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Prints and Drawings
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Nicholson, Francis, 1753–1844
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Beaumont, George Howland, Sir, 1753–1827
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Copley, John Singleton, 1738–1815
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Smirke, Mary
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
6
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male
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female
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Collective Title
Robert & Mary Smirke's Illustrated Sketches to Shakespeare
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Period
18th century-19th century
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18th century
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Materials & Techniques
wove paper
6
graphite
4
watercolor
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black chalk
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gouache
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gray ink
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gray wash
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laid paper
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pen
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cityscape
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figure study
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landscape
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marine art
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genre subject
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beach
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cliffs
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bay (body of water)
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bluffs
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boat
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boats
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buildings
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cargo
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cart
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chairs
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cityscape
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dog (animal)
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England
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North Yorkshire
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United Kingdom
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Europe
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Robin Hood's Bay
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Staithes
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Yorkshire
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Associated People
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Exhibition History
Art in Focus: John Goto's High Summer (Yale Center for British Art, 2018-04-06 - 2018-08-19)
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The Early Georgian Landscape Garden (Yale Center for British Art, 1983-04-20 - 1983-06-26)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Staithes, Yorkshire
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Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire
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after Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Stourhead, Wiltshire
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Banquet Scene, with a Roman Soldeir Kneeling to a Famale Figure Sitting on a Throne
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attributed to Sir George Howland Beaumont seventh Baronet, 1753–1827
The Picnic
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John Singleton Copley, 1738–1815
Study of Sailors Raising a Flag for the Victory of Lord Duncan
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