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Prints and Drawings
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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1776
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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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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19th century
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brown ink
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brown wash
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gouache
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graphite
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wove paper
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gum
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oil paint
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figure study
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breeches
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plays by William Shakespeare
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare
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The Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare
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arches
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building
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cat (domestic cat)
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cloak
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collar
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courting
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flowers (plants)
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garden
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Anne Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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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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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Katherina and Grumio
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Anne Page and Slender
1821