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Prints and Drawings
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Gear, John W., 1806–1866
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Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789–1850
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1936
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
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Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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The Taming of the Shrew
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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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oil paint
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graphite
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gum
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lithography
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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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literary theme
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figure study
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gesturing
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plays by William Shakespeare
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dress
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figure study
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare
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breeches
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tights
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woman
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collar
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man
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talking
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The Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare
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The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, play by William Shakespeare
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actor
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actress
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angry
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Anne Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Desdemona (character in Othello)
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Grumio, a servant
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Hammond, William John (1797x9–1848), actor and theater manager
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Katharine (character in The Taming of the Shrew)
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Master Slender (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Messr. Ford (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Othello (character in Othello, the Moor of Venice)
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Sir Hugh Evans (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Sir John Falstaff
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William Page
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Anne Page and Slender
1821
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Print made by John W. Gear, 1806–1866
Mr. W. J. Hammond and Miss Daly as Othello and Desdemona at the New Strand Theatre
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Ford in a Rage After Seeing Falstaff
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Katherina and Grumio
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans
1821