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Paintings and Sculpture
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Jones, William, active 1832–1836
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Anderson, William, 1757–1837
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Chinnery, George, 1774–1852
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Hodgson, David, 1798–1864
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Joy, William, 1803–1867
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Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
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O'Connor, James Arthur, 1792–1841
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Watts, Frederick W., 1800–1862
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On-site Access
Not on view
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Free to Use
13
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13
Classification
Paintings
9
Drawings & Watercolors
4
Creator Gender
male
13
Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
4
Henry IV, Part I
3
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1
Period
19th century
13
Materials & Techniques
oil paint
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painting (technique)
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canvas
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brown ink
4
brown wash
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gouache
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pen
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varnish
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panel (wood)
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wove paper
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graphite
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laid paper
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painting
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drawing
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literary theme
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figure study
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genre subject
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landscape
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marine art
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sporting art
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cityscape
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men
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literary theme
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sitting
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figure study
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plays by William Shakespeare
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Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
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fishing
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river
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rural
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stream
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trees
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boats
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breeches
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costume
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drapery
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fishermen (people)
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gesturing
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landscape
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recreation
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sea
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Asia
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China
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England
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Norfolk
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Norwich
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United Kingdom
1
Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
4
Bardolph (character in Henry IV, parts I and II)
1
Hotspur (Henry Percy), character in Henry IV, Part I
1
Lady Mortimer (character in Henry IV, Part I)
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Mistress Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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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Shallow (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Sir John Falstaff
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Slender (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Constable to Delacroix : British Art and the French Romantics 1820-1840 (Tate Britain, 2003-02-06 - 2003-05-11)
1
Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
12
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Frederick W. Watts, 1800–1862
Landscape with Cottages
ca. 1830
Not on view
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George Chinnery, 1774–1852
Men Round the Food Vendor’s Stall
after 1825
Not on view
3
James Arthur O'Connor, 1792–1841
A Wooded River Landscape with Fishermen
ca. 1830
Not on view
4
William Jones, active 1832–1836
Fishing: Playing a Fish
ca. 1830
Not on view
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William Jones, active 1832–1836
Fishing: Bottom Fishing
ca. 1830
Not on view
6
Charles Robert Leslie, 1794–1859
Slender, with the Assistance of Shallow, Courting Anne Page, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act III, Scene iv
1825
Not on view
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William Anderson, 1757–1837
A Wherry Taking Passengers out to Two Anchored Packets
1825
Not on view
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David Hodgson, 1798–1864
The Haymarket, Norwich
1825
Not on view
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William Joy, 1803–1867
A Lugger Driving Ashore in a Gale
ca. 1830
Not on view
10
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song
1825
11
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Oberon and Puck
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff with Mistress Quickly and Bardolph
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor
1825