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Prints and Drawings
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Diston, Alfred, active 1818–1829
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Hunt, William Henry, 1790–1864
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Smirke, Mary
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von, Holst Theodor, 1810–1844
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Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828
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Ward, James, 1769–1859
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1791
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Accessible by appointment in the Study Room
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Free to Use
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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female
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Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
6
Henry IV, Part I
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Romeo and Juliet
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
1
The Merchant of Venice
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Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
wove paper
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graphite
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watercolor
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brown ink
9
brown wash
9
pen
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gouache
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black ink
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oil paint
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gum
3
varnish
2
black chalk
1
gray wash
1
laid paper
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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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portrait
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figure study
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costume
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literary theme
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plays by William Shakespeare
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man
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genre subject
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gesturing
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men
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Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
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drapery
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woman
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women
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cloak
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girl
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hat
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peasants
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posing
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Romeo and Juliet, play by William Shakespeare
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cape
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curtains
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Europe
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Tenerife
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Spain
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España
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Hierro
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
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Bardolph (character in Henry IV, parts I and II)
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Goodwin, Arthur (d. 1643),
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Helena (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Hotspur (Henry Percy), character in Henry IV, Part I
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Lady Mortimer (character in Henry IV, Part I)
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Lord Capulet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
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Lysander (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Shylock (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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Sir John Falstaff
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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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James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22)
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Richard Parkes Bonington (Musée du Petit Palais, 1992-03-05 - 1992-05-17)
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Richard Parkes Bonington (Yale Center for British Art, 1991-11-13 - 1992-01-19)
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The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, 1994-06-11 - 1994-07-23)
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The Romantic Art of Theodor von Holst (Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, Ltd., 1994-05-05 - 1994-06-01)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
1825
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Richard Parkes Bonington, 1802–1828
Studies for Shylock
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff Dragging the Body of Hotspur
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff Instructing Bardolph
1825
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Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
A Sheet of Sketches - Theatrical Studies
undated
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Theodor von Holst, 1810–1844
Faust and Margaret
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James Ward, 1769–1859
Studies after Anthony van Dyck's Portrait of Arthur Goodwin
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Capulet Railing at his Daughter, Juliet
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Juliet About to Take her Sleeping Draught
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Lady Mortimer's Welsh Song
1825
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Hotspur and the Plotters at Bangor
1825
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William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Girl in a Red Belt
ca. 1830
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William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Study of a Young Girl, with Ringlets, in a Black Evening Dress
ca. 1830
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Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Charcoal seller, Tenerife
1825
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Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Peasant of Hierro
1825
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Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Natives of La Palma
1825
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Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Peasants of Chasna, Tenerife
1825
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Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Native of Tacocronte, Tenerife
1825
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Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Peasants of Hierro
1825
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Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Peasants of Ycod el alto, Tenerife
1825