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Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
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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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The Art of Paul Sandby (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-04-10 - 1985-06-23)
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James Watson, 1740–1790
Mrs. Abington
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
A Lady with a Fan
ca. 1760
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Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Figure Studies: Boy Standing
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
Italianate Landscape with Travellers no. 2
ca. 1760
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Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's from Battersea Fields
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Portrait of a Woman taken from life, facing right
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A Woman Seated
ca. 1760