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John Webber
[English Painter, 1751-1793]
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John Webber Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh NEW!
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. NEW! Includes a biography of the artist
Portrait Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Man of Nootka Sound, ca.1778
Royal Academy of Arts Collection, London, UK
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK 4 paintings online
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
The Huntington Library, California
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums 3 works online when last checked
Smithsonian American Art Museum National Art Inventories List of works nationwide from two sources: the Inventory of American Paintings Executed before 1914 and the Inventory of American Sculpture (only a few percent of listings have an accompanying image)
Art Market: (e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive (database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive (database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
John Webber in the Web Gallery of Art
California State University WorldImages Database
RKD Netherlands Imagebase NEW! Eclectic database of images that range from old black-and-white photos to superb, zoomable reproductions
Additional Image Search Tools:
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Miscellaneous Sites:
UK Government Art Collection
Articles and Reference Sites:
RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum) Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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