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Bacon, John, 1740–1799
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Gillray, James, 1756–1815
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McArdell, James, ca. 1729–1765
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Mercier, Philippe, 1689 or 1691–1760
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Ramsay, Allan, 1713–1784
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Sleepy Maid
1756
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John Bacon, 1740–1799
Allegorical female figure: piety holding a nest of pelicans
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Allan Ramsay, 1713–1784
Study for the Portrait of William Guise
ca. 1761
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unknown artist
Four Figures on a Sheet
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