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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Cosway, Richard, 1742–1821
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Johnson, Joseph, 1738–1809
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741–1801
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Lips, Johann Heinrich, 1758–1817
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Wirsing, Adam Ludwig, 1733–1797
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
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male
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unknown
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Collective Title
The Life of Timon of Athens
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The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (?)
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Period
19th century
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wove paper
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black chalk
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graphite
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line engraving
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white chalk
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figure study
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Hamlet, Act III, Scene III
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The Life of Timon of Athens, play by William Shakespeare
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plays by William Shakespeare
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Claudius (character in Hamlet)
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Lavater, John Caspar (1741–1801), theologian
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Timon (character in Timon of Athens)
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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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The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Rev. John Caspar Lavater
1800
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unknown artist
Study of an Antique Head
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Richard Cosway, 1742–1821
Timon of Athens Before His Cave
ca. 1805