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Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
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Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
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Smith, John, 1749–1831
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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female
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Collective Title
The Tempest
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Period
18th century
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graphite
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watercolor
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laid paper
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brown wash
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scraping
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black ink
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gray ink
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watercolor
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landscape
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Grand Tour
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coast
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magic
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plays by William Shakespeare
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sea
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trees
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Macbeth, Act I, Scene III
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The Tempest, Act I, Scene II
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The Tempest, play by William Shakespeare
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Alps
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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
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Europe
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France
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Interlaken
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Italy
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Lago Maggiore
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Martigny-les-Bains
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Switzerland
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Ariel (character in The Tempest)
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Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
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The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
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Exhibition History
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
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English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
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Gentle, Rural and Sublime - English Landscape Paintings and Watercolors, 1750-1850 (Denver Art Museum, 1993-12-11 - 1994-02-06)
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The Beautiful, The Sublime, and The Picturesque (Washington University Gallery of Art, 1984-02-19 - 1984-04-08)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Isola Madre, Lago Maggiore
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost..
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ferdinand and Ariel
ca. 1781
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Between Chamonix and Martigny
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Interlaken
1776