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Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
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Laporte, John, 1761–1839
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Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
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Brown, Mather, 1761–1831
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Smith, John, 1749–1831
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Unknown artist
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Yenn, John, 1750–1821
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Dance, Nathaniel, 1735–1811
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Downman, John, 1750–1824
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Gore, Charles, 1729–1807
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Griffith, Moses, 1747–1819
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Grimm, Samuel Hieronymus, 1733–1794
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Hackert, Jakob Phillip, 1737–1807
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Opie, John, 1761–1807
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Pars, William, 1742–1782
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Serres, Dominic M., c.1761–1804
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Smart, John, 1741–1811
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Tobin, J., active 1776
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
1
Creator Gender
male
27
female
7
unknown
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Collective Title
King Lear
2
The Tragedy of Macbeth
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The Tempest
1
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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The Winter's Tale
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Period
18th century
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18th century-19th century
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Materials & Techniques
watercolor
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laid paper
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graphite
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black ink
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wove paper
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gouache
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pen
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scraping
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gray wash
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oil paint
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landscape
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literary theme
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figure study
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marine art
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cartographic material
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cityscape
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genre subject
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portrait
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landscape
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trees
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Grand Tour
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literary theme
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mountains
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plays by William Shakespeare
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hills
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rocks (landforms)
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clouds
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man
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architectural subject
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figure study
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gesturing
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lake
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science
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buildings
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cloak
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cloaks
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Europe
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Rome
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Aare
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Anglesey
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Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
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Church of the Santissima Trinità dei Monti
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Czech Republic
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Fucino, Conca del
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Geneva, Lake of
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Interlaken
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Kennington
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Cordelia (character in King Lear)
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King Lear (character in King Lear)
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The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
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Antigonus (character in The Winter's Tale)
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Ariel (character in The Tempest)
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Clive, Robert, first Baron Clive of Plassey (1725–1774), army officer in the East India Company and administrator in India
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Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
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Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
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Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
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Perdita (character in The Winter's Tale)
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Wesley [Westley], John (1703–1791), Church of England clergyman and a founder of Methodism
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Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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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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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
3
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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Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
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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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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
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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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Company Culture (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-09-16 - 2004-01-05)
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Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
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English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon
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Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
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Dominic M. Serres, c.1761–1804
View of Perth from Moncrieffe Hill
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John Smart, 1741–1811
Robert, first Baron Clive of Plassey
1776
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J. Tobin, active 1776
Preparing to lay eel traps
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Jakob Phillip Hackert, 1737–1807
Lake Nemi
1776
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Mather Brown, 1761–1831
A Page Boy in Blue with a Red Shield
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Mather Brown, 1761–1831
Man Seated on a Rock
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Charles Gore, 1729–1807
Lago Fucino
1776
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Moses Griffith, 1747–1819
View of Baron Hill, Anglesey, Wales
1776
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William Pars, 1742–1782
A View of Rome Taken from the Pincio
1776
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
River Landscape with Cattle Watering
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
A Country Church Amongst Hills
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unknown artist
L'Orient 1776: Map of the Port of Orient
1776
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unknown artist
Rochefort 1776
1776
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Classical Female Figure
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
Evening - Landscape with a Ruined Castle
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
Night - River Landscape with a Ruined Abbey
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
Morning - River Scene with Figures near a Cottage
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John Laporte, 1761–1839
Day - Landscape with Rapids and Cattle
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost..
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
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John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
Isola Madre, Lago Maggiore
ca. 1781
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John Downman, 1750–1824
Portrait of a Divine Called Reverend John Wesley
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Antigonus Disposing of Perdita
ca. 1781
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Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Kennington Common
1776
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ophelia's Death
ca. 1781
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John Warwick Smith, 1749–1831
A View of Tivoli Looking Towards Rome
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ferdinand and Ariel
ca. 1781
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Interlaken
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Falls of the Reichenbach
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Lake of Geneva from the Canton of Berne
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Upon the Aare between Unterseen and the Lake of Brientz
1776
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Between Chamonix and Martigny
1776
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John Yenn, 1750–1821
Design for a Doorway
ca. 1781
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John Yenn, 1750–1821
Design for a Doorway
ca. 1781