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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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19th century
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brown wash
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brown ink
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gouache
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graphite
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laid paper
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oil paint
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pen
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wove paper
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clouds
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Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare
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castle
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churches
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dancing
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drowning
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fighting
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floating
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gesturing
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ghosts
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plays by William Shakespeare
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river
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Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Gambols of Ghosts According with Their Affections Previous to the Final Judgement
1805 to 1808
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
The Death of Ophelia
ca. 1810