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Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
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Dayes, Edward, 1763–1804
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Neale, John Preston, 1771/80–1847
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Beilby, William, 1740–1819
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Dighton, Robert, 1752–1814
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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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graphite
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wove paper
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black ink
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gouache
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drawing
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architectural subject
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landscape
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historical subject
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architectural subject
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landscape
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trees
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buildings
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hills
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river
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castle
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dogs (animals)
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people
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apron
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arcade
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assassination
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barrels
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beggar
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England
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United Kingdom
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Europe
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Greater London
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London
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Alnwick
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Bloomsbury
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Camden
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City of London
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Cumbria
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Dent de Lion
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Kent
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Mount's Bay
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Charlotte (1744–1818), queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and queen of Hanover, consort of George III
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George III (1738–1820), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover
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Exhibition History
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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The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
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Alexander and J. R. Cozens (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1987-01-30 - 1987-03-29)
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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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Crown Pictorial - Art and the British Monarchy (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-12-05 - 1991-02-17)
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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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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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Papermaking and The Art of Watercolor in Eighteenth-Century Britain: Paul Sandby's "View of…Mr. Whatman's Turkey Mill" (Yale Center for British Art, 2006-02-22 - 2006-06-04)
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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 Great Age of British Watercolors c.1750 - 1880 (National Gallery of Art, 1993-05-02 - 1993-07-25)
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The Great Age of British Watercolors c.1750 - 1880 (Royal Academy of Arts, 1993-01-15 - 1993-07-25)
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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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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove
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Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Dent de Lion, near Margate
ca. 1791
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John Preston Neale, 1771/80–1847
On the Colne, Middlesex
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John Preston Neale, 1771/80–1847
The Quadrangle of the Royal Exchange
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William Beilby, 1740–1819
Gateway Alnwick
1786
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Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Margaret Nicholson Attempting to Assassinate His Majesty, George III, at the Garden Entrance of St. James's Palace, 2nd August 1786
1786
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Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Chapel of St. Michael's Mount
1786
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
The Grange at the Head of Keswick Lake
1786
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Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Hedingham Castle, Essex
ca. 1791
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
London from Greenwich Hill
ca. 1791
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Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Queen Square, London
1786
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Thames from Richmond Hill Looking Southwest
ca. 1791