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Smart, John, 1741–1811
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Barry, James, 1741–1806
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Cosway, Richard, 1742–1821
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Falconet, Pierre-Etienne, 1741–1791
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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unknown
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18th century-19th century
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18th century
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watercolor
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graphite
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laid paper
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ivory
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wove paper
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Dodington, George Bubb, Baron Melcombe (1690/91–1762), politician and diarist
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Johnson, Samuel (1709–1784), author and lexicographer
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Robinson, Thomas, first Baron Grantham (1695–1770), diplomatist and politician
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Stubbs, George (1724–1806), painter, engraver, and anatomist
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Wigram, William Pitt (1806–1870), Reverend
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Wingram, Eleanor [nee Watts] (1767–1841)
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Exhibition History
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
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George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05)
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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Herman W. Liebert
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John Smart, 1741–1811
Portrait of a Young Man
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Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Portrait of a Young Lady
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Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Study for the Portrait of William Guise
ca. 1761
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Caricature of George Bubb Dodington and Sir Thomas Robinson
ca. 1761
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Pierre-Etienne Falconet, 1741–1791
George Stubbs
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unknown artist
Samuel Johnson
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John Smart, 1741–1811
Miss Bennett
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John Smart, 1741–1811
Mrs. Ward
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John Smart, 1741–1811
Lady Wigram with Her Infant Son, William Pitt Wigram
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John Smart, 1741–1811
Lady George Sutton
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John Smart, 1741–1811
Lt. Charles Kenworthy Smart
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John Smart, 1741–1811
Portrait of a young man taken from the life, facing left
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