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Cousins, Samuel, 1801–1887
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Amir, Muhammad of Karraya Shaykh, active 1830s–1840s
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Boys, Thomas Shotter, 1803–1874
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Colman, Samuel, 1780–1845
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Danby, Francis, 1793–1861
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Gibson, Benjamin, 1811–1851
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Goupil,, 1827–1919
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Henry, Graves & Co., ca. 1812–1892
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Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830
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Leitch, William Leighton, 1804–1883
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Linton, William, 1791–1876
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Lupton, Thomas Goff, 1791–1873
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Raoux, Jean, 1677–1734
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Redgrave, Richard, 1804–1888
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Smith, Charles John, 1803–1838
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Drawings & Watercolors
4
Prints
4
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Sculptures
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male
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Collective Title
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Period
19th century
10
Materials & Techniques
wove paper
6
graphite
4
watercolor
4
mezzotint
3
line engraving
2
stipple engraving
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Carrara marble
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black ink
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canvas
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oil paint
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portrait
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cityscape
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religious and mythological subject
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animal art
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architectural subject
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genre subject
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landscape
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literary theme
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portrait
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man
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woman
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cityscape
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costume
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dress
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flowers (plants)
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gown
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jewelry
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moon
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pearls
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rocks (landforms)
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act II, Scene I
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Grand Tour
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allegory
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animal art
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architecture
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armchair
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Europe
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Paris
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Rome
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Seine
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Île-de-France
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Gardiner, Marguerite, countess of Blessington (1789–1849), author
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Gibson, John (1790–1866), sculptor
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Oberon (character from A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Puck (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Titania (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Exhibition History
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
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Fantastic Illustration and Design in Britain 1850-1930 (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 1979-06-05 - 1979-09-02)
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Fantastic Illustration and Design in Britain 1850-1930 (RISD Museum, 1979-03-28 - 1979-05-13)
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Francis Danby ARA (Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 1988-11-05 - 1989-01-21)
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Francis Danby ARA (Tate Britain, 1989-02-15 - 1989-04-09)
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Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Victorian Fairey Painting (University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1998-02-28 - 1998-05-24)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Samuel Colman, 1780–1845
The Rock of Salvation
1837
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Benjamin Gibson, 1811–1851
Portrait Bust of the Artist's Brother, the Sculptor John Gibson, R.A
1837 to 1838
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Francis Danby, 1793–1861
Oberon and Titania
1837
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Print made by Samuel Cousins, 1801–1887
The Countess of Blessington
1837
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Print made by Samuel Cousins, 1801–1887
Sunshine of Love
1837
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William Leighton Leitch, 1804–1883
Porta S. Giovanni, Rome
1837
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Richard Redgrave, 1804–1888
Ile de la Cité, the Pont au Change, and the Conciergerie, Paris, 1837
1837
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Charles John Smith, 1803–1838
Front and Back View of Cassolette made from the Mulberry Tree planted by Shakespeare
1837
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Shaykh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, active 1830s–1840s
A Bay Racehorse with a Groom
ca. 1842
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Thomas Goff Lupton, 1791–1873
Ancient Jerusalem
1837