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Gillray, James, 1756–1815
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Northcote, James, 1746–1831
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Porter, William Warren Rev., 1776–1804
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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female
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Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
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18th century
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18th century-19th century
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laid paper
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etching (printing process)
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stipple engraving
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Henry VI, part III by William Shakespeare
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Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Abington, Frances (1737–1815), actress
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Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
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Katharine (character in The Taming of the Shrew)
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Pitt, William [known as Pitt the younger] (1759–1806), prime minister
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Romeo Montague
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The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
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Thurlow, Edward, first Baron Thurlow (1731–1806), lord chancellor
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Exhibition History
Circa 1800 - The Beginnings of Modern Printmaking (Rutgers University Art Gallery, 1981-03-08 - 1981-04-19)
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Circa 1800 - The Beginnings of Modern Printmaking (The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1981-05-12 - 1981-06-28)
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In the Midst of the Jovial Crowd - Young James Boswell in London 1762-1763 (The Lewis Walpole Library, 2013-04-01 - 2013-08-31)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Edward Porter Street, Jr., Yale BE 1945W
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Print made by James Gillray, 1756–1815
Taming of the Shrew. Katharine and Petruchio - The Modern Quixotte, or, What You Will
1791
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James Gillray, 1756–1815
Weird Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon (Thurlow, Pitt, and Dundas)
1791
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John Keyse Sherwin, c.1751–1790
Mrs. Frances Abington (née Barton) as Roxalana in "The Sultan"
1791
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Print made by Peter Simon, 1750–1810
Romeo and Juliet: Act IV, Scene III (A Monument Belonging to the Capulets)
1791
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Print made by Jean B. Michel, active 1803
King Henry VI, Part III: Act V, Scene VII (Queen Bess Presenting King Edward . . . with Their Infant Son)
1791
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Rev. William Warren Porter, 1776–1804
Castle of Udolpho
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Rev. William Warren Porter, 1776–1804
Scene from 'The Mysteries of Udolpho'
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James Heath, 1757–1834
Samuel Johnson
1791