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Devis, Arthur, 1711–1787
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Romney, George, 1734–1802
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Sandby, Thomas, 1721–1798
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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18th century
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graphite
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Arthur Devis (Harris Museum and Art Gallery, 1983-11-25 - 1984-01-29)
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Arthur Devis (National Portrait Gallery, 1983-10-01 - 1983-11-12)
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George Romney (1734-1802) (National Portrait Gallery, 2002-05-30 - 2002-08-18)
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George Romney (1734-1802) (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2002-09-15 - 2002-12-01)
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George Romney (1734-1802) (Walker Art Gallery, 2002-02-07 - 2002-04-28)
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Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (National Gallery of Scotland, 2009-11-07 - 2010-02-07)
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Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, 2009-07-25 - 2009-10-18)
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Picturing Britain - Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - A Bicentenary Exhibition (Royal Academy of Arts, 2010-03-13 - 2010-06-13)
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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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The Changing Garden: Four Hundred Years of European and American Gardens and Parks (Cantor Art Center, Stanford University, 2003-06-11 - 2003-09-07)
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The Changing Garden: Four Hundred Years of European and American Gardens and Parks (Dixon Gallery & Gardens, 2003-10-19 - 2004-01-11)
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The Changing Garden: Four Hundred Years of European and American Gardens and Parks (The University of Michigan Museum of Art, 2004-03-13 - 2004-05-23)
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The Conversation Piece - Arthur Devis & His Contemporaries (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-10-01 - 1980-11-30)
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Arthur Devis, 1712–1787
A Family, Traditionally Identified as the Swaine Family of Fencroft, Cambridgeshire
1749
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George Romney, 1734–1802
The Bath of Bath-sheba
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Thomas Sandby, 1721–1798
The Grotto, Virginia Water
ca. 1754