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Prints and Drawings
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Paintings and Sculpture
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Romney, George, 1734–1802
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Hudson, Thomas, 1707–1779
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Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Paintings
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male
15
unknown
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18th century
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18th century-19th century
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unknown period
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graphite
8
laid paper
8
painting (technique)
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canvas
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oil paint
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brown ink
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portrait
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King Lear, play by William Shakespeare
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barrister
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boy
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Aislabie, Elizabeth (1722?-1780)
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Canidia
1
Chloe, from Longus' novel "Daphnis and Chloe"
1
Daphnis
1
Fitzgerald, Pamela [formerly Anne Caroline Stéphanie Sims; Lady Edward Fitzgerald] (1776?–1831), celebrity and associate of Irish nationalists
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Gravenor (née Colman), Ann
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Gravenor, Ann
1
Gravenor, Elizabeth
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Gravenor, John, apothecary
1
Hygeia
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King Lear (character in King Lear)
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Palmer, John
1
Ramus, Benedetta
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Susanna
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Exhibition History
In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30)
2
The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
2
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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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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George Romney (1734-1802) (National Portrait Gallery, 2002-05-30 - 2002-08-18)
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George Romney (1734-1802) (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2002-09-15 - 2002-12-01)
1
George Romney (1734-1802) (Walker Art Gallery, 2002-02-07 - 2002-04-28)
1
Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2002-02-01 - 2002-05-05)
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Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-12-30)
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Manners and Morals - Hogarth and British Painting 1700-1760 (Tate Britain, 1987-10-15 - 1988-01-03)
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This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998-05-01 - 1998-07-05)
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This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of South Australia, 1998-09-16 - 1998-11-15)
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This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Queensland Art Gallery, 1998-07-15 - 1998-09-06)
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Thomas Gainsborough (Tate) (Musée du Louvre, 1981-02-07 - 1981-04-26)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
4
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938, to the Yale University Art Gallery
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth
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Yale Center for British Art, Given by Richard Teitz, Yale BA 1963, in celebration of the 50th Reunion of his class, and in memory of Alexander Teitz, Yale BA 1934, and Lucille Teitz
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William Hogarth, 1697–1764
John Palmer, Barrister of the Inner Temple
1749
Not on view
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
The Gravenor Family
ca. 1754
On view
3
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
A Family, Traditionally Identified as the Swaine Family of Fencroft, Cambridgeshire
1749
On view
4
Thomas Hudson, 1707–1779
Portrait of a Woman, Probably Elizabeth Aislabie, of Studley Royal, Yorkshire
1749
Not on view
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Male Head 2
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Male Head 1
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Two studies for a male portrait
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Pamela
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Canidia and the Youth
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George Romney, 1734–1802
"Lear in the Storm," King Lear, Act III, Scene II
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Seated Nude Woman (Hygeia at Doctor Graham's)
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Daphnis and Chloe
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Charity
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Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Thomas Griffin, Esq
c.1749
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unknown artist
Benedetta Ramus
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