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Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756–1827
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Blake, William, 1757–1827
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Thornton, Robert John, 1768–1837
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Allen, James C., active 1821–1831
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Bentley, Charles, 1806–1854
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Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828
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CARTWRIGHT, Joseph, c.1789–1829
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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
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Diston, Alfred, active 1818–1829
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
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Drawings & Watercolors
12
Prints
3
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male
15
Collective Title
Smirke [Shakespeare] Album
5
The Merry Wives of Windsor
2
The Pastorals of Virgil
2
The Taming of the Shrew
2
The Tempest
1
Period
19th century
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Materials & Techniques
wove paper
15
brown ink
9
pen
9
graphite
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watercolor
7
brown wash
5
gouache
5
oil paint
4
etching (printing process)
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line engraving
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chine collé
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pens
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drawing
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figure study
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literary theme
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architectural subject
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marine art
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portrait
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landscape
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military art
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figure study
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literary theme
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plays by William Shakespeare
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men
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crowd
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dress
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man
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sitting
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women
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The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare
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The Taming of the Shrew, play by William Shakespeare
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boarding school
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breeches
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buildings
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bust
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children
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elderly
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gesturing
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Europe
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Addingham
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Bradford
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England
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High Mill
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Spain
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Tenerife
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United Kingdom
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West Yorkshire
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Wharfe
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Alonso, King of Naples (character in The Tempest)
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Christopher Sly
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Ferdinand (character in The Tempest)
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Grumio, a servant
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Katharine (character in The Taming of the Shrew)
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Miranda (character in The Tempest)
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Sir Hugh Evans (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor)
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Sir John Falstaff
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William Page
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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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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection
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William Blake, 1757–1827
From Antique Coins
1821
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William Blake, 1757–1827
Caius Julius Cæsar
1821
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Joseph Cartwright, c.1789–1829
Revolutionaire Oct 7 1821
1821
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Attributed to Charles Bentley, 1806–1854
Hay Barge in a Calm Sea
undated
5
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Ferdinand Reunited with his Father
1821
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Print made by James C. Allen, active 1821–1831
Addingham Mill on the Warfe
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Katherina and Grumio
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Christopher Sly and the Page, as His Wife
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Falstaff at Herne's Oak
1821
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Robert Smirke, 1752–1845
Master William Page and Sir Hugh Evans
1821
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Dr. Syntax Visits a Boarding School for Young Ladies
1821
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Dr. Syntax with Kitty Cowslip
1821
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Dr. Syntax Visits a Boarding School for Young Ladies
1821
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George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Conjurer with Pistol and Cards
ca. 1826
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Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
The Botanical Garden near Port Orotava, Tenerife
1821