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Laporte, John, 1761–1839
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Opie, John, 1761–1807
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Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
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Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
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Allan, David, 1744–1796
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Basire, James, 1730–1802
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Dickinson, William, 1746–1823
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Downman, John, 1750–1824
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Gosset, Isaac, 1713–1799
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Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
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Pars, William, 1742–1782
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
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Sandby, Thomas, 1721–1798
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Smith, John, 1749–1831
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
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Swinburne, Henry, 1743–1803
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Unknown artist
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Yenn, John, 1750–1821
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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male
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female
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unknown
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Collective Title
Collection of Sketches by Henry Swinburne
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The Tempest
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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18th century
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18th century-19th century
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wove paper
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watercolor
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graphite
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drawing
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watercolor
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landscape
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portrait
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cityscape
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figure study
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literary theme
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man
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trees
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plays by William Shakespeare
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Lazio
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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
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Church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti
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Palazzo del Quirinale
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Piazza del Popolo
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Spanish Steps
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Tivoli
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Ariel (character in The Tempest)
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Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
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Harris, James (1709–1780), philosopher and musical patron
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Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
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Spencer (née Beauclerk), Lady Mary (1743–1812), daughter and heir of 1st Baron Vere; wife of Lord Charles Spencer
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Stubbs, George (1724–1806), painter, engraver, and anatomist
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The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
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Wesley [Westley], John (1703–1791), Church of England clergyman and a founder of Methodism
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Exhibition History
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
3
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
2
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
2
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
2
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
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 Drawings and Watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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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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George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Tate Britain, 1984-10-17 - 1985-01-06)
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George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-02-13 - 1985-04-07)
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George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15)
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George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05)
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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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Stubbs & The Horse (Kimbell Art Museum, 2004-11-14 - 2005-02-06)
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The Beautiful, The Sublime, and The Picturesque (Washington University Gallery of Art, 1984-02-19 - 1984-04-08)
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The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel
ca. 1781
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Personalized Design
1776
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John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Lear, from King Lear, Act III, Scene ii
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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Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Lady Charles Spencer
1776
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William Pars, 1742–1782
A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio
1776
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Draped Classical Torso
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Classical Female Figure
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Standing Classical Male Figure with Spear
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Print made by James Basire, 1730–1802
James Harris
after 1776
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
Morning - River Scene with Figures near a Cottage
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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 Downman, 1750–1824
Portrait of a Divine Called Reverend John Wesley
ca. 1781
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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
The Falls of the Reichenbach
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Between Chamonix and Martigny
1776
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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
Ferdinand and Ariel
ca. 1781
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Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798
The Horse Race at Rome During the Carnival
ca. 1781
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John Yenn, 1750–1821
Design for a Doorway
ca. 1781