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Paintings and Sculpture
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Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785–1841
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
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Humphrey, George, ca. 1773–ca. 1831
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Linnell, John, 1729–1796
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Marryat, Frederick Capt., 1792–1848
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Paintings
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Drawings & Watercolors
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The Progress of a Midshipman Exemplified in the Career of Master Blockhead in Seven Plates & Frontispiece
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19th century
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oil paint
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Varley, John (1778–1842), watercolour painter and art teacher
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Sketch for 'The Reading of a Will'
1820
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John Linnell, 1792–1882
John Varley
1820
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Sir David Wilkie, 1785–1841
Study for "Reading the Will"
1820
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Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Waiting Room at the Admiralty--.(No misnomer) - Plate 6
1820