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Dance, Nathaniel, 1735–1811
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Laroon, Marcellus the Younger, 1679–1772
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portrait
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Colosseum
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Temple of Jupiter Stator
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Grant, Sir James, of Grant, eighth baronet (1738–1811), agricultural improver and politician
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Jupiter
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Mytton, John [Jack] (1796–1834), sportsman and eccentric
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Robinson, Thomas, second Baron Grantham (1738–1786), diplomatist
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Wynne, Thomas (1736–1807), later Baron Newborough
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Exhibition History
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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Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
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Grand Tour - The Lure of Italy in the Eighteenth Century (Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1997-02-05 - 1997-04-07)
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Grand Tour - The Lure of Italy in the Eighteenth Century (Tate Britain, 1996-10-10 - 1997-01-06)
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Noble Simplicity and Silent Greatness - Neoclassical Art from 1700 - 1900 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1991-04-26 - 1991-09-29)
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The Anglo-American Artist in Italy 1750-1820 (University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, 1982-04-07 - 1982-05-09)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772
Musical Conversation
ca. 1760
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Nathaniel Dance, 1735–1811
James Grant of Grant, John Mytton, the Hon. Thomas Robinson, and Thomas Wynne
ca. 1760
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