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Henderson, John, 1764–1843
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Stothard, Thomas, 1755–1834
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Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814
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Swinburne, Henry, 1743–1803
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Davis, Samuel, 1760–1819
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Fisher, George Bulteel, 1764–1834
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Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
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Day, William, 1764–1807
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Pocock, Nicholas, 1740–1821
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Canaletto, 1697–1768
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Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
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Downman, John, 1750–1824
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Ducros, Abraham Louis Rodolphe, 1748–1810
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Gardner, Daniel, 1750–1805
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Heriot, George, 1766–1844
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Müntz, John Henry, 1727–1798
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Sillett, James, 1764–1840
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Westall, Richard, 1765–1836
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male
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Collection of Sketches by Henry Swinburne
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18th century
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18th century-19th century
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graphite
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wove paper
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laid paper
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watercolor
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gray wash
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drawing
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watercolor
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landscape
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architectural subject
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men
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landscape
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Telemachus and Calypso
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boats
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games
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ships
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Telemachus
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Calypso, Nymph in Greek mythology, who lived on the island of Ogygia
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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
1
Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie [Peggie] (1738?–1789)
1
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
1
Robert [called Robert Curthose], duke of Normandy (b. in or after 1050, d. 1134), prince and crusader
1
Samson (Biblical judge)
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Samuel Johnson
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Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
6
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
3
Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31)
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Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
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English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
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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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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28)
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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15)
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Seascapes - Marine Paintings and Watercolors from the U Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 2009-05-28 - 2009-08-23)
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The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
1
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
1
Thomas Rowlandson - Pleasures and Pursuits in Georgian England (Block Museum of Art, 2011-01-14 - 2011-03-13)
1
Thomas Rowlandson - Pleasures and Pursuits in Georgian England (Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, 2011-04-08 - 2011-06-12)
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Thomas Rowlandson from the Paul Mellon Collection (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2005-04-14 - 2005-06-10)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Wilmarth S. Lewis, B.A. 1918
6
Yale Center for British Art, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
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Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles R. Caldwell
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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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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
ca. 1784
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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
ca. 1784
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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
ca. 1784
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John Thomas Smith, 1766–1833
Studies from the Bust of Samuel Johnson
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James Sillett, 1764–1840
Pockthorpe, Norwich
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John Henderson, 1764–1843
Lord Penryn's Slate Quarries
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Attributed to John Henderson, 1764–1843
A Town on the Lake of Geneva
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John Henderson, 1764–1843
Castle on the Sea Coast
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John Henderson, 1764–1843
Venetian Scene
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Attributed to John Henderson, 1764–1843
Como From Across the Lake
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John Henderson, 1764–1843
Venetian Fantasy
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Attributed to John Henderson, 1764–1843
Gateway to a Castle: approached by a bridge
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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
ca. 1784
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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
ca. 1784
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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
One of Six Illustrations to Fenelon's "The Adventures of Telemachus son of Ulysses"
ca. 1784
16
George Bulteel Fisher, 1764–1834
View of Portsmouth Harbor with Shipping, Showing Buildings on Shore
undated
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Mürzzuschlag, Austria
1779
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Leoben, Austria
1779
19
Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros, 1748–1810
Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum
1779
20
John Henry Müntz, 1727–1798
Landscape with Sportsman and Guns
1779
21
Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Gressenberg
1779
22
Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Krieglach, Austria
1779
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Welden, Germany
1779
24
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Vauxhall Gardens
ca. 1784
25
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Providence—The Protection of Drunken Men
ca. 1784
26
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Foot Ball played at Market Place, Barnet
ca. 1784
27
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Coits Played opposite the Horns, Kennington Common
ca. 1784
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Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Four Corners Played at the Swan, Chelsea
ca. 1784
29
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Trap Ball Played at the Black Prince, Newington, Butts
ca. 1784
30
Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
The Mars in Three Positions
1779
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John Downman, 1750–1824
Robert, Duke of Normandy
1779
32
John Thomas Smith, 1766–1833
Dr. Messenger Monsey of Chelsea Hospital, 1693-1788
undated
33
John Thomas Smith, 1766–1833
James Boswell and His Family
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34
Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
View of the Tryall in Two Positions
1779
35
George Heriot, 1766–1844
Furness Abbey
undated
36
William Day, 1764–1807
A Scene in Derbyshire; Industrial Works spanning a River
undated
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Daniel Gardner, 1750–1805
Mrs. Justinian Casamajor and Eight of her Children
1779
38
Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Fives played at the Tennis court Leicester Fields
ca. 1784
39
William Day, 1764–1807
Wooded Rocks by a Stream (Derbyshire?)
undated
40
George Bulteel Fisher, 1764–1834
View of St. Paul's from Greenwich
undated
41
George Bulteel Fisher, 1764–1834
River Landscape - On the Thames
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42
Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Sugar Loaf, Cape of Good Hope
1779
43
Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Funchal, Madeira: A Square with a Church
1779
44
Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Madeira
1779
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Westall, Richard, 1765–1836
Samson Agonistes
[between 1779 and 1797]