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Prints and Drawings
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Carter, John, 1748–1817
7
Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
5
Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
4
Brown, Mather, 1761–1831
2
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
2
Unknown artist
2
Downman, John, 1750–1824
1
Gore, Charles, 1729–1807
1
Griffith, Moses, 1747–1819
1
Grimm, Samuel Hieronymus, 1733–1794
1
Hackert, Jakob Phillip, 1737–1807
1
Humphry, Ozias, 1742–1810
1
Laporte, John, 1761–1839
1
Malton, James, 1761–1803
1
Opie, John, 1761–1807
1
Pars, William, 1742–1782
1
Smith, John, 1749–1831
1
Swinburne, Henry, 1743–1803
1
Tobin, J., active 1776
1
Yenn, John, 1750–1821
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1725
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1796
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1827
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1723
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1807
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
36
Image Use
Free to Use
34
Under Certain Circumstances
2
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35
Unavailable
1
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
34
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
2
Creator Gender
male
30
female
4
unknown
2
Collective Title
King Lear
2
Collection of Sketches by Henry Swinburne
1
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1
The Winter's Tale
1
Period
18th century
32
18th century-19th century
4
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
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graphite
26
black ink
24
watercolor
19
pen
8
brown ink
6
gray wash
6
wove paper
6
gray ink
5
gouache
4
scraping
4
brown wash
3
pens
3
black chalk
2
red chalk
2
red ink
2
blue wash
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crayon
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green wash
1
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watercolor
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architectural subject
10
landscape
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figure study
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genre subject
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literary theme
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marine art
3
cartographic material
2
portrait
2
cityscape
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Subject Terms
architectural subject
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landscape
10
trees
10
church
8
Grand Tour
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mountains
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hills
5
literary theme
5
men
5
figure study
4
genre subject
4
lake
4
plays by William Shakespeare
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rocks (landforms)
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woman
4
buildings
3
clouds
3
dress
3
gesturing
3
man
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Associated Places
United Kingdom
9
England
8
City of Westminster
7
House of Commons
7
London
7
Palace of Westminster
7
St. Stephen's Chapel, Palace of Westminster
7
Europe
6
Switzerland
4
Italy
3
Alps
2
Aare
1
Anglesey
1
Bohemia
1
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
1
Church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti
1
Czech Republic
1
France
1
Fucino, Conca del
1
Geneva, Lake of
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
5
Cordelia (character in King Lear)
2
King Lear (character in King Lear)
2
Antigonus (character in The Winter's Tale)
1
Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
1
Perdita (character in The Winter's Tale)
1
Wesley [Westley], John (1703–1791), Church of England clergyman and a founder of Methodism
1
Exhibition History
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
6
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
5
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)
2
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)
2
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)
2
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)
2
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)
2
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)
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
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
1
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
1
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
1
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
1
English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10)
1
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
33
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon
1
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Mather Brown, 1761–1831
A Page Boy in Blue with a Red Shield
undated
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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
undated
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William Pars, 1742–1782
A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio
1776
5
John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Choir and Orchestra (A Choral Band)
1776
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John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare
1776
7
James Malton, 1761–1803
Preparatory drawing for the Title page, "Designs for Villas" (A Collection of Designs for Rural Retreats)
undated
8
Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Lago Fucino
1776
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Jakob Phillip Hackert, 1737–1807
Lake Nemi
1776
10
Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810
Study of the Artist's Mother Sewing
ca. 1776
11
Moses Griffith, 1747–1819
View of Baron Hill, Anglesey, Wales
1776
12
unknown artist
L'Orient 1776: Map of the Port of Orient
1776
13
John Opie, 1761–1807
Standing Classical Female Figure
undated
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unknown artist
Rochefort 1776
1776
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Personalized Design
1776
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
A Country Church Amongst Hills
undated
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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 Cloisters, Adjoining St Stephen's Chapel West
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
21
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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John Downman, 1750–1824
Portrait of a Divine Called Reverend John Wesley
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
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 Falls of the Reichenbach
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 Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Between Chamonix and Martigny
1776
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John Yenn, 1750–1821
Design for a Doorway
ca. 1781