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Prints and Drawings
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Mayhew, James Gray, 1771–1845
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Beilby, William, 1740–1819
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
1
Dayes, Edward, 1763–1804
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De, Wilde Samuel, 1748–1832
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Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814
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Gandy, Joseph Michael, 1771–1843
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Garrard, George, 1760–1826
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Neale, John Preston, 1771/80–1847
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Wheatley, Francis, 1747–1801
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1753
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1773
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1805
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1834
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1784
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1764
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1786
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1803
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1766
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
8
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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male
11
Collective Title
King Lear
1
The Tragedy of Macbeth
1
Period
18th century
6
18th century-19th century
4
19th century
1
Materials & Techniques
black ink
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watercolor
9
graphite
7
laid paper
6
wove paper
5
pen
3
brown wash
2
brown ink
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gouache
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gray ink
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gray wash
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drawing
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architectural subject
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genre subject
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literary theme
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animal art
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cityscape
1
historical subject
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landscape
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military art
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sporting art
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Subject Terms
architectural subject
5
horses (animals)
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men
4
carriage
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apron
2
columns
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dogs (animals)
2
genre subject
2
literary theme
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peasants
2
trees
2
women
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King Lear, play by William Shakespeare
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Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare
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animal art
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armor
1
assassination
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barrel
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barrels
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Associated Places
United Kingdom
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England
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Europe
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Greater London
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Alnwick
1
Bloomsbury
1
Camden
1
Dorset
1
London
1
Northumberland
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Queen Square
1
Scotland
1
Wimborne
1
Associated People
Charlotte (1744–1818), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and queen of Hanover, consort of George III
1
George III (1738–1820), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover
1
King Lear (character in King Lear)
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Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
1
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
1
The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
1
Exhibition History
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
2
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
2
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
2
Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
2
Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17)
1
Francis Wheatley (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-08-31 - 2006-02-05)
1
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
1
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
1
The Great Age of British Watercolors c.1750 - 1880 (National Gallery of Art, 1993-05-02 - 1993-07-25)
1
The Great Age of British Watercolors c.1750 - 1880 (Royal Academy of Arts, 1993-01-15 - 1993-07-25)
1
The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
1
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
1
William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
1
William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
1
William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
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William Blake [Butlin] (Tate Britain, 1978-03-08 - 1978-05-21)
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William Blake [Butlin] (Whitworth Art Gallery, 1978-06-10 - 1978-07-15)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Tiriel Supporting the Dying Myratana and Cursing His Sons
1786 to 1789
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Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
The Rustic Lover
1786
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John Preston Neale, 1771/80–1847
Gaunt's House, Wimborne
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James Gray Mayhew, 1771–1845
A Project for a Triumphal Archway with Classical Figures in Foreground (a fragment of this depicting two horsemen is mounted separately)
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James Gray Mayhew, 1771–1845
Two Horsemen
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William Beilby, 1740–1819
Gateway Alnwick
1786
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Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Margaret Nicholson Attempting to Assassinate His Majesty, George III, at the Garden Entrance of St. James's Palace, 2nd August 1786
1786
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Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind
1786
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George Garrard, 1760–1826
Colonel Thornton Driving Tandem on His Sporting Tour of Scotland
1786
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Attributed to Joseph Michael Gandy, 1771–1843
The Miller's Cottage at Chatsworth: South Front Elevation
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Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Queen Square, London
1786