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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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De, Wilde Samuel, 1748–1832
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1947
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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King Lear
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Period
18th century
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black ink
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laid paper
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brown wash
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graphite
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watercolor
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King Lear, play by William Shakespeare
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Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare
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beard
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cauldron
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columns
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death
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dying
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figure study
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gesture
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head
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men
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moustache
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plays by William Shakespeare
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pyramids
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sons
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women
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King Lear (character in King Lear)
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Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
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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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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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William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1982-12-03 - 1983-02-06)
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William Blake - His Art & Times (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-09-15 - 1982-11-14)
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William Blake - The Artist (Tate Britain, 2019-09-11 - 2020-02-20)
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William Blake [Butlin] (Tate Britain, 1978-03-08 - 1978-05-21)
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William Blake [Butlin] (Whitworth Art Gallery, 1978-06-10 - 1978-07-15)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Tiriel Supporting the Dying Myratana and Cursing His Sons
1786 to 1789
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Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind
1786