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Prints and Drawings
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Pocock, Nicholas, 1740–1821
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Smart, John, 1741–1811
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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18th century
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laid paper
6
watercolor
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graphite
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canvas
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oil paint
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painting (technique)
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England
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Battersea
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Carne's Seat
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Goodwood Park
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Italy
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London
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St. Paul's Cathedral
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Wandsworth
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Westhampnett
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Westminster Abbey
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Abington, Frances (1737–1815), actress
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Campbell [née Gunning], Elizabeth, duchess of Argyll and suo jure Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon [other married name Elizabeth Hamilton, duchess of Hamilton and Brandon] (bap. 1733, d. 1790), courtier
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Newton, Margaret (née Coningsby), 2nd Countess Coningsby (1709–1761), wife of Sir Michael Newton, 4th Baronet (died 1743)
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Exhibition History
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Tate Britain, 1984-10-17 - 1985-01-06)
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George Stubbs (1724-1806) Tate Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-02-13 - 1985-04-07)
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George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2000-02-14 - 2000-05-15)
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George Stubbs in the Collection of Paul Mellon: a Memorial Exhibition (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-04-30 - 1999-09-05)
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Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)
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Sidesaddle, 1690-1935 (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2018-09-07 - 2019-03-24)
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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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The Chronicle of the Horse in Art (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2016-08-26 - 2017-04-26)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Margaret Newton (née Coningsby), Countess of Coningsby in the Costume of the Charlton Hunt
ca. 1760
Not on view
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Elizabeth (née Gunning), Baroness Hamilton of Hameldon and Duchess of Argyll
ca. 1760
Not on view
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James Watson, 1740–1790
Mrs. Abington
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Italianate Landscape with Travellers no. 2
ca. 1760
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Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Figure Studies: Boy Standing
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
A Lady with a Fan
ca. 1760
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Nathaniel Smith, 1740–1787
Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's from Battersea Fields
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John Smart, 1741–1811
Portrait of a Woman taken from life, facing right
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
A Woman Seated
ca. 1760