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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Green, Valentine, 1739–1813
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Hunt, William Henry, 1790–1864
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Linnell, John, 1729–1796
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West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
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Creator Gender
male
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Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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The Tempest
1
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
wove paper
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brown ink
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brown wash
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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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charcoal
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laid paper
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mezzotint
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watercolor
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drawing
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intaglio print
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watercolor
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figure study
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clouds
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gesturing
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plays by William Shakespeare
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Bible
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Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare
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Old Testament
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The Tempest, play by William Shakespeare
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Tobias and the angel Raphael continue their journey; usually Tobias carrying the fish
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angel
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architectural subject
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bench
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blind
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boots
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bricks
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Devon
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England
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Widecombe
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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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Tobias, son of Tobit and Anna
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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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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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attributed to William Henry Hunt, 1790–1864
Two Peasants by a Window
undated
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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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John Linnell, 1792–1882
Widecombe Village
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Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
The Return of Tobias
1805