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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784–1851
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Annesley, Charles Rev., 1787–1863
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Dyce, William, 1806–1864
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Ince, Joseph Murray, 1806–1859
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Maclise, Daniel, 1806–1870
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Drawings & Watercolors
21
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
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male
22
Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
8
The Merry Wives of Windsor
4
The Taming of the Shrew
2
The Tempest
2
Period
19th century
22
Materials & Techniques
pen
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wove paper
20
brown ink
18
graphite
15
gouache
11
watercolor
10
brown wash
9
oil paint
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gray ink
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red ink
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black ink
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gray wash
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gum
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laid paper
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sponging
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white gouache
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drawing
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watercolor
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figure study
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literary theme
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genre subject
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architectural subject
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landscape
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marine art
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cityscape
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sporting art
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figure study
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genre subject
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literary theme
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plays by William Shakespeare
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man
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men
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woman
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare
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breeches
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dog (animal)
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dress
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elderly
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gesturing
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sitting
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tights
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women
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youth
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cat (domestic cat)
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dishes
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Borromean Islands
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Europe
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Glasgow
1
Isola Bella
1
Maggiore, Lago
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Scotland
1
Tyrol
1
United Kingdom
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Sir John Falstaff
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Alonso, King of Naples (character in The Tempest)
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Anne Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Ariel (character in The Tempest)
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Christopher Sly
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Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
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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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Messr. Ford (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Miranda (character in The Tempest)
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Prospero (character in The Tempest)
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Sir Hugh Evans (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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William Page
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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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Behold the Sea (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-06-14 - 2003-09-07)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Joseph Murray Ince, 1806–1859
An unidentified Gothic Mansion: Side View of the House with Garden
undated
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Ferdinand Reunited with his Father
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
Katherina and Grumio
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff at Herne's Oak
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Ford in a Rage After Seeing Falstaff
1821
8
Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
St. Martyns Bruche
ca. 1826
9
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Prospero and Ariel
1821
10
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Anne Page and Slender
1821
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Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851
A Cock-Fight Watched by Four Men in an Out-House: The Fight, Engraved as Plate 39 in "The National Sports of Great Britain"
1821
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Daniel Maclise, 1806–1870
A Child Playing with a Dog
undated
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Dr. Syntax Visits a Boarding School for Young Ladies
1821
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Kitty Overcome
1821
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John Skinner Prout, 1806–1876
Isola Bella, Lago Maggiore
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Dr Syntax outside the Halfway House
1821
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Sir Jeffry Wyatville, 1766–1840
Design for Bridge over Great Western Road
ca. 1826
18
Rev. Charles Annesley, 1787–1863
Sillian Tyrol, July 11, 1821
1821
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Dr. Syntax Visits a Boarding School for Young Ladies
1821
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Dr. Syntax with Kitty Cowslip
1821
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Dr Syntax & Dairymaid
1821
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William Dyce, 1806–1864
Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight
undated