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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
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Wilson, Richard, 1713–1782
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Flaxman, John, 1755–1826
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Robertson, George, 1749–1788
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Zoffany, Johann, 1733–1810
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male
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18th century
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painting (technique)
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canvas
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oil paint
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black ink
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Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Descriptive letters and drawings
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Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Oriental memoirs
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landscape
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trees
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water
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Grand Tour
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lake
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England
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Agnano, Lago di
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Napoli
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Colosseum
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Fiesole
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Roma
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Tiber
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Vesuvius
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East India Company
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Forbes, James, 1749-1819
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Cowper, George Nassau Clavering, third Earl Cowper (1738–1789), art collector and patron
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Gore, Charles
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Gore, Elizabeth
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Gore, Emilie
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Gore, Hannah Anne (ca. 1758–1826)
1
Hercules
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Exhibition History
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
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Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (National Museum Wales, 1983-01-29 - 1983-03-20)
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Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (Tate Britain, 1982-11-03 - 1983-01-02)
2
Richard Wilson - The Landscape of Reaction (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-04-20 - 1983-06-19)
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Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31)
1
Grand Tour - The Lure of Italy in the Eighteenth Century (Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1997-02-05 - 1997-04-07)
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Grand Tour - The Lure of Italy in the Eighteenth Century (Tate Britain, 1996-10-10 - 1997-01-06)
1
Hogarth, Reynolds, Turner: British Painting and the Rise of Modernity (Fondazione Roma Museo - Palazzo Sciarra, 2014-04-14 - 2014-07-20)
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In a New Light: 500 Years of British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-04-01 - 2026-01-30)
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Johan Zoffany RA (Royal Academy of Arts, 2012-03-10 - 2012-06-10)
1
Johan Zoffany RA (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-27 - 2012-02-12)
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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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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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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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This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998-05-01 - 1998-07-05)
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This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of South Australia, 1998-09-16 - 1998-11-15)
1
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Queensland Art Gallery, 1998-07-15 - 1998-09-06)
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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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Archival Collections
James Forbes archive
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Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
Lago d'Agnano with Vesuvius in the distance
between 1770 and 1775
Not on view
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Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
Lago d'Agnano with the Grotta del Cane
between 1770 and 1775
Not on view
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Richard Wilson, ca. 1712–1782
A View of the Tiber with Rome in the Distance
ca. 1775
Not on view
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Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810
The Gore Family with George, third Earl Cowper
ca. 1775
On view
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George Robertson, 1749–1788
Colosseum, Rome, with Arch to the Left
after 1770
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John Flaxman, 1755–1826
Trees in the Villa Negroni Planted by M. Angelo
undated
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Nests of the Baya, or Bottle-nested Sparrow, in which they hatch their young; suspended from the Leaf of the Palmyra. J. Forbes 1770
1770
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Baya, or Bottle-nested Sparrow, with the nest in which they roost in the rainy season; suspended on a leaf of the Cocoa-nut Tree. J. Forbes 1770
1770
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Indian Burr, or Banian-Tree; drawn from Nature
1770
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Scorpions, of the natural size and colors; J. Forbes 1770
1770
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The FLAMINGO
1770?
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Cobra Minelle, of the largest size. J. Forbes 1770
1770
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