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Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
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Cosway, Richard, 1742–1821
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Dickinson, William, 1746–1823
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Hone, Horace, 1756–1825
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Hone, Nathaniel, 1718–1784
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Rigaud, John Francis, 1742–1810
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Prints
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male
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18th century
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stipple engraving
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laid paper
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brown ink
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copper
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intaglio print
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portrait
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belt
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By this we'll swear a lasting love
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The Roman Father, play by William Whitehead
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Biggin, George (died 1803)
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Brunton, Anna (born 1773, died?), dramatist
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Horatia
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Lunardi, Vincenzo (1759–1806), balloonist
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Robinson, Mary (1756/1758?–1800), author and actress
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Sage, Letitia Anne (née Hoare; ca.1750–1817) first British woman to fly
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Exhibition History
Imaginative Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-02-01 - 2006-08-18)
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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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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Two Extraordinary Women : The Lives and Art of Maria Cosway (1760-1838) and Mary Darby Robinson (1757-1800) (The Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, 2016-01-29 - 2016-05-01)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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John Francis Rigaud, 1742–1810
Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Letitia Anne Sage (née Hoare), in a Balloon
1785
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Miss Anna Brunton
1785
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Mrs. Siddons
1785
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Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Mary Robinson
1785