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Bowles, John, 1701–1779
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Brandoin, Michel Vincent, 1733–1807
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Dawe, Philip, ca.1750–ca.1790
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Grignion, Charles, 1717–1810
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Romney, George, 1734–1802
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Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794
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Smith, John of Cheapside, active ca. 1750–1789
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laid paper
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Abington, Frances (1737–1815), actress
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Pearson , Thomas (1740–1781), East India Company Major
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Exhibition History
"Brilliant Effects" [ Jewels ] (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-07-10 - 2004-01-10)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Caught in the Act - Portraits of Women in the Eighteenth Century (National Portrait Gallery, 2011-10-20 - 2012-01-08)
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Citizens and Kings, Portraiture in the Age of David and Goya - 1770-1830 (Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2006-10-02 - 2007-01-09)
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Crown to Couture (Kensington Palace, 2023-04-05 - 2023-10-29)
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George Romney (1734-1802) (National Portrait Gallery, 2002-05-30 - 2002-08-18)
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George Romney (1734-1802) (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2002-09-15 - 2002-12-01)
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George Romney (1734-1802) (Walker Art Gallery, 2002-02-07 - 2002-04-28)
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Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2002-02-01 - 2002-05-05)
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Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-12-30)
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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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Joshua Reynolds : the Creation of Celebrity (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2005-02-12 - 2005-05-01)
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Joshua Reynolds : the Creation of Celebrity (Tate Britain, 2005-05-21 - 2005-09-18)
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Sir Joshua Reynolds (RA) (Royal Academy of Arts, 1986-01-16 - 1986-03-30)
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Sir Joshua Reynolds (RA) (Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1985-10-07 - 1985-12-16)
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Sir Joshua Reynolds - experiments in paint (The Wallace Collection, London, 2015-03-12 - 2015-06-07)
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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)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, Yale BA 1938, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792
Frances Abington (née Barton) as Miss Prue in William Congreve’s “Love for Love”
1771
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Study for the Portrait of Major Thomas Pearson and the Brahmin
1771
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Charles Grignion, 1717–1810
A French Petit Maître and His Valet
1771
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Print made by Philip Dawe, ca.1750–ca.1790
Courtship for Money
1771