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Smirke, Mary
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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female
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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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graphite
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laid paper
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wove paper
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brown ink
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pen
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watercolor
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gouache
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Cupid
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Diana
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Exhibition History
Alexander and J. R. Cozens (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1987-01-30 - 1987-03-29)
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Fairest Isle - The Appreciation of British Scenery 1750-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1989-04-12 - 1989-06-25)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Francis Nicholson, 1753–1844
Cader Idris, North Wales
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Figure Study of a Bacchanalia Celebration in a Wooded Landscape
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Diana, Goddess of the Hunt, with Satyrs, sleeping Cupid and a Pegasus in a Wooded Landscape
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John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
The Banks of the Avon at Hotwells
ca. 1773