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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Allen, James C., active 1821–1831
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
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Burney, Edward Francis, 1760–1848
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Hunt, William Henry, 1790–1864
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Cooper, Robert, active ca. 1800–1836
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J., Robins & Co., active 1825
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Russell, John, 1745–1806
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Scriven, Edward, 1775–1841
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Smirke, Mary
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Smith, Stephen Catterson, 1806–1872
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
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Holloway's Continuation of England and Wales
6
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
6
Henry IV, Part I
5
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1
Romeo and Juliet
1
Period
19th century
21
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
19
brown ink
10
brown wash
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graphite
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gouache
7
pen
7
chine collé
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etching (printing process)
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oil paint
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gray wash
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gum
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line engraving
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drawing
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intaglio print
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figure study
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literary theme
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marine art
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genre subject
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landscape
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portrait
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figure study
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literary theme
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plays by William Shakespeare
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Henry IV, part I by William Shakespeare
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men
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genre subject
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gesturing
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girl
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cape
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child
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cloak
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drapery
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hat
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sitting
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curtains
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dog (animal)
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dolls
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England
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Lowestoft
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Lowestoft Lighthouse
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North Sea
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Suffolk
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United Kingdom
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Bardolph (character in Henry IV, parts I and II)
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Sir John Falstaff
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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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Juliet (character in Romeo and Juliet)
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Lady Mortimer (character in Henry IV, Part I)
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Lysander (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Mistress Quickly (character in Henry IV, Part I)
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O'Connell, Daniel (1775–1847), Irish nationalist leader
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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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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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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
Lysander Awakening to See Helena
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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Print made by James C. Allen, active 1821–1831
Lowestoffe Lighthouse
ca. 1830
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Print made by James C. Allen, active 1821–1831
Lowestoffe Lighthouse
ca. 1830
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Print made by James C. Allen, active 1821–1831
Lowestoffe Lighthouse
ca. 1830
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Print made by James C. Allen, active 1821–1831
Harborough Sands
ca. 1830
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Print made by James C. Allen, active 1821–1831
Harborough Sands
ca. 1830
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Print made by James C. Allen, active 1821–1831
Harborough Sands
ca. 1830
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Print made by Robert Cooper, active ca. 1800–1836
Daniel O'Connell, Esqr
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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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff with Mistress Quickly and Bardolph
1825
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: Untitled
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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William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
A Boy Writing
ca. 1830
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: The Doll brought Home
1825
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Edward Francis Burney, 1760–1848
Illustration for The New Doll: Untitled
1825
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Edward Scriven, 1775–1841
Sir Frederick William Herschel
ca.1830