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Smirke, Mary
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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female
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Robert & Mary Smirke's Illustrated Sketches to Shakespeare
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18th century
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18th century-19th century
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brown ink
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canvas
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graphite
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oil paint
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drawing
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portrait
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Old Testament
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altar
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beard
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clouds
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faith
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father
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figure study
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headgear
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motherhood
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portrait
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Abraham
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Isaac
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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West, Elizabeth (née Shewell, 1740–1814)
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West, Raphael Lamar (1769–1850), history painter
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Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Elizabeth West (née Shewell), and Her Son Raphael
ca. 1773
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Study of Abraham Being Tested by God
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