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Ellis, George Cressal, ca. 1810–1875
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Duncan, Edward, 1803–1882
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Price, William Henry Lake, ca. 1810–ca. 1896
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Cotman, Miles Edmund, 1810–1858
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Shaw, Isaac, active 1830
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Smirke, Mary
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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
3
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1
Henry IV, Part I
1
Romeo and Juliet
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Period
19th century
16
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
16
graphite
15
watercolor
12
gouache
8
brown ink
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pen
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brown wash
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oil paint
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scratching out
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gum
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varnish
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literary theme
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architectural subject
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landscape
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figure study
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sporting art
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literary theme
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architectural subject
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cityscape
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landscape
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river
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trees
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bridge (built work)
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figure study
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men
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plays by William Shakespeare
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buildings
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dogs (animals)
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drapery
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dress
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gesturing
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hounds (dogs)
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hunters
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hunting
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hunting guns
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England
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United Kingdom
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Europe
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France
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Paris
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Seine
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Île-de-France
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Greater Manchester
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Irwell
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Manchester
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Musée du Louvre
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Norfolk
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Pont Neuf
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Pont des Arts
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Thames
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Windsor
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Windsor and Maidenhead
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Helena (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Hotspur (Henry Percy), character in Henry IV, Part I
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Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
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Lysander (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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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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Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Elizabeth S. Tower
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Edward Duncan, 1803–1882
Wild Duck Shooting
1825
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Edward Duncan, 1803–1882
Pheasant Shooting
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
1825
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Isaac Shaw, active 1830
Bridge over the Irwell and Entrance into Manchester
ca. 1830
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William Henry Lake Price, ca. 1810–ca. 1896
The Pont Neuf
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William Henry Lake Price, ca. 1810–ca. 1896
View from the Pont Neuf
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor
1825
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John Varley, 1778–1842
The Thames at Windsor
ca. 1830
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Miles Edmund Cotman, 1810–1858
Irmingland Hall, Norfolk
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George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810–1875
Design for setting of Charles Kean's Richard II at the Princess's Theatre on March 12, 1857, Act 1, Scene 2
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George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810–1875
Design for Setting of Charles Kean's Richard II at the Princess's Theatre on March 12, 1857, Act 5, Scene 3
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George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810–1875
Design for Setting of Charles Kean's Richard II at the Princess's Theatre on March 12, 1857, Act 5, Scene 4
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George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810–1875
Design for setting of Charles Kean's Richard II at the Princess's Theatre on March 12, 1857, Act 2, Scene 3
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George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810–1875
Design for Setting of Charles Kean's Richard II at the Princess's Theatre, March 12, 1857 - Act 5, Scene 2
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George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810–1875
Design for Setting of Charles Kean's Richard II at the Princess's Theatre on March 12, 1857 - Act 4, Scene 2
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