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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Bruce, John, fl. 1826
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
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male
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Henry IV, Part I
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
brown ink
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brown wash
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gouache
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pen
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wove paper
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graphite
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oil paint
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aquatint
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etching (printing process)
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drawing
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intaglio print
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figure study
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men
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figure study
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plays by William Shakespeare
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Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
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city
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sitting
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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, Act IV, Scene II
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architectural subject
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architecture
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armour
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beach
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boats
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bonnets (hats)
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boots
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Brighton
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Brighton Beach
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East Sussex
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England
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The Royal Suspension Chain Pier
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United Kingdom
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Bardolph (character in Henry IV, parts I and II)
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Hotspur (Henry Percy), character in Henry IV, Part I
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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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Sir John Falstaff
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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 Collection
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff Instructing Bardolph
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Oberon and Puck
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor
1825
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Print made by John Bruce, fl. 1826
Chain Pier at Brighton
ca. 1830