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Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842
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Monro, John, 1801–1880
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
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Cumberland, George, 1754–1848
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male
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19th century
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Exhibition History
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
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John Monro, 1801–1880
Ramsgate Harbour, Kent
undated
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John Varley, 1778–1842
The Thames Near the Penitentiary, Millbank, London
1816
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John Monro, 1801–1880
Capel Church, Near Dorking, Surrey
undated
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George Shepheard, ca. 1770–1842
The Village of Aldbury, Hertfordshire
1816
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unknown artist
View of Swanage Bay, Dorset
1816
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John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Upwell Rectory, Norfolk
1816
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John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
A Monument in Raveningham Church, Norfolk
1816
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George Cumberland, 1754–1848
Near Weston-Super-Mare with Steep Holme Island
1816
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John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Pulpit in South Burlingham Church, Norfolk
1816
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John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Aylmerton Church; Norfolk, from the South-West
1816