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Ellis, George Cressal, ca. 1810–1875
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Hunt, William Henry, 1790–1864
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Robson, George Fennell, 1788–1833
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
graphite
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watercolor
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wove paper
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gouache
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brown ink
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brown wash
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laid paper
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oil paint
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marine art
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men
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plays by William Shakespeare
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare
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Macbeth, Act I, Scene III
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armed forces
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clouds
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Banquo (character in Macbeth)
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Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
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Oberon (character from A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Robin Goodfellow (Puck), character in A Midsummer Night's Dream
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The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Study of a Young Girl, with Ringlets, in a Black Evening Dress
ca. 1830
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Oberon and Puck
1825
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Alfred Gomersal Vickers, 1810–1837
Shipping off the Isle of Wight
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George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath
ca. 1830
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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 2, Scene 3
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