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"title": "Nature and Natural Phenomena in Art of the Eighteenth Century",
"description": "Nature and Natural Phenomena in Art of the Eighteenth Century. The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (organizer) (February 20-March 15, 1964).",
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"description": "Milwawukee, Wisconsin, War Memorial Building (for Children's Arts Program) October 1, 1958-February 15, 1959: \"Man's Concept of Outer Space,\" (no catalogue).",
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"description": "The scene depicts a family's distress upon finding that one of its members has drowned off the rocky shore of the Isle of Wight during a storm. A ship sinks in the wild sea, amid swirling dark clouds and lightning flashes. The artist had visited the Isle of Wight in 1791. Ibbetson began his career by copying Dutch landscape paintings for dealers. He is known to have produced copies and fakes in the style of other masters as well.",
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