#british draftsmen

An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre Thomas Rowlandson (British; 1756–1827) ca. 1785 Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, blued white, laid paper Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Dumbarton Rock and Castle Thomas Girtin (British; 1775–1802) ca. 1793 Watercolor with pen and black ink and scraping over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, pasted on thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Ruins on the Coast Thomas Girtin (British; 1775–1802) Watercolor and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige wove paper Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Lyme Regis, Dorset Thomas Girtin (British; 1775–1802) ca. 1797 Watercolor, opaque, transparent on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige, laid paper Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness. He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. (Job 33: 15–30)

At Brighton, 1804: Three Women, Child and Man Looking Out to Sea John Nixon (British; ca. 1760–1818) 1804 Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, smooth, cream wove paper Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Backwater in a Park John Sell Cotman (British; 1782–1842) ca. 1803–6 Watercolor over graphite The British Museum, London | © Trustees of the British Museum

Pumping Mill Beside a Dyke, Lincolnshire John Sell Cotman (British; 1782–1842) 1810 Watercolor The British Museum, London | © Trustees of the British Museum