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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Martin, John, 1789–1854
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Annesley, Charles Rev., 1787–1863
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
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Creator Gender
male
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Collective Title
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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The Tempest
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[One from] Illustrations to Shakespeare [The Tempest]
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Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
brown wash
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wove paper
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brown ink
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gouache
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pen
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graphite
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oil paint
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gum
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blue wash
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laid paper
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scratching out
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watercolor
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drawing
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watercolor
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literary theme
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figure study
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landscape
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genre subject
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sporting art
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Subject Terms
literary theme
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figure study
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plays by William Shakespeare
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men
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woman
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare
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The Tempest, play by William Shakespeare
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breeches
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dress
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gesturing
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tights
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man
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The Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare
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cap
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collar
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crowd
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drapery
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hat
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Tyrol
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Sir John Falstaff
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Alonso, King of Naples (character in The Tempest)
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Anne Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Ariel (character in The Tempest)
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Christopher Sly
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Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
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Grumio, a servant
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Katharine (character in The Taming of the Shrew)
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Master Slender (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Messr. Ford (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Miranda (character in The Tempest)
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Prospero (character in The Tempest)
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Sir Hugh Evans (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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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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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)
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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)
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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)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Ford in a Rage After Seeing Falstaff
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Ferdinand Reunited with his Father
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Stephano and Trinculo with Caliban
1821
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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
Katherina and Grumio
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff at Herne's Oak
1821
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John Martin, 1789–1854
Travelers on a Road above a River
1821
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John Martin, 1789–1854
Archers Stalking a Stag
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Prospero and Ariel
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Stephano, Trinculo and Caliban with Prospero's Magic Wardrobe
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Anne Page and Slender
1821
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Rev. Charles Annesley, 1787–1863
Sillian Tyrol, July 11, 1821
1821