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Smirke, Mary
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Hamilton, William, 1751–1801
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
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Creator Gender
male
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female
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Collective Title
Robert & Mary Smirke's Illustrated Sketches to Shakespeare
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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Period
18th century-19th century
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18th century
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Materials & Techniques
brown ink
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pen
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wove paper
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graphite
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watercolor
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brown wash
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laid paper
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gouache
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white gouache
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black ink
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oil paint
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squaring (transferring technique)
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varnish
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figure study
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religious and mythological subject
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literary theme
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historical subject
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landscape
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military art
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architectural subject
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cityscape
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drunk
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religious and mythological subject
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women
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bacchanalia
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figure study
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landscape
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men
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nudes
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satyrs
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carrying
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crowd
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lust
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river
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trees
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Grand Tour
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allegorical
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baby
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chaos
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cityscape
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Associated Places
Cader Idris
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Europe
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Gwynedd
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Merionethshire
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Rome
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Snowdonia National Park
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United Kingdom
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Wales
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Bacchus
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Exhibition History
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
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Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Cader Idris, North Wales
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William Hamilton, 1751–1801
Ruins in Rome
between 1768 and 1775
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Skech for Timon of Athens
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lady Jane Grey
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Figure Studies of a Group of People in a Wooded Clearing
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Study of Nude Figures in a Wooded Area
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Studies From a French MSS Bible Registry
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Studies from a French MSS Bible Register
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Study for a Piece of Furniture
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Scene of a Bacchanalia
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Wooded Scene with a Couple Laying under a Tree, by a Stream
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Man Seated while Speaking to a Soldier Who is Standing
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Scene from Don Quixote
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Battle Scene
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