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Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
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Malchair, John, 1730–1812
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Borra, Giovanni Battista, 1713–1770
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Canaletto, 1697–1768
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks
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male
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unknown
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18th century
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18th century-19th century
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laid paper
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graphite
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black ink
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architectural subject
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trees
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landscape
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river
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buildings
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cart
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hills
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horses (animals)
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mountains
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animal art
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bathing machines
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beach
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England
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United Kingdom
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Europe
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Thames
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Christ Church Cathedral
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City of Westminster
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English Channel
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Greater London
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Italy
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Lebanon
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London
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Mount Lebanon
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Mount Sannin
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Nahr al-Kalb
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Oxford
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Oxfordshire
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Rome
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University of Oxford
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Exhibition History
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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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Canaletto (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989-10-30 - 1990-01-21)
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Canaletto and the Conquest of Light (Hôtel de Caumont, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2015-05-06 - 2015-09-20)
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Canaletto in England (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 1993-10-14 - 1994-01-09)
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Canaletto in England - A Venetian Artist Abroad, 1746-1755 (Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2007-01-24 - 2007-04-15)
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Canaletto in England - A Venetian Artist Abroad, 1746-1755 (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-10-19 - 2006-12-31)
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Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
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English Drawings and Watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Miss Elizabeth Manwaring
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West Cowes, Isle of Wight
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Woolwich Warren
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Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Roman Sketchbook
1746
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John Malchair, 1730–1812
Christ Church, Oxford
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pupil of John Malchair, 1730–1812
Castle on a Distant Hill
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Canaletto, 1697–1768
The City of Westminster from Near the York Water Gate
between 1746 and 1747
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Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
View of the Source of the Lycus River (Nahr el-Kelb)
ca. 1751
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Two-wheeled Tip-cart with Horses
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Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Porchester Castle, Hampshire
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