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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Hayman, Francis, 1707/8–1776
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Nickolls, Joseph, active 1713–ca. 1755
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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18th century
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England
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Charles I (1600–1649), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
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Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–1792), portrait and history painter and art theorist
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Smollett, Tobias George (1721–1771), writer
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
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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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British Painting and the European Continent (Haus der Kunst Munich, 1979-11-20 - 1980-01-27)
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Joshua Reynolds : the Creation of Celebrity (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2005-02-12 - 2005-05-01)
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Joshua Reynolds : the Creation of Celebrity (Tate Britain, 2005-05-21 - 2005-09-18)
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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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Thomas Gainsborough (Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2003-06-15 - 2003-09-14)
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Thomas Gainsborough (National Gallery of Art, 2003-02-09 - 2003-05-04)
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Thomas Gainsborough (Tate Britain, 2002-10-24 - 2003-01-12)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Portrait of a Young Man with Powdered Hair
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Self-Portrait
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Charing Cross, with the Statue of King Charles I and Northumberland House
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Portrait of a Woman
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Arches of Westminster Bridge
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Attributed to Robert Scaddan, 1720–1802
Portrait of a Man, called Tobias Smollett
ca. 1750
Not on view