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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
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Dickinson, William, 1746–1823
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Smith, John Raphael, 1752–1812
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Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794
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Fisher, Edward, 1722–1785
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Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618–1680
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Romney, George, 1734–1802
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Watson, James, 1740–1790
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Watson, Thomas, 1743–1781
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Basire, James, 1730–1802
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Cook, Thomas, 1744–1818
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Dance, Nathaniel, 1735–1811
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Darly, Matthew, active 1754–1778
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Dean, John, 1754–1798
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Dixon, John, ca. 1740–1811
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Downman, John, 1750–1824
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Gosset, Isaac, 1713–1799
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Humphry, Ozias, 1742–1810
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
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The Vicar of Wakefield
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18th century
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laid paper
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mezzotint
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line engraving
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The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
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Bacchus
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Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?–1774), author
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Spencer (née Beauclerk), Lady Mary (1743–1812), daughter and heir of 1st Baron Vere; wife of Lord Charles Spencer
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Abel Drugger (character in The Alchemist)
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Caroline, Margaret (née Leveson-Gower), Countess of Carlisle (1753–1824)
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Cecilia, Saint (born 2nd c. AD), patroness of musicians
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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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Darly, Matthias (ca.1720–1780), designer and printseller
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Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright
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God
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Harris, James (1709–1780), philosopher and musical patron
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Herbert, Henry George, 2nd Earl of Carnarvon (1772–1833), Colonel of the West Somerset Yeomanry
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Linley [married name Sheridan], Elizabeth Ann (1754–1792), singer and writer
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Newton, Thomas (1704–1782), bishop of Bristol
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Savile (nee Stephenson), Elizabeth (1760s - 1821), Countess of Mexborough
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Stubbs, George (1724–1806), painter, engraver, and anatomist
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Wesley [Westley], John (1703–1791), Church of England clergyman and a founder of Methodism
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Williams-Wynn, Sir Watkin, fifth baronet (1772–1840), politician
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muse
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Exhibition History
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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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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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (National Gallery of Canada, 1985-02-26 - 1985-05-10)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (The Library of Congress, 1984-11-13 - 1985-02-26)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985-06-04 - 1985-09-05)
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English Caricature - 1620 to the Present (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-09-01 - 1985-11-13)
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English Drawings and Watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
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George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Tate Britain, 1984-10-17 - 1985-01-06)
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George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-02-13 - 1985-04-07)
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George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15)
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George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05)
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James Gillray and the Art of Caricature (Tate Britain, 2001-07-07 - 2001-09-02)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Stubbs & The Horse (Kimbell Art Museum, 2004-11-14 - 2005-02-06)
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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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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 Chauncey Brewster Tinker
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Study for the Self-portrait in Enamel
ca. 1781
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Print finished by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Garrick as Abel Drugger in "The Alchemist"
1776
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Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
James Harris
1776
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Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
James Harris
1776
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John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Literary Characters Assembled Around the Medallion of Shakespeare
1776
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Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, later Elizabeth Savile, Countess of Mexborough
1776
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Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Mrs. Sheridan as 'St. Cecilia'
1776
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Print made by James Basire, 1730–1802
James Harris
after 1776
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Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Margaret Caroline, Countess of Carlisle
1776
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Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Master Henry George Herbert as the 'Infant Bacchus'
1776
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Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Lady Charles Spencer
1776
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Edwin
1776
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Edwin
1776
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John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Mrs. Montagu
1776
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John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Mrs. Morris
1776
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James Watson, 1740–1790
The Right Reverent Thomas Newton, D.D
1776
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William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Lady Charles Spencer
1776
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Burnett Reading, active 1776–1822
Horace Walpole
undated
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Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810
Study of the Artist's Mother Sewing
ca. 1776
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John Smart, 1741–1811
Robert, first Baron Clive of Plassey
1776
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Lady Gertrude, Marchioness of Halifax
1776
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Lady Gertrude, Marchioness of Halifax
1776
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Print made by Matthew Darly, active 1754–1778
Caricature of Matthew Darly
1776
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Thomas Cook, 1744–1818
Shakespeare
1776
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John Downman, 1750–1824
Portrait of a Divine Called Reverend John Wesley
ca. 1781
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Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
The Honourable Mrs. Beresford, Mrs. Gardiner, and The Right Honourable Anne Viscountess Townshend
1776
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Print made by John Dean, 1754–1798
Master Wynn in the Character of St. John
1776
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John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
Bacchus
1776