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Prints and Drawings
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Paintings and Sculpture
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Romney, George, 1734–1802
14
Hudson, Thomas, 1701–1779
2
Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
1
Faber, John the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
1
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
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Houston, Richard, ca. 1721–1775
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Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646–1723
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Unknown artist
1
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2004
364
1630
180
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178
1968
131
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1745
78
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1784
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1739
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1771
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1795
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1755
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1788
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1772
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1782
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1808
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1776
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1792
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1964
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1777
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1783
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1760
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1765
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1786
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0
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1804
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1810
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1764
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1568
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1806
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1700
27
1754
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1757
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1802
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1797
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1675
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1750
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1794
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1805
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1813
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1798
24
1803
24
1811
24
1814
24
1738
23
1756
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1766
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1966
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1642
22
1680
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1742
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1825
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1730
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1735
21
1807
21
1749
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1763
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1817
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1836
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1761
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1827
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1835
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1970
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1628
18
1819
18
1978
18
1746
17
1980
17
1618
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1748
16
1955
16
1971
16
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
16
Not on view
4
Image Use
Free to Use
19
Under Certain Circumstances
1
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17
Unavailable
3
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
14
Paintings
4
Prints
2
Creator Gender
male
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unknown
1
Collective Title
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
1
Period
18th century
18
18th century-19th century
1
unknown period
1
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
13
graphite
11
brown ink
5
painting (technique)
4
canvas
3
oil paint
3
brown wash
2
mezzotint
2
pen
2
wove paper
2
gray wash
1
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drawing
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painting
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watercolor
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intaglio print
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portrait
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figure study
9
genre subject
5
religious and mythological subject
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literary theme
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marine art
1
military art
1
Subject Terms
portrait
19
figure study
5
genre subject
5
woman
5
man
4
religious and mythological subject
4
costume
3
wig
3
book
2
coat
2
dress
2
family
2
hat
2
lady
2
literary theme
2
nude
2
petticoat
2
robe
2
standing
2
table
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Associated Places
Dorset
1
Associated People
Aislabie, Elizabeth (1722?-1780)
1
Canidia
1
Chloe, from Longus' novel "Daphnis and Chloe"
1
Daphnis
1
Fitzgerald, Pamela [formerly Anne Caroline Stéphanie Sims; Lady Edward Fitzgerald] (1776?–1831), celebrity and associate of Irish nationalists
1
Gravenor (née Colman), Ann
1
Gravenor, Ann
1
Gravenor, Elizabeth
1
Gravenor, John, apothecary
1
Hygeia
1
King Lear (character in King Lear)
1
Palmer, John
1
Ramus, Benedetta
1
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
1
Susanna
1
Exhibition History
The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
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
Arthur Devis (Harris Museum and Art Gallery, 1983-11-25 - 1984-01-29)
1
Arthur Devis (National Portrait Gallery, 1983-10-01 - 1983-11-12)
1
George Romney (1734-1802) (National Portrait Gallery, 2002-05-30 - 2002-08-18)
1
George Romney (1734-1802) (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2002-09-15 - 2002-12-01)
1
George Romney (1734-1802) (Walker Art Gallery, 2002-02-07 - 2002-04-28)
1
Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2002-02-01 - 2002-05-05)
1
Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-12-30)
1
Manners and Morals - Hogarth and British Painting 1700-1760 (Tate Britain, 1987-10-15 - 1988-01-03)
1
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998-05-01 - 1998-07-05)
1
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of South Australia, 1998-09-16 - 1998-11-15)
1
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Queensland Art Gallery, 1998-07-15 - 1998-09-06)
1
Thomas Gainsborough (Tate) (Musée du Louvre, 1981-02-07 - 1981-04-26)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
4
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
4
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
4
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery
4
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth
1
Yale Center for British Art, Given by Richard Teitz, Yale BA 1963, in celebration of the 50th Reunion of his class, and in memory of Alexander Teitz, Yale BA 1934, and Lucille Teitz
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William Hogarth, 1697–1764
John Palmer, Barrister of the Inner Temple
1749
Not on view
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
The Gravenor Family
ca. 1754
Not on view
3
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Portrait of a Family, Traditionally Known as the Swaine Family of Fencroft, Cambridgeshire
1749
Not on view
4
Thomas Hudson, 1701–1779
Portrait of a Woman, Probably Elizabeth Aislabie, of Studley Royal, Yorkshire
1749
Not on view
5
George Romney, 1734–1802
Male Head 1
undated
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Male Head 2
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Lord Salisbury, Standing by a Pillar
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Duke of Dorset (So-called)
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George Romney, 1734–1802
"Lear in the Storm," King Lear, Act III, Scene II
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Seated Nude Woman (Hygeia at Doctor Graham's)
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Daphnis and Chloe
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Charity
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Canidia and the Youth
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14
George Romney, 1734–1802
Pamela
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Two studies for a male portrait
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Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Thomas Griffin, Esq
c.1749
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unknown artist
Benedetta Ramus
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Portrait of a Lady
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Loose Drawing: Portrait of a Lady
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John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Mrs. Knight
1749