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Prints and Drawings
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
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Boydell, John, 1720–1804
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Boydell, Josiah, 1752–1817
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Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759–1838
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Green, Rupert, 1768–1804
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Green, Valentine, 1739–1813
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Romney, George, 1734–1802
2
Anburey, Thomas, 1759–1840
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Chambars, Thomas, ca. 1724–1789
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Cheesman, Thomas, 1760–1834/35
1
Dean, John, 1754–1798
1
Dickinson, William, 1746–1823
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Diemar, E. M., active 1780–1796
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Downman, John, 1750–1824
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Earlom, Richard, 1743–1822
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Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825
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Haugh, George, 1756–1827
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Haughton, Moses Jr., 1772–1848
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Johnson, J, active 1771–1793
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Not on view
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17
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Unavailable
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Classification
Prints
9
Drawings & Watercolors
7
Paintings
1
Creator Gender
male
17
female
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Collective Title
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
1
The Agreeable Surprise
1
The Temple of Folly
1
Period
18th century
16
18th century-19th century
1
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
13
etching (printing process)
5
graphite
5
watercolor
5
stipple engraving
4
mezzotint
3
wove paper
3
gray wash
2
black chalk
1
black ink
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brown ink
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canvas
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card
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gouache
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gray ink
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line engraving
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oil paint
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stumping
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intaglio print
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drawing
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watercolor
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painting
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Genre
portrait
8
genre subject
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landscape
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religious and mythological subject
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animal art
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architectural subject
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figure study
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literary theme
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sporting art
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portrait
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curls
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costume
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gown
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landscape
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trees
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hat
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man
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chair
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fichu
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nobility
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ruffles
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artist
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child
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clouds
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Associated Places
Blenheim Palace
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England
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Oxfordshire
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United Kingdom
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Woodstock
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Associated People
Cosway, Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia, Baroness Cosway in the nobility of the Austrian empire (1760–1838), history painter and educationist
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Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton (bap. 1765, d. 1815), social celebrity and artist's model
2
Alopê
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Bingham, Lady Lavinia (1762–1831)
1
Cadogan, Lady Mary (1750–active 1797)
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Cavendish, Elizabeth Christiana, duchess of Devonshire (1757–1824), society hostess and patron of the arts
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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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Hippothoon
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Howard, Catherine (née Proctor), Countess of Effingham (1746–1791)
1
Lingo (character in The Agreeable Surprise)
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Mrs Quarrington (fl. 1771), actor/entertainer
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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)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
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Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (National Maritime Museum, 2005-08-25 - 2005-10-25)
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Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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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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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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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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George Haugh, 1756–1827
Catherine Howard (née Proctor), Countess of Effingham with Gun and Shooting Dogs
1787
Not on view
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Print made by Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
The Mighty Mother Sails Through the Air
1787
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Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Mrs. Cosway
1787
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Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Alope
1787
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Print made by Thomas Cheesman, 1760–1834/35
Lady Hamilton as The Sempstress
1787
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Lavinia, Countess Spencer, Viscountess Althorp
1787
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Thomas Chambars, ca. 1724–1789
Mrs. Quarrington as St. Agnes
1787
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Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Mrs. Cosway
1787
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attributed to James Ward, 1769–1859
Study of a Seated Woman
1787
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Moses Haughton Jr., 1772–1848
A Young Country Couple
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Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
The Gate at Blenheim
1787
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Lady Elizabeth Foster
1787
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Maniac
1787
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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
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Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Lady Cadogan
1787
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Thomas Anburey, 1759–1840
View Within the Northern Entrance of Gundecotta Pass (1 of 6)
ca. 1792