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Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
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Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759–1838
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Green, Rupert, 1768–1804
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Green, Valentine, 1739–1813
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Boydell, John, 1720–1804
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Boydell, Josiah, 1752–1817
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Cheesman, Thomas, 1760–1834/35
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Dickinson, William, 1746–1823
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Diemar, E. M., active 1780–1796
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Drawings & Watercolors
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female
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Collective Title
The Agreeable Surprise
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18th century
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laid paper
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etching (printing process)
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stipple engraving
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mezzotint
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black chalk
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The Agreeable Surprise, play by John O'Keeffe, 1781
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Cosway, Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia, Baroness Cosway in the nobility of the Austrian empire (1760–1838), history painter and educationist
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Bingham, Lady Lavinia (1762–1831)
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Cavendish, Elizabeth Christiana, duchess of Devonshire (1757–1824), society hostess and patron of the arts
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Cowslip (character in The Agreeable Surprise)
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Edwin, John, the elder (1749–1790), actor and singer
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Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton (bap. 1765, d. 1815), social celebrity and artist's model
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Lingo (character in The Agreeable Surprise)
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Wells [née Davies; other married name Sumbel], Mary Stephens (1762–1829), actress
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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 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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Two Extraordinary Women : The Lives and Art of Maria Cosway (1760-1838) and Mary Darby Robinson (1757-1800) (The Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, 2016-01-29 - 2016-05-01)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Lavinia, Countess Spencer, Viscountess Althorp
1787
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Lady Elizabeth Foster
1787
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Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Mrs. Cosway
1787
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Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Mrs. Cosway
1787
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Print made by Thomas Cheesman, 1760–1834/35
Lady Hamilton as The Sempstress
1787
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John Downman, 1750–1824
John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"
1787