For the most part these paintings lack the edginess and almost expressionistic force of his lithographs and watercolours.

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The collection of almost 50 portraits will feature oil paintings, sketches and watercolours.

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Watercolours and paintings by many Romantic artists will also be on display.

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"I have worked only as an artist since living in Devon, first painting tiny detailed watercolours and then five years ago moving to broader, looser oils, " said Mark.

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Pyne, who graduated from the Government College of Art and Craft in Calcutta, began his career drawing in watercolours before moving to the gouache and tempera form of painting.

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As well as the fossils Scott collected, the exhibition also features a stuffed emperor penguin, watercolours of the ice-scape by Edward Wilson, and photographs from the pole taken by Herbert Ponting.

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Mr Campbell is proud that, as he takes over, the Met has exhibitions on Babylonian trade routes, the Italian Renaissance, African textiles and 17th-century Chinese watercolours, all planned by his predecessor.

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