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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
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Martyn, Thomas, 1735–1825
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Nash, John, 1752–1835
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Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694–1767
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1767
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Archives and Manuscripts
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Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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Maps & Atlas (printed)
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unknown
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male
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18th century
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graphite
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wove paper
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41
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drawing
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annotations (provenance)
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engraving
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architectural subject
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Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Descriptive letters and drawings
20
Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Oriental memoirs
20
Art -- Private collections -- England.
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architectural subject
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country house
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house
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Engraving -- Specimens -- 1767–1783.
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Houghton Hall (England) -- Early works to 1800.
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Houghton Hall (England) -- Poetry.
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East India Company
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Forbes, James, 1749-1819
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Walpole family
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Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676–1745
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter.
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James Forbes archive
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Robert Nash
Beddington Place, Surrey
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Robert Nash
Beddington Place, Surrey
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Walpole, Horace, 1717–1797
Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk
Printed in the year MDCCLXVII [1767]
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Martyn, Thomas, 1735–1825
The English connoisseur
1767
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Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694–1767
The large English atlas, or, A new set of maps of all the counties in England and Wales
MDCCLXVII [1767]
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Paine, James, 1717?-1789
Plans, elevations and sections, of noblemen and gentlemen's houses,
1767-83
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Martyn, Thomas, 1735–1825
The English connoisseur
1968
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
A Fish on the Coast of Brazil, smaller than nature. J. Forbes
1767?
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Fish caught at Bombay. J. Forbes 1767
1767
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
An untitled drawing of a tiger
1767?
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Jackalls, the only Wild Animal of any considerable size, on the Island of Bombay. J. Forbes 1767
1767
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Pompelmous, or Shaddock, at Goa; of the natural size. J. Forbes
1767?
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Purple-breasted Humming-Bird, of South America; Drawn from Nature. J. Forbes
1767?
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Cocoa-nut Tree, J. Forbes 1767
1767
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The ARECA, or Betel-Nut Tree. J. Forbes 1767
1767
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Sanguin, or Lion-Monkey of Brazil: The smallest of the Monkey Tribe
1767?
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Scarlet-Crested Cockatoo; on a sprig of the Ficus Religiosa, or Banian Tree, of Malabar
1767?
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Dyal or Dominican Bird, With the Fruit called the Carombola; of the natural size. J. Forbes 1767
1767
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Female, or Fruit-bearing Papah-Tree. J. Forbes 1767
1767
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Green Banana-Bird at Rio de Janeiro
1767?
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Horn-Bill, or Double-Beak; on the Malabar-Coast
1767?
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Leaf-Fly or Vegetable Leaf; with the Madhavi, or Crimson Indian-Creeper; a favorite Flower with the Hindoos. J.F. 1767
1767
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Long-tailed Indian Bee-eater at Bombay: on a Branch of the Pomegranate Tree. J. Forbes 1767
1767
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Palmyra, or Brab Tree
ca. 1770?
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Papilio Nestor, the Nestor Butterfly, of South America, drawn from Nature. J. Forbes
1767?
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
Natural Description of the Island of Bombay; with its Trees, Fruits, & Vegetable Productions. 1767
1767
Archives
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Forbes, James, 1749–1819
The Veuva, or Widow-Bird; at the Brazils; on a branch of the Soap-Tree: of the natural size. J. Forbes
1767?
Archives