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Towne, Francis, 1740–1816
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Cozens, John Robert, 1752–1797
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Garrard, George, 1760–1826
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Grose, Francis Capt., 1731–1791
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Drawings & Watercolors
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watercolor
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England
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Greater London
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Exhibition History
Francis Towne (Leeds Art Gallery, 1997-10-02 - 1998-01-04)
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Francis Towne (Tate Britain, 1997-06-24 - 1997-09-14)
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Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
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Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
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Gentle, Rural and Sublime - English Landscape Paintings and Watercolors, 1750-1850 (Denver Art Museum, 1993-12-11 - 1994-02-06)
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The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
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Alexander and J. R. Cozens (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1987-01-30 - 1987-03-29)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)
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An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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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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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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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul Mellon in memory of Dudley Snelgrove
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Capt. Francis Grose, 1731–1791
Chapel of St. Michael's Mount
1786
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Windermere at Sunset
1786
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Ambleside
1786
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Lake Windermere
1786
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
View of Lake Coniston, Lancashire
1786
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
Near Ambleside
1786
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George Garrard, 1760–1826
Colonel Thornton Driving Tandem on His Sporting Tour of Scotland
1786
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Francis Towne, 1740–1816
The Grange at the Head of Keswick Lake
1786
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Thames from Richmond Hill Looking Southwest
ca. 1791
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
London from Greenwich Hill
ca. 1791
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Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Ships and Boats on the River Avon
1786