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Prints and Drawings
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Cotman, John Sell, 1782–1842
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Robson, George Fennell, 1788–1833
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von, Holst Theodor, 1810–1844
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Henry IV, Part I
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Period
19th century
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gouache
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graphite
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wove paper
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watercolor
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brown ink
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brown wash
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pen
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gum
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laid paper
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oil paint
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scraping
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varnish
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drawing
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watercolor
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figure study
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women
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plays by William Shakespeare
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare
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Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
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Macbeth, Act I, Scene III
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armed forces
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army
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battlefield
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beards
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Forres
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Scotland
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Banquo (character in Macbeth)
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Helena (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Lady Mortimer (character in Henry IV, Part I)
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Lysander (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
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The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
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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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Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Theatrical Group
undated
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
1825
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George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833
Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath
ca. 1830
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John Sell Cotman, 1782–1842
Bridge in a Continental Town
ca. 1830