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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Burney, Edward Francis, 1760–1848
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Shaw, Isaac, active 1830
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Smirke, Mary
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Varley, John, 1778–1842
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Cockerell, Charles Robert, 1788–1863
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Constable, John, 1776–1837
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Cotman, Miles Edmund, 1810–1858
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Lorrain, Claude, 1600–1682
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Unknown artist
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Ward, James, 1769–1859
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Wyatville, Jeffry, Sir, 1776–1840
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von, Holst Theodor, 1810–1844
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On-site Access
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Free to Use
29
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
25
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
4
Creator Gender
male
28
female
2
unknown
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Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
9
Henry IV, Part I
5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
2
Romeo and Juliet
2
Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
brown wash
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wove paper
26
brown ink
20
graphite
18
pen
13
gouache
10
gray wash
8
oil paint
6
pens
5
varnish
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gum
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ink
2
laid paper
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black ink
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watercolor
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drawing
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watercolor
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figure study
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literary theme
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genre subject
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architectural subject
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landscape
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cityscape
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portrait
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figure study
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literary theme
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plays by William Shakespeare
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genre subject
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men
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Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
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architectural subject
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landscape
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trees
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bridge (built work)
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cityscape
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dog (animal)
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dolls
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drapery
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gesturing
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sitting
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cape
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curtains
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girl
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hat
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Associated Places
United Kingdom
8
England
7
Liverpool
3
Europe
2
Manchester
2
Burtonwood
1
Cheshire
1
City of London
1
Earlestown
1
Greater London
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Greater Manchester
1
Irwell
1
London
1
Newbattle
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Newbattle Abbey
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Newton-le-Willows
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Norfolk
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Norwich
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Saint Helens
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Saint Helens Canal
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
10
Bardolph (character in Henry IV, parts I and II)
2
Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
2
Sir John Falstaff
2
Goodwin, Arthur (d. 1643),
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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
Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
10
Roads to Rails - Revolution in British Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-04-15 - 1992-06-28)
5
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)
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English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
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James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22)
1
Noble Simplicity and Silent Greatness - Neoclassical Art from 1700 - 1900 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1991-04-26 - 1991-09-29)
1
The Archaeology of Architecture - Charles Robert Cockerell in Southern Europe and the Levant, 1810-1817 (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-03-23 - 1993-05-23)
1
The Pastoral Landscape - The Legacy of Venice (National Gallery of Art, 1988-11-06 - 1989-01-22)
1
Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
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John Constable, 1776–1837
Trees and Deer
1825
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James Ward, 1769–1859
Studies after Anthony van Dyck's Portrait of Arthur Goodwin
1825
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Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
A Sheet of Sketches - Theatrical Studies
undated
4
John Varley, 1778–1842
Trees on a Knoll by a Stream
ca. 1830
5
John Varley, 1778–1842
Ships on a River with Buildings in the Distance
ca. 1830
6
Studio of Sir Jeffry Wyatville, 1766–1840
A Design for a Prison
ca. 1830
7
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff Instructing Bardolph
1825
8
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Bust of Shakespeare
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Capulet Railing at his Daughter, Juliet
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff with Mistress Quickly and Bardolph
1825
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: The Doll brought Home
1825
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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
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: Sewing Clothes for the Doll
1825
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: Untitled
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Oberon and Puck
1825
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Isaac Shaw, active 1830
Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
ca. 1830
23
Isaac Shaw, active 1830
The Viaduct over the Sankey Canal
ca. 1830
24
Isaac Shaw, active 1830
Railway Office, Liverpool
ca. 1830
25
Isaac Shaw, active 1830
View on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with the Locomotive "Twin Sisters" in a Siding
ca. 1830
26
Isaac Shaw, active 1830
Bridge over the Irwell and Entrance into Manchester
ca. 1830
27
Miles Edmund Cotman, 1810–1858
View of Norwich
undated
28
Charles Robert Cockerell, 1788–1863
Design for Approaches to London Bridge
ca. 1830
29
unknown artist
Newbattle Abbey, Scotland
ca. 1830