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Paintings and Sculpture
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Devis, Arthur William, 1762–1822
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Nasmyth, Alexander, 1758–1840
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Rigaud, John Francis, 1742–1810
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oil paint
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copper
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Biggin, George
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Lunardi, Vincenzo (1759–1806), balloonist
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Ross, Eleanor
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Ross, Margaret
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Sage, Letitia Anne (née Hoare; ca.1750–1817) first British woman to fly
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The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
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Imaginative Geographies (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-02-01 - 2006-08-18)
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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John Francis Rigaud, 1742–1810
Captain Vincenzo Lunardi with his Assistant George Biggin, and Mrs. Letitia Anne Sage, in a Balloon
1785
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Arthur William Devis, 1762–1822
Mr. and Mrs. Fraser
1785 to 1790
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Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
Eleanor and Margaret Ross
between 1785 and 1790
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