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Prints and Drawings
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Paintings and Sculpture
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Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
6
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
4
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
4
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727–1785
1
Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
1
Frye, Thomas, 1710–1762
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Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698–1780
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Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618–1680
1
Roubiliac, Louis François, 1702–1762
1
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309
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1745
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56
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1765
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1768
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1771
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1784
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1790
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1788
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1791
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1772
31
1776
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1782
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1777
29
1965
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1795
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1809
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1769
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1786
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1700
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1764
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1812
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1756
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1773
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1783
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1801
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1804
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1754
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1757
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1792
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1805
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1966
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1774
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1789
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1630
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1766
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1811
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1675
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1730
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1738
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1750
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1767
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1814
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1825
19
1978
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1735
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1763
18
1749
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1781
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1802
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1835
17
1982
17
1618
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1742
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1794
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1796
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1799
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1813
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1827
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1807
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1817
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1798
14
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1893
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1803
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1970
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1670
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1797
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1944
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1962
12
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
13
Not on view
3
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Free to Use
16
Image Available
Available
14
Unavailable
2
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
8
Prints
5
Paintings
2
Sculptures
1
Creator Gender
male
16
Collective Title
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
1
Period
18th century
6
18th century-19th century
4
Materials & Techniques
graphite
7
laid paper
6
stipple engraving
4
canvas
2
etching (printing process)
2
line engraving
2
oil paint
2
painting (technique)
2
black chalk
1
black ink
1
plaster
1
white chalk
1
wove paper
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drawing
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miniature
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intaglio print
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painting
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bust
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sculpture
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Genre
portrait
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genre subject
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military art
1
Subject Terms
portrait
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artist
3
buttons
3
collar
3
man
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oval
3
woman
3
coat
2
cravat
2
hair
2
scarf
2
arch
1
bald
1
boys
1
busts
1
cards
1
children
1
column (architectural element)
1
columns
1
conversation piece
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Associated People
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727–1788), painter and printmaker
3
Bacon, Catherine (1735–?)
1
Bacon, Catherine (née Lowther, life dates unknown)
1
Bacon, Charles (1733–1743)
1
Bacon, John (1709–1752)
1
Bacon, John William (1733–1767) of Staward, Styford, and Newton Cap, Governor of Bridewell
1
Fountaine, Sir Andrew (1676–1753), art collector
1
Rutter, Dorothy (née Bacon, 1737–1809)
1
Exhibition History
Art in Focus : Joseph Wright and the Spectacle of Science (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-03-30 - 2007-06-11)
1
Arthur Devis (Harris Museum and Art Gallery, 1983-11-25 - 1984-01-29)
1
Arthur Devis (National Portrait Gallery, 1983-10-01 - 1983-11-12)
1
Gainsborough Drawings - International Exhibitions Foundation (Kimbell Art Museum, 1983-12-17 - 1984-02-19)
1
Gainsborough Drawings - International Exhibitions Foundation (National Gallery of Art, 1983-10-02 - 1983-12-04)
1
Gainsborough's Family Album (National Portrait Gallery, 2018-11-22 - 2019-02-03)
1
Gainsborough's Family Album (Princeton University Art Museum, 2019-02-23 - 2019-06-05)
1
Life in England 1750 - 1850 (Paul Mellon Arts Center, 1990-03-27 - 1990-05-21)
1
The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
1
The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Berkeley Art Museum, 1995-08-23 - 1995-11-19)
1
The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 1995-12-10 - 1996-02-04)
1
The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Joslyn Art Museum, 1996-03-09 - 1996-05-05)
1
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
1
Thomas Gainsborough (Ferrara, Italy) (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 1998-06-07 - 1998-08-30)
1
Thomas Gainsborough (Tate) (Musée du Louvre, 1981-02-07 - 1981-04-26)
1
Thomas Gainsborough (Tate) (Tate Britain, 1980-10-07 - 1981-01-04)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
9
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport
6
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
1
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Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Mrs. Wardle
1742
Not on view
2
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
John Bacon, Catherine Bacon (née Lowther), and their children John, Charles, Catherine, and Dorothy
between 1742 and 1743
Not on view
3
Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Sir Andrew Fountaine
ca. 1747
Not on view
4
Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1727–1785
John Locke
undated
5
James Ferguson, 1710–1776
Portrait of a Gentleman
ca. 1747
6
James Ferguson, 1710–1776
Portrait of a Lady
ca. 1747
7
James Ferguson, 1710–1776
Portrait of a Gentleman
ca. 1747
8
James Ferguson, 1710–1776
Portrait of a Gentleman
ca. 1747
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James Ferguson, 1710–1776
Portrait of a Gentleman
ca. 1747
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James Ferguson, 1710–1776
Portrait of a Gentleman
ca. 1747
11
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Lady Gertrude, Marchioness of Halifax
undated
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Gainsborough
undated
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Gainsborough
undated
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Study of a Woman in a Mob Cap
undated
15
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Gainsborough
undated
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Jacobus Houbraken, 1698–1780
General Henry Ireton
1742