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Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Heckel, Augustin, 1690–1770
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Nickolls, Joseph, active 1713–ca. 1755
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Paintings
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male
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18th century
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oil paint
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painting
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landscape
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England
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Dove
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Greater London
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Thames
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Twickenham
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Chester, Peter (1717/18–1799), army officer and colonial governor
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Gibbs, James (1682–1754), architect
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Exhibition History
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29)
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British Painting and the European Continent (Haus der Kunst Munich, 1979-11-20 - 1980-01-27)
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
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Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)
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Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
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The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
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Thomas Gainsborough (Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2003-06-15 - 2003-09-14)
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Thomas Gainsborough (National Gallery of Art, 2003-02-09 - 2003-05-04)
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Thomas Gainsborough (Tate Britain, 2002-10-24 - 2003-01-12)
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George Smith, 1714–1776
Winter Landscape
ca. 1750
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Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Orleans House, Twickenham
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Leak Okeover, Rev. John Allen and Captain Chester at Okeover Hall, Staffordshire
between 1745 and 1747
Not on view
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Portrait of a Woman
ca. 1750
Not on view