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Paintings and Sculpture
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Prints and Drawings
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Taylor, Isaac, 1730–1807
3
Allan, David, 1744–1796
1
Dance, Nathaniel, 1735–1811
1
Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
1
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Hayman, Francis, 1707/8–1776
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Read, Katharine, 1723–1778
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Russel, James, 1720–1763
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Unknown artist
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2004
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1772
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1789
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1825
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1667
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1771
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1791
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1810
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1874
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1785
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1792
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1826
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1847
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1690
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1730
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1738
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1760
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1765
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1783
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1784
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1794
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1799
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1801
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1803
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1848
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1923
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1931
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1680
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1739
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1746
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1756
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1759
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1761
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1766
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1769
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1779
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1787
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1809
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1812
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1816
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1817
2
1823
2
1830
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1833
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1836
2
1867
2
1929
2
1930
2
1936
2
1965
2
1601
1
1621
1
1671
1
1675
1
1679
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1683
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1695
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1699
1
1719
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1728
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1731
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1735
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1741
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1742
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1743
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1747
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1749
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1750
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1752
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1762
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On-site Access
Not on view
4
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
3
Image Use
Free to Use
7
Image Available
Available
7
Classification
Paintings
4
Drawings & Watercolors
3
Creator Gender
male
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female
1
unknown
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Period
18th century
4
18th century-19th century
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Materials & Techniques
canvas
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oil paint
4
painting (technique)
4
black ink
3
gray wash
3
laid paper
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graphite
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Work Type
painting
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drawing
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watercolor
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genre subject
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portrait
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architectural subject
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literary theme
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historical subject
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sitting
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men
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conversation piece
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portrait
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genre subject
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architectural subject
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hats
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literary theme
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standing
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woman
2
Grand Tour
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arch
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architecture
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artist
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bench
1
books
1
breeches (trousers)
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buildings
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carpets
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chairs
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Associated Places
Arch of Constantine
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Colosseum
1
Dove
1
England
1
Italy
1
Lazio
1
Roma
1
Rome
1
Staffordshire
1
United Kingdom
1
Associated People
Brudenell-Bruce, Thomas (1729–1814), 1st Earl of Ailesbury
1
Caulfeild, James, first earl of Charlemont (1728–1799), politician
1
Chester, Peter (1717/18–1799), army officer and colonial governor
1
Hayman, Francis (1707/8–1776), painter, engraver, and book illustrator
1
Lloyd, Elizabeth
1
Lloyd, Sir Richard (1696/7–1761), judge,
1
Lowther, Sir William (1727–1756), 3rd Baronet, of Marske, Yorkshire
1
Steavans, Thomas (ca. 1728–?1759)
1
Turner, Sir Charles (1727–1783), 1st Baronet, of Kirkleatham, Yorkshire
1
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)
2
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
2
Artists' Portraits (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-02-06 - 2002-03-24)
1
Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29)
1
Francis Hayman (Kenwood House, 1987-06-24 - 1987-09-30)
1
Francis Hayman (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-04-01 - 1987-05-31)
1
Giuseppe Vasi's Rome - Lasting Impressions from the Age of the Grand Tour (Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, 2010-09-25 - 2011-01-02)
1
Grand Tour - The Lure of Italy in the Eighteenth Century (Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1997-02-05 - 1997-04-07)
1
Grand Tour - The Lure of Italy in the Eighteenth Century (Tate Britain, 1996-10-10 - 1997-01-06)
1
Making her Mark (Art Gallery of Ontario, 2024-03-30 - 2024-07-01)
1
Making her Mark (The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-07)
1
Milltown (National Gallery of Ireland, 1997-10-15 - 1997-12-14)
1
Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)
1
Rome : The Legacy of an Eternal City (The University of Arizona Museum of Art, 2015-09-12 - 2016-01-24)
1
Rome! (La Boverie, 2018-04-24 - 2018-08-26)
1
Sites and Sensibilities - Views of Rome 1500-1992 (Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, 1992-09-01 - 1992-11-08)
1
The Anglo-American Artist in Italy 1750-1820 (University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, 1982-04-07 - 1982-05-09)
1
The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
1
Thomas Gainsborough (Ferrara, Italy) (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 1998-06-07 - 1998-08-30)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
3
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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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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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Katharine Read, 1723–1778
British Gentlemen in Rome
ca. 1750
Not on view
4
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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Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Unidentified Periodical/Play Illustration
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Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration
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Isaac Taylor, 1730–1807
Unidentified Periodical / Play Illustration
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