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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Barker, Thomas, 1769–1847
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Burney, Edward Francis, 1760–1848
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Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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18th century
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18th century-19th century
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laid paper
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black chalk
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stumping
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figure study
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Esk
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Roslin
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Roslin Castle
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Associated People
Elliot, Ann (1743–1769), courtesan and actress
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Exhibition History
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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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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Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
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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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Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (National Gallery of Scotland, 2009-11-07 - 2010-02-07)
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Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, 2009-07-25 - 2009-10-18)
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Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (Royal Academy of Arts, 2010-03-13 - 2010-06-13)
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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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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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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Mother and Children Seated on Cloud
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Roslin Castle, Midlothian
ca. 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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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Studies of Girls Carrying Faggots
ca. 1780
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
A Young Girl Holding a Child
ca. 1780