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Paintings and Sculpture
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Devis, Arthur William, 1762–1822
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Pether, Abraham, 1756–1812
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Robert, D., active ca. 1775–1800
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Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
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Paintings
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male
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18th century
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canvas
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oil paint
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painting (technique)
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landscape
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portrait
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figures
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landscape
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men
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river
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blanket
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blue
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building
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burning
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castle
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cliffs
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clouds
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columns
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conversation piece
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cottage
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Bihar
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India
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Sasaram
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Exhibition History
Art in Focus : Joseph Wright and the Spectacle of Science (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-03-30 - 2007-06-11)
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Art in Focus : The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06)
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Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2001-02-25 - 2001-05-20)
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Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (The Grand Rapids Art Museum, 1999-10-22 - 2000-01-02)
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Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1998-02-08 - 1998-04-26)
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Company Culture (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-09-16 - 2004-01-05)
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Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's " Cottage Door " (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2006-02-11 - 2006-05-14)
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Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's " Cottage Door " (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-10-06 - 2005-12-31)
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The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
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The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Cottage on Fire at Night
between 1785 and 1793
Not on view
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Arthur William Devis, 1762–1822
A Couple, Traditionally Identified as Mr. and Mrs. Fraser
1785 to 1790
Not on view
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D. Robert, active ca. 1775–1800
Tomb of Sher Shah, Sasaram, Bihar
ca. 1790
Not on view
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Abraham Pether, 1756–1812
Wooded Hilly Landscape
1785
Not on view