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Anburey, Thomas, 1759–1840
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Downman, John, 1750–1824
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Rooker, Michael "Angelo", 1746–1801
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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The Agreeable Surprise
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18th century
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watercolor
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graphite
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laid paper
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wove paper
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black chalk
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card
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The Agreeable Surprise, play by John O'Keeffe, 1781
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Blenheim Palace
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England
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Oxfordshire
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United Kingdom
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Woodstock
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Cowslip (character in The Agreeable Surprise)
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Edwin, John, the elder (1749–1790), actor and singer
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Lingo (character in The Agreeable Surprise)
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Wells [née Davies; other married name Sumbel], Mary Stephens (1762–1829), actress
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Exhibition History
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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English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
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Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (National Maritime Museum, 2005-08-25 - 2005-10-25)
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Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02)
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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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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
The Gate at Blenheim
1787
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
The Maniac
1787
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John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Bay Scene in Moonlight
1787
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John Downman, 1750–1824
John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"
1787
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Thomas Anburey, 1759–1840
View Within the Northern Entrance of Gundecotta Pass (1 of 6)
ca. 1792