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Prints and Drawings
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Paintings and Sculpture
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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McArdell, James, ca. 1729–1765
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Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
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Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784
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Spooner, Charles, c.1720–1767
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Houston, Richard, ca. 1721–1775
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Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
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Hall, John, 1739–1797
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Hamilton, Hugh Douglas, 1739–1808
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Spencer, Gervase, ca. 1715–1763
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Stubbs, George, 1724–1806
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1764
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1802
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1670
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1728
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1747
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1731
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Prints
12
Drawings & Watercolors
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Paintings
4
Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
1
Creator Gender
male
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Collective Title
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
8
Cries of London
6
Period
18th century
24
18th century-19th century
1
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
18
mezzotint
11
brown wash
4
graphite
4
oil paint
4
painting (technique)
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black chalk
3
canvas
3
gray wash
3
brown ink
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watercolor
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copper
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enamel
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engraving (printing process)
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scraping
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intaglio print
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drawing
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watercolor
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painting
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miniature
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portrait
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genre subject
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religious and mythological subject
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military art
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cries
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genre subject
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man
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woman
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braids
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peddler
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basket
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flowers
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ruffle
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working class
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costume
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dress
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wig
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Georgian
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book
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bottle
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boy
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Associated Places
England
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Europe
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London
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United Kingdom
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Associated People
Adam, Mary
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Boswell, Alexander, Lord Auchinleck (1707–1782), judge
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Dawson, Lady Anne (1733—1769)
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Orde, Anne (née Marr, died 1788), daughter of Ralph Marr of Morpeth, widow of the Revd Pye, and second wife of John Orde (c.1704–c.1786)
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Orde, John (c.1704–c.1786) of East Orde and Morpeth
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Orde, William
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Robertson, William (1721–1793), cleric/religious official, academic/intellectual
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Stubbs, George (1724–1806), painter, engraver, and anatomist
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Exhibition History
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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Allan Ramsay 1713-1784 (National Portrait Gallery, 1992-10-16 - 1993-01-16)
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Allan Ramsay 1713-1784 (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1992-08-01 - 1992-09-27)
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Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
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English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
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Figures of Empire: Slavery and Portraiture in Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Britain (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-10-02 - 2014-12-14)
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George Stubbs (Neue Pinakothek - Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, 2012-01-26 - 2012-05-06)
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Hogarth and Europe (Tate Britain, 2021-11-01 - 2022-03-20)
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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 Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
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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, Purchased in memory of Paul Mellon on the occasion of his centennial
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Self-Portrait
ca. 1759
Not on view
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Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
John Orde, His Wife, Anne Orde (née Marr), His Eldest Son, William, and an Unnamed Servant
between 1754 and 1756
Not on view
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Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Mary Adam
1754
Not on view
4
Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck
between 1754 and 1755
Not on view
5
Gervase Spencer, ca. 1715–1763
Portrait of a Lady
1754
6
Hugh Douglas Hamilton, 1739–1808
Portrait of a Gentleman
undated
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Copy after James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Charlotte Dundas (née Fitzwilliam)
1754
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Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
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James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Charlotte Dundas (née Fitzwilliam)
1754
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Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
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Charles Spooner, c.1720–1767
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
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Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: A Girl with a Basket of Oranges
ca. 1759
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: Boy with a Donkey
ca. 1759
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Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Margaret Ramsay, the Artist's Second Wife (Died 1782)
1754
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: A Man with a Bottle
ca. 1759
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: A Girl with a Basket on Her Head ("Lights for the Cats, Liver for the Dogs")
ca. 1759
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: Small Coal or Brushes
ca. 1759
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: All Fire and No Smoke
ca. 1759
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Print made by Richard Houston, ca. 1721–1775
Lady Selina Hastings
ca. 1759
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John Hall, 1739–1797
William Robertson
undated
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James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Anne Dawson at age 21 (1733-1769)
1754
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Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Lady Ann Dawson as "Diana"
1754
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James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Emily, Countess of Kildare, 1754
1754
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James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
James, Earl of Kildare
1754