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Prints and Drawings
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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Unknown artist
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
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Freeman, Samuel, 1773–1857
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Harlow, George Henry, 1787–1819
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Hollis, George, 1792–1842
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
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Creator Gender
male
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unknown
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Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
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Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
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The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
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Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
graphite
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brown ink
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wove paper
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laid paper
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oil paint
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black ink
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stipple engraving
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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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literary theme
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portrait
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historical subject
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literary theme
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play
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portrait
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boots
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collar
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dress
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dresses
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jacket
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kerchief
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man
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music
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obese
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plays by William Shakespeare
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women
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Balmoral
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Henry VIII, Act IV, Scene II
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Henry VIII, play by William Shakespeare
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Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I
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angels
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United Kingdom
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Sir John Falstaff
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Catherine of Aragon (1485 –1536), Queen Consort of England, Henry VIII's first wife
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Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright
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Griffith (character in Henry VIII)
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Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
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Mistress Quickly (character in Henry IV, Part I)
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Patience (character in Henry VIII)
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The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
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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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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Possibly George Hollis, 1792–1842
Mr. Macready as Hamlet and Mr. Stuart as the Ghost - "Hamlet," Act I, Scene V
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Samuel Freeman, 1773–1857
David Garrick Esq
1807
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff in the Boar's Head
1807
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff at Herne's Oak
1807
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George Henry Harlow, 1787–1819
Queen Katherine's Dream
1807
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Shakespeare
1807
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George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Macbeth and the Witch
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Title Page, The Dramatick Works of William Shakespeare, Printed Complete, with Dr. Samuel Johnson's Preface and Notes
1807