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Hussey, Giles, 1710–1788
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Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730–1795
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Album of 36 Drawings Selected by Benjamin West, P.R.A.
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18th century
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tracing paper
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black ink
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red chalk
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Laocoon and his twin sons are strangled by two serpents during the preparations for a sacrifice
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boys
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father
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hero
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snakes
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strangling
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Laocoön
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Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Giles Hussey, 1710–1788
Study of classical sculpture of Faun with Pipes
between 1730 and 1768
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Giles Hussey, 1710–1788
Study of classical scultpure of Laocoon
between 1730 and 1768
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Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795
Collection of 105 Wedgewood Plaques (in one frame)
after 1730
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Giles Hussey, 1710–1788
Three studies of classical sculpture of Farnese Hercules
between 1730 and 1768
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Giles Hussey, 1710–1788
Two Studies of classical sculpture of Farnese Hercules
between 1730 and 1768
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Giles Hussey, 1710–1788
Study of classical scultpure of Castor and Pollux
between 1730 and 1768
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Giles Hussey, 1710–1788
Studies of classical sculptures of Cesi Juno and Zingara
between 1730 and 1768