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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Helena (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Lysander (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
1825