Period: 19th century / Subject Terms: beach / Classification: Paintings

1. Wreckers -- Coast of Northumberland, with a Steam-Boat Assisting a Ship off Shore

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:: between 1833 and 1834
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 5/8 x 47 9/16 inches (90.5 x 120.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Beached Vessels and a Wagon near Trouville

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828, British
Date:: ca. 1825
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches (37.1 x 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Calais Jetty, France

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828, British
Date:: ca. 1824
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 11 3/4 x 13 7/8 inches (29.8 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. A Fish-market near Boulogne

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828, British
Date:: 1824
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 32 3/8 x 48 1/4 inches (82.2 x 122.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Near Quillebeuf

Creator:: Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828, British
Date:: between 1824 and 1825
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 3/4 x 21 inches (42.5 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Beach Scene

Creator:: Attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842, British
Date:: ca. 1820
Medium:: Oil on paper on board
Dimensions:: 8 3/4 x 12 7/8 inches (22.2 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Richard S. Miller

10. Beach Scene

Creator:: Philip Wilson Steer, 1860–1942, British
Date:: 1891
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 8 1/4 × 10 3/4 inches (21 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

11. The Low Lighthouse, North Shields

Creator:: Robert Salmon, 1775–ca.1845, British
Date:: 1828
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 16 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches (41.9 x 65.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Ebbing Tide

Creator:: James Whitelaw Hamilton, 1860–1932, British
Date:: ca. 1896
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Isabel S. Kurtz in memory of her father, Charles M. Kurtz

13. Mother and Child by a Stile, with Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight, in the Distance

Creator:: James Collinson, 1825–1881, British
Date:: 1849 to 1850
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 20 3/4 x 16 5/8 inches (52.7 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. 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

15. Shore Scene with Bathing Huts and Figures

Creator:: Attributed to Philip Wilson Steer, 1860–1942, British
Date:: ca. 1890
Medium:: Oil on canvas mounted to board
Dimensions:: 5 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (14.6 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. The Beach at Scheveningen

Creator:: Walter Richard Sickert, 1860–1942, British, born in Germany
Date:: 1887
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

17. Warships Lying Offshore, the Commanding Admiral Being Rowed out to Join the Flagship, Her Sails Illuminated by a Break in the Clouds

Creator:: Charles Martin Powell, 1775 –1824, British
Date:: early 19th century
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 23 3/4 × 35 7/8 inches (60.3 × 91.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends

18. Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal -- A Squall Passing Off

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837, British
Date:: 1833
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 x 42 inches (68.6 x 106.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. 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

20. A Lugger Driving Ashore in a Gale

Creator:: William Joy, 1803–1867, British
Date:: ca. 1830
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 18 1/2 x 26 1/4 inches (47 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. 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

22. 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

23. Donkeys and Figures on a Beach

Creator:: Julius Caesar Ibbetson, 1759–1817, British
Date:: ca. 1815
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (23.5 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Brighton

Creator:: William Henry Stothard Scott, 1783–1850, British
Date:: 1817
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 21 5/16 x 28 3/16 inches (54.1 x 71.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Rough-Coated Collie

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859, British
Date:: 1809
Medium:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 10 x 16 inches (25.4 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Wreckers -- Coast of Northumberland, with a Steam-Boat Assisting a Ship off Shore

2. Study for 'Calypso's Grotto'

3. Hove Beach

4. Stormy Sea, Brighton

5. Beached Vessels and a Wagon near Trouville

6. Calais Jetty, France

7. A Fish-market near Boulogne

8. Near Quillebeuf

9. Beach Scene

10. Beach Scene

11. The Low Lighthouse, North Shields

12. Ebbing Tide

13. Mother and Child by a Stile, with Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight, in the Distance

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

15. Shore Scene with Bathing Huts and Figures

16. The Beach at Scheveningen

17. Warships Lying Offshore, the Commanding Admiral Being Rowed out to Join the Flagship, Her Sails Illuminated by a Break in the Clouds

18. Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal -- A Squall Passing Off

19. Sunset on the Beach at Sark

20. A Lugger Driving Ashore in a Gale

21. Coast Scene at Cullercoats near Whitley Bay

22. Man of War Rocks, Coast of Dorset

23. Donkeys and Figures on a Beach

24. Brighton

25. Rough-Coated Collie