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Prints and Drawings
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Derby, porcelain factory, founded 1756
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
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Hayley, William, 1745–1820
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Ceramics
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Prints
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male
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unknown
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Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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Designs to a Series of Ballads
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Studies of, 167 Drawings, and 1 Print, for Oil Paintings, by Benjamin R. Haydon
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The Tempest
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The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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Period
19th century
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wove paper
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brown wash
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brown ink
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gouache
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graphite
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oil paint
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pen
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clouds
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plays by William Shakespeare
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sitting
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The Tempest, play by William Shakespeare
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churches
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
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Miranda (character in The Tempest)
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Ophelia (character in Hamlet)
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Prospero (character in The Tempest)
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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 - 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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Derby porcelain factory, founded 1756
Dr. Syntax: On a Horse, Jumping a Gate
ca. 1810
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unknown artist
Dr. Syntax: Walking with a Stick
ca. 1810
Not on view
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Derby porcelain factory, founded 1756
Dr. Syntax: Losing His Temper
ca. 1810
Not on view
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William Blake, 1757–1827
The Gambols of Ghosts According with Their Affections Previous to the Final Judgement
1805 to 1808
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
The Death of Ophelia
ca. 1810
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Prospero Conjuring a Masque for Ferdinand and Miranda
ca. 1810
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Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Study of Figures in a Cave
1805
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Print made by William Blake, 1757–1827
The Dog, Frontispiece
1805