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Pocock, Nicholas, 1740–1821
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Marlow, William, 1740–1813
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Mercier, Philippe, 1689 or 1691–1760
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Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
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Watson, James, 1740–1790
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
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Bowles, John, 1701–1779
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Houston, Richard, ca. 1721–1775
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Pyle, Robert, active 1760–1768
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Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
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male
13
unknown
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Period
18th century
8
18th century-19th century
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Materials & Techniques
laid paper
12
watercolor
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graphite
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mezzotint
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black ink
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black chalk
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brown ink
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brown wash
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gray wash
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wove paper
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drawing
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watercolor
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intaglio print
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figure study
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genre subject
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landscape
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hat
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guitar
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leisure
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music
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woman
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women
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Grand Tour
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autumn
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basket
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beards
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books
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boy
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caricatures
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carrying
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Italy
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Exhibition History
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
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Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31)
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English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
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Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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William Marlow, 1740–1813
Man Seated on a Parapet Waving his Left Arm
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Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Domestick Amusement: Playing the Guitar
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Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Autumn
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John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Reclining Female Figure in an Italian Landscape
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Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Domestic Amusement: Playing on the Guitar
ca. 1760
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John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Studies of Academics
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Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Study of a Girl Seated on a Chair
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Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Child Seated
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Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Figure Studies: Boy Standing
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Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Welsh Peasant Women
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Attributed to William Marlow, 1740–1813
Full-length study of a Man carrying books
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Edward Mason
between 1755 and 1760
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unknown artist
A Jew
ca. 1760
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
A Woman Seated
ca. 1760