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Prints and Drawings
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Wyld, William, 1806–1889
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Ince, Joseph Murray, 1806–1859
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Prout, John Skinner, 1806–1876
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Bentley, Charles, 1806–1854
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Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828
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Dyce, William, 1806–1864
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Francia, François Louis Thomas, 1772–1839
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1857
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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
gouache
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wove paper
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brown ink
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graphite
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pen
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brown wash
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watercolor
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oil paint
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gum
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laid paper
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scraping
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scraping out
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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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marine art
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architectural subject
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genre subject
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animal art
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cityscape
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Subject Terms
literary theme
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plays by William Shakespeare
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figure study
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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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architectural subject
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man
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women
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The Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare
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arches
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buildings
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cap
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collar
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crowd
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Associated Places
Europe
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France
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Borromean Islands
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England
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Gibraltar
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Greater London
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Isola Bella
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Loire-Atlantique
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Maggiore, Lago
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Nantes
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Pays de la Loire
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Richmond Hill
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Richmond upon Thames (borough)
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Rouen
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United Kingdom
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Associated People
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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Portia (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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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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Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07)
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Louis Francia (Musée des Beaux Arts et de la Dentelle, 1988-10-15 - 1989-01-10)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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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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The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)
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Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Joseph Murray Ince, 1806–1859
A Picnic on Richmond Hill
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Joseph Murray Ince, 1806–1859
An unidentified Gothic Mansion: Side View of the House with Garden
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William Wyld, 1806–1889
Nantes
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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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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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William Wyld, 1806–1889
View of Mont St. Michel with Figures on the Beach
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William Wyld, 1806–1889
View of Gibraltar
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Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Portia and Bassanio
ca. 1826
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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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Attributed to Charles Bentley, 1806–1854
Old Men O'War
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John Skinner Prout, 1806–1876
Isola Bella, Lago Maggiore
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John Skinner Prout, 1806–1876
The Church of St. Laurent, Rouen
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William Dyce, 1806–1864
Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight
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