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Smirke, Mary
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Bartram, William, 1739–1823
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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female
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Robert & Mary Smirke's Illustrated Sketches to Shakespeare
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Period
18th century-19th century
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18th century
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graphite
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wove paper
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brown ink
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figure study
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animal art
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figure study
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religious and mythological subject
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Christianity
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Judaism
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Old Testament
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altar
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animal art
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bacchanalia
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beard
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clouds
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crowd
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drunk
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faith
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father
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lust
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men
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music
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Abraham
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Isaac
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Ryskamp
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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
First Design of a Battle Scene
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Study of Abraham Being Tested by God
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Two Women Enjoying Their Time by a Stream
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Study of a Semi-Nude Woman, Sitting, with Her Arms Raised Over Her Head
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William Bartram, 1739–1823
The Soft Shell'd Tortoise Got in Savanah River Georgia
ca. 1773