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Prints and Drawings
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Paintings and Sculpture
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Creator
Dickinson, William, 1746–1823
4
Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
3
Opie, John, 1761–1807
3
Peters, Matthew William, 1742–1814
3
Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794
3
Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
2
Fisher, Edward, 1722–1785
2
Lely, Peter, Sir, 1618–1680
2
Bogle, John, 1746–1804
1
Earlom, Richard, 1743–1822
1
Green, Valentine, 1739–1813
1
Guercino, Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, 1591–1666
1
Humphry, Ozias, 1742–1810
1
Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740–1812
1
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
1
Romney, George, 1734–1802
1
Taylor, John of Bath, 1735–1806
1
Watson, Thomas, 1743–1781
1
Wheatley, Francis, 1747–1801
1
Zoffany, Johann, 1733–1810
1
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1738
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1749
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1754
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1789
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1797
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1776
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1735
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1793
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1755
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1762
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1764
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1777
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1783
7
1794
7
1768
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1791
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1710
5
1730
5
1747
5
1752
5
1759
5
1766
5
1767
5
1773
5
1775
5
1798
5
1742
4
1746
4
1748
4
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4
1778
4
1800
4
1715
3
1718
3
1725
3
1728
3
1731
3
1736
3
1737
3
1751
3
1757
3
1758
3
1761
3
1701
2
1722
2
1723
2
1734
2
1739
2
1743
2
1763
2
1697
1
1712
1
1716
1
1729
1
1741
1
1756
1
1827
1
On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
18
Not on view
4
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22
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20
Unavailable
2
Classification
Prints
11
Drawings & Watercolors
7
Paintings
4
Creator Gender
male
19
female
3
Collective Title
The Vicar of Wakefield
2
King Lear
1
The Tempest
1
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1
Period
18th century
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Materials & Techniques
laid paper
15
mezzotint
8
graphite
5
painting (technique)
4
watercolor
4
scraping
3
wove paper
3
black ink
2
etching (printing process)
2
line engraving
2
oil paint
2
stipple engraving
2
black chalk
1
brown ink
1
brown wash
1
canvas
1
copper
1
gouache
1
red chalk
1
white chalk
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Work Type
intaglio print
11
drawing
6
painting
4
watercolor
4
Genre
portrait
7
literary theme
6
figure study
5
landscape
2
religious and mythological subject
2
architectural subject
1
genre subject
1
Subject Terms
woman
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portrait
7
literary theme
6
figure study
5
man
5
posing
5
dress
4
gaze
4
mother
4
nude
4
plays by William Shakespeare
4
cloak
3
hands
3
illustration
3
landscape
3
necklace
3
sash
3
trees
3
The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
2
bed
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Associated Places
England
2
Europe
2
United Kingdom
2
Derbyshire
1
Greater London
1
London
1
Wye
1
Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
4
Ariel (character in The Tempest)
1
Cecilia, Saint (born 2nd c. AD), patroness of musicians
1
Cordelia (character in King Lear)
1
Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
1
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright
1
God
1
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE)
1
King Lear (character in King Lear)
1
Linley [married name Sheridan], Elizabeth Ann (1754–1792), singer and writer
1
Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
1
Savile (nee Stephenson), Elizabeth (1760s - 1821), Countess of Mexborough
1
The Virgin Mary
1
Wilson, Ann (née Harrison, 1734–1811)
1
Wilson, Sybill (1766–1773)
1
muse
1
Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
3
Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2001-02-25 - 2001-05-20)
1
Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (The Grand Rapids Art Museum, 1999-10-22 - 2000-01-02)
1
Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1998-02-08 - 1998-04-26)
1
Francis Wheatley (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-08-31 - 2006-02-05)
1
George Romney (1734-1802) (National Portrait Gallery, 2002-05-30 - 2002-08-18)
1
George Romney (1734-1802) (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2002-09-15 - 2002-12-01)
1
George Romney (1734-1802) (Walker Art Gallery, 2002-02-07 - 2002-04-28)
1
In a New Light: Paintings from the Yale Center for British Art (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-03-24 - 2023-12-03)
1
Love, Life, Death, and Desire: An Installation of the Center's Collections (Yale Center for British Art, 2020-10-01 - 2021-02-28)
1
Philippe - Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740 - 1812) (Musee de Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg, 2012-11-17 - 2013-02-18)
1
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
1
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
1
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
10
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
9
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon
3
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Ann Wilson (née Harrison) and Her Daughter, Sybill
between 1776 and 1777
Not on view
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John Taylor of Bath, 1735–1806
A Bridge Over the River Wye
1776
Not on view
3
Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Mrs. Barclay and Her Children
between 1776 and 1777
Not on view
4
Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Landscape with Cattle and Peasant
ca. 1781
Not on view
5
Ozias Humphry, 1742–1810
Study of the Artist's Mother Sewing
ca. 1776
6
Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Mrs. Sheridan as 'St. Cecilia'
1776
7
John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Classical Female Figure
undated
8
John Opie, 1761–1807
Study of a Draped Classical Torso
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9
John Opie, 1761–1807
Standing Classical Female Figure
undated
10
Print made by John Bogle, 1746–1804
Night Watchman
1776
11
Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Virgin and Child
1776
12
Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, later Elizabeth Savile, Countess of Mexborough
1776
13
Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Pritchard, in the Tragedy of 'Macbeth.' Act II. Scene III
1776
14
Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Lucilia
1776
15
Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Angelina
1776
16
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Lady Gertrude, Marchioness of Halifax
1776
17
Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Lady Gertrude, Marchioness of Halifax
1776
18
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ferdinand and Ariel
ca. 1781
19
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ophelia's Death
ca. 1781
20
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
21
Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Lydia
1776
22
Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Lydia
1776