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Prints and Drawings
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Swinburne, Henry, 1743–1803
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Chambers, William, Sir, 1723–1796
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Desprez, Jean Louis, 1743–1804
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Serres, Dominic, 1722–1793
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Cuitt, George, 1743–1818
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
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On-site Access
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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Creator Gender
male
15
Collective Title
Collection of Sketches by Henry Swinburne
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Period
18th century
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18th century-19th century
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Materials & Techniques
watercolor
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graphite
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wove paper
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laid paper
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black ink
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pen
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gouache
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gray ink
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gray wash
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brown ink
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drawing
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watercolor
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landscape
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architectural subject
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marine art
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cityscape
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genre subject
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architectural subject
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Neoclassical
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boats
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bridge (built work)
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columns
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landscape
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rivers
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trees
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arch
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arch bridge
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arches
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barges (flat-bottomed watercraft)
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bridges (built works)
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buildings
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capitals
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cathedrals
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city
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cityscape
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dog (animal)
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England
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London
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Thames
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United Kingdom
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Blackfriar's Bridge
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Richmond upon Thames
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Somerset House
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St. Paul's Cathedral
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Surrey
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Exhibition History
Sir William Chambers - Architect to George III (Nationalmuseum, 1997-01 - 1997-04-20)
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Sir William Chambers - Architect to George III (The Courtauld Gallery, 1996-10-10 - 1997-01-01)
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The Early Georgian Landscape Garden (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-04-20 - 1983-06-26)
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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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British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30)
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Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's " Cottage Door " (The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2006-02-11 - 2006-05-14)
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Sensation and Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's " Cottage Door " (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-10-06 - 2005-12-31)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lois Severini and Enrique Foster Gittes, Yale BA 1961
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, James W. and Mary C. Fosburgh Collection
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Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Waterfall
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Landscape, With view of coast and Palm trees in the Distance
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Coastal Landscape Scene
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Landscape View of a Ruined Castle with River, Wooden Bridge and a Figure, Fishing
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
View from Klein Zicker, Thiessow, Germany
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Coastal Landscape
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Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
Harbor Scene
Between 1758 and 1793
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Dominic Serres, 1722–1793
A Bridge over the Thames, with sailing barges in the foreground
1758-1793
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Thomas Gainsborough, 1727–1788
Hilly Landscape with Figures Approaching a Bridge
ca. 1763
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Jean Louis Desprez, 1743–1804
Somerset House, Saint Paul's Cathedral and Blackfriar's Bridge
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Jean Louis Desprez, 1743–1804
Somerset House, the Strand Vestibule
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Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Facade for a Temple of Peace, Kew Gardens, Surrey
ca. 1763
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Sir William Chambers, 1723–1796
Monument to Shakespeare
ca. 1763
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Charles Knight, 1743–c.1826
Rhaidar Ogwen, North Wales
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George Cuitt, 1743–1818
Easby Abbey
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