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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Paintings and Sculpture
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Reference Library
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Creator
Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784
3
Green, John, -1757
2
Armstrong, John, -1758
1
Bellicard, Jérôme Charles, 1726–1786
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Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
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Espiard, François Ignace d', Abbé, 1707–1777
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Gibbs, James, 1682–1754
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Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
1
Gribelin, Simon, 1661 or 1662–1733
1
Hall, Joseph, 1574–1656
1
Hay, William, 1695–1755
1
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
1
Lemprière, Clement
1
Major, Thomas, 1720–1799
1
Oakley, Edward, active 18th century
1
Price, Francis, -1753
1
Ravenet, Simon François, 1706–1774
1
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
1
Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660–1753
1
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
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1791
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1750
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1786
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1757
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1771
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1783
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1788
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1754
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1769
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1760
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1773
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1781
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1777
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1779
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1782
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1755
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1762
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1768
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1774
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1753
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1763
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1766
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1751
28
1772
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1748
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1767
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1752
25
1758
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1756
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1759
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1765
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1720
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1735
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1730
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1725
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1749
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1764
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1737
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1741
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1745
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1747
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1761
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1743
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1731
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1740
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1715
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1732
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1719
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1728
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1733
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1710
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1713
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1727
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1705
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1734
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1742
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1744
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1703
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1708
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1714
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1746
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1707
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1712
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1721
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1722
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1704
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1709
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1723
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1800
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1701
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1618
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Books
22
Maps & Atlas (printed)
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Archives & Manuscripts
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unknown
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male
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18th century
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canvas
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oil paint
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engraving
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etching
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armorial bookplates (provenance)
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wood engraving
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atlase
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broadside
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commonplace book
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diarie
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early work
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engravings (prints)
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ephemera
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history
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map
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nautical chart
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painting
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pilot guide
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prospectuse
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travel literature
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Genre
portrait
1
Subject Terms
Dodsley, R. -- Publisher.
3
Rocque, John -- Publisher.
3
America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
2
Baldwin, R. -- Publisher.
2
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1753.
2
Jefferys, Thomas d. 1771 -- Publisher.
2
Minorca (Spain) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
2
Rocque, John, -1762 -- Provenance.
2
Ackers, C. and J. -- Printer.
1
Aesthetics -- Early works to 1800.
1
America -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
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America -- Discovery and exploration.
1
Apologetics -- Early works to 1800.
1
Apologetics -- History -- 18th century.
1
Architectural drawing -- Early works to 1800.
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Architectural drawing.
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Architecture -- Details -- Early works to 1800.
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Architecture -- Details.
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Architecture -- Orders.
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Architecture -- Syria -- Tadmur.
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18th century
4
19th century
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Associated Places
England
3
America
2
France
2
Great Britain
2
London
2
Minorca (Spain)
2
Atlantic Coast
1
China
1
Herculaneum (Extinct city)
1
North America
1
Syria
1
Tadmur (Syria)
1
Thionville (France)
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Vesuvius (Italy)
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Virginia
1
Associated People
Canning, Elizabeth, 1734–1773
1
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
1
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
1
Rolleston, Dorothy (née Burdett) (1715–1794), wife of Reverend John Rolleston (1705–1770)
1
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
1
Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660–1753
1
Exhibition History
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
2
Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
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On loan from the Rolleston family
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Language
English
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French
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Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Dorothy, Mrs. John Rolleston (née Burdett)
1753
Not on view
2
The emperor of China's palace at Pekin
MDCCLIII [1753]
3
Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
The analysis of beauty
1753
4
Ravenet, Simon François, 1706–1774
[Engravings of horses]
1753
5
Espiard, François Ignace d', Abbé, 1707–1777
The spirit of nations
1753
6
Spence, Joseph, 1699–1768
Moralities: or, Essays, letters, fables;
1753
7
Wood, Robert, 1717?-1771
Les ruines de Palmyre, autrement dite, Tedmor au desert
MDCCLIII [1753]
8
Journal in France
circa 1753
9
Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray
MDCCLIII [1753]
10
The English pilot
MDCCLIII [1753]
11
Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660–1753
The will of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., deceased
MDCCLIII [1753]
12
Hay, William, 1695–1755
Religio philosophi: or, The principles of morality and Christianity,
1753
13
Bellicard, Jérôme Charles, 1726–1786
Observations upon the antiquities of the town of Herculaneum
1753 [1754?]
14
Green, John, -1757
Remarks in support of the new chart of North and South America
1753
15
Hall, Joseph, 1574–1656
Virgidemiarum, satires in six books
1753
16
Gibbs, James, 1682–1754
Rules for drawing the several parts of architecture
MDCCLIII [1753]
17
Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784
An essay on ridicule ..
1753
18
Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784
A letter to the right honourable Earl of -----
1753
19
Armstrong, John, -1758
A plan of St. Philips Castle, on the island of Minorca
1756
20
Lemprière, Clement
A new and accurate survey of the island of Minorca
1753
21
Price, Francis, -1753
A series of particular and useful observations
1753
22
Oakley, Edward, active 18th century
Plan tres exact de Thionville
1753
23
Sir, there is a scheme set on foot for erecting a publick academy for the improvement of the arts of painting, sculpture and architecture ..
1753
24
Major, Thomas, 1720–1799
A catalogue of prints
1753
25
Werge, John, 1728–
A collection of original poems, essays, and epistles
1753
26
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain.
M.DCC.LIII [1753]
27
Gribelin, Simon, 1661 or 1662–1733
A book of ornam[ents] invented & engrav[ed by] S. Gribelin
[between 1753 and 1763]
28
Green, John, -1757
A chart of North and South America
1753
29
Stith, William, 1707–1755
The history of the first discovery and settlement of Virginia
1753
30
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Commonplace book,
1753-1760