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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
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Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
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Boydell, John, 1719–1804
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Charron, Wm. (William)
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Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
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Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
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Englefield, Henry, Sir, 1752–1822
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Gay, John, 1685–1732
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Gros, Antoine-Jean, baron, 1771–1835
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Hayley, William, 1745–1820
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Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725–1786
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La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741–1788
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Le Quoy, R
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Longmate, Barak, 1738–1793
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Mellin, August Wilhelm von
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Owen, W. (William), -1793
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Peck, Francis, 1692–1743
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Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of, 1656–1733
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graphite (color)
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engraving
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wood engraving
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auction catalog
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coats of arm
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drawing book
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drawings (visual works)
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map
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publishers' advertisement
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Engraving -- Specimens -- 1779.
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Strahan, W. -- Publisher.
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English poetry -- 18th century -- History.
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English poetry -- Early modern, 1500–1700 -- History.
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Engraving -- Specimens -- 1779–1781.
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Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- 1779.
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Etching -- Specimens -- 1779.
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Admirals -- Great Britain.
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Aldesley, Lord Stanley -- Bookplate.
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Aldesley, Lord Stanley -- Bookplate. (BACRB)
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Animals.
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Architectural models -- France -- Paris.
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Architecture -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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Architecture -- Spain -- Early works to 1800.
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Architecture, Domestic -- Early works to 1800.
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Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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Architecture, Roman -- Spain -- Early works to 1800.
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Aristocracy (Political science) -- Great Britain -- Homes and haunts -- Early works to 1800.
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Aristocracy (Social class) -- Great Britain -- Homes and haunts -- Early works to 1800.
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Art -- Private collections -- France -- Catalogs.
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Great Britain
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Paris
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Dublin
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Westminster (London, England)
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Worcester
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Berthault du Tombel, Jean-Francois
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Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742–1802
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Horace
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Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725–1786
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Owen, W. (William), -1793
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Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of, 1656–1733
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Romney, George, 1734–1802
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Samson (Biblical judge)
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Verhulst, Gabriel François Joseph de
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Exhibition History
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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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Barbara R. and Richard C. Glowacki, Yale BA 1954
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles R. Caldwell
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English
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy, on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1778
M DCC LXXIX [1779]
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Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725–1786
Minutes of the proceedings at a court-martial assembled for the trial of the Honourable Admiral Augustus Keppel
MDCCLXIX [1779]
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La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741–1788
Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde
l'an VI de la République, 1798
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Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731
A tour through the island of Great Britain
1779
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Swinburne, Henry, 1743–1803
Travels through Spain, in the years 1775 and 1776
MDCCLXXIX [1779]
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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
Bowles's polite recreation in drawing
[1779]
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Searles, Michael, fl. 1779–1781
[Cost of artificial slate in roofing compared with that of plain tiles and that of slate]
1779?]
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Longmate, Barak, 1738–1793
Collection of drawings of arms
[ca. 1779?]
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Peck, Francis, 1692–1743
Desiderata curiosa, or, A collection of divers scarce and curious pieces relating chiefly to matters of English history
1779
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Gay, John, 1685–1732
Fables
1779
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
Prefaces biographical and critical to the Works of the English poets
1779-1781
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Hayley, William, 1745–1820
A poetical epistle to an eminent painter ..
1779
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Catalogue d'une riche et precieuse collection de tableaux ..
1779
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Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
The peerage of England
MDCCLXXIX [1779]
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Anstey, Christopher, 1724–1805
An election ball
1779
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Boydell, John, 1719–1804
Catalogue raisonné d'un recueil d'estampes
1779-1783
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Watts, William, 1752–1851
The seats of the nobility and gentry
January 1st, 1779 [i.e. 1779-1786]
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Six landscapes from original paintings
1779
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Pembroke, Thomas Herbert, Earl of, 1656–1733
A new description of the pictures, statues, bustos, basso relievos, and other curiosities in the Earl of Pembroke's house at Wilton
1779
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Le Quoy, R
An account of the model in relievo,
MDCCLXXIX [1779]
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Charron, Wm. (William)
A description of the freedom box, voted by the City of London to the Hon. Augustus Keppel, admiral of the Blue
[1779]
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Phillips, Thomas, d. 1815
The history and antiquities of Shrewsbury
1779
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Owen, W. (William), -1793
Owen's new book of roads, or, A description of the roads of Great Britain
1779
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Englefield, Henry, Sir, 1752–1822
Observations on Reading Abbey,
1779?]
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Gros, Antoine-Jean, baron, 1771–1835
Catalogue des différents objets de curiosité
MDCCLXXIX [1779]
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Mellin, August Wilhelm von
Versuch einer Anweisung zur Anlegung, Verbesserung und Nutzung der Wildbahnen so wohl im Freyn als in Thiergärten
1779
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Minutes of the proceedings at a courtmartial ... of the Honourable Admiral Augustus Keppel ..
1779
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
The lives of the English poets
MDCCLXXIX-MDCCLXXXI [1779-81]
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Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
The works of the English poets
1779-1781
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Sanders, Thomas, engraver
Perspective views of the market towns within the county of Worcester
[1779-1781]
31
Westall, Richard, 1765–1836
Samson Agonistes
[between 1779 and 1797]