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Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842
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Varley, Cornelius, 1781–1873
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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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watercolor
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architectural subject
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landscape
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castle
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battlements
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figures
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foliage
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hill
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landscape
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men
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pool
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sea
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towers
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tree
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water
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Aberystwyth
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United Kingdom
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Exhibition History
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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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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Thomas Girtin and the Art of Watercolour (Tate Britain, 2002-07-04 - 2002-09-29)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
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John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Aberystwyth Castle
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