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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Thornton, Robert John, 1768–1837
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Prints
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Drawings & Watercolors
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The Pastorals of Virgil
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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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The Tempest
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[One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare [The Tempest]
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19th century
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wove paper
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brown wash
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gouache
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brown ink
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letterpress printing
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wood engraving (process)
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pen
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plays by William Shakespeare
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare
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breeches
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dress
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gesturing
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tights
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Sir John Falstaff
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Alonso, King of Naples (character in The Tempest)
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Anne Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Christopher Sly
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Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
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Grumio, a servant
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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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Miranda (character in The Tempest)
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Sir Hugh Evans (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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William Page
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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The Artistic Revival of the Woodcut in France 1850-1900 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1984-02-01 - 1984-03-25)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 16
1821
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 14
1821
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 15
1821
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William Blake, 1757–1827
From Antique Coins
1821
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Theocritus
1821
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Caius Julius Cæsar
1821
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 18
1821
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Page 17
1821
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Epicurus
1821
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Octavius Augustus Cæsar
1821
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Publius Virgilius Maro
1821
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Illustrations of Imitation of Eclogue I, Frontispiece
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Anne Page and Slender
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban with Prospero's Magic Wardrobe
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Stephano and Trinculo with Caliban
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Ferdinand Reunited with his Father
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Katherina and Grumio
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Ford in a Rage After Seeing Falstaff
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff at Herne's Oak
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans
1821
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Pastorals of Virgil, Volume 1
1821
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Pastorals of Virgil, Volume 2
1821