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Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825
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Northcote, James, 1746–1831
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The Merchant of Venice
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19th century
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brown ink
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Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Bassiano (character in The Merchant of Venice)
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Betty, William Henry West (1791–1874), actor
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Shakespeare in Art (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2003-02-15 - 2003-06-15)
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Shakespeare in Western Art (Isetan Museum of Art, 1992-10-29 - 1992-11-24)
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Shakespeare in Western Art (Kintetsu Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-02)
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Shakespeare in Western Art (Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 1992-11-28 - 1992-12-23)
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Shakespeare in Western Art (Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-08)
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Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)
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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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James Northcote, 1746–1831
Master Betty as Hamlet, before a Bust of Shakespeare
between 1804 and 1806
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Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825
Study for 'Finding of the Body of Bassanio'
1804