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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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Yenn, John, 1750–1821
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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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Free to Use
28
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28
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
26
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
3
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
1
Creator Gender
male
21
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
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18th century-19th century
5
Materials & Techniques
watercolor
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graphite
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laid paper
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black ink
16
wove paper
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gouache
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pen
8
scraping
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gray ink
5
gray wash
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4
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ivory
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landscape
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literary theme
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architectural subject
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marine art
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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
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trees
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literary theme
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mountains
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plays by William Shakespeare
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Grand Tour
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clouds
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architectural subject
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hills
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lake
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rocks (landforms)
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woman
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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
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Associated Places
Europe
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Italy
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Switzerland
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Alps
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Rome
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United Kingdom
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Aare
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Anglesey
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Bohemia
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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
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Church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti
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Czech Republic
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England
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France
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Fucino, Conca del
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Geneva, Lake of
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Interlaken
1
Kennington
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Kent
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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)
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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)
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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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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)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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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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William Pars, 1742–1782
A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio
1776
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John Smart, 1741–1811
Robert, first Baron Clive of Plassey
1776
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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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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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Jakob Phillip Hackert, 1737–1807
Lake Nemi
1776
8
unknown artist
Rochefort 1776
1776
9
unknown artist
L'Orient 1776: Map of the Port of Orient
1776
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
River Landscape with Cattle Watering
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John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Isola Madre, Lago Maggiore
ca. 1781
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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
Morning - River Scene with Figures near a Cottage
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
Evening - Landscape with a Ruined Castle
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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
Between Chamonix and Martigny
1776
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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
The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
21
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ophelia's Death
ca. 1781
22
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Antigonus Disposing of Perdita
ca. 1781
23
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Interlaken
1776
25
John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Upon the Aare between Unterseen and the Lake of Brientz
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Lake of Geneva from the Canton of Berne
1776
27
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ferdinand and Ariel
ca. 1781
28
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Kennington Common
1776
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John Yenn, 1750–1821
Design for a Doorway
ca. 1781
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John Yenn, 1750–1821
Design for a Doorway
ca. 1781