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Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
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Carter, John, 1748–1817
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Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740–1812
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Drawings & Watercolors
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18th century
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graphite
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black ink
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canvas
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drawing
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church
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St. Paul's Cathedral
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Exhibition History
Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)
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Life in England 1750 - 1850 (Paul Mellon Arts Center, 1990-03-27 - 1990-05-21)
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Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
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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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The Image of London (Barbican Art Gallery, 1987-08-06 - 1987-10-18)
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Thomas Girtin and the Art of Watercolour (Tate Britain, 2002-07-04 - 2002-09-29)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
The Great Fire of London
ca. 1797
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Attributed to John Carter, 1748–1817
North View of the Jerusalem Chamber, Taken from the West Porch of Westminster Abbey
1792
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
London from Highgate Hill
1792
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Christ Church, Blackfriars, London
between 1792 and 1794