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Alexander, William, 1767–1816
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Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
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Varley, John, 1778–1842
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Romney, George, 1734–1802
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Hand, Thomas, died 1804
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Ward, James, 1769–1859
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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Collective Title
The Costume of China
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Views in the Province of Kiang Nan, China
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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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watercolor
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chalk
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watercolor
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genre subject
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landscape
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figure study
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marine art
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river
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boats
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costume
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men
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dress
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female
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figure
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figures
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seamen
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trees
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Asia
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China
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England
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Chu
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Guangdong
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Guangzhou
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Hai He
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Kent
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Ningbo
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Ouse
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Tianjin Shi
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York
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Zhejiang
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Exhibition History
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
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Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (National Maritime Museum, 2005-08-25 - 2005-10-25)
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Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02)
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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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Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Christ Church Gate, Canterbury
1793 to 1794
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Figure Composition Study 48
1793
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Figure Composition Study 4
1793
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Thomas Hand, died 1804
Wooded Landscape with Figures Round a Cooking Pot
1793
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John Varley, 1778–1842
Two Pack Horses
undated
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John Varley, 1778–1842
Ouse Bridge, York
undated
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William Alexander, 1767–1816
Remains of a Bridge at San-Sien-Wey on the Pei-Ho near Tong-Tcheou, August 15, 1793
1793
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imitator of John Varley, 1778–1842
River Landscape
undated
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William Alexander, 1767–1816
Barges of the Embassy Being Raised from One Canal to Another on Their Way from Han-Tcheou-Foo to Tchu-San, 16 November 1793
1793
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James Ward, 1769–1859
Mother and Infant
ca. 1798
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John Varley, 1778–1842
The Fisherman
undated
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William Alexander, 1767–1816
Fort Opposite the Factory, Canton
1793
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William Alexander, 1767–1816
Fisherpeople on a Junk
1793
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William Alexander, 1767–1816
View in the Province of Kiang-nan, China, Taken from Nature
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: Noble Virgin of Bologna
between 1793 and 1795
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Figure Costume Study: French Lady of Quality in 1501
between 1793 and 1795
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Figure Costume Study of Edward VI in 1550
between 1793 and 1795