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Feary, John, ca. 1745–1788
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Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
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Wheatley, Francis, 1747–1801
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Paintings
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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18th century
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figure study
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England
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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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Exhibition History
Francis Wheatley (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-08-31 - 2006-02-05)
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Juxtapositions (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-11-19 - 1998-01-04)
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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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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 Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Portrait of a Sportsman with His Son
1779
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John Feary, ca. 1745–1788
One Tree Hill, Greenwich, with London in the Distance
1779
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John Thomas Smith, 1766–1833
James Boswell and His Family
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