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Woman Standing among the Friars (recto) Sketches of Heads (verso, left); Two Women (verso, right) by John Brown, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman Standing among the Friars (recto) Sketches of Heads (verso, left); Two Women (verso, right)

John Brown (d. 1787)

c. 1770–75 · Drawing, graphite and gray and black wash with point of brush

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Woman Standing among the Friars (recto) by John Brown, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Woman Standing among the Friars (recto)

John Brown (d. 1787)

c. 1770–75 · Drawing, graphite and gray and black wash with point of brush

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Sketches of Heads (verso, left); Two Women (verso, right) by John Brown, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Sketches of Heads (verso, left); Two Women (verso, right)

John Brown (d. 1787)

c. 1770–75 · Drawing, left: graphite; right: gray and black wash with point of brush and graphite

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Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist by Albrecht Altdorfer, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist

Albrecht Altdorfer (d. 1538)

c. 1517 · Drawing, pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash and white gouache; framing lines in pen and black ink

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St. John the Evangelist by Charles de La Fosse, The Cleveland Museum of Art

St. John the Evangelist

Charles de La Fosse (d. 1716)

c. 1700–1702 · Drawing, black, red, and white chalk

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Figures Seated by a Lake in a Wooded Landscape by John Martin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Figures Seated by a Lake in a Wooded Landscape

John Martin (d. 1854)

1820 · Drawing, brown wash and point of brush with graphite underdrawing

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A Sacrifice Interrupted by John Hamilton Mortimer, The Cleveland Museum of Art

A Sacrifice Interrupted

John Hamilton Mortimer (d. 1779)

1770s · Drawing, pen and brown ink

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Budding Sycamore by John Ruskin, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Budding Sycamore

John Ruskin (d. 1900)

c. 1876 · Drawing, black and gray wash, gouache, and graphite

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Portrait of M. de Viapre by John I Smart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of M. de Viapre

John I Smart (d. 1811)

c. 1776 · Portrait Miniature, graphite and wash on laid paper

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Paris and Oenone by John Flaxman, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Paris and Oenone

John Flaxman (d. 1826)

1791 · Drawing, brush and gray wash with pen and pale gray-black ink with graphite and brown ink

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Portrait of Sukey, Lady Oglander, née Serle by John I Smart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Sukey, Lady Oglander, née Serle

John I Smart (d. 1811)

c. 1770s · Portrait Miniature, graphite and wash on laid paper

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Portrait of Charlotte Bertie, née Warren, 4th Countess of Abingdon by John I Smart, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of Charlotte Bertie, née Warren, 4th Countess of Abingdon

John I Smart (d. 1811)

1778 · Portrait Miniature, graphite and wash on laid paper

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