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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Bainbridge family
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Bruce, James, 1730–1794
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
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Fulton, Robert, 1765–1815
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Lunardi, Vincent, 1759–1806
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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
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Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
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Sandby, Thomas, 1723–1798
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Upcott, William, 1779–1845
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Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
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Archives & Manuscripts
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Books
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Dissertations & Theses
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unknown
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18th century
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19th century
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20th century
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correspondence
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ink drawing
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diarie
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engraving
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notebook
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admission ticket
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commonplace book
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diplomat
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drawing book
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drawings (visual works)
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ephemera
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extra-illustrated copies (provenance)
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graphite drawing
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handbooks and manual
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map
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seal
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ticket
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watercolor
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Subject Terms
Artists -- Great Britain -- Correspondence.
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Artists -- Great Britain.
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788 -- Correspondence.
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Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
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Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833 -- Correspondence.
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Abercorn, James Hamilton, Duke of, 1811–1885.
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Abington, Mrs. (Frances Barton), 1737–1815 -- Correspondence.
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Adelcrantz, Carl Fredrik, 1716–1796 -- Correspondence.
1
Africa, North -- Antiquities.
1
Africa, North -- Description and travel.
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Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
1
Antiquities.
1
Antwerp (Belgium) -- Description and travel.
1
Art, British.
1
Artists -- Great Britain -- Portraits.
1
Authors, English -- 18th century -- Correspondence.
1
Bacon, John, 1740–1799 -- Correspondence.
1
Bainbridge family.
1
Balloon ascensions -- History.
1
Ballooning -- History.
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19th century
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Associated Places
Great Britain
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Africa, North
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Antwerp (Belgium)
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Belgium
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Blue Nile River Valley (Ethiopia and Sudan)
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Brussels (Belgium)
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Cassiobury Park (Watford, England)
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Cyprus
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East Bergholt (England)
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Ethiopia
1
Europe
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France
1
Germany
1
Greece
1
Herculaneum (Extinct city)
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Italy
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İzmir (Turkey)
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Naples (Italy)
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Netherlands
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Nile River
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
3
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
2
Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
2
Abercorn, James Hamilton, Duke of, 1811–1885
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Abington, Mrs. (Frances Barton), 1737–1815
1
Adelcrantz, Carl Fredrik, 1716–1796
1
Bacon, John, 1740–1799
1
Bainbridge family
1
Balugani, Luigi Antonio Melchiorre, 1737–1771
1
Banks, Joseph, 1743–1820
1
Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753–1827
1
Biggin, George, 1760–1803
1
Blake, William, 1757–1827
1
Breda, C. F. von (Carl Fredrik), 1759–1818
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Broster, John, -1816
1
Bruce, James, 1730–1794
1
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
1
Burke, Jane Mary Nugent, 1734–1812
1
Cartwright, Edmund, 1743–1823
1
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729–1796
1
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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)
2
Credit Line
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 Frederick W. Hilles
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English
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letter to William Jackson, 1773 January 29
1773 January 29
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letter to Elizabeth Rasse
[1753]
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
Letter to John Thomas Smith
1797, between January 16 and March 23
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Lunardi, Vincent, 1759–1806
Admission ticket for the balloon ascension of Vincenzo Lunardi on May 13, 1785
1785
5
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough letters to his sister Mrs. Mary Gibbon,
1777-1781
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
Joshua Reynolds archive,
1749-1816
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Paul Mellon collection of British artists' correspondence,
1767-1917
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Upcott, William, 1779–1845
Extra-illustrated Life of Nollekens,
1708-1875,
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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741–1821
Hester Lynch Piozzi letters to Dr. William Makepeace Thackeray,
1795, April 16-1816, September 10
10
Bruce, James, 1730–1794
James Bruce archive,
ca. 1750-ca.1850
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Pugin family archive,
ca. 1790-1870
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Fulton, Robert, 1765–1815
Letters to Edmund Cartwright
September 20, 1797 and February 16, 1798
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Riou, Stephen, 1720–1780
Part of a tour in Greece, & other papers by SR
1750-1778
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Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
Joseph Wright of Derby letter to Daniel Daulby
1789 July 15
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Sandby, Thomas, 1723–1798
Thomas Sandby letter to Sir William Chambers
1769 September
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Robertson, Archibald, 1765–1835
Lessons on drawing, watercolors, and miniatures
1797-1803
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Bainbridge family
Bainbridge deer park management archive,
1760-1821