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Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
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Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
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Smith, John, 1749–1831
2
Unknown artist
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Yenn, John, 1750–1821
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Dance, Nathaniel, 1735–1811
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Gore, Charles, 1729–1807
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Griffith, Moses, 1747–1819
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Grimm, Samuel Hieronymus, 1733–1794
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Hackert, Jakob Phillip, 1737–1807
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Opie, John, 1761–1807
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Pars, William, 1742–1782
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Smart, John, 1741–1811
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Tobin, J., active 1776
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1759
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1756
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1728
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1769
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1825
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
25
Image Use
Free to Use
23
Under Certain Circumstances
2
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23
Unavailable
2
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
21
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
3
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
1
Creator Gender
male
16
female
7
unknown
2
Collective Title
King Lear
2
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2
The Tempest
1
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1
The Winter's Tale
1
Period
18th century
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Materials & Techniques
watercolor
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graphite
22
laid paper
19
black ink
15
pen
8
wove paper
8
scraping
7
gray ink
5
gray wash
5
brown wash
4
gouache
3
brown ink
2
red ink
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blue wash
1
crayon
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ivory
1
yellow ink
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Work Type
watercolor
25
drawing
21
miniature
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Genre
landscape
9
literary theme
7
architectural subject
4
marine art
3
cartographic material
2
cityscape
2
genre subject
2
figure study
1
portrait
1
Subject Terms
landscape
9
trees
8
literary theme
7
plays by William Shakespeare
7
Grand Tour
6
mountains
6
clouds
5
architectural subject
4
lake
4
rocks (landforms)
4
woman
4
buildings
3
cloak
3
cloaks
3
coast
3
dress
3
gesturing
3
hills
3
magic
3
man
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Associated Places
Europe
5
Italy
4
Switzerland
3
Alps
2
Rome
2
United Kingdom
2
Aare
1
Anglesey
1
Bohemia
1
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
1
Church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti
1
Czech Republic
1
England
1
France
1
Fucino, Conca del
1
Geneva, Lake of
1
Interlaken
1
Kennington
1
Kent
1
Lago Maggiore
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
7
Cordelia (character in King Lear)
2
King Lear (character in King Lear)
2
The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
2
Antigonus (character in The Winter's Tale)
1
Ariel (character in The Tempest)
1
Clive, Robert, first Baron Clive of Plassey (1725–1774), army officer in the East India Company and administrator in India
1
Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
1
Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
1
Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
1
Perdita (character in The Winter's Tale)
1
Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
7
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
5
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
3
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)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
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)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
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)
2
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
2
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
2
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)
2
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)
2
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)
2
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
1
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
Company Culture (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-09-16 - 2004-01-05)
1
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
1
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
1
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
22
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon
1
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J. Tobin, active 1776
Preparing to lay eel traps
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William Pars, 1742–1782
A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio
1776
3
John Smart, 1741–1811
Robert, first Baron Clive of Plassey
1776
4
Jakob Phillip Hackert, 1737–1807
Lake Nemi
1776
5
John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Classical Female Figure
undated
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Moses Griffith, 1747–1819
View of Baron Hill, Anglesey, Wales
1776
7
Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Lago Fucino
1776
8
unknown artist
L'Orient 1776: Map of the Port of Orient
1776
9
unknown artist
Rochefort 1776
1776
10
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Isola Madre, Lago Maggiore
ca. 1781
11
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ferdinand and Ariel
ca. 1781
12
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost..
ca. 1781
13
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ophelia's Death
ca. 1781
14
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth
ca. 1781
15
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
16
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Antigonus Disposing of Perdita
ca. 1781
17
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Kennington Common
1776
18
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
19
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
A View of Tivoli Looking Towards Rome
ca. 1781
20
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Interlaken
1776
21
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Between Chamonix and Martigny
1776
22
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Lake of Geneva from the Canton of Berne
1776
23
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Upon the Aare between Unterseen and the Lake of Brientz
1776
24
John Yenn, 1750–1821
Design for a Doorway
ca. 1781
25
John Yenn, 1750–1821
Design for a Doorway
ca. 1781