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Alcock, Edward, active 1750–ca. 1778
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Portia (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Shylock (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Edward Alcock, active 1750–ca. 1778
Portia and Shylock, from Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", IV, i
ca. 1778
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