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Nicholson, Francis, 1753–1844
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Smirke, Mary
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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female
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Robert & Mary Smirke's Illustrated Sketches to Shakespeare
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18th century-19th century
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graphite
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watercolor
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wove paper
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England
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Robin Hood's Bay
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Staithes
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Exhibition History
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
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The Early Georgian Landscape Garden (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-04-20 - 1983-06-26)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Banquet Scene, with a Roman Soldeir Kneeling to a Famale Figure Sitting on a Throne
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after Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Stourhead, Wiltshire
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Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire
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Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Staithes, Yorkshire
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