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Sketch Copy of Natural Disasters, from the Seven Fortunes and Misfortunes by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sketch Copy of Natural Disasters, from the Seven Fortunes and Misfortunes

Unrecorded maker

after 1773 · Painting, handscroll; ink and color on paper

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The Waterfall of Marmore at Terni by Philipp Hackert, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Waterfall of Marmore at Terni

Philipp Hackert (d. 1807)

1776–78 · Drawing, pen and black ink, brush and brown wash, with white gouache and graphite

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Study of a Horse by Eugène Delacroix, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Study of a Horse

Eugène Delacroix (d. 1863)

c. 1825–30 · Drawing, Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

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Steps in a Garden by William Henry Millais, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Steps in a Garden

William Henry Millais (d. 1899)

1860 · Drawing, watercolor and gouache with scratch-away technique to create highlights on sturdy-weight wove paper mounted to same by artist with color tests in margins of mount

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Stag Lying Down by Rosa Bonheur, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Stag Lying Down

Rosa Bonheur (d. 1899)

c. 1875–85 · Drawing, watercolor and gouache over graphite on cream wove paper

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Portrait of Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet, Governor-General of India by John I Smart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet, Governor-General of India

John I Smart (d. 1811)

1787 · Portrait Miniature, watercolor and gouache heightened with white gouache on paper

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Summer Night; Winter Day by Maruyama Ōkyo, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Summer Night; Winter Day

Maruyama Ōkyo (d. 1795)

1784 · Painting, Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink, gold, and silver on paper

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St. Rocco Waterfall and Bridge at Tivoli (Cascata e Ponte di St. Rocco a Tivoli) by Albert Christoph Dies, The Cleveland Museum of Art

St. Rocco Waterfall and Bridge at Tivoli (Cascata e Ponte di St. Rocco a Tivoli)

Albert Christoph Dies (d. 1822)

1795 · Print, etching in brown ink

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Summer Night by Maruyama Ōkyo, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Summer Night

Maruyama Ōkyo (d. 1795)

1784 · Painting, Six-panel folding screen, ink, gold, and silver on paper

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Winter Day by Maruyama Ōkyo, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Winter Day

Maruyama Ōkyo (d. 1795)

1784 · Painting, Six-panel folding screen, ink, gold, and silver on paper

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