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Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740–1779
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Smirke, Mary
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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1749
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1768
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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
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18th century-19th century
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graphite
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laid paper
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wove paper
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figure study
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figure study
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man
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allegorical
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clouds
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dancing
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listening
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putti
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resting
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swans
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woman
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youth
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Adonis
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Venus
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
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William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-02-14 - 2019-05-20)
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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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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Allegorical Scene
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John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
An Academy
ca. 1773