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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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CARTWRIGHT, Joseph, c.1789–1829
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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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Prout, John Skinner, 1806–1876
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Weld, Isaac, 1774–1856
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Wyatville, Jeffry, Sir, 1776–1840
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25
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
24
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural
1
Creator Gender
male
25
Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
8
The Merry Wives of Windsor
4
The Taming of the Shrew
2
The Tempest
2
Period
19th century
25
Materials & Techniques
pen
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wove paper
23
brown ink
20
graphite
18
watercolor
12
gouache
11
brown wash
9
gray ink
5
oil paint
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black ink
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gray wash
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red ink
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gum
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laid paper
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black wash
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ink blue
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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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marine art
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architectural subject
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landscape
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military art
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cityscape
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sporting art
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Subject Terms
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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architectural subject
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cat (domestic cat)
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dishes
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Associated Places
Borromean Islands
1
Europe
1
Glasgow
1
Isola Bella
1
Maggiore, Lago
1
Scotland
1
Tyrol
1
United Kingdom
1
Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
8
Sir John Falstaff
2
Alonso, King of Naples (character in The Tempest)
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Anne Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
1
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)
8
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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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Prospero and Ariel
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Anne Page and Slender
1821
3
Joseph Murray Ince, 1806–1859
An unidentified Gothic Mansion: Side View of the House with Garden
undated
4
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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Sir Jeffry Wyatville, 1766–1840
Design for Bridge over Great Western Road
ca. 1826
6
Isaac Weld, 1774–1856
St. Martyns Bruche
ca. 1826
7
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Ferdinand Reunited with his Father
1821
8
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Katherina and Grumio
1821
9
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans
1821
10
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Ford in a Rage After Seeing Falstaff
1821
11
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff at Herne's Oak
1821
12
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife
1821
13
Daniel Maclise, 1806–1870
A Child Playing with a Dog
undated
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Dr. Syntax with Kitty Cowslip
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 Visits a Boarding School for Young Ladies
1821
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Dr Syntax outside the Halfway House
1821
18
Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Kitty Overcome
1821
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Dr Syntax & Dairymaid
1821
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Joseph Cartwright, c.1789–1829
Revolutionaire Oct 7 1821
1821
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Joseph Cartwright, c.1789–1829
Single Brig with Union Jack and Three Figures
1821
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Joseph Cartwright, c.1789–1829
Revolutionaire July 20, 1821
1821
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John Skinner Prout, 1806–1876
Isola Bella, Lago Maggiore
undated
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William Dyce, 1806–1864
Culver Cliff, Isle of Wight
undated
25
Rev. Charles Annesley, 1787–1863
Sillian Tyrol, July 11, 1821
1821