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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
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Downman, John, 1750–1824
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Haugh, George, 1756–1827
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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unknown
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Collective Title
The Agreeable Surprise
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18th century
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18th century-19th century
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laid paper
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black chalk
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brown ink
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brown wash
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gouache
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oil paint
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ruffles
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The Agreeable Surprise, play by John O'Keeffe, 1781
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Bath
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Bath and Northeast Somerset
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England
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Cowslip (character in The Agreeable Surprise)
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Edwin, John, the elder (1749–1790), actor and singer
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Howard, Catherine (née Proctor), Countess of Effingham (1746–1791)
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Lingo (character in The Agreeable Surprise)
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Wells [née Davies; other married name Sumbel], Mary Stephens (1762–1829), actress
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Exhibition History
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
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Side - by - Side with Gun and Dog (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2015-09-25 - 2016-04-03)
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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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Three Centuries of Tradition: The Renaissance of Custom Sporting Arms in America (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2003-07-05 - 2003-10-05)
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Three Centuries of Tradition: The Renaissance of Custom Sporting Arms in America (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2004-01-25 - 2004-04-26)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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George Haugh, 1756–1827
Catherine Howard (née Proctor), Countess of Effingham with Gun and Shooting Dogs
1787
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The Long Minuet as Danced at Bath
after 1787
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John Downman, 1750–1824
John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"
1787