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Smirke, Mary
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Gilpin, Sawrey, 1733–1807
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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female
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Robert & Mary Smirke's Illustrated Sketches to Shakespeare
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18th century-19th century
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18th century
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graphite
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wove paper
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black ink
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drawing
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figure study
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allegorical
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chariot
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chasing
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clouds
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goddess
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swan
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women
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Cupid
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Venus
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
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Sawrey Gilpin, 1733–1807
Cartoon for "Gulliver Taking Leave of the Land of Houyhnhms"
between 1768 and 1769
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Allegorical Scene
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Study for a Relief with Romanesque Figures
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