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Alexander, William, 1767–1816
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Varley, John, 1778–1842
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Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840
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Daniell, William, 1769–1837
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Hastings, Thomas Capt., 1778–1854
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Parish, Henry William, active 1792
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Schetky, John Christian, 1778–1874
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Drawings & Watercolors
12
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male
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Collective Title
Sketches, Vol. 6: 152 Drawings of Isle of Wight, Canterbury, and Hampstead, etc.
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An Album of Sketches on the Voyage from England to China with Lord Macartney's Embassy
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18th century
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graphite
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watercolor
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wove paper
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Caernarfon
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Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire
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Carnarvon Castle
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Chennai
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Chu
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England
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Fort St. George
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Guangdong
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Guangzhou
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Wales
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Exhibition History
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (National Maritime Museum, 2005-08-25 - 2005-10-25)
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Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02)
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Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter
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John Varley, 1778–1842
Carnarvon Castle
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Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
South East View of Fort George, Madras
January 1793
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Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Bay with Sailing Ships
1793
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Capt. Thomas Hastings, 1778–1854
Sketch of a Group Preparing the Sails near the Shore, Hastings
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Capt. Thomas Hastings, 1778–1854
Sketch of a Ship in a Storm and Sketch of a Family Grouping by an Arch
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John Varley, 1778–1842
On the Thames
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John Varley, 1778–1842
A Castle at the Waterside
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William Alexander, 1767–1816
The Hindostan at Anchor in the Strait of Mi-a-tau of the City of Ten-choo-fou at the Entrance to the Gulf of Pekin
1793
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John Christian Schetky, 1778–1874
Boat Sailing to the Right with Mountains in the Background
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William Alexander, 1767–1816
Fisherpeople on a Junk
1793
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William Alexander, 1767–1816
Fort Opposite the Factory, Canton
1793
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Henry William Parish, active 1792
Watering Place of Nauka Islands, off Banca, 1 May
1793