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Smirke, Robert, 1752â1845
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1805
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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19th century
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Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
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Shakespeare, William (1564â1616), 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, 1752â1845
The Death of Ophelia
ca. 1810