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Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
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Carter, John, 1748–1817
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Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
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Opie, John, 1761–1807
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Smith, John, 1749–1831
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Unknown artist
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Brown, Mather, 1761–1831
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Gore, Charles, 1729–1807
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Griffith, Moses, 1747–1819
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Grimm, Samuel Hieronymus, 1733–1794
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Hackert, Jakob Phillip, 1737–1807
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Malton, James, 1761–1803
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Pars, William, 1742–1782
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Porter, William Warren Rev., 1776–1804
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
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Swinburne, Henry, 1743–1803
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Tobin, J., active 1776
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On-site Access
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
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Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
1
Creator Gender
male
25
female
7
unknown
2
Collective Title
King Lear
2
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2
Collection of Sketches by Henry Swinburne
1
The Tempest
1
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1
The Winter's Tale
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Period
18th century
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18th century-19th century
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Materials & Techniques
graphite
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laid paper
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watercolor
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black ink
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wove paper
10
pen
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scraping
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brown ink
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gray ink
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gray wash
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brown wash
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gouache
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drawing
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watercolor
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landscape
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architectural subject
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literary theme
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genre subject
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figure study
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marine art
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cartographic material
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cityscape
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portrait
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landscape
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architectural subject
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trees
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literary theme
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plays by William Shakespeare
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Grand Tour
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church
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mountains
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clouds
5
man
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rocks (landforms)
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woman
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figure study
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gesturing
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lake
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buildings
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cloak
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cloaks
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coast
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dress
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Associated Places
United Kingdom
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England
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City of Westminster
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House of Commons
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London
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Palace of Westminster
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St. Stephen's Chapel, Palace of Westminster
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Europe
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Italy
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Switzerland
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Alps
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Rome
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Aare
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Anglesey
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Bohemia
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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
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Church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti
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Czech Republic
1
France
1
Fucino, Conca del
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Cordelia (character in King Lear)
2
King Lear (character in King Lear)
2
The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
2
Antigonus (character in The Winter's Tale)
1
Ariel (character in The Tempest)
1
Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
1
Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
1
Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
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Perdita (character in The Winter's Tale)
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Stubbs, George (1724–1806), painter, engraver, and anatomist
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Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
7
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
5
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
4
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
2
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
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English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
2
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
2
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
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English Drawings and Watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr. Yale BE 1945W, and John Charles Street, Yale BA 1951, MA 1952, PhD 1955 in memory of our fathers Edward Porter Street, Yale 1920, and Charles Larrabee Street, Yale 1914
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel
ca. 1781
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Mather Brown, 1761–1831
Man Seated on a Rock
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J. Tobin, active 1776
Preparing to lay eel traps
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William Pars, 1742–1782
A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio
1776
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James Malton, 1761–1803
Preparatory drawing for the Title page, "Designs for Villas" (A Collection of Designs for Rural Retreats)
undated
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Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Lago Fucino
1776
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Jakob Phillip Hackert, 1737–1807
Lake Nemi
1776
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Moses Griffith, 1747–1819
View of Baron Hill, Anglesey, Wales
1776
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unknown artist
L'Orient 1776: Map of the Port of Orient
1776
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Classical Female Figure
undated
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Draped Classical Torso
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unknown artist
Rochefort 1776
1776
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Personalized Design
1776
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Isola Madre, Lago Maggiore
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Groins of the Undercroft of St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
Basso-relievos in the Center of the Groins of the Cloisters, St Stephen's Chapel
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ferdinand and Ariel
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Antigonus Disposing of Perdita
ca. 1781
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Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Kennington Common
1776
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost..
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ophelia's Death
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Interlaken
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Upon the Aare between Unterseen and the Lake of Brientz
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Lake of Geneva from the Canton of Berne
1776
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John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
A View of Tivoli Looking Towards Rome
ca. 1781
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Between Chamonix and Martigny
1776
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Rev. William Warren Porter, 1776–1804
Landscape with Cattle
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