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Prints and Drawings
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Paintings and Sculpture
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Adam, Robert, 1728–1792
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Atkinson, John, active 1770–1775
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Caldwall, James, 1739–1819
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Collet, John, ca. 1725–1780
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Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794
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Smith, John of Cheapside, active ca. 1750–1789
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Walton, Henry, 1746–1813
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Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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Paintings
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male
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18th century
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laid paper
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black ink
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graphite
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gray wash
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pen
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canvas
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oil paint
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painting (technique)
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brown ink
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etching (printing process)
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line engraving
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drawing
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watercolor
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architectural subject
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genre subject
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portrait
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stairs
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architectural subject
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rosettes
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balustrades
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staircases
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doors
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festoons
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sphinx
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urns
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costume
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interior
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animal
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arch
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audience
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ball (party)
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Associated Places
Headfort House
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Ireland
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Kells
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Associated People
Bridgman, Elizabeth (née Walton) (1752–1843)
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Exhibition History
City Dwellings and Country Houses - Robert Adam and his Style (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 1982-01-19 - 1982-04-11)
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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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Savour: Food Culture in the Age of Enlightenment (Gardiner Museum, 2019-10-10 - 2020-01-12)
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Savour: Food Culture in the Age of Enlightenment (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 2020-02-29 - 2021-01-03)
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Sidesaddle, 1690-1935 (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2018-09-07 - 2019-03-24)
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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John Atkinson, active 1770–1775
Girl Bundling Asparagus
1771
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Henry Walton, 1746–1813
Elizabeth Bridgman (née Walton)
between 1771 and 1775
Not on view
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Print made by James Caldwall, 1739–1819
The Cotillion Dance
1771
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Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Headfort House, Ireland: Staircase Ceiling
between 1771 and 1775
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Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase
between 1771 and 1775
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Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase
1771 or 1772
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Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase
between 1771 and 1775
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Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase
between 1771 and 1775