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Prints and Drawings
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
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Watson, James, 1740–1790
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Watson, Thomas, 1743–1781
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Wheatley, Francis, 1747–1801
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Prints
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male
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female
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The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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18th century
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laid paper
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mezzotint
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black ink
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gouache
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scraping
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portrait
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Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare
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Caroline, Margaret (née Leveson-Gower), Countess of Carlisle (1753–1824)
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Hymen (god of marriage)
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Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Exhibition History
Francis Wheatley (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-08-31 - 2006-02-05)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Mrs. Barclay and Her Children
between 1776 and 1777
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Print made by Thomas Watson, 1743–1781
The Honourable Mrs. Beresford with the Marchioness Townshend and the Hon. Mrs. Gardiner Adoring a Term of Hymen
1776
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Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790
Margaret Caroline, Countess of Carlisle
1776
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Ophelia's Death
ca. 1781