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Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
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Downman, John, 1750–1824
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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18th century-19th century
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18th century
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watercolor
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wove paper
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laid paper
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black ink
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Boswell, James (1740–1795), lawyer, diarist, and biographer of Samuel Johnson
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Boswell, James (1778–1822), barrister and literary scholar
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Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie [Peggie] (1738?–1789)
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Boswell, Sir Alexander, first baronet (1775–1822), poet and politician
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Casamajor, Mary (nee Grant)
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Monsey, Messenger (1693–1788), physician
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Robert [called Robert Curthose], duke of Normandy (b. in or after 1050, d. 1134), prince and crusader
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Samuel Johnson
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Exhibition History
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
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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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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of David Bindman and Frances Carey in Memory of Diana Vincent-Daviss
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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John Thomas Smith, 1766–1833
Studies from the Bust of Samuel Johnson
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John Thomas Smith, 1766–1833
Dr. Messenger Monsey of Chelsea Hospital, 1693-1788
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Daniel Gardner, 1750–1805
Mrs. Justinian Casamajor and Eight of her Children
1779
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John Downman, 1750–1824
Robert, Duke of Normandy
1779
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John Thomas Smith, 1766–1833
James Boswell and His Family
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