. Peterborough

28. Oxford

29. Painter-Stainers’ Hall

30. Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex

31. Entrance to Festiniog, Wales

32. Guisborough Priory

33. Colonel Thornton Driving Tandem on His Sporting Tour of Scotland

34. Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's from Battersea Fields

35. Turver's Farm, Wimbish, Essex

36. Melville Castle, Midlothian

37. A View of Edinburgh from the South Looking towards Dalkeith

38. Jedburgh Abbey, Roxburghshire

39. Lincoln Cathedral

40. Birmingham

41. The City of Bath taken from the London Road

42. The South Sea House

43. The West Prospect of the Church and Steeple of St. Mary le Bow in Cheapside

44. The Admiralty Office

45. A View from Richmond Hill Up the River

46. Edgar's Tower, Worcester

47. Night Watchman

48. Near Putney

49. South Mimms Church, Hertfordshire

50. The New Meeting

51. The Swan Inn at Twickenham

52. Drawings of London and the Upper Thames