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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828
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Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842
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Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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male
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unknown
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19th century
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wove paper
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graphite
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black ink
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brown wash
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millboard
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architectural subject
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architectural subject
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clouds
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France
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Church of Oyestraham
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City of Westminster
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England
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London
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Associated People
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE)
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Exhibition History
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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Cotman in Normandy (Dulwich Picture Gallery, 2012-10-10 - 2013-01-13)
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English Drawings and Watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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From Corot to Monet - Painters & Photographers in the Forest of Fontainebleau (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2008-07-13 - 2008-10-19)
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From Corot to Monet - Painters & Photographers in the Forest of Fontainebleau (National Gallery of Art, 2008-03-02 - 2008-06-08)
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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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In a New Light: Paintings from the Yale Center for British Art (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-03-24 - 2023-12-03)
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La foret de Fontainebleau, un atelier grandeur Nature (Musée d'Orsay, 2007-03-05 - 2007-05-30)
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Richard Parkes Bonington (Musée du Petit Palais, 1992-03-05 - 1992-05-17)
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Richard Parkes Bonington (Yale Center for British Art, 1991-11-13 - 1992-01-19)
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The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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William Blake (Tokyo) (The National Museum of Western Art, 1990-09-18 - 1990-11-25)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
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William Blake [Butlin] (Tate Britain, 1978-03-08 - 1978-05-21)
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William Blake [Butlin] (Whitworth Art Gallery, 1978-06-10 - 1978-07-15)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
In the Forest at Fontainebleau
ca. 1825
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
ca. 1825
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unknown artist
Plan of the Old Parliament Houses, Westminster
1820
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John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
West Front of the Church of Oyestraham [Ouistreham], near Caen, Normandy
1820