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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Boyne, John, ca. 1750–1810
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Nutter, William, 1754–1802
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Ramberg, Johann Heinrich, 1763–1840
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Prints
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Paintings
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male
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Collective Title
Songs of Innocence, Copy G
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The Book of Thel, Copy B
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The Book of Thel, Copy R
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Copy F
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The Merchant of Venice
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18th century
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relief etching
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watercolor
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wove paper
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ink
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black ink
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canvas
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Antonio (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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Bassiano (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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Duke of Venice (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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Feste (character in Twelfth Night)
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Macklin, Charles (1699?–1797), actor and playwright
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Malvolio (character in Twelfth Night)
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Maria (character in Twelfth Night)
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Olivia (character in Twelfth Night)
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Pope, Elizabeth (1739x45–1797), actress
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Portia (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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Shylock (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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Sir Andrew Aguecheek (character in Twelfth Night)
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Sir Toby Belch (character in Twelfth Night)
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Exhibition History
William Blake (Tate Britain, 2000-11-02 - 2001-02-04)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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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 and the Age of Aquarius (Block Museum of Art, 2017-09-23 - 2018-03-11)
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British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-13)
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Caribbean - Crossroads of the World (El Museo del Barrio, 2012-06-12 - 2013-01-06)
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Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)
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The Creative Printmaker (Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1986-03-05 - 1986-04-20)
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The Creative Printmaker (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-07-09 - 1985-09-01)
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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 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000-03-26 - 2000-07-05)
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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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Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840
Olivia, Maria and Malvolio from "Twelfth Night," Act III, Scene iv
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Songs of Innocence, Frontispiece (Plate 1)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Infant Joy (Plate 14)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Ecchoing Green (Plate 10)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
A Dream (Plate 4)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Divine Image (Plate 12)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Nurse's Song (Plate 22)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Laughing Song (Plate 28)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Title Page, The Book of Thel (Plate 2)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
Thel I. "The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks..." (Plate 3)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
III. "Then Thel astonish'd view'd the Worm upon its dewy bed..." (Plate 6)
1789
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Little Black Boy (Plate 30)
1789
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William Nutter, 1754–1802
Mr. Macklin and Mrs. Pope in the Characters of Shylock and Portia
1789