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Prints and Drawings
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Paintings and Sculpture
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Downman, John, 1750–1824
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Bryer, Henry, died in or before 1782
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Dixon, John, ca. 1740–1811
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
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Ryland, William Wynne, 1732–1783
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Walton, Henry, 1746–1813
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Not on view
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Free to Use
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Paintings
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Prints
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male
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18th century
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Materials & Techniques
black chalk
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oil paint
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painting (technique)
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stumping
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laid paper
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red chalk
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wove paper
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canvas
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graphite
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mezzotint
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panel (wood)
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watercolor
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drawing
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portrait
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Kirby, John Joshua (1716–1774), painter/draughtsman ,author/poet
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Exhibition History
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Berkeley Art Museum, 1995-08-23 - 1995-11-19)
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The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 1995-12-10 - 1996-02-04)
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The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Joslyn Art Museum, 1996-03-09 - 1996-05-05)
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The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Henry Walton, 1746–1813
Portrait of a young woman, possibly Miss Nettlethorpe
ca. 1770
Not on view
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Henry Walton, 1746–1813
Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Miss Nettlethorpe
ca. 1770
Not on view
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John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Portrait of a Man and a Boy Looking at Prints
between 1765 and 1770
Not on view
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John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
An Unknown Woman
ca. 1770
Not on view
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John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Mr. John Joshua Kirby
between 1765 and 1771
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John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Mr. John Joshua Kirby
between 1765 and 1771
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John Downman, 1750–1824
Portrait of a Lady
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John Downman, 1750–1824
Portrait of a Lady, Facing Front
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John Downman, 1750–1824
Portrait of a Lady, Facing Left
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John Downman, 1750–1824
Portrait of a Lady
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