Subject Terms: geology / Topic subjectplace ss: United Kingdom

1. Crickhowell, Breconshire

Creator:: unknown artist, nineteenth century
Date:: ca. 1800
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 1/4 x 14 inches (23.5 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. A View of Cheddar Gorge

Creator:: George Vincent, 1796–1832, British
Date:: ca. 1820
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 36 x 48 inches (91.4 x 121.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. Chepstow Castle

Creator:: Hendrik Frans de Cort, 1742–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1789)
Date:: ca. 1795
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 33 inches (67.3 x 83.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Pwll Cwn

Creator:: John Brett, 1831–1902, British
Date:: 1882
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 7 x 14 inches (17.8 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

5. 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

6. Hawthornden Castle, near Edinburgh

Creator:: Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840, British
Date:: between 1820 and 1822
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, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire

Creator:: Balthazar Nebot, active 1730–1762, Spanish, active in Britain (from 1729)
Date:: between 1750 and 1762
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 30 x 44 inches (76.2 x 111.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Conway Castle

Creator:: Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827, British
Date:: 1809
Medium:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 28 3/4 x 22 inches (73 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland

Creator:: George Barret, ca. 1728/32–1784, Irish
Date:: between 1760 and 1762
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 28 7/8 x 38 1/4 inches (73.3 x 97.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820, American, active in Britain (from 1763)
Date:: ca. 1788
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 x 17 1/2 inches (35.6 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Off the Needles, Isle of Wight

Creator:: Edward William Cooke, 1811–1880, British
Date:: 1845
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 27 1/2 × 35 1/2 inches (69.9 × 90.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Avon Gorge, Looking toward Clifton

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: ca. 1820
Medium:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite with scraping out on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 28 3/4 inches (48.9 x 73 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Chepstow Castle on the Wye

Creator:: Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish
Date:: undated
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 x 17 5/8 inches (21 x 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

14. Rocky Landscape in Wales

Creator:: Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Date:: 1835 or 1836
Medium:: Gouache and watercolor with gum and black chalk on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 × 18 7/8 inches (38.1 × 47.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Avon near Bristol

Creator:: Samuel Jackson, 1794–1869, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and gouache, with scraping and gum on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches (28.5 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. 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

17. Coast Scene near Plymouth

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor with brown ink, black ink, and g over graphite on thick, rough, beige board, pasted on mount
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 × 23 inches (46 × 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Pike Pool, Beresford Hall, Derbyshire

Creator:: John Linnell, 1792–1882, British
Date:: 1814
Medium:: Black and white chalk and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue-gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 7/8 x 22 inches (42.9 x 55.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Waterfall, North Wales

Creator:: James Ward, 1769–1859, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, black chalk, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 7/8 inches (26.7 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Clovelly, North Devon

Creator:: William Turner of Oxford, 1789–1862, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite with scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Contemporary drawn border: 29 1/4 x 44 1/2 inches (74.3 x 113 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870, British
Date:: 1834
Medium:: Etching; open etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 × 11 inches (42.5 × 27.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Fingal's Cave Staffa

Creator:: Print made by William Forrest, 1802–1889
Date:: 1836
Medium:: Line engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Slate Quarries at Bron Llwyd

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 x 8 1/4 inches (12.7 x 21 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Craig y Ladron - The Thieves Precipice

Creator:: John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831, British
Date:: 1797
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite with pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 1/8 inches (14 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Loch Scavaig, Isle of Skye

Creator:: William Daniell, 1769–1837, British
Date:: ca. 1819
Medium:: Watercolor with gouache and scraping over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on very thick, slightly textured, cream card
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/8 × 13 3/8 inches (23.2 × 34 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Dunvalanree

Creator:: Print made by Sir David Young Cameron, 1865–1945, British
Date:: 1910
Medium:: Etching and drypoint on thin, slightly textured, beige Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/16 x 8 7/16 inches (28.7 x 21.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

27. View of the Rhydaer

Creator:: Francis Towne, 1740–1816, British
Date:: 1777
Medium:: Watercolor and black ink over graphite on medium slightly textured cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (29.8 x 37.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Miner on Work Horse Emerging from Tunnel

Creator:: Bruce Davidson, born 1933, American
Date:: 1965
Medium:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965

29. Coal Miners Next to Work Horse

Creator:: Bruce Davidson, born 1933, American
Date:: 1965
Medium:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965

30. Miner next to tracks

Creator:: Bruce Davidson, born 1933, American
Date:: 1965
Medium:: Gelatin silver print on moderately thick, semigloss photographic paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965

31. The Valley of Nant Ffrancon, Caernarvonshire

Creator:: Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847, British
Date:: 1802
Medium:: Graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 11 9/16 inches (17.1 x 29.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Seascape with Rocks Lizard, Cornwall

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 17 1/2 inches (30.2 x 44.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. A Bridge in Wales

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Medium:: Gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 15/16 × 18 1/4 inches (30.3 × 46.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Bolton Castle

Creator:: Peter DeWint, 1784–1849, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 23 inches (38.1 x 58.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Fingal's Cave, Staffa - from XLVII 'Scott's Poetical Works'

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870, British
Date:: 1834
Medium:: Line engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 × 6 7/8 inches (25.4 × 17.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870, British
Date:: 1833
Medium:: Etching and line engraving, second state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 10 1/2 inches (36.8 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Specimens of Rocks. Proof of an Illustration for Wright's 'Globe Prepared for Man'.

Creator:: Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850, British
Date:: after 1850
Medium:: Aquatint, etching and color woodcut on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 × 4 13/16 inches (18.5 × 12.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. The Bending Pillars at Staffa (from Smith's Geography)

Creator:: Alfred William Warren, active 1791–1809
Date:: 1810
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Crickhowell, Breconshire

2. A View of Cheddar Gorge

3. Chepstow Castle

4. Pwll Cwn

5. Ailsa Craig

6. Hawthornden Castle, near Edinburgh

7. Aysgarth Falls, Yorkshire

8. Conway Castle

9. Powerscourt, County Wicklow, Ireland

10. The Bathing Place at Ramsgate

11. Off the Needles, Isle of Wight

12. The Avon Gorge, Looking toward Clifton

13. Chepstow Castle on the Wye

14. Rocky Landscape in Wales

15. The Avon near Bristol

16. View from Skiddaw over Derwentwater

17. Coast Scene near Plymouth

18. Pike Pool, Beresford Hall, Derbyshire

19. Waterfall, North Wales

20. Clovelly, North Devon

21. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

22. Fingal's Cave Staffa

23. The Slate Quarries at Bron Llwyd

24. Craig y Ladron - The Thieves Precipice

25. Loch Scavaig, Isle of Skye

26. Dunvalanree

27. View of the Rhydaer

28. Miner on Work Horse Emerging from Tunnel

29. Coal Miners Next to Work Horse

30. Miner next to tracks

31. The Valley of Nant Ffrancon, Caernarvonshire

32. Seascape with Rocks Lizard, Cornwall

33. A Bridge in Wales

34. Bolton Castle

35. Fingal's Cave, Staffa - from XLVII 'Scott's Poetical Works'

36. Fingal's Cave, Staffa

37. Specimens of Rocks. Proof of an Illustration for Wright's 'Globe Prepared for Man'.

38. The Bending Pillars at Staffa (from Smith's Geography)