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Paintings and Sculpture
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Danby, Francis, 1793–1861
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DeWint, Peter, 1784–1849
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Nasmyth, Alexander, 1758–1840
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
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Unknown artist
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1901
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On-site Access
Not on view
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Image Use
Free to Use
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Classification
Paintings
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Drawings & Watercolors
2
Creator Gender
male
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unknown
1
Collective Title
Measure for Measure
1
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
1
Twelfth Night; or, What You Will
1
Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
oil paint
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painting (technique)
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brown ink
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brown wash
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canvas
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gouache
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pen
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wove paper
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paper
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painting
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drawing
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cityscape
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figure study
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landscape
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literary theme
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genre subject
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women
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buildings
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city
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gesturing
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landscape
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literary theme
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men
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plays by William Shakespeare
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town
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veil
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walking
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Measure for Measure, play by William Shakespeare
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Twelfth Night; or, What You Will, play by William Shakespeare
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balcony
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balustrade
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bonnets (hats)
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book
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boulders
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brushstrokes
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building
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Associated Places
United Kingdom
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Calton Hill
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Clifton
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Clifton Gorge
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Edinburgh
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England
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Lancashire
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Scotland
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St Giles' Cathedral
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University of Edinburgh
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Isabella, a novice nun (character in Measure for Measure)
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Mariana (character in Measure for Measure)
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Olivia (character in Twelfth Night)
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Viola as Cesario
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Exhibition History
Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Art in Focus : The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06)
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British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-13)
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Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
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Francis Danby ARA (Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 1988-11-05 - 1989-01-21)
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Francis Danby ARA (Tate Britain, 1989-02-15 - 1989-04-09)
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Gaspard Dughet (Kenwood House, 1980-07-10 - 1980-09-28)
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Gentle, Rural and Sublime - English Landscape Paintings and Watercolors, 1750-1850 (Denver Art Museum, 1993-12-11 - 1994-02-06)
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Life in England 1750 - 1850 (Paul Mellon Arts Center, 1990-03-27 - 1990-05-21)
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Painting in England 1700-1850 - From The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
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Voices of Scotland (The Grolier Club, 1992-12-17 - 1993-02-20)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Landscape near Clifton
1822 to 1823
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unknown artist
Street with Church and Figures
1822 to 1825
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Alexander Nasmyth, 1758–1840
A View of Edinburgh from the West
1822 to 1826
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Isabella and Mariana Kneeling Before the Duke
1822
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Viola and Olivia
1822