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Prout, Samuel, 1783–1852
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Ward, James, 1769–1859
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Prout's Microcosm: The Sketchbook of Groups of Figurines, Shipping, and other Picturesque Objects
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19th century
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Constable to Delacroix : British Art and the French Romantics 1820-1840 (Tate Britain, 2003-02-06 - 2003-05-11)
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James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22)
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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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James Ward, 1769–1859
Man Struggling with a Boa Constrictor, Study for “The Liboya Serpent Seizing His Prey”
ca. 1803
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Samuel Prout, 1783–1852
A Laborer Seen From Behind Operating a Machine
before 1841