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Towne, Francis, 1740–1816
6
Buck, Frederick, 1771–ca. 1840
2
Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
2
Dayes, Edward, 1763–1804
2
Gandy, Joseph Michael, 1771–1843
2
Mayhew, James Gray, 1771–1845
2
Neale, John Preston, 1771/80–1847
2
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
2
Beilby, William, 1740–1819
1
Blake, William, 1757–1827
1
Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814
1
Garrard, George, 1760–1826
1
Grose, Francis Capt., 1731–1791
1
Peacock, Anne
1
Roe, John of Warwick, active 1771–1812
1
Stone, Sarah, ca. 1760–1844
1
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
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Wheatley, Francis, 1747–1801
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Wyatville, Jeffry, Sir, 1776–1840
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1782
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1803
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1808
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1826
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1855
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1774
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1783
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1819
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1821
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1828
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1788
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1840
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1834
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1768
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1823
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1765
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1813
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1764
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1778
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1777
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1809
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1829
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1763
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1770
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1748
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1833
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1746
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1786
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1844
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1806
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1776
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1838
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1841
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1843
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1761
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1822
27
1760
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1831
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1757
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1762
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1779
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1816
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1848
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1753
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1842
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1845
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1754
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1759
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1766
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1846
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1850
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1854
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29
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Drawings & Watercolors
25
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
3
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
2
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male
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female
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Period
18th century
20
18th century-19th century
9
19th century
1
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watercolor
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graphite
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laid paper
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wove paper
11
brown ink
10
black ink
9
pen
7
gouache
4
gray ink
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ink
3
gray wash
2
ivory
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card
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gum
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scratching out
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watercolor
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architectural subject
11
landscape
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genre subject
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animal art
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portrait
2
cityscape
1
figure study
1
historical subject
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literary theme
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military art
1
sporting art
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Subject Terms
architectural subject
11
landscape
10
trees
10
hills
7
men
6
genre subject
5
horses (animals)
5
lake
4
river
4
buildings
3
dogs (animals)
3
people
3
animal art
2
apron
2
carriage
2
castle
2
hat
2
house
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man
2
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England
11
United Kingdom
11
Europe
9
Greater London
4
London
3
Cumbria
2
Thames
2
Alnwick
1
Bloomsbury
1
Camden
1
City of London
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Coniston Water
1
Cornwall
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Dent de Lion
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Essex
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France
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Kent
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Keswick
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Margate
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Middlesex
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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
Exhibition History
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
4
Francis Towne (Leeds Art Gallery, 1997-10-02 - 1998-01-04)
4
Francis Towne (Tate Britain, 1997-06-24 - 1997-09-14)
4
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
4
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)
3
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
3
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
3
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
2
Gentle, Rural and Sublime - English Landscape Paintings and Watercolors, 1750-1850 (Denver Art Museum, 1993-12-11 - 1994-02-06)
2
The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
2
Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
2
Alexander and J. R. Cozens (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1987-01-30 - 1987-03-29)
1
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)
1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
1
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)
1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
1
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
1
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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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
27
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport
2
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove
1
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Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Dent de Lion, near Margate
ca. 1791
2
William Blake, 1757–1827
Tiriel Supporting the Dying Myratana and Cursing His Sons
1786 to 1789
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3
John Roe of Warwick, active 1771–1812
Kelso Monastery, Scotland
undated
4
Anne Peacock
Thatched Barn
1786
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John Preston Neale, 1771/80–1847
On the Colne, Middlesex
undated
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John Preston Neale, 1771/80–1847
The Quadrangle of the Royal Exchange
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Attributed to Joseph Michael Gandy, 1771–1843
Design for a Tudoresque Country House
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Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
The Rustic Lover
1786
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William Beilby, 1740–1819
Gateway Alnwick
1786
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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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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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Sarah Stone, ca. 1760–1844
A Red Parrot
1786
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Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Chapel of St. Michael's Mount
1786
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
The Grange at the Head of Keswick Lake
1786
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George Garrard, 1760–1826
Colonel Thornton Driving Tandem on His Sporting Tour of Scotland
1786
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Runaway Coach
ca. 1791
18
Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Windermere at Sunset
1786
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Lake Windermere
1786
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Ambleside
1786
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
View of Lake Coniston, Lancashire
1786
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Near Ambleside
1786
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Parisian Street Figures
1786
24
Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Hedingham Castle, Essex
ca. 1791
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Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Queen Square, London
1786
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Attributed to Joseph Michael Gandy, 1771–1843
The Miller's Cottage at Chatsworth: South Front Elevation
undated
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Thames from Richmond Hill Looking Southwest
ca. 1791
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
London from Greenwich Hill
ca. 1791
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Frederick Buck, 1771–ca. 1840
English Officer in a Scarlet Jacket
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Frederick Buck, 1771–ca. 1840
Young officer in a Red Tunic
undated