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Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675–1734
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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18th century
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black chalk
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architectural subject
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arches
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City of Westminster
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Westminster Abbey
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Elymas
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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The Interior of Westminster Abbey
ca. 1714
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Sir James Thornhill, 1675–1734
The Blinding of Elymas
between 1709 and 1717