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Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794–1859
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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19th century
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brown ink
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare
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Helena (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Lysander (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Mistress Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Shallow (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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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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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)
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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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Charles Robert Leslie, 1794–1859
Slender, with the Assistance of Shallow, Courting Anne Page, from "The Merry Wives of Windsor," Act III, Scene iv
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
1825