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Paintings and Sculpture
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Davis, Samuel, 1760–1819
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West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
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Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
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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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oil paint
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painting (technique)
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brown ink
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graphite
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laid paper
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watercolor
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landscape
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Grand Tour
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England
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Italy
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Kent
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Napoli, Golfo di
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Ramsgate
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Thanet, Isle of
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United Kingdom
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Vesuvio
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Exhibition History
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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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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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
1
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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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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Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Vesuvius from Posillipo
ca. 1788
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Benjamin West, 1738–1820
The Bathing Place at Ramsgate
ca. 1788
Not on view
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Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Murichom to Choka [Chukha]
1783