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Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842
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Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Nash, Frederick, 1782–1856
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Ferneley, John E., 1782–1860
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Gray, Thomas, 1716–1771
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Havell, William, 1782–1857
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Munn, Paul Sandby, 1773–1845
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Rooker, Michael "Angelo", 1746–1801
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Soane, John, Sir, 1753–1837
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On-site Access
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Free to Use
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
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Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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Creator Gender
male
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Collective Title
The Poems of Thomas Gray
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Period
18th century-19th century
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18th century
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19th century
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Materials & Techniques
graphite
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wove paper
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watercolor
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brown ink
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pen
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black ink
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gouache
3
gray wash
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laid paper
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gray ink
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board
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architectural subject
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landscape
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cityscape
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literary theme
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sporting art
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architectural subject
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trees
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ruins
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buildings
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castle
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church
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landscape
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men
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genre subject
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horse (animal)
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horses (animals)
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people
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river
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windows
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abbey
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arches
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boats
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bushes
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cityscape
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dogs (animals)
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England
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United Kingdom
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Europe
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London
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Greater London
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Isle of Wight
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Norfolk
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Devon
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Berkshire
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Carisbrooke
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Castle Acre
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Catfield
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Catfield church
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City of Westminster
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Clare
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Clare Castle
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Cowes
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Cumbria
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Eton College
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Exhibition History
Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28)
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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15)
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Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)
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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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Thomas Girtin and the Art of Watercolour (Tate Britain, 2002-07-04 - 2002-09-29)
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British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30)
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Panoramania (Barbican Art Gallery, 1988-11-03 - 1989-01-15)
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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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Thomas Rowlandson from the Paul Mellon Collection (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2005-04-14 - 2005-06-10)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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William Blake, 1757–1827
"To chase the rolling circle's speed..." (Design 17)
between 1797 and 1798
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Paul Sandby Munn, 1773–1845
View of Side Farm, Patterdale
ca. 1802
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Michael "Angelo" Rooker, 1746–1801
Clare Castle, Suffolk
between 1797 and 1800
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William Havell, 1782–1857
View of Totnes, Devon
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Frederick Nash, 1782–1856
Ambulatory, Westminster Abbey
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Frederick Nash, 1782–1856
Apsley House and Piccadilly ... from Hyde Park Corner
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John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
The Norfolk Broads
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Sir John Soane, 1753–1837
Hinton St. George, Somerset: View of the Saloon
1797
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Sketch for the Eidometropolis: Panorama, Great Surrey Street and Christchurch, Southwark
between 1797 and 1802
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Saint Cuthbert's Holy Island
1797
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
The Old Bridge in Devon
between 1797 and 1801
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John Ferneley, 1782–1860
A Meet of the Quorn at Garrendon Park, Loughborough, Leicestershire
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Mr. Drummond's Cottage, East Cowes, Isle of Wight
between 1797 and 1800
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
A Burial at Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight
between 1797 and 1800
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Newport High Street, Isle of Wight
between 1797 and 1800
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follower of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Caister Castle, Norfolk
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follower of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk
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follower of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
South Side of Catfield Church, Norfolk
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imitator of John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
West Front of Byland Abbey, Yorkshire
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attributed to John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Hever Castle, Kent
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