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Opie, John, 1761–1807
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Dickinson, William, 1746–1823
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Peters, Matthew William, 1742–1814
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Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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18th century
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laid paper
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wove paper
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black chalk
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graphite
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mezzotint
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drawing
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intaglio print
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watercolor
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figure study
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figure study
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woman
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hands
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bed
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Exhibition History
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (The Library of Congress, 1984-11-13 - 1985-02-26)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985-06-04 - 1985-09-05)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-09-01 - 1985-11-13)
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James Gillray and the Art of Caricature (Tate Britain, 2001-07-07 - 2001-09-02)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare
1776
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Classical Female Figure
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Standing Classical Female Figure
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Standing Classical Male Figure with Spear
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Draped Classical Torso
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Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Lydia
1776
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Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Lydia
1776