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Prints and Drawings
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Ferguson, James, 1710–1776
6
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
3
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
3
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727–1785
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Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
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Faber, John the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
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Frye, Thomas, 1710–1762
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Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646–1723
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Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618–1680
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Roubiliac, Louis François, 1702–1762
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Seymour, James, 1702–1752
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1781
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1675
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1738
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1735
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1766
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1978
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1763
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1799
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1802
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1814
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1968
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1794
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1728
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1732
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1748
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Drawings & Watercolors
8
Prints
4
Paintings
3
Sculptures
1
Creator Gender
male
16
Period
18th century
7
18th century-19th century
3
Materials & Techniques
graphite
7
laid paper
4
canvas
3
oil paint
3
painting (technique)
3
stipple engraving
3
black chalk
1
black ink
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etching (printing process)
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line engraving
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white chalk
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drawing
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miniature
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intaglio print
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painting
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sculpture
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portrait
14
animal art
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genre subject
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buttons
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arch
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bald
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boys
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cards
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Associated Places
Devonshire
1
England
1
Europe
1
United Kingdom
1
Associated People
Gainsborough, Thomas (1727–1788), painter and printmaker
2
Bacon, Catherine (1735–?)
1
Bacon, Catherine (née Lowther, life dates unknown)
1
Bacon, Charles (1733–1743)
1
Bacon, John (1709–1752)
1
Bacon, John William (1733–1767) of Staward, Styford, and Newton Cap, Governor of Bridewell
1
Fountaine, Sir Andrew (1676–1753), art collector
1
Rutter, Dorothy (née Bacon, 1737–1809)
1
Exhibition History
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
2
All The Queen's Horses (National Horse Racing Museum, 2003-04-26 - 2003-08-23)
1
Art in Focus : Joseph Wright and the Spectacle of Science (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-03-30 - 2007-06-11)
1
Arthur Devis (Harris Museum and Art Gallery, 1983-11-25 - 1984-01-29)
1
Arthur Devis (National Portrait Gallery, 1983-10-01 - 1983-11-12)
1
Gainsborough Drawings - International Exhibitions Foundation (Kimbell Art Museum, 1983-12-17 - 1984-02-19)
1
Gainsborough Drawings - International Exhibitions Foundation (National Gallery of Art, 1983-10-02 - 1983-12-04)
1
Gainsborough's Family Album (National Portrait Gallery, 2018-11-22 - 2019-02-03)
1
Gainsborough's Family Album (Princeton University Art Museum, 2019-02-23 - 2019-06-05)
1
Life in England 1750 - 1850 (Paul Mellon Arts Center, 1990-03-27 - 1990-05-21)
1
The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
1
The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Berkeley Art Museum, 1995-08-23 - 1995-11-19)
1
The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 1995-12-10 - 1996-02-04)
1
The New Child - The Origins of Modern Childhood in English Art 1730-1830 (Joslyn Art Museum, 1996-03-09 - 1996-05-05)
1
The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
1
Thomas Gainsborough (Ferrara, Italy) (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 1998-06-07 - 1998-08-30)
1
Thomas Gainsborough (Tate) (Musée du Louvre, 1981-02-07 - 1981-04-26)
1
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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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Thomas Frye, 1710–1762
Mrs. Wardle
1742
Not on view
2
James Seymour, 1702–1752
The Duke of Devonshire's Flying Childers
1742
Not on view
3
Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
John Bacon, Catherine Bacon (née Lowther), and their children John, Charles, Catherine, and Dorothy
between 1742 and 1743
Not on view
4
Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762
Sir Andrew Fountaine
ca. 1747
Not on view
5
John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756
The Right Honorable Louisa Countess of Berkeley, Daughter of Charles Lenox Duke of Richmond and Lenox
1742
6
Giovanni Battista Cipriani, 1727–1785
John Locke
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James Ferguson, 1710–1776
Portrait of a Gentleman
ca. 1747
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James Ferguson, 1710–1776
Portrait of a Gentleman
ca. 1747
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James Ferguson, 1710–1776
Portrait of a Gentleman
ca. 1747
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James Ferguson, 1710–1776
Portrait of a Gentleman
ca. 1747
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James Ferguson, 1710–1776
Portrait of a Gentleman
ca. 1747
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James Ferguson, 1710–1776
Portrait of a Lady
ca. 1747
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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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