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Prints and Drawings
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Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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1741
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1776
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1749
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1825
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1751
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1821
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1854
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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The Merchant of Venice
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19th century
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brown ink
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laid paper
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pen
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brown wash
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gouache
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oil paint
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varnish
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wove paper
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figure study
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figure study
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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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The Merchant of Venice, play by William Shakespeare
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armour
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cloak
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faces
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fairies
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forest
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gesturing
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hat
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illusion
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king (person)
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magic
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man
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men
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Oberon (character from A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Robin Goodfellow (Puck), character in A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Shylock (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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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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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Oberon and Puck
1825
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Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Studies for Shylock
1825