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Prints and Drawings
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Unknown artist
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Smith, John, 1652–1743
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Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675–1734
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Berchet, Pierre, 1659–1720
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Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646–1723
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Drawings & Watercolors
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18th century
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black ink
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gray wash
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drawing
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religious and mythological subject
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Andromeda
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Agrippa II (born AD 27/28), seventh and last king of the family of Herod the Great
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Berenice of Cilicia (28 AD – ?), Jewish client queen of the Roman Empire during the second half of the 1st century
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Exhibition History
Apostles in England - Sir James Thornhill and the Legacy of Raphael's Tapestry Cartoons (Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, 1996-10-15 - 1996-12-21)
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
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Fancy Pieces - Genre Mezzotints by Robert Robinson & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1994-11-19 - 1995-01-29)
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Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
Jacob's Dream
1705
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Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
St. Paul before Agrippa
ca. 1710
Not on view
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Print made by John Smith, the mezzotinter, 1652–1743
Devotion in Such Looks Does Gracefull Shine, and Forces Us to Own Her Pow'r Divine..
1705
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unknown artist
Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphis (four of four)
ca. 1710
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unknown artist
Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (one of four)
ca. 1710
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Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (two of four)
ca. 1710
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Illustration to Tonson's Ovid Metamorphosis (three of four)
ca. 1710
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Print made by John Smith, the mezzotinter, 1652–1743
Diana and Acteon
1705