Subject Terms: marine art / Topic subjectplace ss: United Kingdom / 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. Staffa, Fingal's Cave

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:: 1831 to 1832
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 35 3/4 x 47 3/4 inches (90.8 x 121.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. 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

4. 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

5. The Victory Returning from Trafalgar, in Three Positions

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:: ca. 1806
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 3/8 x 39 1/2 inches (67 x 100.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Off the Nore

Creator:: Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Date:: between 1840 and 1845
Medium:: Oil on paper, laid on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 x 18 inches (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Ships in the Thames Estuary near Sheerness

Creator:: Isaac Sailmaker, ca. 1633–1721, Dutch, active in Britain (from the 1640s)
Date:: between 1707 and 1708
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 42 x 53 inches (106.7 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Shipping off Dover

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772, British
Date:: 1738
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 26 1/2 x 53 inches (67.3 x 134.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. A Thames Barge running downwind off Tilbury Fort

Creator:: Clarkson Stanfield, 1793–1867, British
Date:: 1853
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 36 1/4 inches (61 x 92.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. View on the Thames with Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772, British
Date:: between 1743 and 1744
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 inches (63.5 x 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. A Scene on the Coast, Merionethshire - Storm Passing Off

Creator:: Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding, 1787–1855, British
Date:: 1818
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 53 x 78 1/4 inches (134.6 x 198.8 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Westminster from Lambeth, with the Ceremonial Barge of the Ironmongers' Company

Creator:: Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772, British
Date:: ca. 1745
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 31 1/4 x 59 1/4 inches (79.4 x 150.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. St. Annes-on-Sea

Creator:: L. S. Lowry, 1887–1976, British
Date:: 1957
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 11 x 18 1/2 inches (27.9 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Regan Pritzker

14. The Wreck of the Dutton, An East Indiaman

Creator:: Samuel Prout, 1783–1852, British
Date:: ca. 1815
Medium:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 14 3/8 x 19 inches (36.5 x 48.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rutgers Barclay, Yale BA 1957

15. Sands at Lytham

Creator:: L. S. Lowry, 1887–1976, British
Date:: 1956
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 7 3/4 x 12 inches (19.7 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Regan Pritzker

16. After the Barge Race, Pin Mill

Creator:: Edward Brian Seago, 1910–1974, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 11 x 16 inches (27.9 x 40.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Libra Foundation, from the family of Nicholas and Susan Pritzker

17. Morecambe Sands

Creator:: Unknown artist
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 9 × 12 inches (22.9 × 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Monique Goldstrom in honor of Michael Goldstrom's role "Hersh" in "Modern Orthodox" by Daniel Goldfarb at Long Wharf Theatre

18. 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

19. Shipping in a Calm

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749, British
Date:: between 1700 and 1725
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 16 x 12 1/4 inches (40.6 x 31.1 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Opening of the First Eddystone Lighthouse in 1698

Creator:: Peter Monamy, 1681–1749, British
Date:: ca. 1703
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 1/4 x 54 inches (61.6 x 137.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. The Monument and London Bridge

Creator:: Frederick Nash, 1782–1856, British
Date:: ca. 1825
Medium:: Oil on artist's board
Dimensions:: 5 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (14.3 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Rochester Cathedral and Castle

Creator:: Frederick Nash, 1782–1856, British
Date:: ca. 1825
Medium:: Oil on artist's board
Dimensions:: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (14 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Thames and Waterloo Bridge from Somerset House

Creator:: Frederick Nash, 1782–1856, British
Date:: ca. 1825
Medium:: Oil on artist's board
Dimensions:: 5 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches (14.3 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Somerset House, London

Creator:: Frederick Nash, 1782–1856, British
Date:: ca. 1825
Medium:: Oil on artist's board
Dimensions:: 5 5/8 × 8 1/2 inches (14.3 × 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Westminster Bridge

Creator:: Frederick Nash, 1782–1856, British
Date:: ca. 1825
Medium:: Oil on artist's board
Dimensions:: 5 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches (14.3 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. The Aquitania coming up Southampton Water, 1930

Creator:: Bertram Priestman, 1868–1951, British
Date:: ca. 1930
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 x 30 1/8 inches (63.5 x 76.5 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. The Red Buoy, Pin Mill

Creator:: Edward Brian Seago, 1910–1974, British
Date:: undated
Medium:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 8 5/8 x 10 3/4 inches (21.9 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. 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

29. The Black Ball Line Packet Ship 'New York' off Ailsa Craig

Creator:: William Clark, 1803–1883, British
Date:: 1836
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. 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

31. Launching at Deptford

Creator:: John Cleveley the elder, ca. 1712–1777, British
Date:: ca. 1757
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 41 3/4 × 72 1/8 inches (106 × 183.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. The Earl of Sandwich Refusing to Abandon His Ship During the Battle of Solebay

Creator:: Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Date:: 1793
Medium:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: Frame: 88 x 73 inches (223.5 x 185.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of R. W. Hutton and J. S. Cogswell