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Alexander, William, 1767–1816
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Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740–1812
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Romney, George, 1734–1802
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Smith, John, 1749–1831
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Paintings
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male
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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18th century
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graphite
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wove paper
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oil paint
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watercolor
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canvas
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drawing
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cityscape
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figure study
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landscape
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birds
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cavern
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clouds
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river
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rocks (landforms)
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valley (landform)
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women
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Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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arch
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boats
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bridge (built work)
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carts
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cathedral
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children
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Europe
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United Kingdom
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England
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Asia
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Borrowdale
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Briton Ferry
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China
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Cumbria
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Greater London
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Lake District
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London
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St. Paul's Cathedral
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Thames
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Wales
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Associated People
Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
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Exhibition History
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
1
In a New Light: Paintings from the Yale Center for British Art (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-03-24 - 2023-12-03)
1
J. M. W. Turner - A Selection of Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (National Gallery of Art, 1968-10-31 - 1969-04-21)
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Life in England 1750 - 1850 (Paul Mellon Arts Center, 1990-03-27 - 1990-05-21)
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Moonlight and Firelight (Tate Britain, 1998-06-06 - 1998-11-01)
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Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09)
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Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
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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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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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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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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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The Image of London (Barbican Art Gallery, 1987-08-06 - 1987-10-18)
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Turner and the Masters (Museo del Prado, 2010-06-21 - 2010-09-19)
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Turner and the Masters (Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2010-02-22 - 2010-05-23)
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Turner and the Masters (Tate Britain, 2009-09-21 - 2010-01-24)
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Turner and the Scientists (Tate Britain, 1998-03-03 - 1998-06-28)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
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Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
A Limekiln, Possibly at Briton Ferry in South Wales
ca. 1795-96
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Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
The Great Fire of London
ca. 1797
Not on view
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George Romney, 1734–1802
The Witches' Cavern
between 1792 and 1793
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John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Village of Stonethwaite and Eagle Cragg, Borrowdale
1792
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William Alexander, 1767–1816
Natives of Cochin Playing Shuttlecock in China
1792 to 1794