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Grey wash drawing of an open wooden barge with a folded cloth inside and a mooring rope trailing from its bow.

Barge

Pencil landscape drawing of a stone arched bridge, a tall tower, poplar trees, and small figures beside a river.

Italian Landscape with Three-Arched Bridge, Bridgehouse, Figures on near Bank, and Poplars on Farther Bank

Richard Wilson, 1752

Sepia drawing of a steep rocky cliff topped by a ruined castle, with a town below and a hunter with dogs in the foreground.

Domfront, Looking to the South East

John Sell Cotman, 1820

Pen and wash drawing of a loaded cargo boat with sailors, a mast, and rigging, with sketched sails above.

Cargo Boat

Pencil drawing of trees beside a thatched cottage and river, with a woman near the water and a figure on a road.

Trees and a Cottage by a River

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1827

Sepia wash drawing of a ruined stone building beside an arched bridge, with cows drinking at a pool below hills.

An Old Building

John Sell Cotman, 1824

Watercolor drawing of a royal coach with crowned emblems and red drapery, with faint pencil sketches beside it.

A Coach with Royal Coat of Arms

Paul Sandby, 1764

Pencil sketch of a stream flanked by tall poplars, a farmhouse and footbridge in the distance, rocks in the foreground.

A Wooded Stream and a Farmhouse in Normandy

Richard Parkes Bonington

Watercolor of a river with dense trees, billowing clouds, grazing cattle and a figure on the bank under a blue sky.

A Summer Day

John Sell Cotman, 1827

Pencil and wash sketch of two laden hay carts pulled by horses, with a standing horse at upper right.

Two laden Hay Carts with Horses

Pencil sketch of a giant reclining figure bound by tiny figures in a flat landscape with trees and distant town.

Gulliver Bound by the Lilliputians

Grey wash drawing of a misty estuary with a white-sailed boat, small figures, and a distant mountain peak.

Cader Idris from the Mawddach Estuary above Barmouth

John Sell Cotman, 1802

Brown wash drawing of four laden mules with panniers flanking a covered cart with a large wheel.

Four Mules with Panniers and a Cart

Pencil landscape of a river between a high wall and bank, with figures and a distant town under a pale sky.

Italian Landscape with River Running Between High Wall at Left and High Bank at Right Towards a Small Town with Figur…

Richard Wilson, 1753

Pen and brown wash drawing of a large abbey with twin spires, with horse riders galloping across a field in the foreground.

Abbaye Aux Hommes, Caen

John Sell Cotman, 1818

Grey wash drawing of an ox cart beside water, large trees, a flagpole, figures on a road and a distant ship.

Woolwich Warren

Studies for Shylock

Richard Parkes Bonington, 1825

Sepia drawing of a round medieval castle tower with battlements beside leafless trees and a riverbank.

Castle at Alencon

John Sell Cotman, 1820

Watercolor of a river bank with fishermen, swans, a horse cart, and a distant town with church spires under a hazy sky.

Eton College from the South

Grey wash drawing of a Roman countryside with a road, ruins, travelers, and distant mountains under cloudy sky.

The Via Nomentana

Richard Wilson, 1754

Pencil drawing of a castle on a cliff above the sea, with sailboats below and a large rock in the foreground.

Bamborough Castle, Northumberland

John Sell Cotman, 1803

Brown ink and wash drawing of women carrying white laundry baskets on their heads, with a small dog at left.

Washerwomen

Paul Sandby, 1790

Grey wash drawing of a waterfall plunging over cliffs beneath a hilltop town with a tower.

The Falls at Tivoli

Richard Wilson, 1752

Pencil sketch of a horse trotting while loaded with an easel, paint palette, brushes and a box.

Horse Loaded with Artist’s Paraphernalia

John Sell Cotman

Pen and brown wash sketch of two-wheeled carts, animals and figures on a dirt road.

Two Wheeled Cart and Figures

Pencil sketch of a ruined temple, tall trees, and two figures on a river bank under an open sky.

Ruined Temple of Minerva?, Two Figures on River Bank

Pencil drawing of a lake with trees, grazing cattle, a wooden jetty and a small building on the right shore.

Lake at Trentham, Staffordshire

John Sell Cotman, 1808

Pen and ink sketch of a milkmaid milking a cow among cattle, with a standing man, two dogs, and trees on blue paper.

Landscape with a Milk Maid and a Beau

Grey wash drawing of the ruined domed Temple of Minerva Medica in Rome, with fields, trees and figures in the foreground.

Temple of Minerva Medica, Rome

Richard Wilson, 1754

Pencil and wash drawing of Gothic arches and ruined stone walls overgrown with shrubs, with small figures among the rubble.

Ruin behind the Free School, Thetford, Suffolk

John Sell Cotman, 1818