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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Watson, Thomas, 1743–1781
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Alcock, Edward, active 1750–ca. 1778
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Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
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18th century
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laid paper
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mezzotint
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The Merchant of Venice, play by William Shakespeare
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Frances Anne, Lady Crewe (bap. 1748, d. 1818), political hostess
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Portia (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Shylock (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Edward Alcock, active 1750–ca. 1778
Portia and Shylock, from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", IV, i
ca. 1778
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Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Mrs. Frances Ann Crewe as 'St. Genevieve'
1773
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Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
Mrs. Frances Ann Crewe as St. Geneviere
1773