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Adam, Robert, 1728–1792
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Bates, Lydia, active 1784
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Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
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18th century
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Headfort House
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Kells
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Leinster
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Meath
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Johnson, Samuel (1709–1784), author and lexicographer
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Montagu (née Robinson), Elizabeth (1718–1800), author and literary hostess
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Exhibition History
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
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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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Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Sculpture depicting three heads
undated
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Print made by Lydia Bates, active 1784
Literary Characters Assembled around the Medallion of Shakespeare
ca. 1777
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Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Headfort House: Staircase Entablature
1772