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Prints and Drawings
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Downman, John, 1750–1824
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Fisher, Edward, 1722–1785
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Bannerman, Alexander, ca. 1730–1780
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Bryer, Henry, died in or before 1782
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Cosway, Richard, 1742–1821
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Dixon, John, ca. 1740–1811
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Engleheart, George, 1753–1829
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Finlayson, John, 1730–1776
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741–1807
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Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
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Ryland, William Wynne, 1732–1783
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Walton, Henry, 1746–1813
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Abbott, Lemuel, 1760 or 1761–1802
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Batoni, Pompeo, 1708–1787
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Boyne, John, ca. 1750–1810
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Brunias, Agostino, 1728–1796
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Earlom, Richard, 1743–1822
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Facius, George Siegmund, 1750–1804
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Free to Use
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Prints
14
Drawings & Watercolors
10
Paintings
9
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
4
Ceramics
1
Creator Gender
male
36
female
2
unknown
1
Collective Title
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
3
Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting in England
2
Twelfth Night; or, What You Will
1
Period
18th century
33
18th century-19th century
5
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
16
mezzotint
10
oil paint
9
painting (technique)
9
wove paper
8
canvas
7
graphite
7
black chalk
6
watercolor
6
red chalk
5
stumping
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ivory
4
line engraving
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intaglio print
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drawing
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painting
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watercolor
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portrait
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figure study
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man
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oval
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lace
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woman
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costume
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figure study
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cravat
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gaze
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lady
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posing
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buttons
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fichu
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solemn
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wig
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chair
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coat
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Bristol
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England
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Europe
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United Kingdom
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Kirby, John Joshua (1716–1774), painter/draughtsman ,author/poet
2
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
2
Bateson (née Harvey), Elizabeth (1729–1789), married to Richard Bateson, lived at Langley-Marish, Buckinghamshire
1
Beadon, Richard (1737–1824), Bishop
1
Canynges, William (1402–1474), merchant and ecclesiastical benefactor
1
Elliot, Ann (1743–1769), courtesan and actress
1
Erskine, David Stewart, 6th Earl of Buchan (1742–1829), scientific writer
1
Hamilton, Jean [Jean Cathcart, Lady Cathcart] (1726–1771)
1
Harrison, Sir Thomas (1701–1765), Chamberlain of London
1
Leveson-Gower, Granville (1721–1803), first marquess of Stafford politician and landowner
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MacLeod, Colonel Donald of St. Kilda (died April 22, 1813), East India Company officer, married to Diana MacDonald of Tormore, Inverness-shire (died on July 20, 2834)
1
Malvolio (character in Twelfth Night)
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Peter the Wild Boy (ca. 1712–1785)
1
Psyche
1
Exhibition History
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
1
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
1
Historias Afro-Atlanticas (Instituto Tomie Ohtake, 2018-06-28 - 2018-10-21)
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Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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Rosslyn : Country of Painter and Poet (National Galleries of Scotland, 2002-04-10 - 2002-07-07)
1
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
1
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
1
The Interwoven Globe - Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013-09-10 - 2014-01-05)
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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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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport
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Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Hugh E. Henson Jr., Yale LLB 1959, LLM 1968, JSD 1972
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Alexander
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Henry Walton, 1746–1813
Portrait of a young woman, possibly Miss Nettlethorpe
ca. 1770
Not on view
2
Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Elizabeth Bateson (née Harvey)
ca. 1770
Not on view
3
Henry Walton, 1746–1813
Portrait of a Woman, Possibly Miss Nettlethorpe
ca. 1770
Not on view
4
Pompeo Batoni, 1708–1787
William Weddell
between 1765 and 1766
Not on view
5
Attributed to Thomas Hudson, 1707–1779
Alexander van Aken
ca. 1770
Not on view
6
Attributed to Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Anne Pocklington
ca. 1770-1800
Not on view
7
Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Free West Indian Dominicans
ca. 1770
Not on view
8
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Portrait of a Man and a Boy Looking at Prints
between 1765 and 1770
Not on view
9
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
An Unknown Woman
ca. 1770
Not on view
10
Staffordshire pottery
Bust of the Reverend George Whitfield: with ruddy cheeks, prominent mole, black robes and clerical collar
ca. 1770
Not on view
11
Angelica Kauffmann, 1741–1807
Dr. John Morgan of Philadelphia
1765
12
John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Lord Cardross
1765
13
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Sir Thomas Harrison
1765
14
John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Mr. John Joshua Kirby
between 1765 and 1771
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Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Sir Thomas Harrison
1765
16
John Boyne, ca. 1750–1810
Malvolio: Possibly a Self-Portrait in the Role
undated
17
George Siegmund Facius, 1750–1804
Richard Beadon, Bishop of Bath & Wells
undated
18
Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Peter the Wild Boy
between 1765 and 1771
19
Samuel Shelley, 1750–1808
Portrait of a Young Woman as Psyche
undated
20
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
William Shakespeare
ca. 1770
21
Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Lady Cathcart and her Child
ca. 1770
22
Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
The Most Noble Granville Leveson, Earl Gower
1765
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John Finlayson, 1730–1776
Lord Cardross
1765
24
John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Mr. John Joshua Kirby
between 1765 and 1771
25
Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Lady Francis Scott and Lady Elliot
ca. 1770
26
John Downman, 1750–1824
Portrait of a Lady
undated
27
John Downman, 1750–1824
Portrait of a Lady, Facing Front
undated
28
John Downman, 1750–1824
Portrait of a Lady
undated
29
John Downman, 1750–1824
Portrait of a Lady, Facing Left
undated
30
attributed to John Downman, 1750–1824
Portrait of a Girl Holding a Garland
undated
31
Isaac Jehner, 1750–c.1806
William Canynges
undated
32
Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Portrait of an Unknown Lady
ca. 1770
33
Print made by Alexander Bannerman, ca. 1730–1780
William Faithorne
between 1765 and 1790
34
Print made by Alexander Bannerman, ca. 1730–1780
Marc Garrard
1765
35
Daniel Gardner, 1750–1805
Mrs. Jane Mounsey and Child
ca. 1770
36
George Engleheart, 1753–1829
Gentleman from a Pair of Portraits of a Lady and Gentleman
ca. 1770
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George Engleheart, 1753–1829
Lady from a Pair of Portraits of a Lady and Gentleman
ca. 1770
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Charles Shirreff, ca. 1750–1829
Colonel Donald MacLeod of St. Kilda
undated