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Hayley, Thomas Alphonso (1780–1800), sculptor 1
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Romney, George (1734–1802), painter 1
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2016 - Long Gallery 408 (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-03-29 - ) 1
Art in Focus : John Flaxman Modeling Bust of William Hayley (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-02-04 - 2010-05-30) 1
Artists' Portraits (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-02-06 - 2002-03-24) 1
Citizens and Kings, Portraiture in the Age of David and Goya - 1770-1830 (Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 2006-10-02 - 2007-01-09) 1
George Romney (1734-1802) (National Portrait Gallery, 2002-05-30 - 2002-08-18) 1
George Romney (1734-1802) (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2002-09-15 - 2002-12-01) 1
George Romney (1734-1802) (Walker Art Gallery, 2002-02-07 - 2002-04-28) 1
Off the Map: Provenance of a Painting (Nasher Museum of Art, 2021-09-18 - 2022-01-09) 1
Romney: Brilliant Contrasts in Georgian England (Yale University Art Gallery, 2025-03-28 - 2025-10-19) 1

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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1

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George Romney, 1734–1802

John Flaxman Modeling the Bust of William Hayley

1795 to 1796
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797

Self-Portrait

ca. 1780

1080 Chapel Street
New Haven, Connecticut

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