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Prints and Drawings
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793–1865
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Paintings
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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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oil paint
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brown ink
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brown wash
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gouache
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canvas
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figure study
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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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Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano
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Italy
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Lazio
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Roma
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Rome
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Trajan's Column
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Trajan's forum
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Christopher Sly
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Sir John Falstaff
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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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Noble Simplicity and Silent Greatness - Neoclassical Art from 1700 - 1900 (Yale University Art Gallery, 1991-04-26 - 1991-09-29)
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Sites and Sensibilities - Views of Rome 1500-1992 (Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, 1992-09-01 - 1992-11-08)
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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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Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, 1793–1865
A View of Trajan's Forum, Rome
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff at Herne's Oak
1821