Genre: marine art / Subject Terms: boat / Topic subjectplace ss: United Kingdom

1. Nocturne in Blue and Silver

Creator:: James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903, American, active in Britain (from 1859)
Date:: 1872 to 1878, butterfly added ca. 1885
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/2 x 24 inches (44.5 x 61 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. Mill on the Tavy

Creator:: William Payne, active 1850s, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 15 5/8 inches (29.5 × 39.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808, British
Date:: 1797
Medium:: Line engraving, 1st published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 inches (19.1 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Bridgenorth

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808, British
Date:: 1795
Medium:: Line engraving, 1st published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 × 9 7/8 inches (19.1 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. The Thames from the Ship Inn, Greenwich

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Black ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 6 3/4 x 9 1/8 inches (17.1 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Studland Dock Yard

Creator:: John Baverstock Knight, 1785–1859, British
Date:: 1822
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 5/8 × 18 1/2 inches (14.3 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Beach at Charmouth

Creator:: John Baverstock Knight, 1785–1859, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 19 7/8 inches (31.8 × 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Rochester

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Etching and line engraving 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

12. Nottingham

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808, British
Date:: 1795
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 inches (19.7 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Rochester

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Line engraving, 1st published state on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 10 1/4 inches (19.4 × 26 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Chester

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 × 9 7/8 inches (20.3 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Windsor

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Rothwell, ca. 1742–1807, British
Date:: 1795
Medium:: Line engraving, published state on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (8.3 × 14 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Neath

Creator:: Print made by George Murray, died 1822
Date:: 1795
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 × 6 3/8 inches (12.7 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Alum Bay, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852, British
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 22 inches (38.4 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Block House Fort, Gosport, Hampshire

Creator:: Richard Beavis, 1824–1896, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 × 13 3/8 inches (12.4 × 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Staithes, Yorkshire

Creator:: Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 12 7/16in. (23.2 x 31.6cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Swansea

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Rothwell, ca. 1742–1807, British
Date:: 1795
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 6 inches (9.5 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Orchard Bay

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852, British
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Line engraving, Bohn reprint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 22 inches (38.4 × 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Orchard Bay

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852, British
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Line engraving, original impression on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/8 × 18 1/2 inches (34 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Alum Bay and the Needles

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852, British
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Line engraving, original impression on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 10 3/8 inches (19.7 × 26.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Alum Bay and the Needles

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852, British
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Line engraving, original impression on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 13 1/4 inches (25.4 × 33.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Alum Bay and the Needles

Creator:: Print made by John Landseer, 1769–1852, British
Date:: 1799
Medium:: Line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 1/8 × 21 7/8 inches (38.4 × 55.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Thames at Kew, February 9, 1806

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: 1806
Medium:: Graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper laid to medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 7 7/8 inches (12.7 x 20 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. A View at Blackwall

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink, and pen and gray ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 7 5/8 x 10 inches (19.4 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Watch or Catch

Creator:: Tom Eckersley, 1914–1997, British
Date:: 1954
Medium:: Chromolithograph
Dimensions:: Sheet: 40 x 24 9/16 inches (101.6 x 62.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965

29. Deptford Dockyard, Kent

Creator:: John Cleveley the younger, 1747–1786, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, graphite and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 8 3/8 inches (14 × 21.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. A. Marlow Lock; B. Figures on a Barge, Possibly a Sketch Relating to This Drawing of Marlow Lock

Creator:: William Alexander, 1767–1816, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 4 3/4 × 7 1/2 inches (12.1 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Millbank

Creator:: David Cox, 1783–1859, British
Date:: ca. 1810
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gray ink, graphite, and scratching out on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches (29.2 x 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Shipbuilding on the Yorkshire Coast

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 16 5/8 inches (24.1 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Scene on Brighton Beach

Creator:: Attributed to Agostino Aglio the elder, 1777–1857, Italian, active in Britain
Date:: 1847
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (13 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Paul Moore

34. Coast of Sussex, Pushing Off a Boat to a Vessel in Distress

Creator:: Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847, British
Date:: ca. 1808
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 x 28 3/4 inches (48.3 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Presented by Andrew Wyld / W.S. Fine Art Ltd.

35. Rochester

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808, British
Date:: 1794
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 × 10 1/2 inches (17.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Print made by James Walker, 1748–1808, British
Date:: 1797
Medium:: Etching and line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 8 7/8 inches (16.8 × 22.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. A Rowing Boat at Twickenham

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, light blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches (21.3 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Dover

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite, watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches (15.6 x 20.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Newstead Abbey

Creator:: Print made by Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850, British
Date:: after 1850
Medium:: Etching and color woodcut on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 × 7 15/16 inches (14.2 × 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. St. Herbert's Chapel

Creator:: Print made by Henry Le Keux, 1787–1868, British
Date:: 1834
Medium:: Line engraving, 1st state on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 × 6 7/8 inches (29.5 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Sunset off Arran

Creator:: Joseph Gray, 1890–1962, British
Date:: 1926
Medium:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 11/16 x 14 13/16 inches (24.6 x 37.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

42. The Lock

Creator:: Print made by David Lucas, 1802–1881, British
Date:: 1834
Medium:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 7/8 × 21 1/4 inches (68.3 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Nocturne in Blue and Silver

2. Port on a Stormy Day

3. Ship wrecked on a rocky coast

4. A Packet Boat Under Sail in a Breeze off the South Foreland

5. Mill on the Tavy

6. Westminster Bridge

7. Bridgenorth

8. The Thames from the Ship Inn, Greenwich

9. Studland Dock Yard

10. The Beach at Charmouth

11. Rochester

12. Nottingham

13. Rochester

14. Chester

15. Windsor

16. Neath

17. Alum Bay, Isle of Wight

18. Block House Fort, Gosport, Hampshire

19. Staithes, Yorkshire

20. Swansea

21. Orchard Bay

22. Orchard Bay

23. Alum Bay and the Needles

24. Alum Bay and the Needles

25. Alum Bay and the Needles

26. The Thames at Kew, February 9, 1806

27. A View at Blackwall

28. Watch or Catch

29. Deptford Dockyard, Kent

30. A. Marlow Lock; B. Figures on a Barge, Possibly a Sketch Relating to This Drawing of Marlow Lock

31. Millbank

32. Shipbuilding on the Yorkshire Coast

33. Scene on Brighton Beach

34. Coast of Sussex, Pushing Off a Boat to a Vessel in Distress

35. Rochester

36. Westminster Bridge

37. A Rowing Boat at Twickenham

38. Dover

39. Newstead Abbey

40. St. Herbert's Chapel

41. Sunset off Arran

42. The Lock