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Brooking, Charles, 1723–1759
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Cole, Benjamin, 1697–1783
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McArdell, James, ca. 1729–1765
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Mercier, Philippe, 1689 or 1691–1760
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Oalkey, Edward, active 1720–1756
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figure study
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boats
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Spreading Canvas - Eighteenth - Century British Marine Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2016-09-09 - 2016-12-04)
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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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Charles Brooking, 1723–1759
A Smack Under Sail in a Light Breeze in a River
between 1756 and 1759
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Print made by James McArdell, ca. 1729–1765
Sleepy Maid
1756
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Benjamin Cole, 1697–1783
Designs for Blackfriars Bridge
1756