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Prints and Drawings
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Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720–1778
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Faber, John the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
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Gravelot, Hubert-François, 1699–1773
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Hogarth, William, 1697–1764
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Mercier, Philippe, 1689 or 1691–1760
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Prints
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Paintings
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Period
18th century
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wove paper
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etching (printing process)
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laid paper
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black ink
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canvas
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gray wash
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mezzotint
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oil paint
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intaglio print
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drawing
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frontispiece
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painting
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architectural subject
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portrait
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genre subject
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architectural subject
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books
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coat
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portrait
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The Toast: An Heroick Poem in Four Books (1736)
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blue
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bookshelves
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canvas
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cap
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child
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clouds
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crown (symbol of sovereignty)
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curls
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dress (in general)
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easel
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forest
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Apollo
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Brudenell (née Savile), Lady Frances, (d. 1695)
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Mercier, Philip [formerly Philippe] (1691–1760), painter and etcher
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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 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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William Hogarth - A Selection of Painting from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (National Gallery of Art, 1971-02-12 - 1971-05-30)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Beekman C. and Margaret Cannon
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Study of a Girl's Head
ca. 1740
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Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
Philippe Mercier
1735
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Giovanni Piranesi, 1720–1778
Giardino Colonna nel clivo del Quirinale
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Giovanni Piranesi, 1720–1778
Palazzo Pontificio sul Quirinale
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Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Drawing for a Frontispiece: "The Toast"
1735