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Sandby, Paul, 1731–1809
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Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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18th century
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laid paper
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Berkshire
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Napoli, Golfo di
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Vesuvio
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Windsor
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Windsor Castle
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Windsor and Maidenhead
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Exhibition History
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
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Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment (Harvard Art Museums, 2022-09-15 - 2023-01-16)
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The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
Vesuvius from Posillipo
ca. 1788
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Paul Sandby, 1731–1809
The Meteor of August 18, 1783, as seen from the East Angle of the North Terrace, Windsor Castle
1783