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Swinburne, Henry, 1743–1803
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Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Malchair, John, 1730–1812
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Rashleigh, Peter, active 1775
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Unknown artist
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Grose, Francis Capt., 1731–1791
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Brown, John, 1749–1787
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Chatelain, Jean Baptist Claude, 1710–1771
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Harcourt, Mary, 1749 or 1750–1833
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Pars, William, 1742–1782
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Pocock, Nicholas, 1740–1821
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Reveley, Willey, 1760–1799
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
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Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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male
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unknown
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female
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Collective Title
Collection of Sketches by Henry Swinburne
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Period
18th century
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Materials & Techniques
gray wash
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laid paper
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graphite
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pen
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wove paper
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black ink
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gray ink
15
brown ink
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brown wash
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ground (material)
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black wash
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white chalk
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card
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watercolor
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white gouache
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watercolor
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architectural subject
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landscape
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cityscape
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genre subject
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marine art
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religious and mythological subject
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landscape
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trees
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mountains
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architectural subject
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river
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bridge (built work)
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clouds
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genre subject
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rocks (landforms)
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arches
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boats
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chapel
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church
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cityscape
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hills
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men
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road
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England
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United Kingdom
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Europe
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Oxford
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Oxfordshire
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Bridgnorth
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France
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Kapellbrücke
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Lucerne
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Luzern
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Naples
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Napoli, Golfo di
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Reuss
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Rhône
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Shropshire
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Switzerland
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Worcester
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Moses
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Exhibition History
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
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Alexander and J. R. Cozens (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1987-01-30 - 1987-03-29)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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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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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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Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's " Cottage Door " (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2006-02-11 - 2006-05-14)
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Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's " Cottage Door " (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-10-06 - 2005-12-31)
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Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
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The Fuseli Circle in Rome - Early Romantic Art in the 1770s (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-09-12 - 1979-11-11)
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The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Moses Receiving the Law
ca. 1780
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Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
A Valley
between 1775 and 1780
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unknown artist
A Temple
ca. 1780
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Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Bristol
ca. 1780
5
Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Plan of the Mesquita of Cordova
1775 to 1776
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Attributed to Peter Rashleigh, active 1775
Bridgenorth Bridge
1775
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Attributed to Peter Rashleigh, active 1775
Bewdley Bridge, Worcester
1775
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Attributed to Peter Rashleigh, active 1775
Distant View of a Town
1775
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Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Binsey Church, Oxford
1775
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Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Binsey Church, Oxford
1775
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Granada, Spain
1775 to 1776
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Architectural Sketches of Sections in Alhambra of Granada
1775 to 1776
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Gates of the Alhambra: Puerta de los Siete Suelos
1775 to 1776
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Entrance of the Torre de las dos Hermanas in the Alhambra
1775 to 1776
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Plan of the Palaces of Charles the Fifth, and of the Moorish Kings in the Alhambra of Granada
1775 to 1776
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Six Capitals of Columns in the Court of Lions in the Alambra of Granada
1775 to 1776
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Study of a Section Piece From The Lions Court at Alahambra
1775 to 1776
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Willey Reveley, 1760–1799
Views in the Levant: Man in a Boat Being Rowed Past a Pavilion
undated
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Court of the Lions in the Alhambra of Granada
1775 to 1776
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Court of the Lions in the Alhambra of Granada
1775 to 1776
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
The Great Bath of the Alhambra
1775 to 1776
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Sketches for Capitals of Columns and Mosaic Squares at Alhambra
1775 to 1776
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Door of the New Palace at the Alhambra
1775 to 1776
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Gates of the Alhambra: Puerta del Juicio
1775 to 1776
25
Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
The Alhambra From the Fort of St. Helena
1775 to 1776
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Mary Harcourt, 1750–1833
On the Rhone
ca. 1780
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William Pars, 1742–1782
A View at Lucerne
1775
28
unknown artist
The City of London from Somerset House
ca. 1780
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Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Mountain Tops (A Mountain Study)
ca. 1780
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John Brown, 1749–1787
A Roman Lady with a Duenna
between 1775 and 1780
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Wooded Landscape with Gypsy Encampment
between 1775 and 1780
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Wooded Landscape with Figures on Horseback Crossing a Bridge
between 1775 and 1780
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Wooded Landscape with Figures outside a Cottage Door
between 1775 and 1780
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unknown artist
General View of Naples
ca. 1780
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Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Mountainous Landscape
ca. 1780
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pupil of Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
A Road in a Mountain Landscape with Trees to the Right
ca. 1780