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Towne, Francis, 1740–1816
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Buck, Frederick, 1771–ca. 1840
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Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
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Dayes, Edward, 1763–1804
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Gandy, Joseph Michael, 1771–1843
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Mayhew, James Gray, 1771–1845
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Neale, John Preston, 1771/80–1847
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Thompson, William John Sir, 1771–1845
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Beilby, William, 1740–1819
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814
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Garrard, George, 1760–1826
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Grose, Francis Capt., 1731–1791
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Peacock, Anne
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Pocock, Nicholas, 1740–1821
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Roe, John of Warwick, active 1771–1812
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Stone, Sarah, ca. 1760–1844
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
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Wheatley, Francis, 1747–1801
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
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male
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18th century
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graphite
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ivory
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England
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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
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George III (1738–1820), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover
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Exhibition History
Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
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Francis Towne (Leeds Art Gallery, 1997-10-02 - 1998-01-04)
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Francis Towne (Tate Britain, 1997-06-24 - 1997-09-14)
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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
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Gentle, Rural and Sublime - English Landscape Paintings and Watercolors, 1750-1850 (Denver Art Museum, 1993-12-11 - 1994-02-06)
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The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
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Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
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Alexander and J. R. Cozens (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1987-01-30 - 1987-03-29)
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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)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block 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 (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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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)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove
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Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Dent de Lion, near Margate
ca. 1791
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Tiriel Supporting the Dying Myratana and Cursing His Sons
1786 to 1789
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William Beilby, 1740–1819
Gateway Alnwick
1786
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Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
The Rustic Lover
1786
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John Preston Neale, 1771/80–1847
The Quadrangle of the Royal Exchange
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Anne Peacock
Thatched Barn
1786
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Attributed to Joseph Michael Gandy, 1771–1843
Design for a Tudoresque Country House
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John Preston Neale, 1771/80–1847
On the Colne, Middlesex
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John Roe of Warwick, active 1771–1812
Kelso Monastery, Scotland
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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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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
The Grange at the Head of Keswick Lake
1786
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Lake Windermere
1786
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Windermere at Sunset
1786
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Runaway Coach
ca. 1791
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George Garrard, 1760–1826
Colonel Thornton Driving Tandem on His Sporting Tour of Scotland
1786
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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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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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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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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Parisian Street Figures
1786
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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
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Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Hedingham Castle, Essex
ca. 1791
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
London from Greenwich Hill
ca. 1791
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Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Queen Square, London
1786
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Thames from Richmond Hill Looking Southwest
ca. 1791
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Attributed to Joseph Michael Gandy, 1771–1843
The Miller's Cottage at Chatsworth: South Front Elevation
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Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Ships and Boats on the River Avon
1786
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Sir William John Thompson, 1771–1845
A Young Man Facing to his Left, from a Pair of Portraits, Probably Brothers
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Sir William John Thompson, 1771–1845
Young Man Facing to his Right, from a Pair of Portraits, Probably Brothers
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