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Prints and Drawings
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Unknown artist
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Free to Use
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
5
Creator Gender
unknown
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male
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Collective Title
The Life of King Henry the Fifth
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Period
18th century
4
18th century-19th century
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Materials & Techniques
watercolor
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laid paper
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wove paper
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black ink
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ink
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pen
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brown ink
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gouache
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graphite
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gray ink
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drawing
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watercolor
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Genre
literary theme
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landscape
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portrait
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Subject Terms
literary theme
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plays by William Shakespeare
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men
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swords
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Henry V, Act V, Scene I
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Henry V, play by William Shakespeare
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Henry VIII, Act III, Scene II
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Henry VIII, play by William Shakespeare
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Measure for Measure, play by William Shakespeare
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The Tempest, play by William Shakespeare
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actor
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armed forces
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army
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begging
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belts
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boots
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breeches
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cap
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capes (outerwear)
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Devon
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Valley of Stones
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Fluellen (character in Henry V)
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Gower (character in Henry V)
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Henry VIII (1491–1547), king of England and Ireland
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Isabella, a novice nun (character in Measure for Measure)
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Pistol (character in Henry V)
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Wolsey, Thomas (1470/71–1530), royal minister, archbishop of York, and cardinal
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Exhibition History
English Portrait Drawings & Miniatures (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-12-05 - 1980-02-17)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, Yale BA 1934, MA 1942
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Portrait of Moses Kean
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Shakespeare Illustration: "Measure for Measure"
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Shakespeare Illustration: "Henry VIII"
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Fluellen Forcing Pistol to Eat His Leek
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A View of the Valley of Stones, Devon, with a scene in the Tempest, Act 1
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