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Prints and Drawings
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828
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Cooper, Robert, active ca. 1800–1836
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J., Robins & Co., active 1825
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Smith, Stephen Catterson, 1806–1872
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1944
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1972
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
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Creator Gender
male
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Collective Title
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1
Henry IV, Part I
1
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
1
The Merchant of Venice
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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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pen
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brown wash
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gouache
2
graphite
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gum
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crayon manner
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etching (printing process)
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laid paper
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line engraving
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stipple engraving
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drawing
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intaglio print
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figure study
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portrait
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cloak
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figure study
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man
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plays by William Shakespeare
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cape
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hat
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare
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Henry IV Part I, Act IV, Scene II
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Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
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The Merchant of Venice, play by William Shakespeare
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boots
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cape (outerwear)
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city
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Bardolph (character in Henry IV, parts I and II)
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Helena (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Lysander (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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O'Connell, Daniel (1775–1847), Irish nationalist leader
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Shylock (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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Sir John Falstaff
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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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Richard Parkes Bonington (Musée du Petit Palais, 1992-03-05 - 1992-05-17)
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Richard Parkes Bonington (Yale Center for British Art, 1991-11-13 - 1992-01-19)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Print made by Robert Cooper, active ca. 1800–1836
Daniel O'Connell, Esqr
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff Instructing Bardolph
1825
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Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Studies for Shylock
1825