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Prints and Drawings
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Runciman, Alexander, 1736–1785
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Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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unknown
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Period
18th century
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laid paper
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black ink
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black wash
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board
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canvas
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gouache
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gray wash
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oil paint
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clouds
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man
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Christianity
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Old Testament
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The Tempest, play by William Shakespeare
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The ten commandments
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amateur
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book
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bridge (built work)
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bright
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camera obscura
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Esk
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Europe
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Midlothian
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Roslin
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Roslin Castle
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Scotland
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Ariel (character in The Tempest)
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Elliot, Ann (1743–1769), courtesan and actress
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Miranda (character in The Tempest)
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Moses
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Prospero (character in The Tempest)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Exhibition History
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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English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
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Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (National Gallery of Scotland, 2009-11-07 - 2010-02-07)
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Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, 2009-07-25 - 2009-10-18)
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Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (Royal Academy of Arts, 2010-03-13 - 2010-06-13)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)
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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 Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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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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William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
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William Blake: Burning Bright (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-09-04 - 2025-12-07)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Prospero, Miranda and Ariel, from "The Tempest"
ca. 1780
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Moses Receiving the Law
ca. 1780
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Roslin Castle, Midlothian
ca. 1780