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Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730–1795 6
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Gosset, Isaac, 1713–1799 2
Hackwood, William, died 1836 2
Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646–1723 1
Nasmyth, Patrick, 1787–1831 1
Roubiliac, Louis François, 1702–1762 1
Rysbrack, John Michael, 1694–1770 1
Tassie, James, 1735–1799 1
Webber, John, 1752–1793 1

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porcelain 6
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medallion 11

sculpture 5
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portrait 11
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portrait 10
medallion 2
man 1
mathematician 1
oval 1
philosopher 1
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Charlotte (1744–1818), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and queen of Hanover, consort of George III 1
Congreve, William (1670–1729), playwright and poet 1
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (63 BC–AD 14) 1
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright 1
George III (1738–1820), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 1
Linnaeus, Carl (1707–1778), naturalist and taxonomist 1
Nasmyth, Patrick (1787–1831), landscape painter 1
Newton, Sir Isaac (1642–1727), natural philosopher and mathematician 1
Pope, Alexander (1688–1744), poet 1
Vespasian, Roman Emperor from AD 69 to AD 79 1

Exhibition History

Noble Simplicity and Silent Greatness - Neoclassical Art from 1700 - 1900 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1991-04-26 - 1991-09-29) 2
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 1
Enlightened Princesses - Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the Shaping of the Modern World (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-02-02 - 2017-04-30) 1
Fame and Friendship : Pope , Roubiliac , and the Eighteenth-Century Portrait Bust (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-02-20 - 2014-05-19) 1
The World of Alexander Pope (Yale Center for British Art, 1988-04-08 - 1988-05-29) 1

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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 11

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Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795

Portrait Medallion of Augustus

after 1730
Accessible in the Study Room
Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795

Portrait Medallion of Vespasian

after 1730
Accessible in the Study Room
Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795

Collection of 105 Wedgewood Plaques (in one frame)

after 1730
unknown artist

Sir Isaac Newton

ca. 1735
unknown artist

William Congreve

ca. 1715
Attributed to Louis François Roubiliac, 1702–1762

Alexander Pope

ca. 1755
Patrick Nasmyth, 1787–1831

Self portrait

ca. 1815
James Tassie, 1735–1799

David Garrick

1780
Modeled by William Hackwood, died 1836

King George III

ca. 1776
Josiah Wedgwood, 1730–1795

Sir Charles Linnaeus

undated
Modeled by William Hackwood, died 1836

Queen Charlotte

ca. 1776

1080 Chapel Street
New Haven, Connecticut

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