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Prints and Drawings
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828
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Smirke, Mary
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Gear, John W., 1806–1866
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Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789–1850
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
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Paintings
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male
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female
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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The Taming of the Shrew
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The Tempest
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[One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare [The Tempest]
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Period
19th century
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18th century-19th century
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Materials & Techniques
wove paper
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gouache
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brown wash
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brown ink
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pen
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oil paint
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graphite
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gum
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laid paper
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drawing
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watercolor
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painting
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literary theme
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figure study
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plays by William Shakespeare
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figure study
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men
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The Tempest, play by William Shakespeare
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dress
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woman
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare
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breeches
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man
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play
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tights
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costume
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Sir John Falstaff
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Alonso, King of Naples (character in The Tempest)
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Anne Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Ariel (character in The Tempest)
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Berlichingen, Götz von (1480–1562), German
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Christopher Sly
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Desdemona (character in Othello)
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Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
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Grumio, a servant
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Hammond, William John (1797x9–1848), actor and theater manager
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Katharine (character in The Taming of the Shrew)
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Master Slender (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Messr. Ford (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Miranda (character in The Tempest)
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Othello (character in Othello, the Moor of Venice)
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Portia (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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Prospero (character in The Tempest)
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Sir Hugh Evans (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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William Page
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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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Richard Parkes Bonington (Musée du Petit Palais, 1992-03-05 - 1992-05-17)
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Richard Parkes Bonington (Yale Center for British Art, 1991-11-13 - 1992-01-19)
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The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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Constable to Delacroix : British Art and the French Romantics 1820-1840 (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2003-06-01 - 2003-08-27)
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Constable to Delacroix : British Art and the French Romantics 1820-1840 (Tate Britain, 2003-02-06 - 2003-05-11)
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Constable to Delacroix : British Art and the French Romantics 1820-1840 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2003-09-29 - 2004-01-04)
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Delacroix's Influence: The Rise of Modern Art from Cézanne to van Gogh (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2015-10-18 - 2016-01-10)
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Delacroix's Influence: The Rise of Modern Art from Cézanne to van Gogh (The National Gallery, London, 2016-02-17 - 2016-05-22)
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Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Richard Parkes Bonington 2018 (Richard L. Feigen & Co., 2018-10-23 - 2019-01-09)
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Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
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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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Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
A Knight and Page (from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Götz von Berlichingen” )
ca. 1826
Not on view
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff at Herne's Oak
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Taming of the Shrew
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Katherina and Grumio
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Ford in a Rage After Seeing Falstaff
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Tempest
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Stephano and Trinculo with Caliban
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Ferdinand Reunited with his Father
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans
1821
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Print made by John W. Gear, 1806–1866
Mr. W. J. Hammond and Miss Daly as Othello and Desdemona at the New Strand Theatre
undated
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Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Portia and Bassanio
ca. 1826
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Anne Page and Slender
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban with Prospero's Magic Wardrobe
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Prospero and Ariel
1821