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Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786–1846
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Heath, James, 1757–1834
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Northcote, James, 1746–1831
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Smith, John Thomas, 1766–1833
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Prints
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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19th century
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laid paper
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black chalk
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board
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare
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Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Betty, William Henry West (1791–1874), actor
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Lady Macbeth (character in Macbeth)
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Oberon (character from A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Siddons (née Kemble), Sarah (1755–1831), actress
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Titania (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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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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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 Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Thomas Stothard, 1755–1834
Oberon and Titania from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Act IV, Scene i
1806
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Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846
Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'
ca. 1811
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James Heath, 1757–1834
William Henry West Betty
1806
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John Thomas Smith, 1766–1833
Funeral of Lord Nelson. From the Bankside near Shakespeare's Theatre
1806
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William Shakspeare
1806
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William Shakspeare
1806