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Around the world with Robert Elwes
The admired Victorian artist-traveller Robert Elwes' paintings, previously believed to have been destroyed by fire with his house, have recently been rediscovered by The Watercolour World
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Whenever the volcano erupted, artists would flock to it instead of running for cover
The world of watercolour
Historian and watercolour expert Huon Mallalieu introduces The Watercolour World project
Repainting a pharaoh's tomb
How 19th-century watercolours became the key to reconstructing an ancient Egyptian burial chamber
The Bristol riots of 1831
In October 1831, major riots broke out in Bristol as people fought for representation and societal reform