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Prints and Drawings
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Bell, John, 1745–1831
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Hall, John, 1739–1797
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Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
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Pine, Robert Edge, 1730–1788
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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unknown
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Bell's British Theatre
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18th century
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18th century-19th century
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laid paper
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brown ink
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canvas
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etching (printing process)
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line engraving
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oil paint
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watercolor
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drawing
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literary theme
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theater (discipline)
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woman
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actress
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costume
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gesture
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Classical
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Greek mythology
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Medea (play)
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book
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boys
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bracelets (jewelry)
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chair
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child
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children
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clouds
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column (architectural element)
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comedy
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crying
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Associated People
Abington, Frances (1737–1815), actress
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Medea
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Yates [née Graham], Mary Ann (1728–1787), actress and theatre manager
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characters
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Exhibition History
"Brilliant Effects" [ Jewels ] (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-07-10 - 2004-01-10)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Caught in the Act - Portraits of Women in the Eighteenth Century (National Portrait Gallery, 2011-10-20 - 2012-01-08)
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Citizens and Kings, Portraiture in the Age of David and Goya - 1770-1830 (Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2006-10-02 - 2007-01-09)
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Crown to Couture (Kensington Palace, 2023-04-05 - 2023-10-29)
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Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2002-02-01 - 2002-05-05)
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Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-12-30)
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Joshua Reynolds : the Creation of Celebrity (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2005-02-12 - 2005-05-01)
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Joshua Reynolds : the Creation of Celebrity (Tate Britain, 2005-05-21 - 2005-09-18)
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Sir Joshua Reynolds (RA) (Royal Academy of Arts, 1986-01-16 - 1986-03-30)
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Sir Joshua Reynolds (RA) (Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1985-10-07 - 1985-12-16)
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Sir Joshua Reynolds - experiments in paint (The Wallace Collection, London, 2015-03-12 - 2015-06-07)
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This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998-05-01 - 1998-07-05)
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This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of South Australia, 1998-09-16 - 1998-11-15)
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This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Queensland Art Gallery, 1998-07-15 - 1998-09-06)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Frances Abington (née Barton) as Miss Prue in William Congreve’s “Love for Love”
1771
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Print made by John Hall, 1739–1797
Comedies
ca. 1776
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unknown artist
Mrs. Yates in the Character of Medea
after 1771