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Prints and Drawings
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Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
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Boydell, John, 1720–1804
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Boydell, Josiah, 1752–1817
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Dickinson, William, 1746–1823
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Fisher, Edward, 1722–1785
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Green, Valentine, 1739–1813
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Sayer, Robert, 1725–1794
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
3
Prints
3
Creator Gender
female
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male
3
Collective Title
King Lear
2
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1
The Vicar of Wakefield
1
Period
18th century
6
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
6
black ink
3
graphite
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mezzotint
3
scraping
3
watercolor
3
gouache
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drawing
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plays by William Shakespeare
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King Lear, play by William Shakespeare
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cloak
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curls
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daughter
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father
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footstool
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gesturing
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play
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sitting
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slippers
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Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare
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The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)
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angels
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beads
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bench
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Cordelia (character in King Lear)
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King Lear (character in King Lear)
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Cecilia, Saint (born 2nd c. AD), patroness of musicians
1
God
1
Linley [married name Sheridan], Elizabeth Ann (1754–1792), singer and writer
1
Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
1
Exhibition History
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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ophelia's Death
ca. 1781
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781
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Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Mrs. Sheridan as 'St. Cecilia'
1776
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Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Emma, or the Child of Sorrow
1776
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Print made by Edward Fisher, 1722–1785
Angelina
1776