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Prints and Drawings
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
9
Burney, Edward Francis, 1760–1848
5
Shaw, Isaac, active 1830
5
Unknown artist
3
Duncan, Edward, 1803–1882
2
Harraden, Richard Banks, 1778–1862
2
Smirke, Mary
2
Alken, Samuel Henry Gordon, 1810–1894
1
Bentley, Charles, 1806–1854
1
Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828
1
Constable, John, 1776–1837
1
Cotman, Miles Edmund, 1810–1858
1
Diston, Alfred, active 1818–1829
1
Ellis, George Cressal, ca. 1810–1875
1
Frost, William Edward, 1810–1877
1
Gandy, Joseph Michael, 1771–1843
1
Hunt, William Henry, 1790–1864
1
Lorrain, Claude, 1600–1682
1
Robson, George Fennell, 1788–1833
1
Vickers, Alfred Gomersal, 1810–1837
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
39
Image Use
Free to Use
39
Image Available
Available
36
Unavailable
3
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
38
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
1
Creator Gender
male
36
unknown
3
female
2
Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
8
Henry IV, Part I
5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2
Romeo and Juliet
2
The Merchant of Venice
1
The Tragedy of Macbeth
1
Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
brown ink
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wove paper
33
graphite
25
brown wash
20
pen
20
gouache
15
watercolor
15
black ink
6
gray wash
6
oil paint
6
laid paper
5
pens
5
varnish
4
gum
3
black chalk
2
scratching out
2
scraping out
1
white gouache
1
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Work Type
drawing
39
watercolor
27
Genre
literary theme
14
figure study
13
architectural subject
10
genre subject
10
cityscape
6
landscape
6
sporting art
3
marine art
2
Subject Terms
figure study
13
literary theme
13
men
12
plays by William Shakespeare
12
genre subject
10
architectural subject
9
cityscape
6
Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
5
gesturing
5
trees
5
bridge (built work)
4
dog (animal)
4
dolls
4
drapery
4
hat
4
horses (animals)
4
landscape
4
sitting
4
cape
3
child
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Associated Places
United Kingdom
9
England
8
Europe
4
Liverpool
3
Manchester
2
Burtonwood
1
Cheshire
1
City of London
1
Devon
1
Earlestown
1
English Channel
1
Great Britain
1
Greater London
1
Greater Manchester
1
Irwell
1
Isle of Wight
1
Italy
1
London
1
London Bridge
1
Newton-le-Willows
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
13
Bardolph (character in Henry IV, parts I and II)
2
Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
2
Sir John Falstaff
2
Banquo (character in Macbeth)
1
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da (1571–1610), Italian painter
1
Fleance (character in Macbeth)
1
Helena (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
1
Hotspur (Henry Percy), character in Henry IV, Part I
1
Lady Mortimer (character in Henry IV, Part I)
1
Lord Capulet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
1
Lysander (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
1
Mistress Quickly (character in Henry IV, Part I)
1
Oberon (character from A Midsummer Night's Dream)
1
Robin Goodfellow (Puck), character in A Midsummer Night's Dream
1
Shylock (character in The Merchant of Venice)
1
Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
11
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
6
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
4
British Architectural Drawings (Yale Center for British Art) (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-04-21 - 1982-05-30)
1
Constable - Impressions of Land, Sea and Sky (National Gallery of Australia, 2006-03-03 - 2006-06-12)
1
Constable - Impressions of Land, Sea and Sky (National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, 2006-07-07 - 2006-10-08)
1
Creative Copies - Master Drawings from Michelangelo to Picasso (The Drawing Center, 1988-04-09 - 1988-07-23)
1
English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
1
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13)
1
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30)
1
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
1
Joseph Gandy - Visionary Architect (Richard L. Feigen & Co., 2006-04-25 - 2006-07-22)
1
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (National Maritime Museum, 2005-08-25 - 2005-10-25)
1
Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02)
1
Richard Parkes Bonington (Musée du Petit Palais, 1992-03-05 - 1992-05-17)
1
Richard Parkes Bonington (Yale Center for British Art, 1991-11-13 - 1992-01-19)
1
The Pastoral Landscape - The Legacy of Venice (National Gallery of Art, 1988-11-06 - 1989-01-22)
1
The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, 1994-06-11 - 1994-07-23)
1
The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, Ltd., 1994-05-05 - 1994-06-01)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
32
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
5
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
1
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John Constable, 1776–1837
Trees and Deer
1825
2
Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Sheet of Sketches
undated
3
William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
View of Old London Bridge
1825
4
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur
1825
5
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff Instructing Bardolph
1825
6
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
1825
7
Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Studies for Shylock
1825
8
Charles Bentley, 1806–1854
Coast Scene with Shipping
undated
9
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: The Doll brought Home
1825
10
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: Sewing Clothes for the Doll
1825
11
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Ilustration for The New Doll: Untitled
1825
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: Untitled
1825
13
Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: Untitled
1825
14
Edward Duncan, 1803–1882
Wild Duck Shooting
1825
15
Edward Duncan, 1803–1882
Pheasant Shooting
1825
16
Samuel Henry Gordon Alken, 1810–1894
Riders Taking a Fence
undated
17
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Capulet Railing at his Daughter, Juliet
1825
18
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught
1825
19
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff with Mistress Quickly and Bardolph
1825
20
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Oberon and Puck
1825
21
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song
1825
22
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor
1825
23
Alfred Gomersal Vickers, 1810–1837
Shipping off the Isle of Wight
undated
24
George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
The Murder of Banquo
ca. 1830
25
unknown artist
The Keep, Arundel Castle
ca. 1830
26
Isaac Shaw, active 1830
View on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with the Locomotive "Twin Sisters" in a Siding
ca. 1830
27
Isaac Shaw, active 1830
Bridge over the Irwell and Entrance into Manchester
ca. 1830
28
Isaac Shaw, active 1830
Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
ca. 1830
29
Isaac Shaw, active 1830
The Viaduct over the Sankey Canal
ca. 1830
30
Isaac Shaw, active 1830
Railway Office, Liverpool
ca. 1830
31
William Edward Frost, 1810–1877
Standing Female Nude
undated
32
unknown artist
Sidmouth Cliffs
ca. 1830
33
Miles Edmund Cotman, 1810–1858
Cottage with Grazing Horses
undated
34
Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Peasants of Hierro
1825
35
George Cressal Ellis, ca. 1810–1875
Design for Setting of Charles Kean's Richard II at the Princess's Theatre on March 12, 1857 - Act 4, Scene 2
undated
36
Joseph Michael Gandy, 1771–1843
A Scene in Ancient Rome: A Setting for Titus Andronicus, I, ii
ca. 1830
37
Richard Banks Harraden, 1778–1862
Emanuel College from St. Andrews Street, Cambridge
ca. 1830
38
Richard Banks Harraden, 1778–1862
Jesus College, Cambridge
ca. 1830
39
unknown artist
A View of Hyde Park from Ennismore Gardens
ca. 1830