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Prints and Drawings
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Brunias, Agostino, 1728–1796
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Nixon, John, ca. 1760–1818
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Burney, Edward Francis, 1760–1848
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Barker, Thomas, 1769–1847
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Payne, William, active 1850s
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Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
10
Not on view
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Free to Use
13
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Available
13
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Drawings & Watercolors
10
Paintings
3
Creator Gender
male
13
Period
18th century
7
18th century-19th century
6
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graphite
5
laid paper
5
wove paper
5
black ink
3
canvas
3
oil paint
3
painting (technique)
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watercolor
3
black chalk
2
gray ink
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gray wash
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stumping
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board
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marine art
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men
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costume
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people
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selling
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baby
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boat
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boats
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chairs
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coats
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cottage
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dresses
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leisure
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West Indies
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Dominica
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Europe
2
Lesser Antilles
2
Roseau
2
United Kingdom
2
Devon
1
England
1
Esk
1
Midlothian
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Roslin
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Roslin Castle
1
Scotland
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Torbay
1
Torquay
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Associated People
Elliot, Ann (1743–1769), courtesan and actress
1
Handel, George Frideric (1685–1759), composer
1
Exhibition History
Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's " Cottage Door " (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2006-02-11 - 2006-05-14)
2
Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's " Cottage Door " (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-10-06 - 2005-12-31)
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Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
2
American Adversaries - West and Copley in a Transatlantic World (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2013-09-22 - 2014-01-19)
1
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)
1
Caribbean - Crossroads of the World (El Museo del Barrio, 2012-06-12 - 2013-01-06)
1
Caribbean - Crossroads of the World (Perez Art Museum Miami, - )
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English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
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Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
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Historias Afro-Atlanticas (Instituto Tomie Ohtake, 2018-06-28 - 2018-10-21)
1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (National Gallery of Scotland, 2009-11-07 - 2010-02-07)
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Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, 2009-07-25 - 2009-10-18)
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Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (Royal Academy of Arts, 2010-03-13 - 2010-06-13)
1
Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn (New York Historical Society, 2011-11-11 - 2012-04-15)
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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
1
The Black Figure in the European Imaginary (Cornell Fine Arts Museum, 2017-01-20 - 2017-05-15)
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The Interwoven Globe - Worldwide Textile Trade, 1500-1800 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2013-09-10 - 2014-01-05)
1
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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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr., transfer from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
A Linen Market with a Linen-stall and Vegetable Seller in the West Indies
ca. 1780
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Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Linen Market, Dominica
ca. 1780
Not on view
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Agostino Brunias, 1728–1796
Market Day, Roseau, Dominica
ca. 1780
Not on view
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Roslin Castle, Midlothian
ca. 1780
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John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Study for, In Mr. Barnard's Boat, Kingston
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John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Binstead Parsonage, Isle of Wight
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Mother and Children Seated on Cloud
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John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
In Mr. Barnard's Boat, Kingston
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William Payne, active 1850s
Torquay
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Amateurs at Tye Wig Music
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
A Young Girl Holding a Child
ca. 1780
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Wooded Landscape with Figures outside a Cottage Door
between 1775 and 1780
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Studies of Girls Carrying Faggots
ca. 1780