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Girtin, Thomas, 1775–1802
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Wright, John Massey, 1777–1866
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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18th century
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graphite
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wove paper
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brown ink
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brown wash
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drawing
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watercolor
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architectural subject
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men
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare
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antlers
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breeches
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collars
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Devon
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Exeter
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Anne Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Fenton (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Herne the Hunter
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Messr. Ford (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Messr. Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Mistress Ford (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Mistress Page (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Mistress Quickly (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Pistol (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Sir Hugh Evans (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Sir John Falstaff
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Slender (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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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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Thomas Girtin (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-01-21 - 1986-03-30)
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Thomas Girtin and the Art of Watercolour (Tate Britain, 2002-07-04 - 2002-09-29)
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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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John Massey Wright, 1777–1866
Falstaff Disguised as Herne
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Thomas Girtin, 1775–1802
The Guildhall, Exeter
ca. 1797