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Prints and Drawings
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Paintings and Sculpture
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Bigg, William Redmore, 1755–1828
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Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
2
Cardon, Anthony, 1772–1813
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Chinnery, George, 1774–1852
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Duche, T. J.
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Grignion, Charles, 1717–1810
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Heckel, Augustin, 1690–1770
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Laurie, Robert, 1755?–1836
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Quinton, George, born 1779
1
Romney, George, 1734–1802
1
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
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Unknown artist
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West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
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Wheatley, Francis, 1747–1801
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Zoffany, Johann, 1733–1810
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1734
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
8
Not on view
4
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Free to Use
12
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Available
12
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
4
Paintings
4
Prints
4
Creator Gender
male
12
unknown
1
Collective Title
The Cries of London
1
Period
18th century
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Materials & Techniques
graphite
4
oil paint
4
painting (technique)
4
wove paper
4
etching (printing process)
3
watercolor
3
canvas
2
hand coloring
2
laid paper
2
line engraving
2
stipple engraving
2
aquatint
1
board
1
brown ink
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color printing
1
gouache
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paper
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drawing
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intaglio print
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genre subject
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landscape
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figure study
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historical subject
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men
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trees
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costume
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landscape
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man
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mother
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women
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boat
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bowl
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children
2
clouds
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conversation piece
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curtains
2
father
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figure study
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fishing
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girls
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heir
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Associated Places
England
2
United Kingdom
2
Essex
1
Europe
1
Greater London
1
Richmond Hill
1
Richmond upon Thames (borough)
1
Thames
1
Wimbish
1
Associated People
Barret, George (1732?–1784), landscape painter
1
Bartolozzi, Francesco (1728–1815), engraver
1
Burch, Edward (bap. 1730, d. 1814), gem-engraver
1
Carlini, Agostino (c.1718–1790), sculptor
1
Catton, Charles, the younger (1756–1819), landscape painter and book illustrator
1
Chamberlin, Mason (bap. 1722, d. 1787), portrait painter
1
Chambers, Sir William (1722–1796), architect
1
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista (1727–1785), decorative painter and draughtsman
1
Cosway, Richard (bap. 1742, d. 1821), artist and collector
1
Gwynn, John (bap. 1713, d. 1786), architect
1
Hayman, Francis (1707/8–1776), painter, engraver, and book illustrator
1
Hoare, William (1707/8–1792), portrait painter
1
Hone, Nathaniel (1718–1784), Irish painter
1
Hunter, William (1718–1783), physician, anatomist, and man-midwife
1
Kauffmann, Angelica (1741–1807), history and portrait painter
1
Meyer, Jeremiah (1735–1789), miniature painter
1
Moser [married name Lloyd], Mary (1744–1819), flower painter
1
Moser, George Michael (1706–1783)
1
Newton, Francis Milner (1720–1794), portrait painter
1
Nollekens, Joseph (1737–1823), sculptor
1
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Exhibition History
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)
2
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
1
Francis Wheatley (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-08-31 - 2006-02-05)
1
J. M. W. Turner - The Foundations of Genius (The Taft Museum, 1986-09-18 - 1986-11-02)
1
Prodigal Son Narratives 1480 - 1980 (Clark Art Institute, 1996-03-02 - 1996-04-14)
1
Prodigal Son Narratives 1480 - 1980 (Davison Art Center, 1995-09-01 - 1995-10-28)
1
Prodigal Son Narratives 1480 - 1980 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1995-04-04 - 1995-07-16)
1
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
11
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Gentlemen Fishing
1794
Not on view
2
George Chinnery, 1774–1852
A Man Carrying Faggots
ca. 1799
Not on view
3
William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828
Birth of the Heir
ca. 1799
Not on view
4
William Redmore Bigg, 1755–1828
Christening of the Heir
ca. 1799
Not on view
5
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
The Angler
1794
6
George Romney, 1734–1802
Figure Composition Study 1
1794
7
Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
A View from Richmond Hill Up the River
1794
8
Print made by George Quinton, born 1779
Magdalen Hospital
undated
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Print made by Anthony Cardon, 1772–1813
Do You Want Any Matches?
1794
10
Print made by unknown artist
Key to Life School at the Royal Academy
1794
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Boat Building
ca. 1799
12
Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Turver's Farm, Wimbish, Essex
ca. 1799