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Prints and Drawings
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Bowles, John, 1701–1779
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Canot, Pierre Charles, ca. 1710–1777
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Monamy, Peter, 1681–1749
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Bretherton, James, ca. 1730–1806
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Stubly, Thomas, active 1733–1738
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CALLENDER,, active mid–18th century
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Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
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1794
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Available
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Prints
8
Paintings
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male
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Period
18th century
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etching (printing process)
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laid paper
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line engraving
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painting (technique)
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wove paper
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intaglio print
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painting
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marine art
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genre subject
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portrait
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cityscape
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gesture
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marine art
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genre subject
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men
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flags
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galleons
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masts
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men-of-war
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sailboats
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sails
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sea
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seamen
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ships
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coast
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coats
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costume
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hats
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oars
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poles
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rowboats
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Associated Places
Atherton
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England
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United Kingdom
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Wigan
1
Associated People
Monamy, Peter (bap. 1681, d. 1749), marine painter
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Atherton, Robert Vernon Gwillym (ca. 1741–1783)
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Gwillym, Elizabeth (née Atherton, 1721–1763)
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Gwillym, Jane (life dates unknown)
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Gwillym, Robert (ca. 1714–1776)
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Gwillym, Robert (life dates unknown), father of Robert Gwillym (ca. 1714–1776)
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Gwillym, William (life dates unknown)
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Walpole, Horatio [Horace], fourth earl of Orford (1717–1797)
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Exhibition History
Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
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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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Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2001-02-25 - 2001-05-20)
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Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (The Grand Rapids Art Museum, 1999-10-22 - 2000-01-02)
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Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1998-02-08 - 1998-04-26)
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Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29)
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Inventing Old Virginia : The Decline and Rise of a Pastoral Ideal (Virginia Historical Society, 2003-02-22 - 2003-06-15)
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Life in England 1750 - 1850 (Paul Mellon Arts Center, 1990-03-27 - 1990-05-21)
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Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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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 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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
Robert Gwillym, Elizabeth Gwillym (née Atherton), and Their Family
1745 to 1747
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Print made by Callender, active mid–18th century
Study of a Man with a Cutlass
between 1745 and 1748
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Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
P. Monamy
undated
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Print made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730–1806
P. Monamy
undated
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Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Moonlight
1745
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Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Night and a Ship on Fire
1745
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Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Sun Under a Cloud
1745
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Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Noon
1745
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Print made by Pierre Charles Canot, ca. 1710–1777
Moonlight
1745