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Brooking, Charles, 1723–1759
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Nickolls, Joseph, active 1713–ca. 1755
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Unknown artist
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Canaletto, 1697–1768
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Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
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Allan, David, 1744–1796
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Butler, of Pall Mall Thomas, active 1750–1759
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Dance, Nathaniel, 1735–1811
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Hayman, Francis, 1707/8–1776
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Heckel, Augustin, 1690–1770
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Highmore, Joseph, 1692–1780
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Malton, Thomas the Younger, 1748–1804
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Nollekens, Joseph Francis, 1702–1748
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Read, Katharine, 1723–1778
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Russel, James, 1720–1763
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Scott, Samuel, approximately 1710–1772
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Smith, George, 1714–1776
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Spencer, Thomas, 1700–1753
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Swaine, Francis, 1730–1782
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male
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unknown
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female
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18th century
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oil paint
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painting
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miniature
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genre subject
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marine art
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architectural subject
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portrait
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cityscape
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landscape
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animal art
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men
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England
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United Kingdom
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Greater London
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London
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Thames
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Banqueting House
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City of Westminster
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Somerset House
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Westminster
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Jones, Inigo (1573–1652), architect and theatre designer
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Atherton, Robert Vernon Gwillym (ca. 1741–1783)
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Brudenell-Bruce, Thomas (1729–1814), 1st Earl of Ailesbury
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Caulfeild, James, first earl of Charlemont (1728–1799), politician
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Charles I (1600–1649), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
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Chester, Peter (1717/18–1799), army officer and colonial governor
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Gibbs, James (1682–1754), architect
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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)
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Hayman, Francis (1707/8–1776), painter, engraver, and book illustrator
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Lloyd, Elizabeth
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Lloyd, Sir Richard (1696/7–1761), judge,
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Lowther, Sir William (1727–1756), 3rd Baronet, of Marske, Yorkshire
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Nollekens, Jacobus
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Nollekens, Maria Joanna Sophia
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Steavans, Thomas (ca. 1728–?1759)
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Turner, Sir Charles (1727–1783), 1st Baronet, of Kirkleatham, Yorkshire
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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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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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Canaletto in England - A Venetian Artist Abroad, 1746-1755 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-19 - 2006-12-31)
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
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Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)
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Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
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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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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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Artists' Portraits (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-02-06 - 2002-03-24)
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Basic Instincts (The Foundling Museum, 2017-09-29 - 2018-01-07)
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British Painting and the European Continent (Haus der Kunst Munich, 1979-11-20 - 1980-01-27)
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Francis Hayman (Kenwood House, 1987-06-24 - 1987-09-30)
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Francis Hayman (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-04-01 - 1987-05-31)
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Giuseppe Vasi's Rome - Lasting Impressions from the Age of the Grand Tour (Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, 2010-09-25 - 2011-01-02)
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Grand Tour - The Lure of Italy in the Eighteenth Century (Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1997-02-05 - 1997-04-07)
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Thomas Butler of Pall Mall, active 1750-1759
Learning about the Hounds
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Leak Okeover, Rev. John Allen and Captain Chester at Okeover Hall, Staffordshire
between 1745 and 1747
Not on view
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George Smith, 1714–1776
Winter Landscape
ca. 1750
Not on view
4
Francis Swaine, 1730–1782
An English Sloop and a Frigate in a Light Breeze
undated, exhibited between 1762 and 1782
Not on view
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unknown artist
View of Horse Guards and Whitehall
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Thomas Spencer, 1700–1753
Scipio, a spotted hunter, the property of Colonel Roche
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Canaletto, 1697–1768
Westminster from Near the Terrace of Somerset House
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Canaletto, 1697–1768
The City from Near the Terrace of Somerset House
ca. 1750
Not on view
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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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Joseph Nickolls, active 1713–ca. 1755
Orleans House, Twickenham
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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Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Fishing Boats in a Calm Sea
between 1745 and 1759
Not on view
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Portrait of a Woman
ca. 1750
Not on view
14
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Robert Gwillym, Elizabeth Gwillym (née Atherton), and Their Family
1745 to 1747
Not on view
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unknown artist
Thames at Lambeth Palace
after 1745
Not on view
16
Samuel Scott, 1701/2–1772
Arches of Westminster Bridge
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
A Cutter in a Strong Breeze
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
The Capture of the "Marquis d'Antin" and the "Louis Erasme"
between 1745 and 1755
Not on view
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Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
A Lugger and a Smack in Light Airs
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
An English Flagship Under Easy Sail in a Moderate Breeze
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Joseph Highmore, 1692–1780
The Harlowe Family, from Samuel Richardson's "Clarissa"
between 1745 and 1747
Not on view
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Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
Cutter Close Hauled in a Fresh Breeze, with Other Shipping
ca. 1750
Not on view
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Francis Hayman, 1707/8–1776
Portrait of a Group of Gentleman, with the Artist
between 1745 and 1748
Not on view
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Lady Lloyd and Her Son, Richard Savage Lloyd, of Hintlesham Hall, Suffolk
between 1745 and 1746
Not on view
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Joseph Francis Nollekens, 1702–1748
Children at Play, Probably the Artist's Son Jacobus and Daughter Maria Joanna Sophia
1745
Not on view
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Katharine Read, 1723–1778
British Gentlemen in Rome
ca. 1750
Not on view