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Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727–1815
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Dickinson, William, 1746–1823
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Nixon, James, c.1741–1812
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Barker, Thomas, 1769–1847
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741–1807
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Pastorini, Benedetto, Italian, ca.1746–after 1803
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Torré, Giovanni Battista, active 1753–1776
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Prints
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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female
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unknown
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Hamlet
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King Lear
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18th century
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18th century-19th century
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laid paper
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stipple engraving
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graphite
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etching (printing process)
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wove paper
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Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare
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King Lear, play by William Shakespeare
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basket
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crying
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leaves
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love
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Cordelia (character in King Lear)
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Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
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Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313–1375), author and poet
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Griselda
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Gualtherus
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King Lear (character in King Lear)
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Satan
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Exhibition History
British Drawings (Davis & Langdale Co.) (Davis & Langdale Co., Inc., 1985-05-01 - 1985-05-31)
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Creation (Yale Divinity School & Institute of Sacred Music) (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1979-04-23 - 1979-06-30)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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The Fuseli Circle in Rome - Early Romantic Art in the 1770s (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-09-12 - 1979-11-11)
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The Human Form Divine - William Blake from the Paul Mellon Collection (Yale Center for British Art, 1997-04-02 - 1997-07-06)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Satan Approaching the Court of Chaos
1784 to 1785
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William Henry Pyne, 1769–1843
An Illustration to Rob Roy: Interior with a Party Drinking
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Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Cordelia
1784
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Ophelia: There Is Rue for You and Here's Some for Me
1784
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Gualtherus and Griselda
1784
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Print made by Francesco Bartolozzi, 1728–1815
Ophelia: There's Rue for You, and Here's Some for Me
1784
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The Death of Cordelia
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