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Prints and Drawings
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Paintings and Sculpture
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Creator
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
4
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
2
Dance, Nathaniel, 1735–1811
1
Downman, John, 1750–1824
1
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
1
Grose, Francis Capt., 1731–1791
1
Mabon, Robert, died 1798
1
Moore, James, 1762–1799
1
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
1
Sequeira, Domingos Antonio de, 1768–1837
1
Smith, John, 1749–1831
1
Unknown artist
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1797
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1745
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1739
43
1717
37
1789
31
1738
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1762
25
1799
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1780
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1795
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1790
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1749
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1775
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1719
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1754
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1779
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1794
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1771
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1772
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1740
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1785
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1770
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1792
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1765
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1773
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1776
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1782
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1791
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1760
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1793
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1787
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1769
11
1753
10
1774
10
1777
10
1783
10
1786
10
1750
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1755
9
1763
9
1788
9
1798
9
1730
8
1764
8
1796
8
1735
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1744
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1746
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1752
7
1781
7
1700
6
1729
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1731
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1741
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1742
6
1743
6
1766
6
1767
6
1784
6
1720
5
1759
5
1710
4
1715
4
1732
4
1736
4
1737
4
1747
4
1748
4
1751
4
1757
4
1761
4
1701
3
1725
3
1727
3
1733
3
1756
3
1768
3
1778
3
1800
3
1695
2
1705
2
1709
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1712
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1714
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1722
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1723
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1728
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1758
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1706
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1713
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1716
1
1718
1
1721
1
1724
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1726
1
1734
1
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
10
Not on view
2
Image Use
Free to Use
12
Image Available
Available
12
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
6
Prints
4
Paintings
2
Creator Gender
male
11
unknown
1
Collective Title
The Agreeable Surprise
1
Period
18th century
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Materials & Techniques
laid paper
6
watercolor
5
black ink
4
graphite
4
wove paper
4
canvas
2
etching (printing process)
2
mezzotint
2
oil paint
2
painting (technique)
2
pen
2
stipple engraving
2
black chalk
1
black wash
1
gouache
1
line engraving
1
squaring (transferring technique)
1
stumping
1
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Work Type
drawing
6
watercolor
5
intaglio print
4
painting
2
Genre
portrait
6
genre subject
2
architectural subject
1
figure study
1
landscape
1
literary theme
1
religious and mythological subject
1
Subject Terms
man
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coat
6
portrait
6
costume
3
cravat
3
oval
3
politician
3
wig
3
woman
3
baron
2
barrister
2
buttons
2
child
2
clouds
2
genre subject
2
lawyer
2
magistrate
2
ruffles
2
Hindu
1
Portuguese
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Associated Places
England
1
Hertfordshire
1
South Mimms
1
United Kingdom
1
Associated People
Dunning, John, first Baron Ashburton (1731–1783), barrister and politician
2
Cowslip (character in The Agreeable Surprise)
1
Edwin, John, the elder (1749–1790), actor and singer
1
Grose, Francis (bap. 1731, d. 1791), antiquary
1
Lingo (character in The Agreeable Surprise)
1
Moore, James (British painter, 1762–1799)
1
Pinto de Sousa Coutinho, Luis, first Viscount Balsemão (1735–1804 )
1
Pitt, William [known as Pitt the younger] (1759–1806), prime minister
1
Smith, Walter
1
Wells [née Davies; other married name Sumbel], Mary Stephens (1762–1829), actress
1
Exhibition History
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
2
Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31)
1
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
1
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
1
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (National Maritime Museum, 2005-08-25 - 2005-10-25)
1
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02)
1
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
1
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
11
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove
1
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Walter Smith
1787
Not on view
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Studio of Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
William Pitt
1787 to 1789
Not on view
3
Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
South Mimms Church, Hertfordshire
1787
4
James Moore, 1762–1799
The Artist Sketching Mlle. de St. Legier as a Shepherdess
1787
5
Robert Mabon, died 1798
A Hindu Austere
ca. 1792
6
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
John Dunning
1787
7
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Maniac
1787
8
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Francis Grose
1787
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
John Dunning
1787
10
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Luis Pinto de Sousa Coutinho, 1st Viscount of Balsemão
before 1797
11
John Downman, 1750–1824
John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"
1787
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John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Bay Scene in Moonlight
1787