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Atkins, Samuel, active 1787–1808
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Francia, François Louis Thomas, 1772–1839
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Nixon, John, ca. 1760–1818
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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18th century-19th century
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18th century
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watercolor
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black ink
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graphite
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wove paper
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brown ink
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pen
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marine art
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ships
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marine art
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men
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Dover
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East Sussex
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Eastbourne
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London
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Exhibition History
Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07)
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Seascapes - Marine Paintings and Watercolors from the U Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 2009-05-28 - 2009-08-23)
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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, The U Collection. In appreciation of Choh Shiu and Man Foo U, loving parents, and Dorothea and Frank Cockett, dear friends
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John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Eastbourne from Lord G.: Cavendish's Seat in the Park
1787
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Samuel Atkins, active 1787–1808
A Trading Brig Preparing to Set Sail on the Thames, Warships Running Down the Estuary Beyond
between 1787 and 1808
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Samuel Atkins, active 1787–1808
Ships of the Line off Dover
undated
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Samuel Atkins, active 1787–1808
Men-of-War and other Shipping on the Thames (most probably at Deptford)
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François Louis Thomas Francia, 1772–1839
Shipping on the Medway, Kent
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