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Prints and Drawings
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De, Wilde Samuel, 1748–1832
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Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825
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Macklin, Thomas, active 1779–1793
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Tomkins, Peltro William, 1760–1840
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Drawings & Watercolors
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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King Lear
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18th century
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laid paper
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plays by William Shakespeare
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King Lear, play by William Shakespeare
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Macbeth, Act I, Scene III
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Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare
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beard
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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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King Lear (character in King Lear)
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Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of 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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Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
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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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Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760–1840
The Three Witches
1786
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Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832
Head of a Man with a Beard and Long Hair in the Wind
1786