Michael “Angelo” Rooker The Chapel of the Greyfriars Monastery,...

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Description: The Chapel of the Greyfriars Monastery, Winchester

TitleThe Chapel of the Greyfriars Monastery, Winchester

Creator nameRooker, Michael

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1790–1795

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor on wove paper

Dimensions12 1/16 × 14 7/16 in. (30.6 × 36.7 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12914

Accession numberB1975.4.1718

SubjectsLandscape painting, BritishWatercolor painting, BritishRuined buildings in art

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Michael “Angelo” Rooker (1743–1801)
Cat. no. 12

Matthew Hargraves

Description: Great British Watercolors: From the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for...

Great British Watercolors: From the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art

~Rooker was born with all the advantages a painter could wish for. His father, Edward, was a respected architectural engraver, and Rooker grew up learning the same trade surrounded by London’s leading artists. Paul Sandby (cat. nos. 4–6) was a close associate who not only served alongside...

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Matthew Hargraves

PublisherYale Center for British Art

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.36-36

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00227.009

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20779&redirecttoanchor=59703

Chapter subject tags:Watercolor painting, British--ExhibitionsWatercoloristsTourism and artRuins in artRooker, Michael Angelo, 1746-1801

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The Gatehouse of Battle Abbey

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator nameRooker, Michael

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1792

Object typePainting

MaterialsPencil and watercolor, with an original mount

Dimensions41.8 × 59.7 cm

LocationRoyal Academy of Arts, London

https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-gatehouse-of-battle-abbey-sussex-1

Accession number03/242

The Gatehouse of Battle Abbey

Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator nameGirtin, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1800

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor over pencil

Dimensions32 × 52 cm

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1855-0214-53

Accession number1855,0214.53

Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire

Kirkstall Abbey

Caernarvon Castle

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator nameTurner, Joseph Mallord William

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1799

Object typePainting

MaterialsPencil and watercolor

Caernarvon Castle

Beddgellert

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator nameGirtin, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1799

Object typePainting

MaterialsPencil and watercolor

Beddgellert

Ancient Beech Tree

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator nameSandby, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Dimensions42 × 58.4 cm

LocationVictoria & Albert Museum, London

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O56632/ancient-beech-tree-bodycolour-sandby-paul/

Accession numberFA.383

Ancient Beech Tree

Landscape with Buildings: Possibly at Richmond, Surrey

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameTaverner, William

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor and gouache on two conjoined sheets of laid paper

Dimensions9 1/2 × 28 1/8 in. (24.1 × 71.4 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14276

Accession numberB1977.14.4649

Landscape with Buildings: Possibly at...

Landscape with Buildings: Possibly at Richmond, Surrey

Open Landscape with Horsemen and Covered Cart

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameGainsborough, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1780–1788

Object typePainting

MaterialsGray and black washes, with traces of black and white chalk, on laid paper

Dimensions10 3/4 × 14 in. (27.3 × 35.6 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9641

Accession numberB1977.14.5438

Open Landscape with Horsemen and Covered...

Open Landscape with Horsemen and Covered Cart

Wooded Landscape with Country Cart and Figures

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameGainsborough, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1785–1788

Object typePainting

MaterialsBlack and white chalk with gray and gray-black washes on buff wove paper prepared with gray

Dimensions9 3/4 × 13 in. (24.8 × 33 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9640

Accession numberB1977.14.4713

Wooded Landscape with Country Cart and...

Wooded Landscape with Country Cart and Figures

The Great Gate of St. Augustine’s Monastery, Canterbury

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameSkelton, Jonathan

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1757

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions8 1/8 × 15 3/16 in. (20.6 × 38.6 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12935

Accession numberB1975.4.1734

The Great Gate of St. Augustine’s...

The Great Gate of St. Augustine’s Monastery, Canterbury

View of Lake Coniston, Lancashire

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameTowne, Francis

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1786

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor with pen and brown ink on two joined pieces of laid paper

Dimensions6 1/4 × 18 3/4 in. (15.9 × 47.6 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5089

Accession numberB1977.14.6293

View of Lake Coniston, Lancashire

Temple of Venus and Rome, Rome

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator namePars, William

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1781

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions12 1/16 × 16 3/8 in. (30.6 × 41.6 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13024

Accession numberB1975.4.1571

Temple of Venus and Rome, Rome

View of Bath from Spring Gardens

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameHearne, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1790

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor with pen and gray ink over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions12 1/8 × 18 1/8 in. (30.8 × 46 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10443

Accession numberB1975.3.152

View of Bath from Spring Gardens

River Landscape with Figures

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameHearne, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

MaterialsGray wash over graphite on orange-tinted wove paper

Dimensions12 × 9 3/4 in. (30.5 × 24.8 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10545

Accession numberB1975.4.1241

River Landscape with Figures

Isola Madre, Lago Maggiore

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameSmith, John Warwick

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1781

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor over graphite on laid paper, laid down on original mount

Dimensions12 3/16 × 17 1/2 in. (31 × 44.5 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6607

Accession numberB1975.4.1850

Isola Madre, Lago Maggiore

Lake Windermere from Calgarth with Belle Isle

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameSmith, John Warwick

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1790

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor over graphite on wove paper in contemporary line mount

Dimensions13 5/8 × 20 1/8 in. (34.6 × 51.1 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8180

Accession numberB1975.3.269

Lake Windermere from Calgarth with Belle...

Lake Windermere from Calgarth with Belle Isle

Between Chamonix and Martigny

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameCozens, John Robert

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1776

Object typePainting

MaterialsGray and brown wash with pen over graphite on laid paper, backed with wove paper

Dimensions4 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (10.5 × 23. 8 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8863

Accession numberB1975.4.1103

Between Chamonix and Martigny

Alpine Scene

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameSmith, John Warwick

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1781

Object typePainting

MaterialsGray wash over graphite on wove paper laid down on wove paper

Dimensions6 13/16 × 9 1/2 in. (17.3 × 24.1 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14812

Accession numberB1977.14.5363

Alpine Scene

Italianate Landscape with Travelers, No. 1

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameSandby, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1765

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor and gouache over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions14 3/4 × 21 3/16 in. (37.5 × 53.8 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:12335

Accession numberB1975.3.981

Italianate Landscape with Travelers, No....

Italianate Landscape with Travelers, No. 1

Lake of Vico between Rome and Florence

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameCozens, John Robert

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1783

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor over graphite on heavy laid paper

Dimensions10 1/8 × 14 13/16 in. (25.7 × 37.6 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8861

Accession numberB1975.3.1002

Lake of Vico between Rome and Florence

Il Parco degli Astroni—The Wooded Crater Bottom with Hunt in Progress

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameCozens, John Robert

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1783

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor, graphite, paper

Dimensions10 1/4 × 14 5/8 in. (26 × 37.1 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9191

Accession numberB1981.25.2424

Il Parco degli Astroni—The Wooded...

Il Parco degli Astroni—The Wooded Crater Bottom with Hunt in Progress

A Woodcutter’s Picnic

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameRowlandson, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

MaterialsPen and vermillion ink and watercolor on wove paper on contemporary mount

Dimensions10 1/4 × 14 1/2 in. (26 × 36.8 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6450

Accession numberB1977.14.329

A Woodcutter’s Picnic

Mountainous Landscape with Clouds

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameCristall, Joshua

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1803

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions10 1/8 × 15 in. (25.7 × 38.1 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8475

Accession numberB1975.4.1107

Mountainous Landscape with Clouds

Windsor Castle from near Brocas Meadow

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameDaniell, William

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1827

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor and pen and ink over graphite with scraping out on wove paper with borders in pen and blue-gray ink

Dimensions18 3/16 × 25 7/8 in. (46.2 × 65.7 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9389

Accession numberB1977.14.6142

Windsor Castle from near Brocas Meadow

Forest Pool

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameHills, Robert

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor over graphite with scraping out on wove paper

Dimensions9 × 11 1/2 in. (22.9 × 29.2 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9782

Accession numberB1981.25.2707

Forest Pool

Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameGirtin, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1793

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions6 5/8 × 8 5/8 in. (16.8 × 21.9 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5853

Accession numberB1975.3.1143

Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland

Estuary on the River Taw, Devon

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameGirtin, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1797

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions10 5/16 × 17 3/4 in. (26.2 × 45.1 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5841

Accession numberB1975.3.1024

Estuary on the River Taw, Devon

Villa D’Este

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameTurner, Joseph Mallord William

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1796

Object typePainting

MaterialsBlue and gray wash over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions16 3/4 × 21 3/4 in. (42.5 × 55.2 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5524

Accession numberB1975.3.197

Villa D’Este

Ingleborough from Chapel-Le-Dale

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameTurner, Joseph Mallord William

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1810–1815

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor over graphite, with some scratching out, on wove paper

Dimensions11 × 15 1/2 in. (27.9 × 39.4 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5464

Accession numberB1975.4.1618

Ingleborough from Chapel-Le-Dale

Andernach

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameTurner, Joseph Mallord William

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1817

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor and gouache with pen and black ink and scratching out of wove paper

Dimensions7 7/8 × 12 5/8 in. (20 × 32.1 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5484

Accession numberB1977.14.4287

Andernach

Landscape at East Bergholt

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameConstable, John

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1805

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8093

Accession numberB1977.14.4660

Landscape at East Bergholt

Borrowdale: Evening after a Fine Day, 1 October 1806

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameConstable, John

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1806

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor over graphite, with scratching out, on wove paper

Dimensions7 × 10 1/2 in. (17.8 × 26.7 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8048

Accession numberB1975.4.1070

Borrowdale: Evening after a Fine Day, 1...

Borrowdale: Evening after a Fine Day, 1 October 1806

Harvest Time: Cumberland

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameDe Wint, Peter

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions6 5/8 × 17 in. (16.8 × 43.2 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8570

Accession numberB1981.25.2578

Harvest Time: Cumberland

Loch Katrine

Posted by:John Carlson

May 07

Creator nameTurner, Joseph Mallord William

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1832

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor on paper support

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1958-0712-436

Accession number19,580,712.44

Loch Katrine

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