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Towne, Francis, 1740–1816
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Neale, John Preston, 1771/80–1847
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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18th century
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18th century-19th century
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watercolor
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brown ink
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landscape
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landscape
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England
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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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Francis Towne (Leeds Art Gallery, 1997-10-02 - 1998-01-04)
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Francis Towne (Tate Britain, 1997-06-24 - 1997-09-14)
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Gentle, Rural and Sublime - English Landscape Paintings and Watercolors, 1750-1850 (Denver Art Museum, 1993-12-11 - 1994-02-06)
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Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24)
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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 Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
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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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John Preston Neale, 1771/80–1847
On the Colne, Middlesex
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
The Grange at the Head of Keswick Lake
1786
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Near Ambleside
1786
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
London from Greenwich Hill
ca. 1791