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Prints and Drawings
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Bentley, Charles, 1806–1854
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Wyatville, Jeffry, Sir, 1776–1840
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Drawings & Watercolors
4
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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male
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Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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Period
19th century
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brown ink
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wove paper
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pen
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brown wash
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gouache
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oil paint
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graphite
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gum
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scraping
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watercolor
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drawing
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figure study
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cityscape
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Subject Terms
The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare
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figure study
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literary theme
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plays by William Shakespeare
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dress
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gesturing
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men
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talking
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woman
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breeches
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bridge (built work)
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buildings
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Glasgow
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Scotland
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United Kingdom
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Venice
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Anne Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Master Slender (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Sir Hugh Evans (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Sir John Falstaff
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William Page
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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 at Herne's Oak
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans
1821
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Charles Bentley, 1806–1854
A Market Scene in Venice
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Anne Page and Slender
1821
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Sir Jeffry Wyatville, 1766–1840
Design for Bridge over Great Western Road
ca. 1826