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Paintings and Sculpture
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Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
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Northcote, James, 1746–1831
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Seymour, James, 1702–1752
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Zoffany, Johann, 1733–1810
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male
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18th century
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oil paint
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102
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painting
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portrait
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animal art
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England
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United Kingdom
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Atherton
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Covent Garden
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Devonshire
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Drury Lane
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Europe
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Greater London
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London
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Wigan
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Associated People
Atherton, Robert Vernon Gwillym (ca. 1741–1783)
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Elford, Sir William, baronet (1749–1837), politician and artist
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Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright
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Gwillym, Elizabeth (née Atherton, 1721–1763)
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Gwillym, Jane (life dates unknown)
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Gwillym, Robert (ca. 1714–1776)
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Gwillym, Robert (life dates unknown), father of Robert Gwillym (ca. 1714–1776)
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Gwillym, William (life dates unknown)
1
Exhibition History
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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The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
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All The Queen's Horses (National Horse Racing Museum, 2003-04-26 - 2003-08-23)
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Arthur Devis (Harris Museum and Art Gallery, 1983-11-25 - 1984-01-29)
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Arthur Devis (National Portrait Gallery, 1983-10-01 - 1983-11-12)
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Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2001-02-25 - 2001-05-20)
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Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (The Grand Rapids Art Museum, 1999-10-22 - 2000-01-02)
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Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1998-02-08 - 1998-04-26)
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Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29)
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Inventing Old Virginia : The Decline and Rise of a Pastoral Ideal (Virginia Historical Society, 2003-02-22 - 2003-06-15)
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Life in England 1750 - 1850 (Paul Mellon Arts Center, 1990-03-27 - 1990-05-21)
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The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
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The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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James Seymour, 1702–1752
The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers
1742
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Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Robert Gwillym, Elizabeth Gwillym (née Atherton), and Their Family
1745 to 1747
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Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
David Garrick and Mary Bradshaw in David Garrick's "The Farmer's Return"
ca. 1762
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James Northcote, 1746–1831
Sir William Elford, Bart
1782
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