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Canaletto, 1697–1768
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
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Hayman, Francis, 1707/8–1776
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Nickolls, Joseph, active 1713–ca. 1755
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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18th century
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oil paint
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painting
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portrait
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England
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Atherton, Robert Vernon Gwillym (ca. 1741–1783)
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Charles I (1600–1649), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
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Gwillym, Elizabeth (née Atherton, 1721–1763)
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Gwillym, Jane (life dates unknown)
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Gwillym, Robert (ca. 1714–1776)
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Gwillym, Robert (life dates unknown), father of Robert Gwillym (ca. 1714–1776)
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Gwillym, William (life dates unknown)
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Jones, Inigo (1573–1652), architect and theatre designer
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Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–1792), portrait and history painter and art theorist
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Smollett, Tobias George (1721–1771), writer
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Exhibition History
Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2001-02-25 - 2001-05-20)
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Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (The Grand Rapids Art Museum, 1999-10-22 - 2000-01-02)
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Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1998-02-08 - 1998-04-26)
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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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Canaletto in England - A Venetian Artist Abroad, 1746-1755 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-19 - 2006-12-31)
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
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The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
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Arthur Devis (Harris Museum and Art Gallery, 1983-11-25 - 1984-01-29)
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Arthur Devis (National Portrait Gallery, 1983-10-01 - 1983-11-12)
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British Painting and the European Continent (Haus der Kunst Munich, 1979-11-20 - 1980-01-27)
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Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29)
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Inventing Old Virginia : The Decline and Rise of a Pastoral Ideal (Virginia Historical Society, 2003-02-22 - 2003-06-15)
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Joshua Reynolds : the Creation of Celebrity (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2005-02-12 - 2005-05-01)
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Joshua Reynolds : the Creation of Celebrity (Tate Britain, 2005-05-21 - 2005-09-18)
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Life in England 1750 - 1850 (Paul Mellon Arts Center, 1990-03-27 - 1990-05-21)
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Mrs Delany & Her Circle (Yale Center for British Art, 2009-09-24 - 2010-01-03)
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Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
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The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
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Thomas Gainsborough (Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2003-06-15 - 2003-09-14)
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Thomas Gainsborough (National Gallery of Art, 2003-02-09 - 2003-05-04)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Robert Gwillym, Elizabeth Gwillym (née Atherton), and Their Family
1745 to 1747
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Canaletto, 1697–1768
Westminster from Near the Terrace of Somerset House
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Arches of Westminster Bridge
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Canaletto, 1697–1768
The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Portrait of a Young Man with Powdered Hair
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Charing Cross, with the Statue of King Charles I and Northumberland House
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Portrait of a Woman
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Self-Portrait
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Attributed to Robert Scaddan, 1720–1802
Portrait of a Man, called Tobias Smollett
ca. 1750
Not on view