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Burney, Edward Francis, 1760–1848
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Cozens, Alexander, 1717–1786
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Nixon, John, ca. 1760–1818
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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18th century-19th century
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graphite
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wove paper
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Alexander and J. R. Cozens (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1987-01-30 - 1987-03-29)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
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The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Abel Cary Thomas, Yale BA 1905, transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Profile Study of Female Head
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John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Study for, In Mr. Barnard's Boat, Kingston
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Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Mountain Tops (A Mountain Study)
ca. 1780