Genre: architectural subject / Creator: Smirke the Younger, Robert, Sir, 1781–1867 / Collective Title: A Collection of Continental Drawings, From a Set of Four Sketchbooks, 1802-1804

1. Ruins of Messenia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 16 15/16 inches (30.5 × 43 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. Ruins of Messenia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Blue wash, gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 17 inches (30.5 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Ruins of Sparta

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash, blue wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 17 inches (30.5 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Ruins of an Ancient Temple on the Summit of a Mountain Near Andritza

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash, blue wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Architectural Drawing of a Temple

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 × 12 1/2 inches (48.3 × 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Architectural Drawing of the Porticos of a Temple

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/8 × 10 5/8 inches (37.8 × 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Architectural Drawing of a Stone Relief, Depicting a Bird of Prey

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 13 3/4 inches (26.8 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Study of the Capital of a PIllar

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 11/16 inches (26.7 × 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Study of the Capital of a Pillar

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 11/16 inches (26.7 × 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. A View of Mountains From a Balcony

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Remains of a Temple at Corinth

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 × 16 15/16 inches (28.7 × 43 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. In a Garden

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 15/16 × 10 15/16 inches (25.2 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Plan and Section of a Subterraneous Building Discovered at Mycenea and Supposed to be the Tomb of Agamemnon.

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, gray wash, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 × 10 7/16 inches (36.5 × 26.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Temple at Phigalia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1803
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Temple Near the Site of Ancient Phigalia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1803
Medium:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and brown ink, and black ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 9 13/16 inches (38.1 × 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. North Porch of the Erectheion, Athens

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: ca. 1804
Medium:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 17 inches (30.2 × 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Blue wash, gray wash, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 × 17 1/4 inches (29.8 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Temple of Hephaestus

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 17 1/4 inches (29.2 × 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Part of the Molding at Temple of Minerva

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 11 3/8 inches (19.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Ancient Gateway in Ruins

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Fragment of a Doric Cornice Among the Ruins of Eleusis

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 3/4 inches (19.2 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Temple of Aphaea

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 5/8 inches (22.7 × 29.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Temple of Aphaea

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 5/16 inches (22.7 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. A Tower Ruin, With Mount Parnasus in the Distance

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Remains of the Temple of Aphaea, Island of Aigina

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 9 9/16 inches (38.1 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Architectural Drawing of the Temple of Concordia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black ink on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 5/16 × 9 1/2 inches (38.9 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Architectural Drawing of a Temple

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/8 × 10 7/8 inches (46.7 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Ruins at the Temple of Aphaia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 5/16 inches (22.7 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. The Capital and Entablature to the Columns of the Temple of Juno Lucina, Agrigentum

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Pen and black ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 9 11/16 inches (38.4 × 24.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Treasury of Atreus

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 × 11 1/2 inches (21.9 × 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Gateway in the Ruins of the Ancient Walls of Arpino

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 10 1/2 inches (17.1 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Doric Capital Among the Ruiins of a Temple, Dedicated to Vulcan, at Agrigentum

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Pen and black ink and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 9 9/16 inches (38.4 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Second Temple of Hera, in the Foreground, First Temple of Hera in the Background, at Paestum

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 × 16 1/2 inches (27.6 × 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Gateway in the Ruins of the Ancient Walls of Arpino

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 13 9/16 inches (26.8 × 34.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Ruins at Capua

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 13 5/8 inches (26.7 × 34.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Temple Ruins

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 3/8 inches (22.7 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Temple of Concordia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 11 3/8 inches (22.9 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Architectural Drawing

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 3/16 × 19 1/8 inches (38.6 × 48.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Section of a Building Near the Coast

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 × 8 3/8 inches (28.7 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Sketch of Part of a Column

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Black wash, gray wash, and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 3/4 inches (24.6 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Temple of Concordia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 5/16 inches (22.7 × 28.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Architectural Drawing

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 11 3/8 inches (22.9 × 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Fragment of the Capital of a Pillar

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 9/16 inches (19.4 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Study of a Bust

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wasn and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 13/16 × 12 15/16 inches (47.8 × 32.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Study of a Stone Wall

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 × 15 inches (27.8 × 38.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Studies of Pillars

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 13/16 × 7 5/8 inches (24.9 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

47. Architectural Sketch of Building with Doric Columns

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 10 3/4 inches (19.2 × 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Raised Carving of a Sundial on a Wall

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 9/16 × 7 9/16 inches (24.3 × 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. A Village on the Road from Terni to the Falls of the Velino

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Ancient Gateway in Perugia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 15/16 × 11 1/4 inches (22.7 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. Study of Fontana Maggiore in Perugia

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 5/16 inches (14 × 21.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Interior of the Holy Chapel of Loretta

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (14 × 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Fuori della Porta di S. Lucia, Vicenza

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 11/16 × 9 1/2 inches (19.5 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

54. Palazzo di Vicenza

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 6 3/16 inches (11.9 × 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

55. Porch to a Private House in Padua

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 4 1/16 inches (13.3 × 10.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

56. Sketch of an Entrance to a Palace in the Streets of Prague

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 inches (19.4 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

57. Powder Tower, One of the Original City Gates into the City of Prague

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 inches (19.7 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. One of the Upper Prague Streets

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 1/2 inches (19.1 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

59. Sketch of a Window and Arches of the Nave in the Church of St. Wensceslas in Prague

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and black ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 × 6 15/16 inches (26.7 × 17.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

60. A Cow House, Attached to a Villa Near Dresden

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash, graphite, pen and gray ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 6 3/4 inches (11.7 × 17.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. Villa in the Electoral Gardens Near Dresden

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 9 1/2 inches (19.4 × 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

62. A Villa Near Potsdam

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/4 × 7 3/8 inches (12.1 × 18.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

63. One of the Entrances to Potsdam

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 1/2 inches (11.9 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

64. Iron Locks to the Entryway, Entrance of a Villa in the Suburbs of Dresden.

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 11/16 × 7 9/16 inches (11.9 × 19.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

65. The Buildings in Front of Sanssouci

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 7 1/8 inches (10.6 × 18.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

66. A Shop in Berlin

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (18.4 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

67. Palace in Berlin

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

68. Near Potsdam

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 7 1/16 inches (9.2 × 17.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

69. In the Friedrich's Shape

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/16 × 5 3/4 inches (20.8 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

70. German Bed

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 6 5/8 inches (10.8 × 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

71. Part of the Exchange Building

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 5 3/16 inches (23 × 13.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

72. Jungfern Bridge

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 11 7/16 inches (23.2 × 29.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

73. An Official Building

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 × 8 15/16 inches (18.6 × 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

74. Sketch of the Finished Part of One of the Public Buildings

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 7 5/8 inches (14.3 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

75. Sketch of an Ornamental Arched Entry

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 × 7 1/2 inches (24.6 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

76. Interior of a Church

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 4 5/8 inches (19.1 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

77. Sketch of a Mausoleum

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Gray wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 4 5/8 inches (16.5 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

78. Sketch of a Tombstone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite and brown wash on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 × 3 5/8 inches (12.2 × 9.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

79. Sketch of a Carved Female Figure on Top of a Gravestone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 3/8 inches (8.9 × 6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

80. Study of a Tombstone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/16 × 2 7/8 inches (11 × 7.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

81. Tombstone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite and brown wash on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/8 × 3 1/8 inches (11.1 × 7.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

82. Tombstone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/16 × 3 7/16 inches (8.1 × 8.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

83. Sketch of Three Standing Gravestones

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/16 × 4 11/16 inches (12.9 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

84. Sketch of an Ornate Tombstone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on thin, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/16 × 3 7/8 inches (16 × 9.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

85. Study of a Chandelier

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 4 5/8 inches (19.7 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

86. Study of an Ornate Candle Stick

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 4 11/16 inches (19.7 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

87. Threee Ornate Tombstones

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 15/16 × 4 11/16 inches (12.5 × 11.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

88. Tombstone

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash and graphite on thin, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 × 4 1/4 inches (16.4 × 10.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

89. Study of an Ornamental Chair

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 5/8 × 4 1/2 inches (6.7 × 11.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

90. Sketches of Ornamental Designs, For Oil Lamps and Pouring Vessels

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Brown wash, graphite, pen and brown ink on thin, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/4 × 9 3/4 inches (38.7 × 24.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

91. Study of a Portion of a Decorative Canopy in Litchfield Cathedral

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 4 5/8 inches (19.1 × 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

92. Studies of the Architecture in Litchfield Cathedral

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1807
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 1/4 inches (19.1 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

93. Raby Castle

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 7 1/2 inches (12.7 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

94. Raby Castle

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 × 7 7/16 inches (17.6 × 18.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

95. Study of a Chandelier

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 7 3/4 inches (11.7 × 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

96. Sketches of St. George's Chapel and Square

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/16 × 7 15/16 inches (15.5 × 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

97. Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens and the Parthenon

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/16 × 16 7/8 inches (28.4 × 42.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

98. Nîmes

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 × 13 11/16 inches (26.8 × 34.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

99. Sketch of a Lion, From a Sculpture

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on thin, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 10 1/8 inches (21.3 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

100. Farmhouse

Creator:: Sir Robert Smirke the younger, 1781–1867, British
Date:: 1802-1804
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 6 1/2 inches (10.6 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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Creator Smirke the Younger, Robert, Sir, 1781–1867

Collective Title A Collection of Continental Drawings, From a Set of Four Sketchbooks, 1802-1804

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1. Ruins of Messenia

2. Ruins of Messenia

3. Ruins of Sparta

4. The Ruins of an Ancient Temple on the Summit of a Mountain Near Andritza

5. Architectural Drawing of a Temple

6. Architectural Drawing of the Porticos of a Temple

7. Architectural Drawing of a Stone Relief, Depicting a Bird of Prey

8. Study of the Capital of a PIllar

9. Study of the Capital of a Pillar

10. A View of Mountains From a Balcony

11. Remains of a Temple at Corinth

12. In a Garden

13. Plan and Section of a Subterraneous Building Discovered at Mycenea and Supposed to be the Tomb of Agamemnon.

14. Temple at Phigalia

15. Temple Near the Site of Ancient Phigalia

16. North Porch of the Erectheion, Athens

17. Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens

18. Temple of Hephaestus

19. Part of the Molding at Temple of Minerva

20. Ancient Gateway in Ruins

21. Fragment of a Doric Cornice Among the Ruins of Eleusis

22. Temple of Aphaea

23. Temple of Aphaea

24. A Tower Ruin, With Mount Parnasus in the Distance

25. Remains of the Temple of Aphaea, Island of Aigina

26. Architectural Drawing of the Temple of Concordia

27. Architectural Drawing of a Temple

28. The Ruins at the Temple of Aphaia

29. The Capital and Entablature to the Columns of the Temple of Juno Lucina, Agrigentum

30. Treasury of Atreus

31. Gateway in the Ruins of the Ancient Walls of Arpino

32. Doric Capital Among the Ruiins of a Temple, Dedicated to Vulcan, at Agrigentum

33. Second Temple of Hera, in the Foreground, First Temple of Hera in the Background, at Paestum

34. Gateway in the Ruins of the Ancient Walls of Arpino

35. Ruins at Capua

36. Temple Ruins

37. Temple of Concordia

38. Architectural Drawing

39. Section of a Building Near the Coast

40. Sketch of Part of a Column

41. Temple of Concordia

42. Architectural Drawing

43. Fragment of the Capital of a Pillar

44. Study of a Bust

45. Study of a Stone Wall

46. Studies of Pillars

47. Architectural Sketch of Building with Doric Columns

48. Raised Carving of a Sundial on a Wall

49. A Village on the Road from Terni to the Falls of the Velino

50. Ancient Gateway in Perugia

51. Study of Fontana Maggiore in Perugia

52. Interior of the Holy Chapel of Loretta

53. Fuori della Porta di S. Lucia, Vicenza

54. Palazzo di Vicenza

55. Porch to a Private House in Padua

56. Sketch of an Entrance to a Palace in the Streets of Prague

57. Powder Tower, One of the Original City Gates into the City of Prague

58. One of the Upper Prague Streets

59. Sketch of a Window and Arches of the Nave in the Church of St. Wensceslas in Prague

60. A Cow House, Attached to a Villa Near Dresden

61. Villa in the Electoral Gardens Near Dresden

62. A Villa Near Potsdam

63. One of the Entrances to Potsdam

64. Iron Locks to the Entryway, Entrance of a Villa in the Suburbs of Dresden.

65. The Buildings in Front of Sanssouci

66. A Shop in Berlin

67. Palace in Berlin

68. Near Potsdam

69. In the Friedrich's Shape

70. German Bed

71. Part of the Exchange Building

72. Jungfern Bridge

73. An Official Building