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Bowles, Carington, 1724–1793
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Cristall, Joshua, 1768–1847
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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Tresham, Henry, 1751–1814
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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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canvas
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laid paper
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oil paint
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painting (technique)
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watercolor
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drawing
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England
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English Channel
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Hastings
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Kent
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Ramsgate
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Thanet, Isle of
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Trapani
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Exhibition History
Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2001-02-25 - 2001-05-20)
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Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (The Grand Rapids Art Museum, 1999-10-22 - 2000-01-02)
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Canaletto to Constable: Paintings of Town and Country from the Yale Center for British Art (Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 1998-02-08 - 1998-04-26)
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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The Fuseli Circle in Rome - Early Romantic Art in the 1770s (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-09-12 - 1979-11-11)
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The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale University Art Gallery Collection
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Benjamin West, 1738–1820
The Bathing Place at Ramsgate
ca. 1788
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Coastal Landscape with a Shepherd and His Flock
between 1783 and 1784
Not on view
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Henry Tresham, 1751–1814
A Peasant of Mount Erix
between 1783 and 1789
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Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847
Landing a Catch of Mackerel, Hastings
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Carington Bowles, 1724–1793
Twelve Illustrations of Robinson Crusoe
1783
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Carington Bowles, 1724–1793
Twelve Illustrations of Robinson Crusoe
1783
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Joshua Cristall, 1768–1847
Coast with Rocks
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