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Prints and Drawings
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Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727–1785
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Cotes, Francis, 1726–1770
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Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
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Fisher, Edward, 1722–1785
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Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497–1543
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Houbraken, Jacobus, 1698–1780
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Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618–1680
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McArdell, James, ca. 1729–1765
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Roubiliac, Louis François, 1702–1762
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Van Dyck, Anthony, Sir, 1599–1641
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Vertue, George, 1684–1756
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1766
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1825
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1735
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1763
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1759
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1682
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1731
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1824
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Not on view
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Free to Use
12
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Unavailable
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Classification
Prints
8
Drawings & Watercolors
2
Paintings
1
Sculptures
1
Creator Gender
male
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Collective Title
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
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Volume of copies by an unknown artist after Sandby's "Cries of London" drawings. An Edward Fisher mezzotint after a Francis Cotes portrait of Paul Sandby serves as frontispiece
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Period
18th century
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18th century-19th century
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Materials & Techniques
laid paper
7
stipple engraving
4
etching (printing process)
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line engraving
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mezzotint
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black chalk
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black ink
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canvas
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graphite
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oil paint
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plaster
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white chalk
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wove paper
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intaglio print
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drawing
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bust
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portrait
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genre subject
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military art
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portrait
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artist
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buttons
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collar
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man
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oval
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coat
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cravat
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hair
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scarf
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woman
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arch
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bald
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boys
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children
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Associated People
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727–1788), painter and printmaker
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Bacon, Catherine (1735–?)
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Bacon, Catherine (née Lowther, life dates unknown)
1
Bacon, Charles (1733–1743)
1
Bacon, John (1709–1752)
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Bacon, John William (1733–1767) of Staward, Styford, and Newton Cap, Governor of Bridewell
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Fountaine, Sir Andrew (1676–1753), art collector
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Rutter, Dorothy (née Bacon, 1737–1809)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
1
Exhibition History
Art in Focus : Joseph Wright and the Spectacle of Science (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-03-30 - 2007-06-11)
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Arthur Devis (Harris Museum and Art Gallery, 1983-11-25 - 1984-01-29)
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Arthur Devis (National Portrait Gallery, 1983-10-01 - 1983-11-12)
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Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17)
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Gainsborough Drawings - International Exhibitions Foundation (Kimbell Art Museum, 1983-12-17 - 1984-02-19)
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Gainsborough Drawings - International Exhibitions Foundation (National Gallery of Art, 1983-10-02 - 1983-12-04)
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Gainsborough's Family Album (National Portrait Gallery, 2018-11-22 - 2019-02-03)
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Gainsborough's Family Album (Princeton University Art Museum, 2019-02-23 - 2019-06-05)
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Life in England 1750 - 1850 (Paul Mellon Arts Center, 1990-03-27 - 1990-05-21)
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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
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The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Berkeley Art Museum, 1995-08-23 - 1995-11-19)
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The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 1995-12-10 - 1996-02-04)
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The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Joslyn Art Museum, 1996-03-09 - 1996-05-05)
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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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Thomas Gainsborough (Ferrara, Italy) (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 1998-06-07 - 1998-08-30)
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Thomas Gainsborough (Tate) (Musée du Louvre, 1981-02-07 - 1981-04-26)
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Thomas Gainsborough (Tate) (Tate Britain, 1980-10-07 - 1981-01-04)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
John Bacon, Catherine Bacon (née Lowther), and their children John, Charles, Catherine, and Dorothy
between 1742 and 1743
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Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Sir Andrew Fountaine
ca. 1747
Not on view
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James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Helena Forman
1742-1765
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Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1727–1785
John Locke
undated
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Lady Gertrude, Marchioness of Halifax
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Gainsborough
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Gainsborough
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Study of a Woman in a Mob Cap
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George Vertue, 1684–1756
Familia Regia: Henry VIII, Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, Jane Seymour
1742
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Jacobus Houbraken, 1698–1780
General Henry Ireton
1742
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Gainsborough
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Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Paul Sandby
1742