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Prints and Drawings
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Fisher, Edward, 1722–1785
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Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794
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Boydell, John, 1720–1804
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Boydell, Josiah, 1752–1817
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Downman, John, 1750–1824
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Green, Valentine, 1739–1813
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Taylor, John of Bath, 1735–1806
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Prints
5
Drawings & Watercolors
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Paintings
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Creator Gender
male
7
Collective Title
The Vicar of Wakefield
4
Period
18th century
7
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
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mezzotint
5
black chalk
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copper
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oil paint
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painting (technique)
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red chalk
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stumping
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intaglio print
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The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
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cape
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author
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cloak
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lace
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Derbyshire
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England
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Europe
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United Kingdom
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Wye
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Associated People
Goldsmith, Oliver (1728?–1774), author
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Wesley [Westley], John (1703–1791), Church of England clergyman and a founder of Methodism
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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John Taylor of Bath, 1735–1806
A Bridge Over the River Wye
1776
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Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Emma, or the Child of Sorrow
1776
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Edwin
1776
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Burchell Reading the Ballad
1776
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Edwin
1776
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Lucilia
1776
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John Downman, 1750–1824
Portrait of a Divine Called Reverend John Wesley
ca. 1781