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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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The Taming of the Shrew
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19th century
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brown ink
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wove paper
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brown wash
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pen
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gouache
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graphite
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oil paint
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watercolor
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scratching out
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Berlichingen, Goetz von (1480–1562), German Imperial Knight and mercenary
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Christopher Sly
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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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Richard Parkes Bonington (Musée du Petit Palais, 1992-03-05 - 1992-05-17)
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Richard Parkes Bonington (Yale Center for British Art, 1991-11-13 - 1992-01-19)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of John Morton Morris
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife
1821
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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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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban with Prospero's Magic Wardrobe
1821
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Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Goetz Von Berlichingen Before The Imperial Magistrate
ca. 1826
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Dr Syntax outside the Halfway House
1821
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Dr. Syntax with Kitty Cowslip
1821