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Prints and Drawings
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Paintings and Sculpture
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Dickinson, William, 1746–1823
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Hoare, Mary, 1744–1820
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Hone, Nathaniel, 1718–1784
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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1690
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1730
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1765
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1848
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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female
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King Lear
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Period
18th century
3
Materials & Techniques
laid paper
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black ink
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canvas
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graphite
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mezzotint
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oil paint
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painting (technique)
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scraping
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watercolor
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drawing
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portrait
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King Lear, play by William Shakespeare
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angels
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Cecilia, Saint (born 2nd c. AD), patroness of musicians
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Cole, Benjamin
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Cordelia (character in King Lear)
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God
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King Lear (character in King Lear)
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Linley [married name Sheridan], Elizabeth Ann (1754–1792), singer and writer
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Exhibition History
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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Nathaniel Hone, 1718–1784
Benjamin Cole
1776
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Print made by William Dickinson, 1746–1823
Mrs. Sheridan as 'St. Cecilia'
1776
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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820
Lear and Cordelia
ca. 1781