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Henderson, John, 1764–1843
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Stothard, Thomas, 1755–1834
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Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814
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Swinburne, Henry, 1743–1803
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Davis, Samuel, 1760–1819
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Fisher, George Bulteel, 1764–1834
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Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
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Day, William, 1764–1807
2
Pocock, Nicholas, 1740–1821
2
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
2
Canaletto, 1697–1768
1
Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
1
Downman, John, 1750–1824
1
Ducros, Abraham Louis Rodolphe, 1748–1810
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Gardner, Daniel, 1750–1805
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Heriot, George, 1766–1844
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Johnson, Isaac, 1754–1835
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Morrison, Robert, active ca. 1791
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Müntz, John Henry, 1727–1798
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Sillett, James, 1764–1840
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1822
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1838
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1730
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
44
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
2
Creator Gender
male
46
Collective Title
Collection of Sketches by Henry Swinburne
5
Surveys of Edward Bacon's Seat at Earlham House
1
Period
18th century
29
18th century-19th century
17
Materials & Techniques
graphite
26
wove paper
26
laid paper
24
watercolor
23
pen
20
gray wash
18
brown ink
17
black ink
14
gray ink
12
pens
7
blue wash
3
white gouache
2
black chalk
1
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brown wash
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gouache
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linen
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oil paint
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watercolor
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landscape
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architectural subject
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cityscape
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genre subject
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literary theme
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religious and mythological subject
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sporting art
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marine art
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portrait
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military art
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animal art
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historical subject
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architectural subject
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genre subject
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men
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landscape
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leisure
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literary theme
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mythology
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religious and mythological subject
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sporting art
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portrait
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Grand Tour
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Greek mythology
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Telemachus and Calypso
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boats
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buildings
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cityscape
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games
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marine art
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nymphs
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ships
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Europe
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England
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United Kingdom
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London
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Italy
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Southwark
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Venice
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Barnet
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Barrow-in-Furness
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Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine
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Chelsea
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City of London
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Colosseum
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Como
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Como, Lago di
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Croydon
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Cumbria
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Telemachus
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Calypso, Nymph in Greek mythology, who lived on the island of Ogygia
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Mentor
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Boswell, James (1740–1795), lawyer, diarist, and biographer of Samuel Johnson
1
Boswell, James (1778–1822), barrister and literary scholar
1
Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie [Peggie] (1738?–1789)
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Boswell, Sir Alexander, first baronet (1775–1822), poet and politician
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Casamajor, Mary (nee Grant)
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Monsey, Messenger (1693–1788), physician
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Robert [called Robert Curthose], duke of Normandy (b. in or after 1050, d. 1134), prince and crusader
1
Samuel Johnson
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Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
6
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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Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31)
1
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
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English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
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Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)
1
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28)
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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15)
1
Seascapes - Marine Paintings and Watercolors from the U Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 2009-05-28 - 2009-08-23)
1
The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
1
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
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Thomas Rowlandson - Pleasures and Pursuits in Georgian England (Block Museum of Art, 2011-01-14 - 2011-03-13)
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Thomas Rowlandson - Pleasures and Pursuits in Georgian England (Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 2011-04-08 - 2011-06-12)
1
Thomas Rowlandson from the Paul Mellon Collection (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2005-04-14 - 2005-06-10)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
35
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Wilmarth S. Lewis, B.A. 1918
6
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
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Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Bindman and Frances Carey in Memory of Diana Vincent-Daviss
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Isaac Johnson, 1754–1835
Plan of an Estate Lying in Grundisburgh and Clopton
1779
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Robert Morrison, active ca. 1791
Design for Court of Edinburgh University
1779
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John Henderson, 1764–1843
Castle on the Sea Coast
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Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros, 1748–1810
Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum
1779
5
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Coits Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common
ca. 1784
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Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Foot Ball played at Market Place, Barnet
ca. 1784
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Providence—The Protection of Drunken Men
ca. 1784
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Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Fives played at the Tennis court Leicester Fields
ca. 1784
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Vauxhall Gardens
ca. 1784
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John Thomas Smith, 1766–1833
Studies from the Bust of Samuel Johnson
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James Sillett, 1764–1840
Pockthorpe, Norwich
undated
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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
ca. 1784
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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
ca. 1784
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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
ca. 1784
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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
ca. 1784
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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
ca. 1784
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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
ca. 1784
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George Bulteel Fisher, 1764–1834
View of Portsmouth Harbor with Shipping, Showing Buildings on Shore
undated
19
Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Krieglach, Austria
1779
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Gressenberg
1779
21
Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Mürzzuschlag, Austria
1779
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Leoben, Austria
1779
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Welden, Germany
1779
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John Henderson, 1764–1843
Lord Penryn's Slate Quarries
undated
25
Attributed to John Henderson, 1764–1843
Como From Across the Lake
undated
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Attributed to John Henderson, 1764–1843
A Town on the Lake of Geneva
undated
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John Henderson, 1764–1843
Venetian Scene
undated
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John Henderson, 1764–1843
Venetian Fantasy
undated
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Attributed to John Henderson, 1764–1843
Gateway to a Castle: approached by a bridge
undated
30
John Henry Müntz, 1727–1798
Landscape with Sportsman and Guns
1779
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Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Trap Ball Played at the Black Prince, Newington, Butts
ca. 1784
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Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Four Corners Played at the Swan, Chelsea
ca. 1784
33
Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
View of the Tryall in Two Positions
1779
34
George Heriot, 1766–1844
Furness Abbey
undated
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John Thomas Smith, 1766–1833
Dr. Messenger Monsey of Chelsea Hospital, 1693-1788
undated
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John Thomas Smith, 1766–1833
James Boswell and His Family
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John Downman, 1750–1824
Robert, Duke of Normandy
1779
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Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
The Mars in Three Positions
1779
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George Bulteel Fisher, 1764–1834
View of St. Paul's from Greenwich
undated
40
George Bulteel Fisher, 1764–1834
River Landscape - On the Thames
undated
41
Daniel Gardner, 1750–1805
Mrs. Justinian Casamajor and Eight of her Children
1779
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William Day, 1764–1807
Wooded Rocks by a Stream (Derbyshire?)
undated
43
William Day, 1764–1807
A Scene in Derbyshire; Industrial Works spanning a River
undated
44
Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Madeira
1779
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Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Funchal, Madeira: A Square with a Church
1779
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Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Sugar Loaf, Cape of Good Hope
1779