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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Wivell, Abraham, 1786–1899
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Holl, William II, 1807–1871
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Cooper, Robert, active ca. 1800–1836
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Holl, Benjamin, 1808–1884
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Smirke, Mary
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Fox, Augustus, 1800–1876
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Picart, Charles, c.1780–1837
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Pickering, William, 1796–1854
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Richmond, George, 1809–1896
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Westall, Richard, 1765–1836
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Prints
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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female
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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Twelfth Night; or, What You Will
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The Bijou; or Annual of Literature and the Arts
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Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
wove paper
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brown wash
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line engraving
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oil paint
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black ink
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brown ink
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chine collé
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etching (printing process)
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intaglio print
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literary theme
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portrait
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landscape
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portrait
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literary theme
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costume
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sword
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breeches
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clouds
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doublet
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gesture
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men
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plays by William Shakespeare
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tunic
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Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare
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Twelfth Night, Act II, Scene IV
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Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, play by William Shakespeare
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armor
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bell
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book
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boots
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boy
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Ariel (character in The Tempest)
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Malvolio (character in Twelfth Night)
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Miranda (character in The Tempest)
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Orsino, Duke of Illyria (character in Twelfth Night)
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Prospero (character in The Tempest)
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Sir Andrew Aguecheek (character in Twelfth Night)
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Sir John Falstaff
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The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
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Viola (character in Twelfth Night)
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characters
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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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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Malvolio Dancing
1827
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
She Never Told Her Love, But Sat Like Patience on a Monument
1827
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Print made by Augustus Fox, 1800–1876
The Dreams of the Youthful Shakespeare
1827
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Print made by George Richmond, 1809–1896
The Fatal Bellman
1827
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Merry Wives of Windsor
1827
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Taming of the Shrew
1827
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Benjamin Holl, 1808–1884
Shakspeare
1827
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William Holl II, 1807–1871
Shakspeare
1827
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Charles Picart, c.1780–1837
William Shakspeare
1827
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William Holl II, 1807–1871
Guglielm Shakspeare
1827
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Frontispiece and Title Page, Beauties of the British Poets
1827
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Shakspeare
1827
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Shakspeare
1827
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Benjamin Holl, 1808–1884
Shakspeare
1827
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Shakspeare
1827
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Shakspeare
1827
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after Abraham Wivell, 1786–1899
Shakspeare
1827
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after Robert Cooper, active ca. 1800–1836
Shakspeare
1827
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Abraham Wivell, 1786–1899
Shakspeare
1827
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after Abraham Wivell, 1786–1899
Will. Shakespere
1827
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William Holl II, 1807–1871
Will. Shakespere
1827
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Shakspeare
1827