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Atkins, Samuel, active 1787–1808
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Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
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Nixon, John, ca. 1760–1818
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Williams, Hugh William "Grecian", 1773–1829
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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18th century
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18th century-19th century
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watercolor
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graphite
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pen
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wove paper
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black ink
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gouache
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laid paper
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marine art
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England
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Ionian Sea
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North Tyneside
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Northumberland
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Southsea
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Southsea Castle
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Taormina
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Exhibition History
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
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Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
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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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Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)
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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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Hugh William "Grecian" Williams, 1773–1829
Taormina, Sicily
undated
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
Tynemouth Priory, Northumberland
ca. 1793
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John Nixon, ca. 1760–1818
Bathing Machine on the Common, near Southsea Castle
1788
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Samuel Atkins, active 1787–1808
A Third-Rate in Coastal Waters
1788