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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Smirke, Mary
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
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Gear, John W., 1806–1866
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Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789–1850
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Humphrey, George, ca. 1773–ca. 1831
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Thornton, Robert John, 1768–1837
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Classification
Prints
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Creator Gender
male
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female
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Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
18
The Merry Wives of Windsor
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The Taming of the Shrew
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The Tempest
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The Pastorals of Virgil
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[One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare [The Tempest]
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19th century
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18th century-19th century
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Materials & Techniques
wove paper
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brown wash
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gouache
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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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etching (printing process)
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line engraving
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literary theme
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figure study
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historical subject
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portrait
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literary theme
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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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gesturing
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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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play
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tights
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The Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare
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man
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trousers
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women
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boots
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cap
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collar
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City of London
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Sir John Falstaff
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Addington, Henry, first Viscount Sidmouth (1757–1844), prime minister
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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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Christopher Sly
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Desdemona (character in Othello)
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Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
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George IV (1762–1830), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover
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Grumio, a servant
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Hammond, William John (1797x9–1848), actor and theater manager
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Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland
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Jenkinson, Robert Banks, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770–1828), prime minister
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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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Prospero (character in The Tempest)
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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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Peterloo and Protest (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-08-16 - 2019-12-01)
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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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William Blake, 1757–1827
Octavius Augustus Cæsar
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Prospero and Ariel
1821
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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
Ferdinand Reunited with his Father
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife
1821
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Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
A Scene in the New Farce - as Performed at the Royalty Theatre!
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
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Merry Wives of Windsor
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Stephano and Trinculo with Caliban
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
Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff at Herne's Oak
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Tempest
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Tempest
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Taming of the Shrew
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Tempest
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Merry Wives of Windsor
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Merry Wives of Windsor
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