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Paintings and Sculpture
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
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Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828
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Bristow, Edmund, 1787–1876
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
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Danby, Francis, 1793–1861
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Humphrey, George, ca. 1773–ca. 1831
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Marryat, Frederick Capt., 1792–1848
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Nasmyth, Alexander, 1758–1840
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Uwins, Thomas, 1782–1857
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Paintings
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
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male
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Collective Title
L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
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The Progress of a Midshipman Exemplified in the Career of Master Blockhead in Seven Plates & Frontispiece
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Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
oil paint
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painting (technique)
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wove paper
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brown wash
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canvas
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graphite
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millboard
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landscape
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marine art
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clouds
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men
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sailboat
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L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane (1715-1735)
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Nature
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angel
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Europe
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United Kingdom
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Edinburgh
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England
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Fleet
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Fontainebleau
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France
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Greater London
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Hampstead
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North Esk
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Norway
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Roslin
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Scotland
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Seine-et-Marne
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Île-de-France
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Associated People
Dr. Cuchillo
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Dr. Sangrado
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Gil Blas
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characters
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Exhibition History
In a New Light: Paintings from the Yale Center for British Art (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-03-24 - 2023-12-03)
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John Constable - A Selection of Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (National Gallery of Art, 1969-04-30 - 1969-11-01)
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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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Art in Focus : The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06)
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Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
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From Corot to Monet - Painters & Photographers in the Forest of Fontainebleau (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2008-07-13 - 2008-10-19)
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From Corot to Monet - Painters & Photographers in the Forest of Fontainebleau (National Gallery of Art, 2008-03-02 - 2008-06-08)
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La foret de Fontainebleau, un atelier grandeur Nature (Musée d'Orsay, 2007-03-05 - 2007-05-30)
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Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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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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Richard Parkes Bonington (Musée du Petit Palais, 1992-03-05 - 1992-05-17)
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Richard Parkes Bonington (Yale Center for British Art, 1991-11-13 - 1992-01-19)
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This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998-05-01 - 1998-07-05)
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This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of South Australia, 1998-09-16 - 1998-11-15)
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This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Queensland Art Gallery, 1998-07-15 - 1998-09-06)
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Thomas Cole's Journey - Atlantic Crossings (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018-01-29 - 2018-05-13)
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Thomas Cole's Journey - Atlantic Crossings (The National Gallery, London, 2018-06-13 - 2018-10-07)
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Voices of Scotland (The Grolier Club, 1992-12-17 - 1993-02-20)
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Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
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John Constable, 1776–1837
Study of a Cloudy Sky
ca. 1825
Not on view
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John Constable, 1776–1837
Hampstead Heath
ca. 1825
Not on view
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Edmund Bristow, 1787–1876
A Traveller and a Shepherd in a Landscape
ca. 1825
Not on view
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Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
In the Forest at Fontainebleau
ca. 1825
Not on view
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Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Hawthornden Castle, near Edinburgh
between 1820 and 1822
Not on view
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Francis Danby, 1793–1861
A Lake in Norway
ca. 1825
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Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Frontispiece: The Progress of a Midshipman
1820
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Thomas Uwins, 1782–1857
Gil Blas Practicing Medicine Under Dr. Sangrado
between 1820 and 1822