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Carter, John, 1748–1817
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Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
5
Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
4
Opie, John, 1761–1807
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Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
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Smith, John, 1749–1831
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Unknown artist
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Yenn, John, 1750–1821
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Downman, John, 1750–1824
1
Gore, Charles, 1729–1807
1
Griffith, Moses, 1747–1819
1
Grimm, Samuel Hieronymus, 1733–1794
1
Hackert, Jakob Phillip, 1737–1807
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Humphry, Ozias, 1742–1810
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Pars, William, 1742–1782
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
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Swinburne, Henry, 1743–1803
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Tobin, J., active 1776
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1721
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1600
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
38
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Free to Use
36
Under Certain Circumstances
2
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36
Unavailable
2
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
35
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
3
Creator Gender
male
32
female
4
unknown
2
Collective Title
King Lear
2
Collection of Sketches by Henry Swinburne
1
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1
The Winter's Tale
1
Period
18th century
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Materials & Techniques
laid paper
32
graphite
28
black ink
23
watercolor
21
wove paper
12
pen
8
gray wash
6
brown ink
5
gray ink
5
brown wash
4
scraping
4
black chalk
3
pens
3
red chalk
3
gouache
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red ink
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white chalk
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blue wash
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crayon
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watercolor
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architectural subject
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landscape
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figure study
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literary theme
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genre subject
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marine art
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portrait
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cartographic material
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cityscape
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architectural subject
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landscape
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trees
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Grand Tour
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church
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mountains
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woman
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figure study
5
literary theme
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men
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hills
4
lake
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plays by William Shakespeare
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portrait
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standing
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Classical
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buildings
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clouds
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dress
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Associated Places
United Kingdom
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England
8
City of Westminster
7
House of Commons
7
London
7
Palace of Westminster
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St. Stephen's Chapel, Palace of Westminster
7
Europe
6
Italy
4
Switzerland
4
Alps
2
Rome
2
Aare
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Anglesey
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Bohemia
1
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
1
Church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti
1
Czech Republic
1
France
1
Fucino, Conca del
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
5
Cordelia (character in King Lear)
2
King Lear (character in King Lear)
2
Antigonus (character in The Winter's Tale)
1
Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
1
Perdita (character in The Winter's Tale)
1
Stubbs, George (1724–1806), painter, engraver, and anatomist
1
Wesley [Westley], John (1703–1791), Church of England clergyman and a founder of Methodism
1
Exhibition History
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
6
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
5
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
4
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
3
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
2
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
2
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
2
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)
2
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
2
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
2
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
32
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon
4
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
2
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel
ca. 1781
2
J. Tobin, active 1776
Preparing to lay eel traps
undated
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William Pars, 1742–1782
A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio
1776
4
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Choir and Orchestra (A Choral Band)
1776
5
Jakob Phillip Hackert, 1737–1807
Lake Nemi
1776
6
John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Draped Classical Torso
undated
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Classical Female Figure
undated
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Standing Classical Male Figure with Spear
undated
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Groins of the Cloisters, Adjoining St Stephen's Chapel West
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Groins of the Undercroft of St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Standing Classical Female Figure
undated
17
Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Personalized Design
1776
18
Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810
Study of the Artist's Mother Sewing
ca. 1776
19
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare
1776
20
Moses Griffith, 1747–1819
View of Baron Hill, Anglesey, Wales
1776
21
Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Lago Fucino
1776
22
unknown artist
L'Orient 1776: Map of the Port of Orient
1776
23
unknown artist
Rochefort 1776
1776
24
John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Isola Madre, Lago Maggiore
ca. 1781
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John Downman, 1750–1824
Portrait of a Divine Called Reverend John Wesley
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ophelia's Death
ca. 1781
27
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
28
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Antigonus Disposing of Perdita
ca. 1781
29
Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Kennington Common
1776
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
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John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
A View of Tivoli Looking Towards Rome
ca. 1781
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Interlaken
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Between Chamonix and Martigny
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Lake of Geneva from the Canton of Berne
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Falls of the Reichenbach
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Upon the Aare between Unterseen and the Lake of Brientz
1776
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John Yenn, 1750–1821
Design for a Doorway
ca. 1781
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John Yenn, 1750–1821
Design for a Doorway
ca. 1781