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Varley, John, 1778–1842
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Ellice, Jane Lady, 1813–1864
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Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
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18th century-19th century
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watercolor
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graphite
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wove paper
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Exhibition History
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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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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John Varley, 1778–1842
On the Thames
undated
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formerly John Varley, 1778–1842
Old Mill at Battersea
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pupil of John Varley, 1778–1842
View on the Thames at Battersea
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John Varley, 1778–1842
Millbank
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
The New Walk, York
ca. 1798
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unknown artist
A Barge on the Thames near Fulton
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