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Prints and Drawings
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775–approximately 1833
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
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Rowney, & Forster, active 1820–1822
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
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Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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The Fairs
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The Taming of the Shrew
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The Tempest
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Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
wove paper
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brown ink
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brown wash
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gouache
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pen
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black ink
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graphite
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hand coloring
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lithography
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oil paint
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pens
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watercolor
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drawing
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planographic print
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watercolor
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figure study
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literary theme
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cityscape
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genre subject
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crowd
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audience
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breeches
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figure study
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hats
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kneeling
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literary theme
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men
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plays by William Shakespeare
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women
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The Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare
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The Tempest, play by William Shakespeare
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advertisement
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apron
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barefoot
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basket
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bed
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bonnets
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boy
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building
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Alonso, King of Naples (character in The Tempest)
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Christopher Sly
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Crachami, Caroline (possibly 1815–1824)
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Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
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Miranda (character in The Tempest)
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Sicilian Fairy
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Exhibition History
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Ferdinand Reunited with his Father
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife
1821
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Print made by Rowney & Forster, active 1820–1822
The Show
after 1821
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George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Conjurer with Pistol and Cards
ca. 1826