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Holland, James, 1799–1870
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Paton, Joseph Noel, 1821–1901
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19th century
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oil paint
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canvas
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millboard
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare
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bedroom
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Knole
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Puck (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Exhibition History
All The Queen's Horses (National Horse Racing Museum, 2003-04-26 - 2003-08-23)
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Country Houses in Great Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-10-10 - 1980-01-29)
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Fantastic Illustration and Design in Britain 1850-1930 (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 1979-06-05 - 1979-09-02)
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Fantastic Illustration and Design in Britain 1850-1930 (RISD Museum, 1979-03-28 - 1979-05-13)
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Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Shakespeare in Art (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2003-02-15 - 2003-06-15)
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Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)
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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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Joseph Noel Paton, 1821–1901
Puck and Fairies, from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
ca. 1850
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James Holland, 1799–1870
The Lady Betty Germain Bedroom at Knole, Kent
1845
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James Pollard, 1792–1867
The Louth-London Royal Mail Travelling by Train from Peterborough East, Northamptonshire
1845
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