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Romney, George, 1734–1802
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Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
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Downman, John, 1750–1824
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Haward, Francis, 1759–1797
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Jones, Thomas, 1742–1803
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Drawings & Watercolors
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The Agreeable Surprise
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18th century
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graphite
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gray wash
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wove paper
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black chalk
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Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare
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The Agreeable Surprise, play by John O'Keeffe, 1781
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Banquo (character in Macbeth)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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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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Lingo (character in The Agreeable Surprise)
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Siddons (née Kemble), Sarah (1755–1831), actress
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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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Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
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Rembrandt in Eighteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-10-19 - 1983-12-30)
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The Anglo-American Artist in Italy 1750-1820 (University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, 1982-04-07 - 1982-05-09)
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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, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Figure Scene
ca. 1792
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Banquet Scene from Macbeth
ca. 1792
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Macbeth: Banquet Scene
ca. 1792-1793
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Macbeth: Banquet Scene
ca. 1792
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Macbeth: Banquet Scene
ca. 1792
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Print made by Francis Haward, 1759–1797
Mrs. Siddons, in the Character of the Tragic Muse
1787
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William Woollett, 1735–1785
Dido and Aeneas
1787
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John Downman, 1750–1824
John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"
1787