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Prints and Drawings
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Paintings and Sculpture
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Creator
Carwitham, Thomas, active 1723
6
Devoto, John, active 1708–1752
5
Unknown artist
2
Ferri, Ciro, 1634–1689
1
Kirkall, Elisha, ca. 1682–1742
1
Parr, Nathaniel, active 1742–1751
1
Parr, Remi, 1743–after 1750
1
Purcell, Richard, active 1746–1766
1
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
1
Richardson, Jonathan the Elder, 1667–1745
1
Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675–1734
1
Winstanley, Hamlet, 1698–1756
1
Wootton, John, approximately 1682–1764
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1800
1,347
1791
1,050
1802
1,003
1834
655
1796
608
1745
597
1795
571
1771
498
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463
1804
460
1827
458
1789
446
1826
442
1792
430
1835
429
1825
425
1793
423
1820
418
1803
408
1799
407
1772
405
1797
405
1700
402
1832
389
1814
384
1830
383
1784
375
1775
372
1794
354
1808
349
1782
340
1785
327
1823
319
1780
308
1818
305
1801
302
1833
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1836
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1812
293
1767
286
1798
286
1768
279
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267
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1807
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1546
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1748
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1787
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1810
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1770
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1813
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1788
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1755
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1758
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1778
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1831
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1839
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1630
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1786
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1855
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1806
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1829
161
1765
158
1777
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1781
152
1754
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1763
148
1850
148
1776
140
1742
137
1870
134
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131
1877
124
1762
122
1774
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1753
121
1750
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1838
119
1841
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0
116
1779
116
1760
111
1773
109
1730
108
1854
106
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
17
Not on view
1
Image Use
Free to Use
18
Image Available
Available
18
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
13
Prints
3
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
1
Paintings
1
Creator Gender
male
17
unknown
2
Collective Title
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
1
Period
18th century
18
Materials & Techniques
brown ink
11
laid paper
10
brown wash
8
wove paper
6
pens
5
graphite
3
pen
3
watercolor
3
black ink
2
gray wash
2
mezzotint
2
black chalk
1
canvas
1
chiaroscuro woodcut
1
etching (printing process)
1
oil paint
1
painting (technique)
1
pastel
1
squaring (transferring technique)
1
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126
Work Type
drawing
14
watercolor
12
intaglio print
1
painting
1
Genre
religious and mythological subject
6
architectural subject
5
literary theme
2
portrait
2
animal art
1
figure study
1
genre subject
1
sporting art
1
Subject Terms
religious and mythological subject
6
architectural subject
5
fantasy
3
Ovid's Metamorphoses
2
basket
2
cloth
2
clouds
2
columns
2
crow (animal)
2
gods
2
literary theme
2
man
2
men
2
portrait
2
woman
2
Acacia
1
Coronis changed into a crow: to escape the love of Neptune, Coronis, daughter of Coroneus, is changed into a crow by Minerva (Ovid, Metamorphoses II 569)
1
Erichthonius, hidden in a basket, is handed over by Minerva to Aglauros and her sisters (Cecrops' daughters) to be taken care of
1
Iliad
1
Ionic
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Associated Places
England
1
Europe
1
Newmarket
1
Suffolk
1
United Kingdom
1
Associated People
Aglaurus, Athenian princess, one of the three daughters of Cecrops, sister to Herse and Pandrosos
1
Anna, Tobit's wife, and Tobias' mother
1
Bardoletti, Girolamo (unknown life dates), household servant to William Morgan from 1725 to at least 1732
1
Coronis
1
Erichthonius, legendary early ruler of ancient Athens
1
Herse, figure in Greek mythology, daughter of Cecrops, sister to Aglauros and Pandrosos
1
Jesus
1
Joseph
1
Mary
1
Minerva
1
Morgan, William (of Tredegar, elder) (1700–1731), Welsh Whig politician
1
Neptune
1
Pandrosos, one of the three daughters of Cecrops, the first king of Athens, sister to Aglauros and Herse
1
Richardson, Jonathan, the elder (1667–1745), portrait painter and writer
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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John Wootton, 1682–1764
Lamprey at Newmarket, with a Group of Figures Including Sir William Morgan and Girolamo Bardoletti
1723
Not on view
2
Richard Purcell, active 1746–1766
Frances Capell (née Hanbury-Williams), Countess of Essex
undated
3
Remi Parr, 1743–after 1750
The Chapter House, St. Pauls
unknown
4
unknown artist
The Arrival of Prince Frederick from Hanover in 1728?
ca. 1728
5
Jonathan Richardson the Elder, 1667–1745
Jonathan Richardson, Jr
ca. 1728
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Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Anna lamenting the absence of Tobias (Tobit 10:7)
1723
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Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Design for a Ceiling Decoration
1723
8
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
The Daughters of Cecrops discover Ericthonius: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2
1723
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Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Illustration to Homer's Iliad
1723
10
Hamlet Winstanley, 1698–1756
The Adoration
1723
11
Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Neptune and Coronis: Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book 2
1723
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Thomas Carwitham, active 1723
Figure studies
1723
13
Elisha Kirkall, ca. 1682–1742
The Death of Adonis
1723
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John Devoto, active 1708–1752
Design for a wall decoration
undated
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John Devoto, active 1708–1752
A ruin fantasy
undated
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John Devoto, active 1708–1752
An architectural fantasy
undated
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John Devoto, active 1708–1752
Monument: Peace seated upon an urn, a man with drawn sword standing on the base of the monument
undated
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John Devoto, active 1708–1752
A Capriccio
undated