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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825
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Grimm, Samuel Hieronymus, 1733–1794
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Nixon, John, ca. 1760–1818
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Westall, Richard, 1765–1836
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Creator Gender
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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genre subject
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figure study
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marine art
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Europe
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Belgium
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Brighton
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Castleton
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Haverfordwest
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Liège
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Peak Cavern
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Aphrodite
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Athena
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Gunn, Martha (1726–1815), the most famous of Brighton's bathing women (also known as "dippers"), was born in the seaside village of Brighthelmstone (Brighton)
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Hera
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Paris
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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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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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Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (National Maritime Museum, 2005-08-25 - 2005-10-25)
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Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02)
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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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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Royal Academy of Arts, 1978-03-04 - 1978-05-28)
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Rowlandson Drawings from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-11-16 - 1978-01-15)
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Samuel Hieronymus Grimm (1733-1794) (Kunstmuseum Bern, 2014-01-17 - 2014-04-20)
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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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Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Rosebud, or the Judgement of Paris
1791
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John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Martha Gunn, Bather at Brighton
1791
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
A Dutch Packet in a Rising Breeze
1791
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Limbourg, Belgium
between 1791 and 1792
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Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Study of a Seated Woman
1791
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Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
1791
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John White Abbott, 1763–1851
The Mouth of the Cavern at Castleton in the Peak of Derby
1791