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Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814
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Müntz, John Henry, 1727–1798
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Paintings
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male
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Period
18th century
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black ink
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laid paper
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brown ink
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pens
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watercolor
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canvas
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sporting art
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Corbet, John
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Kynaston, John (1728–1783), author and literary scholar
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Leighton, Robert
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Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Noble Exercise - The Sporting Ideal in Eighteenth-Century British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-07-14 - 1982-09-19)
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Francis Wheatley (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-08-31 - 2006-02-05)
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Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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The Noble Horse (Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, 1998-04-04 - 1998-05-28)
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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
Not on view
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Thomas Stringer, 1722–1790
John Corbet, Sir Robert Leighton and John Kynaston with their Horses and Hounds
1779
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John Henry Müntz, 1727–1798
Landscape with Sportsman and Guns
1779
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Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Foot Ball played at Market Place, Barnet
ca. 1784
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Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Four Corners Played at the Swan, Chelsea
ca. 1784
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Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Fives played at the Tennis court Leicester Fields
ca. 1784
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Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Trap Ball Played at the Black Prince, Newington, Butts
ca. 1784
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Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Coits Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common
ca. 1784