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Black, Norman, 1920–1999 1
Laroon, Marcellus the Younger, 1679–1772 1
Mercier, Philippe, 1691–1760 1
Romney, George, 1734–1802 1

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oil paint 4
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genre subject 3
abstract art 1
portrait 1

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cello 4

genre subject 3
music 3
violin 3
conversation piece 2
costume 2
harpsichord 2
harpsichordist 2
interior 2
musical instruments 2
violinist 2
Italianate 1
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child 1
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door 1
earrings 1
elderly 1
flute 1
flutist 1
gentleman 1
girl 1
group portrait 1
hearing 1

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Geminiani, Francesco Saverio (1687–1762), composer and music theorist 1
Handel, George Frideric (1685–1759), composer 1

Exhibition History

Art and Music in Britain: Four Encounters, 1730-1900 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-05 - 2006-12-31) 2
Art in Focus : John Flaxman Modeling Bust of William Hayley (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-02-04 - 2010-05-30) 1
Georgian Canada - Conflict and Culture (Royal Ontario Museum, 1984-05-01 - 1984-11-01) 1
Romney: Brilliant Contrasts in Georgian England (Yale University Art Gallery, 2025-03-28 - 2025-10-19) 1
The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30) 1
The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18) 1
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1998-05-01 - 1998-07-05) 1
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Art Gallery of South Australia, 1998-09-16 - 1998-11-15) 1
This Other Eden : British Paintings from the Paul Mellon Collection at Yale (Queensland Art Gallery, 1998-07-15 - 1998-09-06) 1

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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 3
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Nicholas Pritzker 1

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Subject Terms: cello
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George Romney, 1734–1802

Portrait of a Man

between 1758 and 1760
Marcellus Laroon the Younger, 1679–1772

Musical Conversation

ca. 1760
Philippe Mercier, 1691–1760

The Sense of Hearing

1744 to 1747
Norman Black, 1920–1999

Cellist through the Window

undated

1080 Chapel Street
New Haven, Connecticut

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