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Smirke, Mary
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Robert & Mary Smirke's Illustrated Sketches to Shakespeare
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18th century-19th century
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wove paper
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Orlando Innamorato (1483-1495) epic poem by Matteo Maria Boiardo
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doves
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goats
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lovers
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Angelica (character in Orlando innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo)
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Boiardo, Matteo Maria (1440–1494), Italian Renaissance poet
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Medoro (character in Orlando innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules David Prown, Yale MA (HON.) 1971
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Studies of Figures and Seals from Sandfords Geneal History
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Studies From a French MSS Bible Registry
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Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Angelica and Medoro
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