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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
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DeWint, Peter, 1784–1849
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Flaxman, John, 1755–1826
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Hickey, Thomas, 1741–1824
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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18th century
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graphite
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wove paper
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laid paper
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Devizes
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England
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Wiltshire
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Blake, William (1757–1827), engraver, artist, and poet
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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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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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The Art of the European Pastel Portrait (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011-05-17 - 2011-08-14)
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The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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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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William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
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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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John Flaxman, 1755–1826
Portrait of William Blake
ca. 1804
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John Russell, 1745–1806
John Collins of Devizes
1799
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Possibly Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
H. Grant on Horseback
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Peter DeWint, 1784–1849
Head of a Girl: Probably a Study of Mrs. De Wint
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Thomas Hickey, 1741–1824
Study of Sir Alexander Allan
1799