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Francia, François Louis Thomas, 1772–1839
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Lambert, James of Lewes, 1725–1788
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Drawings & Watercolors-Miniatures
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The Agreeable Surprise
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18th century-19th century
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gouache
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watercolor
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wove paper
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marine art
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The Agreeable Surprise, play by John O'Keeffe, 1781
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Ringmer
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Europe
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Cowslip (character in The Agreeable Surprise)
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Edwin, John, the elder (1749–1790), actor and singer
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Lingo (character in The Agreeable Surprise)
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Wells [née Davies; other married name Sumbel], Mary Stephens (1762–1829), actress
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Exhibition History
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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English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
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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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Ireland - Art on a World Stage 1690-1840 (The Art Institute of Chicago, 2015-03-17 - 2015-06-07)
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ann and Kenneth Rapoport
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James Lambert of Lewes, 1725–1788
South View of a House at Ringmer with Gardeners at Work
1787
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François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Windmill on a Knoll in a Landscape
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William Henry Brooke, 1772–1860
Portrait of a Girl Sketching
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James Lambert of Lewes, 1725–1788
North East View of a House at Ringmer with Cattle and Sheep by a Pond
1787
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George Engleheart, 1753–1829
Portrait of a Gentleman
1787
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John Downman, 1750–1824
John Edwin and Mrs. Mary Wells as Lingo and Cowslip in "The Agreeable Surprise"
1787
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François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Boulogne Harbour
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François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Ships Heeling Over in a Stormy Sea
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François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Jetty in a Storm
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François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Ships Anchored Offshore in a Calm Sea
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François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Nearing Port in a Stormy Sea
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François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
A Stormy Sea, Evening
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