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Richard Wilson (British, 1713/14-1782)

An Extensive Landscape with Cottages near a Lake, about 1744-45
Oil on canvas, 32 x 49 1/8 in. (81.3 x 124.8 cm)
Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina, by exchange, and the North Carolina Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest), in memory of Richard S. Schneiderman, Director of the North Carolina Museum of Art (1986-1993), 99.4

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Thomas Gainsborough (British, 1727-88)

Ralph Bell, about 1772-74
Oil on canvas, 92 1/4 x 61 1/8 in. (234.3 x 155.3 cm.)
Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina and the North Carolina Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest), 52.9.70

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Sir William Beechey (British, 1753-1839)

The Oddie Children, 1789
Oil on canvas, 72 x 71 7/8 in. (183 x 182.5 cm.)
Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina, 52.9.65

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Sir Henry Raeburn (British, 1756-1823)

Thomas Robert Hay, 11th Earl of Kinnoull, 1815
Oil on canvas, 93 1/2 x 59 in. (237.5 x 149.9 cm.)
Purchased with the funds from the State of North Carolina, 64.19.1

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Sir David Wilkie (Scottish, 1785-1841)

Christopher Columbus in the Convent of La Rabida Explaining His Intended Voyage, 1834
Oil on canvas, 58 1/2 x 74 1/4 in (148.6 x 188.6 cm.)
Gift of Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 57.17.1

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