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von, Holst Theodor, 1810–1844
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Blake, C., active 1825–1826
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842
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Diston, Alfred, active 1818–1829
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Richmond, George, 1809–1896
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Robson, George Fennell, 1788–1833
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Tatham, Frederick, 1805–1878
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Free to Use
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Drawings & Watercolors
12
Creator Gender
male
12
Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Henry IV, Part I
1
The Tragedy of Macbeth
1
Period
19th century
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18th century-19th century
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Materials & Techniques
graphite
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wove paper
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watercolor
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gouache
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brown ink
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brown wash
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varnish
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black ink
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laid paper
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pen
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oil paint
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scraping
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figure study
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plays by William Shakespeare
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hunting
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interior
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walking
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare
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Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
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Macbeth, Act I, Scene III
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United Kingdom
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City of Westminster
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England
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Europe
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Forres
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Green Park
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London
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Scotland
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Spain
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Tenerife
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The Green Park
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Banquo (character in Macbeth)
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Blake [née Boucher], Catherine Sophia (1762–1831), wife and assistant to William Blake
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Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da (1571–1610), Italian painter
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Helena (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Lady Mortimer (character in Henry IV, Part I)
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Lysander (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
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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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Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09)
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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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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The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, 1994-06-11 - 1994-07-23)
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The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, Ltd., 1994-05-05 - 1994-06-01)
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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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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
1825
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George Sidney Shepherd, 1784–1862
Green Park
ca. 1830
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Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Sheet of Sketches
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Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
A Sheet of Sketches - Theatrical Studies
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Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Theatrical Group
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George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath
ca. 1830
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C. Blake, active 1825–1826
"The Poacher's Progress:" Poachers in Prison (The Pardon)
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C. Blake, active 1825–1826
"The Poacher's Progress:" Poachers Before the Magistrates
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George Richmond, 1809–1896
Portrait of Catherine Blake
ca. 1830
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song
1825
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John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Bridge in a Continental Town
ca. 1830
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Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Peasants of Ycod el alto, Tenerife
1825