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Prints and Drawings
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Unknown artist
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
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Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
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Alexander, William, 1767–1816
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Norice, F., 19th century
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Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
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Varley, Cornelius, 1781–1873
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Varley, John, 1778–1842
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Creator Gender
male
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unknown
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Period
19th century
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18th century
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graphite
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wove paper
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watercolor
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pen
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brown ink
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landscape
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marine art
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England
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Thames
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Battersea Bridge
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Eastbourne
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Exhibition History
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
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Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
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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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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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Thomas Girtin and the Art of Watercolour (Tate Britain, 2002-07-04 - 2002-09-29)
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Thomas Girtin: Genius in the North (Harewood House Trust Ltd., 1999-03-09 - 1999-06-13)
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Thrill of the 'Chace: Steeplechasing in Art (National Sporting Library and Museum, 2020-09-09 - 2021-03-22)
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Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
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Battersea Bridge
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F. Norice, 19th century
Greenwich, London in the Distance
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Buildings and Cypress Trees
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Landscape with Bridge
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Harbor
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Thumbnail Sketch of Venice
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Ships and Hulks Moored in an Estuary
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Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
View near Tal-y-Llyn
ca. 1805
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Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Foxhunting: Gone Away
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Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Foxhunting: The Refreshment
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Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
"Qualified Horses and Unqualified Riders:" `Returning Home in Triumph. He Disdain'd a Slothful Easey Life; so Took to Hunting'
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Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Foxhunting: The Leap
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Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Steeplechasing: The Start
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Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
Illustration to R.S. Surtees', "Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities:" 'Mr. Jorrocks Renounces the Acquaintance of the Yorkshireman'
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Ouse Bridge, York
1800
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Ripon Minster, Yorkshire
1800
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William Alexander, 1767–1816
View Near the City of Tientsin
1800
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unknown artist
Church with Town, Cliffs and Sea Beyond
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unknown artist
Upper or Western Entrance to Eastbourne
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Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
The Beach at Low Tide
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