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Bell, John, 1811–1895
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Etching, Club, active 1838–1885
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Varley, Cornelius, 1781–1873
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19th century
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wove paper
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cityscape
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Through the Looking Lens - The Story of Artist Cornelius Varley and his Telemicroscope, 1800-1860 (American Philosophical Society, 2013-05-17 - 2013-12-29)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Lowell Libson, Ltd.
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Cornelius Varley, 1781–1873
A measured drawing of a skull
1826
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Print made by John Bell, 1811–1895
The City of the Pestilence
between 1826 and 1852