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Wright, John Massey, 1777–1866
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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750–1811
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Cheesman, Thomas, 1760–1834/35
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Fittler, James, 1758–1835
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Romney, George, 1734–1802
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
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male
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The Winter's Tale
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Period
18th century
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18th century-19th century
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graphite
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brown ink
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wove paper
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brown wash
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laid paper
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watercolor
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drawing
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watercolor
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literary theme
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figure study
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plays by William Shakespeare
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women
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The Winter's Tale, play by William Shakespeare
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dresses
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men
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare
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Cymbeline, Act IV, Scene IV
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Cymbeline, play by William Shakespeare
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Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene III
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actors
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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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Fenton (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Herne the Hunter
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Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
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Messr. Ford (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Messr. Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Mistress Ford (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Mistress Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Mistress Quickly (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Pistol (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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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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Slender (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
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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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Francis Wheatley (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-08-31 - 2006-02-05)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
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George Romney, 1734–1802
The Witches' Cavern
between 1792 and 1793
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John Massey Wright, 1777–1866
The Rustics Perform from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
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Print made by James Fittler, 1758–1835
The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene III
1792
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John Massey Wright, 1777–1866
Falstaff Disguised as Herne
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Print made by Thomas Cheesman, 1760–1834/35
The Supposed Death of Imogen, 'Cymbeline,' Act IV, Scene IV
1792