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Prints and Drawings
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Allan, David, 1744–1796
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Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
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Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708–1782
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Boitard, Louis Philippe, active 1734–1760
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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Cries of London
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18th century
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black ink
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laid paper
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graphite
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watercolor
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pen
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genre subject
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figure study
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figures (representations)
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trees
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Arithmetic -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Arithmetic -- Study and teaching.
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Artillery -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Artillery -- Study and teaching.
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Astronomy -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Christ's Hospital (London, England)
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Fortification -- Study and teaching.
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Geography -- Study and teaching.
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Geometrical drawing -- Study and teaching.
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Geometry -- Study and teaching.
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Hipwell, John.
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Nautical training-schools.
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Naval art and science -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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18th century
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England
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Europe
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United Kingdom
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Great Britain
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London
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Nottingham
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Nottingham Castle
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Nottinghamshire
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Hipwell, John
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Exhibition History
The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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Fantastic Illustration and Design in Britain 1850-1930 (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 1979-06-05 - 1979-09-02)
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Fantastic Illustration and Design in Britain 1850-1930 (RISD Museum, 1979-03-28 - 1979-05-13)
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Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill (Victoria and Albert Museum, 2010-03-06 - 2010-07-04)
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Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill (Yale Center for British Art, 2009-10-15 - 2010-01-03)
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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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Rococo - Art and Design in Hogarth's England (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1984-04-30 - 1984-12-07)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of William Drummond
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English
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Nottingham Castle
1759
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Louis Philippe Boitard, active 1734–1760
A London Potboy
1759
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David Allan, 1744–1796
The Highway Robbery
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
London Cries: Fun upon Fun
1759
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Richard Bentley, 1708–1782
A Prospect of Vapourland
1759
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David Allan, 1744–1796
Costume Study
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David Allan, 1744–1796
At La Posta
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Hipwell, John
The elements of navigation
1759