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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
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Collet, John, ca. 1725–1780
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De, Wilde Samuel, 1748–1832
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Unknown artist
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Clowes, Butler, active 1768, died 1782
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Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
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Prints
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male
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unknown
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18th century
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laid paper
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mezzotint
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canvas
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oil paint
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painting (technique)
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curtain
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men
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books
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Firenze
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Florence
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Toscana
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Exhibition History
British Comic Art 1730 - 1830 (Museum of Art and Archaelogy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1988-10-14 - 1988-12-04)
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Three Centuries of Comic Art-Eighteenth Century Satire: John Collet (Museum of Art and Archaelogy, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1998-06-06 - 1998-08-23)
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Art in Focus : Joseph Wright and the Spectacle of Science (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-03-30 - 2007-06-11)
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Crafting Worldviews: European Instruments of Art and Science from Yale University (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-02-17 - 2023-06-25)
1
Eighteenth Century - Art Civilization in the Rococo Era (Nationalmuseum, 1979-09 - 1980-01)
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Hogarth, Reynolds, Turner: British Painting and the Rise of Modernity (Fondazione Roma Museo - Palazzo Sciarra, 2014-04-14 - 2014-07-20)
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Mehr Licht. Europe around 1770. Art and the Enlightenment (Stadt Frankfurt Am Main, 1999-08-22 - 2000-01-09)
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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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The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Berkeley Art Museum, 1995-08-23 - 1995-11-19)
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The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 1995-12-10 - 1996-02-04)
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The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Joslyn Art Museum, 1996-03-09 - 1996-05-05)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery
ca. 1768
Not on view
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Thomas Patch, 1725–1782
British Gentlemen at Sir Horace Mann's Home in Florence
between 1763 and 1765
Not on view
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Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
An Actor
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Butler Clowes, active 1768, died 1782
The Hen Peckt Husband
ca. 1768
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Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Head of a Man with a Beard Looking to the Left
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The Wife's Fortune Told
ca. 1768
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The Husband's Fortune Told
ca. 1768