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Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794
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Smirke, Mary
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
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Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
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Crotchet, P., active 1768
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Dawe, Philip, ca.1750–ca.1790
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Dawes, William, active 1760–1774
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Dodd, Daniel, active 1761–1780
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Falconet, Pierre-Etienne, 1741–1791
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Green, Valentine, 1739–1813
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Metsu, Gabriel, 1629–1667
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Pether, William, ca. 1738–1821
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Wilson, James, c.1735–c.1786
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Prints
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Creator Gender
male
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female
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unknown
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Collective Title
Robert & Mary Smirke's Illustrated Sketches to Shakespeare
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Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
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18th century
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18th century-19th century
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laid paper
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mezzotint
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graphite
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black ink
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etching (printing process)
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pen
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wove paper
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genre subject
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genre subject
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flowers (plants)
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interior
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portrait
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woman
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women
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Grand Tour
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actress
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banks
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bear
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book
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books
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bow (costume accessory)
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bows
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bracelets (jewelry)
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chair
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Avon
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England
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Abington, Frances (1737–1815), actress
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Cupid
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Thelluson, Nannette (fl. 1760s?)
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Venus
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Exhibition History
Alexander and J. R. Cozens (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1987-01-30 - 1987-03-29)
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
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Print made by William Pether, ca. 1738–1821
A Smoker
1768
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Print made by unknown artist
The Hen Peckt Husband
1768
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Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Reading by a Paper-Bell Shade
1768
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Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Nannette Thelluson
ca. 1773
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Study for a Relief with Romanesque Figures
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Allegorical Scene
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Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Cartoon for "Gulliver Taking Leave of the Land of Houyhnhms"
between 1768 and 1769
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James Wilson, c.1735–c.1786
Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton)
between 1768 and 1786
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Banks of the Avon at Hotwells
ca. 1773
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Print made by P. Crotchet, active 1768
Grown Ladies Taught to Dance
1768