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Brown, Mather, 1761–1831
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De, Wilde Samuel, 1748–1832
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Downman, John, 1750–1824
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Smith, John Raphael, 1752–1812
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1787
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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Collective Title
The Agreeable Surprise
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Period
18th century
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black chalk
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canvas
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gouache
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laid paper
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mezzotint
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oil paint
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drawing
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portrait
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actor
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hat
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The Agreeable Surprise, play by John O'Keeffe, 1781
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Bannister, John (1760–1836), actor
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Colman, George, the elder (bap. 1732, d. 1794), playwright and theatre manager
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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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King, Thomas (1730–1805), actor and theatre manager
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Thomas King in "The Clandestine Marriage" by George Colman and David Garrick
ca. 1792
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Print made by John Raphael Smith, 1752–1812
John Bannister, Comedian, 1787
1787
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John Downman, 1750–1824
John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"
1787