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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Burney, Edward Francis, 1760–1848
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Shaw, Isaac, active 1830
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Smirke, Mary
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Varley, John, 1778–1842
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Cockerell, Charles Robert, 1788–1863
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
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Cotman, Miles Edmund, 1810–1858
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Lorrain, Claude, 1600–1682
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Ward, James, 1769–1859
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Wyatville, Jeffry, Sir, 1776–1840
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von, Holst Theodor, 1810–1844
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
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Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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male
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female
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Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
9
Henry IV, Part I
5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2
Romeo and Juliet
2
Period
19th century
28
Materials & Techniques
brown wash
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wove paper
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brown ink
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graphite
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pen
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gouache
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gray wash
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oil paint
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pens
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varnish
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gum
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laid paper
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drawing
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watercolor
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figure study
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literary theme
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genre subject
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landscape
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architectural subject
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cityscape
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portrait
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figure study
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literary theme
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plays by William Shakespeare
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genre subject
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men
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Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
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landscape
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trees
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architectural subject
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bridge (built work)
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cityscape
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dog (animal)
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dolls
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drapery
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gesturing
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sitting
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cape
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curtains
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girl
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hat
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Associated Places
England
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United Kingdom
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Liverpool
3
Manchester
2
Burtonwood
1
Cheshire
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City of London
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Earlestown
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Europe
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Greater London
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Greater Manchester
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Irwell
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London
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Newton-le-Willows
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Norfolk
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Norwich
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Saint Helens
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Saint Helens Canal
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Bardolph (character in Henry IV, parts I and II)
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Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
2
Sir John Falstaff
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Goodwin, Arthur (d. 1643),
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Helena (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Hotspur (Henry Percy), character in Henry IV, Part I
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Lady Mortimer (character in Henry IV, Part I)
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Lord Capulet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
1
Lysander (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
1
Mistress Quickly (character in Henry IV, Part I)
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Oberon (character from A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Robin Goodfellow (Puck), character in A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
10
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
5
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
4
British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30)
1
Constable - Impressions of Land, Sea and Sky (National Gallery of Australia, 2006-03-03 - 2006-06-12)
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Constable - Impressions of Land, Sea and Sky (National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, 2006-07-07 - 2006-10-08)
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Creative Copies - Master Drawings from Michelangelo to Picasso (The Drawing Center, 1988-04-09 - 1988-07-23)
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English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
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James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22)
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Noble Simplicity and Silent Greatness - Neoclassical Art from 1700 - 1900 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1991-04-26 - 1991-09-29)
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The Archaeology of Architecture - Charles Robert Cockerell in Southern Europe and the Levant, 1810-1817 (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-03-23 - 1993-05-23)
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The Pastoral Landscape - The Legacy of Venice (National Gallery of Art, 1988-11-06 - 1989-01-22)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
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John Constable, 1776–1837
Trees and Deer
1825
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James Ward, 1769–1859
Studies after Anthony van Dyck's Portrait of Arthur Goodwin
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff Instructing Bardolph
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur
1825
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: Untitled
1825
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Ilustration for The New Doll: Untitled
1825
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: Untitled
1825
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Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
A Sheet of Sketches - Theatrical Studies
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: The Doll brought Home
1825
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: Sewing Clothes for the Doll
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Bust of Shakespeare
1825
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John Varley, 1778–1842
Trees on a Knoll by a Stream
ca. 1830
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John Varley, 1778–1842
Ships on a River with Buildings in the Distance
ca. 1830
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Isaac Shaw, active 1830
Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
ca. 1830
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Isaac Shaw, active 1830
View on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with the Locomotive "Twin Sisters" in a Siding
ca. 1830
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Isaac Shaw, active 1830
Railway Office, Liverpool
ca. 1830
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff with Mistress Quickly and Bardolph
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Oberon and Puck
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Capulet Railing at his Daughter, Juliet
1825
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Studio of Sir Jeffry Wyatville, 1766–1840
A Design for a Prison
ca. 1830
25
Isaac Shaw, active 1830
The Viaduct over the Sankey Canal
ca. 1830
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Isaac Shaw, active 1830
Bridge over the Irwell and Entrance into Manchester
ca. 1830
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Charles Robert Cockerell, 1788–1863
Design for Approaches to London Bridge
ca. 1830
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Miles Edmund Cotman, 1810–1858
View of Norwich
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