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Towne, Francis, 1740–1816
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Beilby, William, 1740–1819
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Marlow, William, 1740–1813
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Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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male
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Eight Watercolors of Country Houses
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18th century-19th century
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graphite
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laid paper
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England
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Battersea
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Germany
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Naples
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St. Paul's Cathedral
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Syon Park
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Terni
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Wandsworth
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Westminster Abbey
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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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Francis Towne (Leeds Art Gallery, 1997-10-02 - 1998-01-04)
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Francis Towne (Tate Britain, 1997-06-24 - 1997-09-14)
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Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09)
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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Landscape with Gypsies
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William Beilby, 1740–1819
Syon House
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Jacob More, 1740–1793
Falls near Terni
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Italianate Landscape with Travellers no. 2
ca. 1760
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William Beilby, 1740–1819
Kielder Castle, Northumberland
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William Marlow, 1740–1813
Castle Overlooking a River
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William Marlow, 1740–1813
The Coast Near Naples
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attributed to Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Stream and Wooden Bridge
between 1755 and 1757
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Nathaniel Smith, 1740–1787
Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's from Battersea Fields
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William Beilby, 1740–1819
Kielder Castle, Northumberland
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
On the Side of the Rhine near the Source, Light Coming from the Right
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
New Radnor
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
The Entrance into Borrowdale
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attributed to Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Werrington Park, Devonshire
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
On the Dee
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
View in Borrowdale of Eagle Crag and Rosthwaite
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