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Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
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Romney, George, 1734–1802
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Copley, John Singleton, 1738–1815
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Hayward, John Samuel, 1778–1822
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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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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black chalk
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squaring (transferring technique)
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Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland
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Exhibition History
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Robert B. Simon
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Figure Composition Study 4
1793
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Figure Composition Study 48
1793
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John Samuel Hayward, 1778–1822
A Young Woman Looking Down
undated
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John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Study for Captain William George Fairfax for the Painting "The Victory of Lord Duncan"
ca. 1798
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John Opie, 1761–1807
Reclining Female Nude
1793
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Figure Costume Study: Persian Lady in 1568
between 1793 and 1795
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Figure Costume Study: English Nobleman
between 1793 and 1795
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Figure Costume Study of Henry VIII
between 1793 and 1795