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Desprez, Jean Louis, 1743–1804
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Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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18th century-19th century
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Exhibition History
Sir William Chambers - Architect to George III (Nationalmuseum, 1997-01 - 1997-04-20)
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Sir William Chambers - Architect to George III (The Courtauld Gallery, 1996-10-10 - 1997-01-01)
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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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The Early Georgian Landscape Garden (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-04-20 - 1983-06-26)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Jean Louis Desprez, 1743–1804
Somerset House, Saint Paul's Cathedral and Blackfriar's Bridge
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Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Facade for a Temple of Peace, Kew Gardens, Surrey
ca. 1763
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Jean Louis Desprez, 1743–1804
Somerset House, the Strand Vestibule
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