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Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
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Dickinson, William, 1746–1823
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Nixon, James, c.1741–1812
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Barker, Thomas, 1769–1847
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Green, Valentine, 1739–1813
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Unknown artist
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West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
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Wright, Joseph, 1734–1797
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Prints
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Paintings
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unknown
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Hamlet
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King Lear
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18th century
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18th century-19th century
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laid paper
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etching (printing process)
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stipple engraving
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canvas
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gouache
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graphite
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mezzotint
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oil paint
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red crayon
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wove paper
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figure study
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woman
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costume
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love
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play
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portrait
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Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare
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basket
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bow (costume accessory)
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clouds
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crying
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death
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flowers (plants)
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leaves
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mourning
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religious and mythological subject
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sorrow
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
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Anteros
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Cordelia (character in King Lear)
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Cupid
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King Lear (character in King Lear)
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Mary Magdalene, Saint (early 1st c. AD – mid-late 1st c. AD)
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Mary, mother of James the Less
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The Virgin Mary
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Venus
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Exhibition History
Cost of Revolution: the Life and Death of an Irish Soldier (Museum of the American Revolution, 2019-09-26 - 2020-02-17)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734–1797
The Dead Soldier
ca. 1789
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Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
The Three Marys Going to the Sepulchre
1784
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Venus Chiding Cupid
1784
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Ophelia: There's Rue for You, and Here's Some for Me
1784
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unknown artist
The Death of Cordelia
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Ophelia: There Is Rue for You and Here's Some for Me
1784