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Prints and Drawings
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Paintings and Sculpture
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
10
Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
6
McArdell, James, ca. 1729–1765
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Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784
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Spooner, Charles, c.1720–1767
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Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
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Hall, John, 1739–1797
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Hamilton, Hugh Douglas, 1739–1808
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Houston, Richard, ca. 1721–1775
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Spencer, Gervase, ca. 1715–1763
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1756
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1754
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1773
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
19
Not on view
3
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Free to Use
22
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Available
20
Unavailable
2
Classification
Prints
10
Drawings & Watercolors
8
Paintings
3
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
1
Creator Gender
male
22
Collective Title
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
8
Cries of London
6
Period
18th century
21
18th century-19th century
1
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
16
mezzotint
9
brown wash
4
graphite
4
black chalk
3
canvas
3
gray wash
3
oil paint
3
painting (technique)
3
brown ink
2
watercolor
2
enamel
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engraving (printing process)
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pastel
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pen
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porcelain
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scraping
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intaglio print
9
drawing
8
watercolor
7
painting
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miniature
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Genre
portrait
21
genre subject
6
religious and mythological subject
3
military art
1
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portrait
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cries
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genre subject
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man
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woman
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peddler
4
basket
3
braids
3
flowers
3
ruffle
3
working class
3
dress
2
wig
2
Garland
1
Georgian
1
book
1
bottle
1
boy
1
brushes
1
cat (domestic cat)
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Associated Places
England
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Europe
6
London
6
United Kingdom
6
Associated People
Adam, Mary
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Boswell, Alexander, Lord Auchinleck (1707–1782), judge
1
Orde, Anne (née Marr, died 1788), daughter of Ralph Marr of Morpeth, widow of the Revd Pye, and second wife of John Orde (c.1704–c.1786)
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Orde, John (c.1704–c.1786) of East Orde and Morpeth
1
Orde, William
1
Robertson, William (1721–1793), cleric/religious official, academic/intellectual
1
Exhibition History
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
4
Allan Ramsay 1713-1784 (National Portrait Gallery, 1992-10-16 - 1993-01-16)
1
Allan Ramsay 1713-1784 (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1992-08-01 - 1992-09-27)
1
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
1
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
1
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
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Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14)
1
Hogarth and Europe (Tate Britain, 2021-11-01 - 2022-03-20)
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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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The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
1
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
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Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
John Orde, His Wife, Anne Orde (née Marr), His Eldest Son, William, and an Unnamed Servant
between 1754 and 1756
Not on view
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Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck
between 1754 and 1755
Not on view
3
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Mary Adam
1754
Not on view
4
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: A Girl with a Basket on Her Head ("Lights for the Cats, Liver for the Dogs")
ca. 1759
5
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: Small Coal or Brushes
ca. 1759
6
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: All Fire and No Smoke
ca. 1759
7
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: A Girl with a Basket of Oranges
ca. 1759
8
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: A Man with a Bottle
ca. 1759
9
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: Boy with a Donkey
ca. 1759
10
Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
11
John Hall, 1739–1797
William Robertson
undated
12
James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Anne Dawson at age 21 (1733-1769)
1754
13
James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Charlotte Dundas (née Fitzwilliam)
1754
14
Copy after James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Charlotte Dundas (née Fitzwilliam)
1754
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Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
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Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
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Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
18
Gervase Spencer, ca. 1715–1763
Portrait of a Lady
1754
19
Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1739–1808
Portrait of a Gentleman
undated
20
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Margaret Ramsay, the Artist's Second Wife (Died 1782)
1754
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James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Emily, Countess of Kildare, 1754
1754
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James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
James, Earl of Kildare
1754