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Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
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Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
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Laporte, John, 1761–1839
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Smith, John, 1749–1831
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Unknown artist
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Brown, Mather, 1761–1831
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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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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
26
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
1
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
1
Creator Gender
male
19
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
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Period
18th century
23
18th century-19th century
5
Materials & Techniques
watercolor
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graphite
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laid paper
19
black ink
14
wove paper
11
gouache
8
pen
7
scraping
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gray ink
5
gray wash
5
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4
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ivory
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watercolor
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drawing
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miniature
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landscape
13
literary theme
7
marine art
3
architectural subject
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cartographic material
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cityscape
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figure study
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genre subject
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portrait
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landscape
10
trees
9
literary theme
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mountains
7
plays by William Shakespeare
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Grand Tour
6
clouds
5
hills
4
lake
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rocks (landforms)
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woman
4
buildings
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cloak
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cloaks
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coast
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dress
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gesturing
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magic
3
man
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Europe
5
Italy
4
Switzerland
3
Alps
2
Rome
2
United Kingdom
2
Aare
1
Anglesey
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Bohemia
1
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
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Church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti
1
Czech Republic
1
England
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France
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Fucino, Conca del
1
Geneva, Lake of
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
25
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon
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Mather Brown, 1761–1831
A Page Boy in Blue with a Red Shield
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J. Tobin, active 1776
Preparing to lay eel traps
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Jakob Phillip Hackert, 1737–1807
Lake Nemi
1776
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
River Landscape with Cattle Watering
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unknown artist
L'Orient 1776: Map of the Port of Orient
1776
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unknown artist
Rochefort 1776
1776
7
William Pars, 1742–1782
A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio
1776
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Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Lago Fucino
1776
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Moses Griffith, 1747–1819
View of Baron Hill, Anglesey, Wales
1776
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John Smart, 1741–1811
Robert, first Baron Clive of Plassey
1776
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Classical Female Figure
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
Night - River Landscape with a Ruined Abbey
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
Evening - Landscape with a Ruined Castle
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
Morning - River Scene with Figures near a Cottage
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John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Isola Madre, Lago Maggiore
ca. 1781
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Upon the Aare between Unterseen and the Lake of Brientz
1776
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John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
A View of Tivoli Looking Towards Rome
ca. 1781
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Interlaken
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Between Chamonix and Martigny
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Lake of Geneva from the Canton of Berne
1776
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ferdinand and Ariel
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost..
ca. 1781
23
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
25
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ophelia's Death
ca. 1781
26
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Antigonus Disposing of Perdita
ca. 1781
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Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Kennington Common
1776
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth
ca. 1781